Advancing the use of secondary inputs in geopolymer binders for sustainable cementitious composites: A review

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 410-423

  Obonyo, Esther ^a   Kamseu, Elie ^b,c   Melo, Uphie C ^c   Leonelli, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Building construction; Environment; Geopolymer; Sustainable materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857082008     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3020410     Document Type: Review

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