PACC5: Advances in Cements, Geopolymers, and Structural Clay Construction Materials

This symposium is about alumino-silicates or stoichiometric “geopolymers” (which convert to single phase ceramics upon heating), alkali activated cements and materials, phosphates, other chemically bonded inorganic compounds, and green cements. It also includes structural clay materials, green and alternative cements, and other construction materials.

Proposed session topics:

• Geopolymers
• Green and alternative cements
• Phosphates and other inorganic analogues
• Geopolymer derived processing routes
• Waste materials to make geopolymers, cements, and construction materials
• Alkali activated cements and materials
• Waste encapsulation
• Sustainable materials

Symposium organizers

• Waltraud (Trudy) Kriven, UIUC, USA, kriven@illinois.edu
• Daniel Ribero, Grupo Corona, Colombia
• Henry A. Colorado L., Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
• Edgardo Fabian Irassar, Facultad de Ingeniería–Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Flávio de Andrade Silva D.Sc., Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil
• Ruy A. Sá Ribeiro, INPA-National Institute for Amazonian Research/Structural Engineering Laboratory, Brazil
• Baishakhi Bose, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA