Inorganic materials form an emerging class of water‐soluble binders for battery applications.
Their favourable physicochemical properties, such as intrinsic ionic conductivity, high …

The most used insulating materials have advantageous characteristics for construction, such
as low cost, but at the same time, have significant disadvantages such as the environmental …

Lean manufacturing techniques aim to improve the business processes. In recent times, the
ever-increasing attention to aspects of economic, social and above all environmental …

The civil construction industry significantly contributes to global energy consumption,
prompting a shift towards sustainable practices to mitigate environmental impacts …

With modified water glass as binder and the introduction of micro silicon powders into the
core-making process, an improvement was made to the tensile strength and collapsibility of …

This research investigated the development of a fast-drying silica-based binder for hemp
concrete products with enhanced mechanical and thermal properties. Hemp-silica bio …

Inorganically-bound sand cores are used in many light-metal foundries to form cavities in the
cast part, which cannot be realised by the mould itself. To enable FEM simulations with core …

The article presents the results of research aimed at examining the type of swelling material
introduced into moulding or core sand to improve their knock-out properties. Tests on Slovak …

The results of own studies concerning the application of a new additive to the CO2-
hardened sodium water glass foundry sands are presented. The new additive, which is a …

The paper presents results of a research on identifying opportunities for effective
reclamation of waste molding sand with water-glass, hardened by microwave heating. The …