02001nam 2200397 450 991068847120332120230625214417.010.5772/intechopen.79204(CKB)5400000000044711(NjHacI)995400000000044711(EXLCZ)99540000000004471120230625d2020 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGeopolymers and Other Geosynthetics /edited by Mazen Alshaaer and Han-Yong JeonLondon :IntechOpen,2020.1 online resource (180 pages) illustrations1-78985-540-3 Includes bibliographical references.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.GeosyntheticsInorganic polymersGeosynthetics.Inorganic polymers.624.18923Alshaaer MazenJeon Han-YongNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910688471203321Geopolymers and Other Geosynthetics2067362UNINA