A5040626656- Concrete and Cement Materials Research
- Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
- Mineral Processing and Grinding
- Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
- Nuclear materials and radiation effects
- Clay minerals and soil interactions
- Building materials and conservation
- Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
- Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
- Neural Networks and Applications
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Concrete Properties and Behavior
- Glass properties and applications
- Fault Detection and Control Systems
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Iron and Steelmaking Processes
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
- Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
- CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
- Chemical Synthesis and Characterization
The University of Melbourne
2009-2018
CO2CRC
2011
Los Alamos National Laboratory
2010
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
2009
Argonne National Laboratory
2008
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2005-2008
Stellenbosch University
1990-1999
Geopolymers are a class of aluminosilicate materials synthesized by alkaline or alkali-silicate activation solid alumina- and silica-containing precursor at ambient higher temperature. These products have highly significant commercial technological potential, but the exact physicochemical nature geopolymeric binder phase has never before been determined. Through analysis existing experimental results from literature comparison with related systems, in particular hydrothermal synthesis...
Geopolymerization is a general term to describe all the chemical processes that are involved in reacting aluminosilicates with aqueous alkaline solutions produce new class of inorganic binders called geopolymers. In present work, novel analytical procedure developed study geopolymerization amorphous real time. This involves first conducting series well-designed leaching experiments, within which an aluminosilicate alkali-activated varying alkalinities and soluble silicate dosages. The...
In geopolymeric gels, aluminum is known to have tetrahedral coordination and be associated with an alkali cation satisfy electronic neutrality. However, the mechanism of incorporation effects different synthesis parameters are not well understood. 2H, 27Al, 23Na MAS NMR techniques been used elucidate structural properties in metakaolin-based geopolymers. Na+(aq) Al(OH)4-(aq) species were detected pore solution geopolymers Si/Al ratios ≤1.40 found directly related concentration soluble...