Geopolymers prepared from DC plasma treated air pollution control (APC) residues glass: Properties and characterisation of the binder phase

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 196, Issue , 2011, Pages 86-92

  Kourti, Ioanna ^a   Devaraj, Amutha Rani ^a   Guerrero Bustos, Ana ^b   Deegan, David ^c   Boccaccini, Aldo R ^a,d   Cheeseman, Christopher R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

^c Tetronics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

APC residues; Energy; Geopolymers; Incineration; Plasma; Waste

Indexed keywords

APC-RESIDUES; BINDER PHASE; C-S-H GEL; CALCIUM ALUMINOSILICATE GLASS; CHARACTERISATION; DC PLASMA; ENERGY; GLASS PARTICLES; GLASS-FORMING; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH STRENGTH; LOW POROSITY; PRE-CAST;

ACID RESISTANCE; AIR QUALITY; ALUMINOSILICATES; BINDERS; CALCIUM SILICATE; GEOPOLYMERS; GLASS; INCINERATION; INORGANIC POLYMERS; LEACHING; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; PLASMAS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; WASTE INCINERATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ALUMINOSILICATE CALCIUM; ALUMINOSILICATE CALCIUM GLASS; GLASS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLASS; INCINERATION; PLASMA; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYMER;

ACID TOLERANCE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DENSITY GRADIENT; FREEZE THAWING; LEACHING; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GLASS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80455122850     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.081     Document Type: Article

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