Floating photocatalysts as promising materials for environmental detoxification and energy production: A review

F Seifikar, A Habibi-Yangjeh - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The oxygenation process of the catalyst surface, the incident-light harvesting capability, and
facile recycling of utilized photocatalysts play key role in the outstanding photocatalytic …

Lightweight expanded clay aggregate as a building material–An overview

AM Rashad - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
LECA is the abbreviation of lightweight expanded clay aggregate. LECA is produced from
special plastic clay with no or very little content of lime. The clay is dried, heated and burned …

Lightweight foam concrete containing expanded perlite and glass sand: Physico-mechanical, durability, and insulation properties

O Gencel, OY Bayraktar, G Kaplan, O Arslan… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Foam concrete refers to a type of concrete with high porosity that can be produced with or
without aggregate. Foam concrete has generally superior thermal insulation properties …

Properties of fly ash-based lightweight-geopolymer mortars containing perlite aggregates: Mechanical, microstructure, and thermal conductivity coefficient

H Karakaş, S Ilkentapar, U Durak, E Örklemez… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
It is known that studies on lightweight geopolymer using fly ash need more research.
Therefore, in this study, class F fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer mortar samples were …

Valorization of waste perlite powder in geopolymer composites

A El-Mir, J Hwalla, H El-Hassan, JJ Assaad… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The utilization of industrial waste by-products including blast furnace slag (BFS) for
geopolymer (GP) production gained considerable attention in recent years. Yet, the …

Lightweight structural cement composites with expanded polystyrene (EPS) for enhanced thermal insulation

A Dixit, S Dai Pang, SH Kang, J Moon - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The development of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) concrete involves two major
concerns:(a) poor strength resulting in the EPS concrete unsuitable for structural …

Valorization of sugar beet waste as a foaming agent for metakaolin geopolymer activated with phosphoric acid

AM Rashad, M Gharieb, H Shoukry… - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study is the first attempt to investigate the possibility of recycling carbonated lime
residue (CR)(a by-product from the sugar beet-making industry) as a foaming agent. For this …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of high-performance self-compacting concrete using alternative materials and exposed to elevated temperatures by non-destructive testing

M Abed, J de Brito - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study quantitatively evaluates the residual density, compressive strength,
flexural strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) of high-performance self-compacting …

Characterization of sustainable ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) including expanded perlite

X Wang, D Wu, Q Geng, D Hou, M Wang, L Li… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the performance of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) containing
expanded perlite powder (or expanded perlite sand) has been investigated …

[HTML][HTML] A Comprehensive Review and Recent Trends in Thermal Insulation Materials for Energy Conservation in Buildings

A Ali, A Issa, A Elshaer - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent years, energy conservation became a strategic goal to preserve the environment,
foster sustainability, and preserve valuable natural resources. The building sector is …