Geopolymer Woodcrete! · Building Resilience

Geopolymer Woodcrete!

I made a few test samples of geopolymer woodcrete! This is one of the possible products I'm exploring made from geopolymers. The goal is to make a block similar to hempcrete, but with some additional goals:

Use wood chips from recycled/upcycled wood instead of hemp hurds, primarily to reduce the cost while still benefiting from the carbon sequestration and insulating properties of incorporating natural plant fibers.
Create load bearing blocks that have compressive strength at least as high as adobe, but possibly higher. Would be ideal if it approached compressed earth blocks.
Create a material that is more robust and able to handle direct exposure to the elements
Benefit from faster curing times over lime-based materials - not necessary to wait for days, weeks or months for the material to dry

I've created a YouTube playlist with the videos for this series.

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