A scientific article authored by researchers of Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU) has been published in a Q1-category international journal. The article is entitled “Synthesis and foaming of a novel type of porous geopolymer material via salt activation.”
The study was co-authored by Professor Yunis Gahramanli, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Head of the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Substances at ASOIU, and Kristina Goryunova, PhD candidate, UFAZ alumna (Master’s degree), and lecturer at the same department. The article was published in RSC Advances, a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain). The journal is indexed in Scopus and Web of Science and ranks in the Q1 quartile according to Scopus.
The research systematically examined the effects of foaming agent content and activator concentration on the material’s density, porosity, thermal conductivity, and mechanical strength. Microstructural analysis confirmed that the material consists of a hybrid aluminosilicate–phosphate network with tunable pore morphology.
The findings demonstrate that salt-activated geopolymers can serve as environmentally friendly, low-carbon construction materials and as highly efficient thermal insulation materials. This approach also contributes to effective construction waste valorization and the reduction of CO₂ emissions.
The article is available at:
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RA05707H
