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Production of bricks from waste materials – A review
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A state-of-the-art review of research on utilization of waste materials to produce bricks can be found in this article, which can be divided into three general categories based on the methods for producing bricks from waste materials: firing, cementing and geopolymerization.About:
This article is published in Construction and Building Materials.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 551 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Building material & Kiln.read more
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Effect of organic content in biosolids on the properties of fired-clay bricks incorporated with biosolids
Aruna Ukwatta,Abbas Mohajerani +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of wastewater sludge treatment on the production of biosolids, and found that millions of metric tons of bio-solids are produced around the world each year.
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Effect of Sodium Silicate and Curing Regime on Properties of Load Bearing Geopolymer Mortar Block
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel geopolymer system based on hybridization between high calcium wood ash (HCWA) and pulverized fuel ash (PFA), which use a low percentage of alkaline activator (5% of binder weight), ambient temperature curing, and a pressurized forming method for the fabrication of load bearing masonry unit.
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Physico-mechanical performance of fly ash based geopolymer brick: Influence of pressure − temperature − time
TL;DR: In this paper , a fly ash-based geopolymer brick was designed to develop a sustainable alternative to fired-clay bricks, and a correlation matrix was developed, and it was observed that pressure − temperature has 0.91 correlation with the strength and recommended as the optimum technique.
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Quantitative and qualitative assessment of musculoskeletal disorders and socioeconomic issues of workers of brick industry in Pakistan
Madiha Ijaz,Sajid Rashid Ahmad,Muhammad Akram,Waheed Ullah Khan,Nasim Ahmad Yasin,Falaq Ali Nadeem +5 more
TL;DR: It is divulged that all observed work tasks during manufacturing and transportation of bricks are equally dangerous for pain generation in lower back.
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A Review of Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Lightweight Bricks
Wan Mastura Wan Ibrahim,Kamarudin Hussin,Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah,Aeslina Abdul Kadir,Mohammed Binhussain +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review on the production of fly ash-based geopolymer bricks is presented, which is a waste material of coal firing thermal plants and its accumulation near power plants causes severe pollution problems, therefore, its utilization as a raw material for brick making will be a very beneficial solution in terms of economic and environmental aspects.
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Geopolymer technology: the current state of the art
Peter Duxson,Ana Fernández-Jiménez,John L. Provis,Grant C. Lukey,Ángel Palomo,J.S.J. van Deventer +5 more
TL;DR: A brief history and review of geopolymer technology is presented with the aim of introducing the technology and the vast categories of materials that may be synthesized by alkali activation of aluminosilicates as mentioned in this paper.
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Geopolymers : inorganic polymeric new materials
TL;DR: In the last few years, technological progress has been made in the development of new materials such as "geopolymers" and new techniques, such as ''sol-gel'' as mentioned in this paper, opening up new applications and procedures and transforming ideas that have been taken for granted in inorganic chemistry.
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Alkali-activated fly ashes: A cement for the future
TL;DR: In this paper, the mechanism of activation of fly ash with highly alkaline solutions is described, and the product of the reaction is an amorphous aluminosilicate gel having a structure similar to that of zeolitic precursors.
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Alkali-Activated Cements and Concretes
TL;DR: Alkali-Activated Cement and Concrete as discussed by the authors is a type of Cementitious Systems that uses Alkaline Activators to activate slag cements and lime-pozzolan cements.
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An environmental evaluation of geopolymer based concrete production: reviewing current research trends
TL;DR: In this article, the authors carried out a detailed environmental evaluation of geopolymer concrete production using the Life Cycle Assessment methodology and found that the production of most standard types of OPC concrete has a slightly lower impact on global warming than standard Ordinary Portland Cement.
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