Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 43, Issue 11, 4083(2024)

Research Progress of Geopolymers in Sewage Treatment

LIU Boyan... PENG Xinpan, GUO Zhaocheng, LIU Qi, FAN Lihua and SONG Xuefeng* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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    LIU Boyan, PENG Xinpan, GUO Zhaocheng, LIU Qi, FAN Lihua, SONG Xuefeng. Research Progress of Geopolymers in Sewage Treatment[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2024, 43(11): 4083

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    Received: May. 24, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 2, 2025

    Published Online: Jan. 2, 2025

    The Author Email: Xuefeng SONG (songxuefeng@xauat.edu.cn)

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