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The production of red mud in almost 1 to 1 mass ratio in relation to metallurgical alumina renders its valorization a first-priority issue for any alumina plant. The huge amount of red mud produced annually all over the world renders necessary the development of several valorization alternatives so that each alumina plant to have the ability to choose among them the ones that are more proper taking into account geographical and economic parameters. The use of red mud as a filler in production of geopolymeric massive bricks and tiles seems to be a technically feasible valorization alternative. The red mud/metakaolin and the red mud/slag geopolymeric systems proved to be effective and the materials produced have promising mechanical, satisfactory physical and excellent thermophysical properties.
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Panias, D., Giannopoulou, I., Boufounos, D. (2014). Valorization of Alumina Red Mud for Production of Geopolymeric Bricks and Tiles. In: Grandfield, J. (eds) Light Metals 2014. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48144-9_27
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