公开(公告)号：US20220017415A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17299653

申请日：2019-12-06

Applicant: IMERTECH SAS

Inventor： Konstantina PAPAKONSTANTINOU ,  Thanasis KARALIS ,  Christos DEDELOUDIS ,  Panagiotis ANGELOPOULOS ,  Ioannis PASPALIARIS ,  Maria TAXIARCHOU ,  Anna GAKI

IPC: C04B18/02 ,  C04B20/00 ,  C04B12/04 ,  C09K21/02 ,  A01G24/42 ,  A01G24/10 ,  C03B19/08

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an expanded granular material comprises: forming a mixture comprising a silicate material, an alkali compound and water; curing the mixture to form a solid precursor; crushing and/or milling the solid precursor to form an expandable granular material; and heating the granular material to form an expanded granular material.