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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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Innovative Synergistic Valorization of Lignite Fly Ash and Steel Industry Scrap-Soil as Secondary Resources for Compacted Ceramics

TL;DR: In this paper, the combined utilization of fly ash (FA), derived from a lignite-fed power station, along with scrap-soil (SS), a steel industry byproduct, is investigated, for the development of eco-friendly ceramics, thus enhancing innovation and sustainability.
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Alkali Activated Material Brick

TL;DR: In this article, an effort has been made to prepare the bricks using alkali activated binders and alkaline liquid and the mechanical performance of the bricks were tested at 28 days under ambient curing by performing the compressive strength test.
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Heat engineering properties of energy-efficient material based on plant additives (dried hogweed)

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the heat engineering properties of high-strength concrete, ordinary concrete, and two concrete samples containing a vegetable additive, dried stem fragments of hogweed (Heracleum sosnowskyi).
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Biocomposites from anaerobically digested Eichhornia crassipes ((Mart.) Solms), as an alternative solution for the post-phytoremediation process

TL;DR: In this article, the reduction of chromium content found in water hyacinths due to the anaerobic digestion process, and utilization of bio-slurry from the Anaerobic Digestion process as a biocomposite material was investigated.
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Strength Developing in Clay-Andesite Brick

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a more and better understanding of the strength developing in clay-andesite fired brick and developed an optimal mixture (OM) to improve the quality of handmade bricks in the southern region of Ecuador.
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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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