Research progress on lunar and Martian concrete

Z Hu, T Shi, M Cen, J Wang, X Zhao, C Zeng… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Concrete is an ideal material for human beings to build bases on the Moon and Mars, and it
is an important material basis for human beings to explore outer planets. In this paper, the …

Portland versus alkaline cement: continuity or clean break:“a key decision for global sustainability”

A Palomo, O Maltseva, I Garcia-Lodeiro… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This review undertakes rigorous analysis of much of the copious literature available to the
scientific community on the use of alkali-activated binders (AABs) in construction. The …

Preparation and characterization of high-strength geopolymer based on BH-1 lunar soil simulant with low alkali content

S Zhou, C Lu, X Zhu, F Li - Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction of a lunar base and habitation on the Moon has always been on
researchers' minds. Building materials used in in situ lunar resources are of great …

Alkali-activated slag supplemented with waste glass powder: Laboratory characterization, thermodynamic modelling and sustainability analysis

R Xiao, Y Zhang, X Jiang, P Polaczyk, Y Ma… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Finding new aluminosilicate wastes to make sustainable alkali-activated materials (AAMs)
has gained increasing attention in cement industry. In this work, the ground granulated blast …

Recycling and utilization assessment of steel slag in metakaolin based geopolymer from steel slag by-product to green geopolymer

X Zhu, W Li, Z Du, S Zhou, Y Zhang, F Li - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study that aimed to recycle steel slag waste as a
supplementary material in metakaolin based geopolymer, resulting in a new type of …

Preparation, characterization and rheological analysis of eco-friendly road geopolymer grouting materials based on volcanic ash and metakaolin

S Zhou, Z Yang, R Zhang, F Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Geopolymer has been applied in road engineering as an environmentally friendly material.
This study prepared geopolymer road grouting pastes in different mixture ratios of volcanic …

Materials characterization of various lunar regolith simulants for use in geopolymer lunar concrete

PJ Collins, J Edmunson, M Fiske… - Advances in Space …, 2022 - Elsevier
Concrete materials are a feasible option for construction on the Moon utilizing the in-situ
resources. An important part of any concrete material is the proper characterization of the …

Preparation and evaluation of geopolymer based on BH-2 lunar regolith simulant under lunar surface temperature and vacuum condition

S Zhou, Z Yang, R Zhang, X Zhu, F Li - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction of a lunar base and habitation on the moon has always been of great
significance to utilizing lunar resources and deep space exploration. In this paper, a new …

A review on geopolymer technology for lunar base construction

S Lee, A Van Riessen - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Geopolymer is a synthetic amorphous aluminosilicate material that can be used as an
inorganic binder to replace ordinary Portland cement. Geopolymer is produced by mixing …

Fiber-reinforced lunar geopolymers synthesized using lunar regolith simulants

S Debbarma, X Shi, A Torres, M Nodehi - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
In-situ resource utilization is extremely important to not only support additive construction on
the Moon but also to minimize the weight of transportation. The work outlined in this study …