LEADER 02001nam 2200397 450 001 9910688471203321 005 20230625214417.0 024 7 $a10.5772/intechopen.79204 035 $a(CKB)5400000000044711 035 $a(NjHacI)995400000000044711 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000044711 100 $a20230625d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGeopolymers and Other Geosynthetics /$fedited by Mazen Alshaaer and Han-Yong Jeon 210 1$aLondon :$cIntechOpen,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (180 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-78985-540-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aGeopolymers 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. 606 $aGeosynthetics 606 $aInorganic polymers 615 0$aGeosynthetics. 615 0$aInorganic polymers. 676 $a624.18923 702 $aAlshaaer$b Mazen 702 $aJeon$b Han-Yong 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910688471203321 996 $aGeopolymers and Other Geosynthetics$92067362 997 $aUNINA