Production of eco-friendly bricks from copper mine tailings through geopolymerization

Engineering & Materials Science

• Brick 69%
• Clay 7%
• Copper mines 100%
• Curing 15%
• Geopolymers 21%
• Imaging techniques 6%
• Kilns 9%
• Mechanical properties 5%
• Microstructure 5%
• Phase composition 9%
• Physical properties 7%
• Scanning electron microscopy 6%
• Shale 9%
• Sodium hydroxide 18%
• Tailings 84%
• Temperature 9%
• Water absorption 9%
• Water content 8%
• X ray diffraction analysis 10%

Chemical Compounds

• Curing 59%
• Environmental Friendliness 62%
• Kilns 45%
• Microstructure 21%
• Mixture 14%
• Pressure 37%
• Scanning Electron Microscopy 19%
• Sodium Hydroxide 30%
• X-Ray Diffraction 15%