Thermal insulating foamy geopolymers from perlite

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1146-1151

  Vaou, V ^a   Panias, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geopolymers; Inorganic foams; Perlite; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC SOLUTION; CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENTS; EFFECT OF ADDITION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; GEOPOLYMERIZATION; GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC FOAMS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; PERLITE; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; THERMAL-INSULATING; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; ULTRAFINE;

ALUMINOSILICATES; BLOWING AGENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INORGANIC POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 77958102575     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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