TY  - CHAP
AU  - Dattaguru Ananthapadmanaban
ED  - Mazen Alshaaer
ED  - Han-Yong Jeon
Y1  - 2018-12-05
PY  - 2018
T1  - Summary of Some Selected Characterization Methods of Geopolymers
N2  - Geopolymers are applied to material classes that are chemically transformed from low crystallinity aluminusilicates to three-dimensional inorganic polymers (tectosilicates). The resulting material has properties similar to natural minerals, so it is called artificial rock. However, these materials exhibit a chemical composition and mineralogical structure similar to feldspar, feldspathoidal, and zeolites consisting of a polymeric Si–O– Al framework, with a microcrystalline or an amorphous structure. Although geopolymers have attractive engineering and environmental characteristics, there are some challenges in commercializing these materials. In this book, these challenges will be addressed along with introducing the functional geopolymers as an effective approach to commercializing these materials and making them economically feasible.
BT  - Geopolymers and Other Geosynthetics
SP  - Ch. 3
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82208
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.82208
SN  - 978-1-78985-539-5
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-26
ER  -