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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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Valorizing hazardous lead glass sludge and alumina flakes filling waste for the synthesis of geopolymer building bricks
Hamdy A. Abdel-Gawwad,Salah Kassem,Aref A. Abadel,Hussam Ahmed Mohammed Alghamdi,Moncef L. Nehdi,H. Shoukry +5 more
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Clay bricks modified by implementing of N- and/or C-TiO2: insight into self-cleaning properties toward fatty contaminant
Magdalena Janus,Justyna Zatorska,Kamila Zając,Ewelina Kusiak-Nejman,Adam Czyżewski,Antoni W. Morawski +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the self-cleaning effectiveness of the bricks was evaluated on the basis of the water contact angle measurements, or more precisely, wettability rate (WR) changes on the greasy surface layers.
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Optimisation of mixed proportion for cement brick containing plastic waste using response surface methodology (RSM)
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Evaluation of ashes from agro-industrial biomass as a component for producing construction materials
TL;DR: In this article, the sintering temperature of the clay-ash mixture is a compromise between the fluxing oxides content and the pores created by the loss of volatile matter and carbonates in the ash.
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Experimental study on strength and endurance performance of burnt clay bricks incorporating marble waste
TL;DR: In this paper , the effect of using waste marble powder (WMP) in varying percentages, i.e., 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15%, by weight of clay in an industrial brick kiln plant was evaluated.
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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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