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Geopolymer Conferences calendar 2012
TWO OFFICIAL GEOPOLYMER CONFERENCES SCHEDULED EVERY YEAR At the January 2009 Daytona Beach conference, Professor Joseph Davidovits (Geopolymer Institute, France) and Professor Waltraud Kriven (University of Illinois, USA) agreed to organize two official complementary and different conferences, every year: – one located in the USA , in January, at Daytona Beach, Florida, Geopolymer Symposium within [...]
Geopolymer Conferences calendar 2011
TWO OFFICIAL GEOPOLYMER CONFERENCES SCHEDULED EVERY YEAR At the January 2009 Daytona Beach conference, Professor Joseph Davidovits (Geopolymer Institute, France) and Professor Waltraud Kriven (University of Illinois, USA) agreed to organize two official complementary and different conferences, every year: – one located in the USA , in January, at Daytona Beach, Florida, Geopolymer Symposium within [...]
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 Session in 32nd ICACC, Jan. 2008, Florida, USA.
The 32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) is held each year in Florida. In Jan 27th – Feb 1st 2008, there will be a focused session on Geopolymers. If you are interested I would like to encourage you to present a talk or poster on your recent work in this area. The [...]
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. [...]
NASA uses geopolymer for making mirrors
Geopolymer laminate has been used by NASA in the manufacture of sophisticated mirrors : Advanced Processing of the Optical Surface on Large Lightweight Mirrors. The link to this application
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.
EM image of vitrified geopolymer
The geopolymer group at University of Illinois, Prof. W. Kriven, participated to the Center for Microanalysis of Materials (CMM) image contest with an image titled: 10. Vitrification of 3SiO2:Al2O3:K2O:10H2O geopolymer gel by heating to 1600°C. Crystallization of the glass systems was dendritic as seen by in micrograph of the top surface. Jonathan Bell, Kriven group. [...]
US Air Force satisfied with geopolymer developments
Report from the Air Force Research Laboratory on geopolymer research and developments report project number 9. AFRL is funding and conducting cutting-edge geopolymer research. Both intramural and extramural research has led to the development of new ceramics materials that possess superior properties, leading to more cost-effective choices in the design of future Air Force (AF) [...]
Geopolymer session at next SAMPE’05 Int. Conference, USA
Geopolymer session at the SAMPE’05 Int. Conference, Long Beach, California scheduled for Monday May 2, 2005. Find the list of the 7 papers dedicated to high-tech applications of the geopolymer technology, at: http://www.sampe.org/SAMPE%2005%20Pre%20Program.pdf
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