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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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Incorporation of untreated rice husk ash and water treatment sludge in masonry unit production

TL;DR: In this article, a research has been carried out to develop a cement masonry unit incorporating Untreated Rice Husk Ash (URHA) and Water Treatment Sludge (WTS).
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Efeito da adição de resíduo de vidro em massa de cerâmica de alvenaria

TL;DR: In this paper, a trabalho investigated o efeito da adicao de residuo de vidro for fabricacao de cerâmica de alvenaria.
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Recycling and immobilization of zinc extraction residue in clay-based brick manufacturing

TL;DR: In this paper, the zinc extraction residue (ZER) is used as an alternative raw material in the manufacturing of clay-based bricks in order to evaluate their environmental risk, physical and mechanical properties.
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Applications of Red Mud as a Masonry Material: A Review

TL;DR: The physicochemical properties of RM are introduced, and the different application scenarios for RM in masonry materials are summarized, which is valuable for solving the environmental problems caused by the accumulation of bauxite residue.
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Experimental study on compressive strength of sediment brick masonry

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of pre-wetted unit bricks, mortar type and prisms on the compressive strength and failure mode of newly developed sediment brick have been evaluated and compared to clay brick and cement-sand bricks.
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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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