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Milestone paper IUPAC 1976, in the LIBRARY
Several geopolymer scientists asked me to make available for free download in the LIBRARY, my first paper presented at the IUPAC Symposium on Long-Term Properties of Polymers and Polymeric Materials. This symposium held in Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, 1976, had a session Topic III dedicated to New Polymers of High-Stability. I had [...]
# 20 Milestone paper IUPAC 76
Full Paper of the communication presented at IUPAC Symposium on Long-Term Properties of Polymers and Polymeric Materials, Stockholm 1976, Topic III. Solid-Phase Synthesis of a Mineral Blockpolymer by Low Temperature Polycondensation of Alumino-Silicate Polymers: Na-poly(sialate) or Na-PS and Characteristics . Joseph DAVIDOVITS INTRODUCTION The work exposed here comes from an attempt to transfer our [...]
American Ceramic Society video on Geopolymers
The American Ceramic Society has released a video by Prof. Trudy Kriven who chaired the last Geopolymer Session at the 34th Daytona 2010 Conference, Florida, Jan. 25-26, 2010. Go to Video Kriven (15 minutes long video).
Geopolymer Training courses start April 01, 2008
The Geopolymer Institute is introducing a series of training courses on Geopolymer Chemistry, Geopolymer Science and related Applications. The 2-day and 3-day courses will be held at the Geopolymer Institute, Saint-Quentin, France (one and half hours drive North of Paris), with low-rates Hotels in the vicinity. The first series of courses start on April 01. [...]
F.A.A. paper on fire-resistant geopolymer application
Dr. R. Lyon from Federal Aviation Administration, USA and Dr. P. Balaguru from Rutgers University, NJ, USA, have published a new paper involving the use of a geopolymer coating on light balsa wood, for aircraft application. The title of the paper: Use of Inorganic Polymer to Improve the Fire Response of Balsa Sandwich Structures J. [...]
Fire-resistant geopolymer containers
An international patent # WO 2004/026698 has been published on the making of fire-resistant containers. One of the inventors is Andrew Foden, former member of the geopolymer group at Rutgers University, Professor P. Balaguru, USA, and co-author of several papers on fire-resistant geopolymer composites.
New paper from the geopolymer group at ANSTO, Australia
Paper by Dan S Perera and Rachael L Trautman from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Fly Ash based Geopolymer Concrete : 2 new reports from Curtin
The geopolymer group at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia (Prof. V. Rangan) has released 2 new reports on Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete. They may be downloaded from our Library. The first report: Report GC 2 is dealing with the long term properties. It has been included in the Technical Paper #17 in the [...]
#18: Beams and columns of low-calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete
Curtin Research Report on Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Reinforced beams and columns by Djwantoro Hardjito and B.Vijaya Rangan Research Report GC 3 (120 pages) (mar. 2006) Faculty of Engineering, Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia This Research Report describes the behaviour and strength of reinforced low-calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete structural beams and columns. Earlier, [...]
High performance Roman cement and concrete, high durable buildings
The Coliseo, Rome, 2nd C. AD (left) The Pantheon, Rome, 2nd C. AD, inside (center) The Pantheon, Rome, 2nd C. AD, the concrete dome (right). Concrete experts talk today about how to make concrete durable. Many ancient Roman concrete buildings are still in use after more than 2000 years. For these modern concrete experts, the [...]
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