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Preface

geopolymers (or inorganic polymers). Surprisingly, I did not find enough references or articles on the subject for the literature survey. But during the past twenty years this topic has become a subject of global concern, and there are tens of thousands of publications covering it in various countries of the world. So I thought it was worth editing this book, which focuses on certain aspects of geopolymers and its applications. This book, *Geopolymers and Other Geosynthetics*, deals with the basics of geopolymers as an extension of the rest of the geosynthetics structures. This book contains ten chapters. Chapter 1, the introductory chapter, provides a general introduction to geopolymers and the challenges facing their use on a large scale, as well as studying geopolymers as functional materials that have more than one use. Chapter 2 discusses geopolymers, their synthesis methods, as well as their advanced applications. Chapter 3 summarizes some selected advanced characterization methods of geopolymers, mainly the microstructure, such as SEM, TEM, NMR, and Synchrotrons. Chapters 4 and 5 describe the synthesis of geopolymer bricks using low cost and available precursors such as iron ore tailings, slag sand, slag, and fly ash. Chapter 6 discusses the synthesis of geopolymers using different precursors particularly bauxite, red mud, and wastes. Chapter 7 presents the phase composition, microstructure evolution, and thermal expansion behaviors of the ceramics derived from the geopolymers. Chapters 8, 9, and 10 discuss the geotechnical properties and the geosynthetic structures indirectly related to geopolymers. This book represents the background of the science of geopolymers.

**Mazen Alshaaer**

Saudi Arabia

**Han-Yong Jeon** Inha University, South Korea

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University,

Twenty years ago I decided to conduct postgraduate research in the field of

The Assessment Strategy for Selecting and Evaluating Geoenvironmental Remediation *by Meshari Almutairi*
