These ‘supermud’ bricks could tackle construction's carbon emissions

May 17, 2018

A man makes construction bricks from mud at one of several refugee settlements in Dadaab, Garissa County, northeastern Kenya October 9, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY)

Geopolymer bricks will gradually replace traditional mud bricks in the developing world. Image: REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

Alastair Marsh

Postgraduate Researcher, University of Bath

Venkatarama Reddy

Professor of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science

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The electron microscope image shows the transformation of montmorillonite clay, left, a common component of soil, into a geopolymer, right. Image: Alastair Marsh

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