Developments in Strategic Materials and Computational Design II

Preface ix
 
Introduction xi
 
GEOPOLYMERS AND OTHER INORGANIC POLYMERS
 
Effect of External and Internal Calcium in Fly Ash on Geopolymer Formation 3
Kiatsuda Somna and Walairat Bumrongjaroen
 
Synthesis and Thermal Properties of Fly-Ash Based Geopolymer Pastes and Mortars 17
Ch. Panagiotopoulou, A. Asprogerakas, G. Kakali, and S. Tsivilis
 
Mechanical Response of Discontinuous Filament PVA Fiber Reinforced Geopolymers 29
Benjamin Varela and Jeffrey W. Rogers
 
Microwave Enhanced Drying and Firing of Geopolymers 35
Tyler A Gubb, Inessa Baranova, Shawn M. Allan, Morgana L. Fall, Holly S. Shulman, and Waltraud M. Kriven
 
Geopolymerization of Red Mud and Rice Husk Ash and Potentials of the Resulting Geopolymeric Products for Civil Infrastructure Applications 45
Jian He and Guoping Zhang
 
The Effect of Addition of Pozzolanic Tuff on Geopolymers 53
Hani Khoury, Islam Al Dabsheh, Faten Slaty, Yousef Abu Salha, Hubert Rahier, Muayad Esaifan, and Jan Wastiels
 
Bottom Ash-Based Geopolymer Materials: Mechanical and Environmental Properties 71
R. Onori, J. Will, A. Hoppe, A. Polettini, R. Pomi, and A. R. Boccaccini
 
Production of Geopolymers from Untreated Kaolinite 83
H. Rahier, M. Esaifan, I. Aldabsheh, F. Slatyi, H. Khoury, and J. Wastiels
 
Phosphate Geopolymers 91
Arun S. Wagh
 
THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
 
3-Dimensional Modeling of Graphitic Foam Heat Sink 107
Adrian Bradu and Khairul Alam
 
Enhancement of Heat Capacity of Molten Salt Eutectics using Inorganic Nanoparticles for Solar Thermal Energy Applications 119
Donghyun Shin and Debjyoti Banerjee
 
Enhancement of Heat Capacity of Nitrate Salts using Mica Nanoparticles 127
Seunghwan Jung and Debjyoti Banerjee
 
Enhanced Viscosity of Aqueous Silica Nanofluids 139
Byeongnam Jo and Debjyoti Banerjee
 
Pumping Power of 50/50 Mixtures of Ethylene Glycol/Water Containing