Towards Sustainable Inorganic Polymers: Production and Use of Alternative Activator
Inorganic polymers are considered to have a much smaller CO<sub>2</sub> footprint than traditional Portland cements. The possible environmental impact reduction was calculated to be up to 77% of a CEMI ordinary Portland cement (OPC)-based mortar, while the CO<sub>2</sub> emis...
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| author | Lubica Kriskova Efthymios Tatsis Muhammad Afsar David Delaere Yiannis Pontikes |
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| description | Inorganic polymers are considered to have a much smaller CO<sub>2</sub> footprint than traditional Portland cements. The possible environmental impact reduction was calculated to be up to 77% of a CEMI ordinary Portland cement (OPC)-based mortar, while the CO<sub>2</sub> emissions were reduced by up to 83%. The highest contribution to the total CO<sub>2</sub> footprint of inorganic polymers is related to the manufacturing of alkali activators. Within this context, the current work discusses the synthesis of inorganic polymers made from Fe-rich precursor and alternative silicate solutions. The obtained results indicate that there is no significant difference between an inorganic polymer prepared from alternative and commercially available solutions, which confirms that the waste glass can be use as alternative raw material in the production of sodium silicate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb38c56c146d4871863632e99ad89c822023-11-17T12:25:30ZengMDPI AGMaterials Proceedings2673-46052022-04-015112710.3390/materproc2021005127Towards Sustainable Inorganic Polymers: Production and Use of Alternative ActivatorLubica Kriskova0Efthymios Tatsis1Muhammad Afsar2David Delaere3Yiannis Pontikes4Department of Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 3001 Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 3001 Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 3001 Leuven, BelgiumSilmaco NV, Industrieweg 90, 3620 Lanaken, BelgiumDepartment of Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 3001 Leuven, BelgiumInorganic polymers are considered to have a much smaller CO<sub>2</sub> footprint than traditional Portland cements. The possible environmental impact reduction was calculated to be up to 77% of a CEMI ordinary Portland cement (OPC)-based mortar, while the CO<sub>2</sub> emissions were reduced by up to 83%. The highest contribution to the total CO<sub>2</sub> footprint of inorganic polymers is related to the manufacturing of alkali activators. Within this context, the current work discusses the synthesis of inorganic polymers made from Fe-rich precursor and alternative silicate solutions. The obtained results indicate that there is no significant difference between an inorganic polymer prepared from alternative and commercially available solutions, which confirms that the waste glass can be use as alternative raw material in the production of sodium silicate.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4605/5/1/127inorganic polymersalkali activatorsalternative raw material |
| spellingShingle | Lubica Kriskova Efthymios Tatsis Muhammad Afsar David Delaere Yiannis Pontikes Towards Sustainable Inorganic Polymers: Production and Use of Alternative Activator Materials Proceedings inorganic polymers alkali activators alternative raw material |
| title | Towards Sustainable Inorganic Polymers: Production and Use of Alternative Activator |
| title_full | Towards Sustainable Inorganic Polymers: Production and Use of Alternative Activator |
| title_fullStr | Towards Sustainable Inorganic Polymers: Production and Use of Alternative Activator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards Sustainable Inorganic Polymers: Production and Use of Alternative Activator |
| title_short | Towards Sustainable Inorganic Polymers: Production and Use of Alternative Activator |
| title_sort | towards sustainable inorganic polymers production and use of alternative activator |
| topic | inorganic polymers alkali activators alternative raw material |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4605/5/1/127 |
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