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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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Behavior on the mechanical performance and scanning electron microscopy of coal waste brick

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the properties of bricks made from coal combustion ash in terms of mechanical properties such as density, compressive strength and water absorption capacity after curing for 7, 14 and 28 days.
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Alkali-reinforced hydrothermal solidification of waste soil

TL;DR: In this paper , the effects of curing conditions (time and temperature), molding conditions and alkaline conditions on the physical-mechanical properties of hydrothermally solidified waste soil were investigated in the CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O system.
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Ternary combined industrial wastes for non-fired brick

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored geopolymerization technique with ternary combined industrial waste/by-products as binders including high volume Ladle Furnace Slag (LFS), Fly ash and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace SLag (GGBS) to produce non-fired and clay-free brick alternatives.
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Evaluación de las propiedades mecánicas de ladrillos elaborados con residuos de vidrio y plástico. Análisis de las emisiones de dióxido de carbono

TL;DR: In this article, a trabajo presenta un estudio de las propiedades mecanicas de ladrillos that contienen agregados, vidrio and pellets de tereftalato de polietileno.
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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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