Advances in Materials Science for Environmental and Energy Technologies V

Advances in Materials Science for Environmental and Energy Technologies V
Author: Tatsuki Ohji
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119323614

This proceedings volume contains a collection of 20 papers from the following symposia held during the 2015 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T '15) meeting: 7th International Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing Processing Materials for Nuclear Applications and Extreme Environments Materials Issues in Nuclear Waste Management in the 21st Century Nanotechnology for Energy, Healthcare and Industry Materials for Processes for CO2 Capture, Conversion and Sequestration Hybrid Organic – Inorganic Materials for Alternative Energy

Alkali Activated Materials

Alkali Activated Materials
Author: John L. Provis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400776721

This is a State of the Art Report resulting from the work of RILEM Technical Committee 224-AAM in the period 2007-2013. The Report summarises research to date in the area of alkali-activated binders and concretes, with a particular focus on the following areas: binder design and characterisation, durability testing, commercialisation, standardisation, and providing a historical context for this rapidly-growing research field.

Handbook of Alkali-Activated Cements, Mortars and Concretes

Handbook of Alkali-Activated Cements, Mortars and Concretes
Author: F. Pacheco-Torgal
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 855
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1782422889

This book provides an updated state-of-the-art review on new developments in alkali-activation. The main binder of concrete, Portland cement, represents almost 80% of the total CO2 emissions of concrete which are about 6 to 7% of the Planet's total CO2 emissions. This is particularly serious in the current context of climate change and it could get even worse because the demand for Portland cement is expected to increase by almost 200% by 2050 from 2010 levels, reaching 6000 million tons/year. Alkali-activated binders represent an alternative to Portland cement having higher durability and a lower CO2 footprint. - Reviews the chemistry, mix design, manufacture and properties of alkali-activated cement-based concrete binders - Considers performance in adverse environmental conditions. - Offers equal emphasis on the science behind the technology and its use in civil engineering.

Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements

Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements
Author: Keith Quillin
Publisher: Bre Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Concrete
ISBN: 9781860819841

Demonstrates CSA cements can be used to produce durable concrete with physical properties comparable to equivalent Portland cement concrete.

Dying to Self and Detachment

Dying to Self and Detachment
Author: James Kellenberger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317147529

Exploring the religious category of dying to self, this book aims to resolve contemporary issues that relate to detachment. Beginning with an examination of humility in its general notion and as a religious virtue that detachment presupposes, Kellenberger draws on a range of ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary sources that address the main characteristics of detachment, including the work of Meister Eckhart, St. Teresa, and Simone Weil, as well as writers as varied as Gregory of Nyssa, Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, Søren Kierkegaard, Andrew Newberg, John Hick and Keiji Nishitani. Kellenberger explores the key issues that arise for detachment, including the place of the individual's will in detachment, the relationship of detachment to desire, to attachment to persons, and to self-love and self-respect, and issues of contemporary secular detachment such as inducement via chemicals. This book heeds the relevance of the religious virtue of detachment for those living in the twenty-first century.