Analysis of experimental conditions for alkali activation of mining tailings based on literature data
Lucimara Bragagnolo, Pedro Domingos Marques Prietto, Eduardo Pavan Korf · 2026
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The world buries over seven billion tons of mine tailings a year, and Lucimara Bragagnolo, Pedro Domingos Marques Prietto, and Eduardo Pavan Korf ask how to turn that waste into building material. The route is alkali activation: strong alkaline fluids wake the waste's minerals into a cement-like binder. The team mined the published literature for the conditions researchers used and the strengths they got.
The kind of precursor mattered most for strength. Blending tailings with other starting materials beat pure tailings every time. Two activators, caustic soda and sodium silicate, dominated the recipes. The authors call for cheaper, greener activators and blends so the method can leave the lab for real construction sites.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lucimara Bragagnolo, Pedro Domingos Marques Prietto, Eduardo Pavan Korf |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 64 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |