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Compressed Earth Blocks with Sewage Sludge Ash
There is a growing interest in finding more sustainable building materials to mitigate carbon emissions from materials and the depletion of natural...
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Recent Advances in Composites from Seaweeds
An important natural biopolymer resource, seaweed has been employed in a wide variety of products around the world. Main seaweed derivatives such as...
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Traditional Ceramics Manufacturing
Ceramic is associated to clay because earliest ceramic articles were made from naturally occurring materials such as clay minerals. Clays and many of...
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Utilizing of Tincal Ore Wastes in Ceramic Industry
Boron mining is carried out as opencast/open pit mining in Turkey. The obtained boron ore is presented to the utilization of many industrial branches...
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Green Nanofillers from Natural Sources
Polymer composites and nanocomposites reinforced with various microfillers and nanofillers are extensively exploited for an array of commercial...
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Innovation from Component Development
Clay has been used as a molding material throughout Japan since the Jomon period. Clay with the appropriate water content can be shaped with fingers...
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Procedure for Building a Strong Patent Group
This chapter explains the process of building a strong patent portfolio; however, first, it discusses what a patent is and what constitutes a strong...
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Nanoclay Composites as Agrochemical Carriers
Agricultural production systems are facing major challenges as a result of rapid urbanization and extreme climate events. There are various...
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The Physical Properties of Small Particles
The particles encountered in plastics and paints display a wide range of physical and chemical characteristics. Many of these characteristics affect...
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The Role of Halloysite and Montmorillonite as Nanofillers and Catalyst Supports in Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions
Nanoclays are nano-layered silicates extensively used as reinforcing fillers for composites and as catalyst support/filler material. The widely used...
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Novel insulating construction blocks of crop residue (straw) and natural binders
AbstractThis research aimed to develop an insulating construction block with low embodied energy and high carbon sequestration formed from post grain...
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Recycling Glass Packaging into Ceramic Bricks
WastesWaste regularly discarded by the society, such as post-consumption packaging glassGlass, are increasingly contributing to the environmental...
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Biodegradable Polysaccharides Nanocomposites
Every day, a significant quantity of non-biodegradable materials is generated for use in food packaging. These products have a real and significant...
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Modified release of D-glucose incorporated into laponite/ureasil–poly(ethylene oxide) hybrid nanocomposite
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the influence of laponite smectite clay on the structural properties and release profile of the...
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Rheological behavior of water-clay suspensions under large amplitude oscillatory shear
Mixtures of solid particles and Newtonian fluids such as water-clay suspensions are prepared for industrial usage and have many engineering...
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Use of Ceramic Waste in Different Percentages as a Replacement of the Fine Aggregate in Mortars
With the growth of the population and, consequently, of civil construction, there was an increase in the consumption of natural resources, generating...
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Polysaccharide-Composites Materials as Adsorbents for Organic Dyes
Wastewater contaminated by dyes is a major issue brought about by the increase of human and industrial activities. The development of adsorbents...
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First-time evaluation and characterization of “Šarišša” mudbrick ceramics and findings by SEM–EDX and XRF: chasing the traces of fire
Šarišša is one of the most important cities of Hittite Empire in the range of 16th–twelfth century BCE. The city’s importance comes from being the...
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Modified Layered Double Hydroxide for Degradation of Dyes
Dyes are extensively used in textiles, paper, plastic, cosmetics, leather and other industries. Textile industries are producing pollutants of...
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Trends in the use of montmorillonite as a delivery system for active substances
The use of montmorillonite has been investigated as a delivery system for active substances and few studies report discussions and visualization of...
