Meet the editors

Petrică Vizureanu obtained an MSc and Ph.D. in Heating Equipment from Gheorghe Asachi Technical University, Romania, in 1992 and 1999, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor and Scientific Supervisor in Materials Engineering at the same university. His research interests include expert systems for heating system programming, computer-assisted design for heating equipment, heating equipment for materials processing, heat

transfer, biomaterials, and geopolymers. Dr. Vizureanu has more than 150 papers Publications are visible in over 150 papers in international journals and conferences (proceedings) and 35 books to his credit. Hirsch index: 18.

Pavel Krivenko is currently a professor in the Department of Technology of Building Structures and Products and director of the Scientific Research Institute for Binders and Materials, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine. He graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute, Ukraine, with a diploma in Engineer in Building Materials Technology in 1961. He received his Ph.D. (Eng) from the Kyiv

Civil Engineering Institute, Ukraine, in1971, and a DSc (Eng) from Kyiv Polytechnical Institute, Ukraine, in 1986. His research interests include the synthesis of alkali-activated cements and materials based on them. He has published more than 20 books, more than 1,000 papers in international journals and conference proceedings, and more than 500 patents. He is a principal investigator in several national and international projects in Ukraine and abroad. He is a member of three International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM) technical committees on alkali-activated materials, board member for three international journals, winner of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of Science and Engineering (2001), and supervisor of five DSc (Eng) and twenty-three Ph.D. theses.

Contents

**Section 1**

Tailings as Precursors

Slag Based Geopolymer

*and Radha Raman Dash*

*by Ahmed Nmiri*

Range of 20–1200°C

**Section 2**

Geopolymer Concrete under Ambient Curing

Technology in the Geopolymer Development

*by Pavel Krivenko and Volodymyr Kyrychok*

**Preface XI**

Geopolymers **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 39**

**Chapter 3 61**

**Chapter 4 77**

**Chapter 5 93**

Zeolites **109**

**Chapter 6 111**

*by M. Indhumathi Anbarasan, S.R. Sanjaiyan and S. Nagan Soundarapandiyan*

Incorporation of Phase Change Materials and Application of 3D Printing

Genesis of Structure and Properties of the Zeolite-Like Cement Matrices of the System Na(K)-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O within a Temperature

Geopolymers and Alkali-Activated Materials for Wastewater Treatment

The Physical and Mechanical Characteristics of Geopolymers Using Mine

*by Petrica Vizureanu, Dumitru Doru Burduhos Nergis, Andrei Victor Sandu,* 

Synthesis and Characterizations of High Carbon Ferrochrome (HCFC)

*by Muktikanta Panigrahi, Saralasrita Mohanty, Ratan Indu Ganguly* 

*Diana Petronela Burduhos Nergis and Madalina Simona Baltatu*

Applications and Valorization of Industrial Side Streams *by Tatiana Samarina, Esther Takaluoma and Outi Laatikainen*
