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A Termite‐Inspired Alternative to Cement
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A termite‐inspired composite of clay, cellulose, and lignin forms a dense fibrous network with concrete‐like strength (32 MPa) and superior elasticity, processed at ambient temperature. Abstract Clay combined with organic materials is used by termites as a strong and durable construction material for their mounds with minimal environmental impact. Here,
Oren Regev +3 more
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Inorganics, 2022 In recent years, a great interest has arisen around the integration of naturally occurring clays into a plethora of advanced technological applications, quite far from the typical fabrication of traditional ceramics. This “second (technological) life” of
Roberto Nisticò
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Steric Effects of Alkyl Ammonium Salts on the Combustion of Exchanged Smectite Clays [PDF]
, 2018 Bomb calorimetry was explored as a new method for determining the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of clays. Smectite clays were modified with several alkyl ammonium salts varying in number of carbons and the spatial orientation of the carbons about the ...
Keith, Celeste A.
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Elucidating the crystal-chemistry of Jbel Rhassoul stevensite (Morocco) by advanced analytical techniques [PDF]
, 2008 The composition of Rhassoul clay is controversial regarding the nature of the puremineral clay fraction which is claimed to be stevensite rather than saponite.
A. Maazouz +28 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study demonstrates a Maya blue‐inspired hybrid solar evaporator using commercial black acrylic paint, achieving 98% solar‐thermal conversion efficiency and 2.39 kg m−2 h−1 water evaporation rate through a durable, hydrophilic organic–inorganic structure that enables scalable, cost‐effective desalination and wastewater purification.
Dao Thi Dung +5 more
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Physico-Chemical Properties of Clay Minerals and Their Use as a Health Promoting Feed Additive
Animals, 2019 The contamination of feeds with microbiological or toxicological agents can affect health, productivity and safety of livestock animals and their products.
Małgorzata Nadziakiewicza +2 more
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Natural radioactivity in imported ceramic tiles used in Serbia [PDF]
Processing and Application of Ceramics, 2013 Ceramic tiles are one of the commonly used decorative building materials. Body of ceramic tiles is a mixture of different raw materials including clays, quartz materials and feldspat, and may be glazed or left unglazed. Due to the presence of zircon in
Marija M. Janković +3 more
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Geochemical reactivity of subsurface sediments as potential buffer to anthropogenic inputs: a strategy for regional characterization in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2011 Geochemical reactivity of subsurface sediments as potential buffer to anthropogenic inputs: a strategy for regional characterization in the ...
Gaans, P.F.M., van +3 more
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From Waste to Value: Conversion of Calcium Sulfate to Vaterite via Carbon Capture and Storage
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study introduces a new concept for carbon management that relies on the carbonation of industrial gypsum waste and yields phase‐pure vaterite at ambient conditions without any additives. The obtained vaterite is further shown to be a reactive material that develops compressive strength in aqueous suspensions like conventional cements.
Carlos Pimentel +4 more
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Measuring and Modeling the Plasticity of Clays
Materials Research, 2010 The measurement of plasticity in clay bodies is crucial in order to get products free of defects and with less processing time. However, tests which simulate the behavior of the clay during processing and the mathematical modeling of some of its ...
Fernando Augusto de Andrade +2 more
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