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Geopolymers and Composites by Huirong Le (Hardback)
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9781032879734
Published:
16 May 2025
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
200 pages
Dimensions:
234mm
Weight:
0.000kgs
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This book offer comprehensive insight into phosphate-activated geopolymer composites, advanced materials that offer promising application prospects in infrastructure, sewage treatment, and heavy metal solidification. It is aimed at those working with advanced composite materials and seek a sustainable industrial alternative.
This book offers comprehensive insight into recent advances in geopolymer composites and emerging processing technologies such as 3D printing that offer promising application prospects in a wide range of industries.• Covers novel applications of geopolymers and composites in industries such as fire retardation coatings, refractory materials, water treatment, marine structures.• Offers guidance on joint treatment of industrial waste acids and solid wastes.• Describes energy consumption, carbon emissions, and costs for various compositions of geopolymers, which provide an effective basis for industrialization.• Provides guidances for design and preparation of geopolymer products based on typical local wastes.With topical coverage that will help readers make full use of local resources and promote the sustainable development of enterprises, this reference is aimed at those working with new materials for refractory, construction and building, civil engineering, and water treatment, among others.
About the Author: Huirong Le is currently Professor & Director of the Future Materials Research Center in the Future Laboratory of Tsinghua University. He is engaged in research of lightweight composites, biomimetic nanocomposites, multifunctional surface coatings, and digital manufacturing. Prof. Le graduated from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University in 1989 and received a PhD in March 1994. Prior to returning to Tsinghua University, he worked in the University of Surrey, then the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral researcher，then Senior Research Associate. He then held Lectureship at the University of Dundee, Associate Professorship at Plymouth University, and Professorship at the University of Derby. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Materials Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) since 2018, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (FRSA) since 2022.Kaibao Wang is Assistant Researcher in The Future Laboratory and affiliated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University. He researches geopolymers and composite materials. Prof. Wang graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a PhD and was awarded the Outstanding Student of the Year and Doctoral Scholarship. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a bachelor's degree and received a Master's from the University of Glasgow. His undergraduate project won the 'The 2012 Armourers & Brasier's Company Prize' in the UK.Li Long-yuan is Professor of Structural Engineering in the School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics at the University of Plymouth. His research interests cover the durability of reinforced concrete structures, geopolymer concrete, cold-formed steel structures, and fire safety of concrete materials. Professor Li has published over 200 technical papers in SCI journals with Scopus h-index 45. He is the Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, and Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (UK). Currently, Prof Li is the editor of "Construction and Building Materials" journal, member of editorial boards of "Magazine of Concrete Research" and "Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology".
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