Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 44, Issue 3, 936(2025)
Aluminosilicate Solid Waste Mineral Phase Activation Reconstruction and Technology Application Perspectives
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REN Yiling, ZHANG Jianbo, LI Huiquan, LI Shaopeng, WU Wenfen, GUO Ru, XU Wenjun. Aluminosilicate Solid Waste Mineral Phase Activation Reconstruction and Technology Application Perspectives[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 44(3): 936
Received: Oct. 22, 2024
Accepted: Apr. 24, 2025
Published Online: Apr. 24, 2025
The Author Email: ZHANG Jianbo (zhangjianbo@ipe.ac.cn)