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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.
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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.

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Utilization of iron tailings as substitute in autoclaved aerated concrete: physico-mechanical and microstructure of hydration products

TL;DR: In this paper, the most appropriate preparation conditions of producing autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) with iron tailing was studied based on the background that a large amount of iron tailings was stockpiled in China.
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Exploratory study on the effect of waste rice husk and sugarcane bagasse ashes in burnt clay bricks

TL;DR: In this article, the use of waste materials (RHA and bagasse ash) for brick production has been attempted and it was observed compressive strength and modulus of rupture decreased with incorporation of RHA and SBA in burnt clay bricks.
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Thermal performance optimization of hollow clay bricks made up of paper waste

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal behavior of hollow clay bricks made up of paper waste has been studied and their thermal performance has been optimized by using finite element method (FEM) to the nonlinear numerical thermal analysis of three different hollow bricks.
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A review of studies on bricks using alternative materials and approaches

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an up-to-date review on the recent studies of bricks, categorising these publications according to the materials used and methods employed for the production of innovative bricks.
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Recycling of bottom ash and fly ash wastes in eco-friendly clay brick production

TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study on the properties of bricks containing clay, fly ash (FA), and bottom ash (BA) was conducted to determine the apparent porosity, water absorption, apparent specific gravity, bulk density, compressive strength, and thermal conductivity.
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Geopolymer technology: the current state of the art

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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