The carbon dioxide(CO2) released while producing building materials is substantial and has been targeted as a leading contributor to global climate change. One of the most typical method to reducing CO2 for building materials is the addition of slag and fly ash, like pozzolan material, while another method is reducing CO2 production by carbon negative cement development. The MgO-based cement was from the low-temperature calcination of magnesite required less energy and emitted less CO2 than the manufacturing of Portland cements. It is also believed that adding reactive MgO to Portland-pozzolan cements could improve their performance and also increase their capacity to absorb atmospheric CO2. In this study, the basic research for magnesia cement using MgCO3 and magnesium silicate ore (serpentine) as main starting materials, as well as silica fume, fly ash and blast furnace slag for the mineral admixture, were carried out for industrial waste material recycling. In order to increase the hydration activity, MgCl2 was also added. To improve hydration activity, MgCO3 and serpentinite were fired at 700 oC and autoclave treatment was conducted. In the case of MgCO3 as starting material, hydration activity was the highest at firing temperature of 700 oC. This MgCO3 was completely transferred to MgO after firing. This occurred after the hydration reaction with water MgO was transferred completely to Mg(OH)2 as a hydration product. In the case of using only MgCO3, the compressive strength was 3.5MPa at 28 days. The addition of silica fume enhanced compressive strength to 5.5 MPa. In the composition of MgCO3-serpentine, the addition of pozzolanic materials such as silica fume increased the compression strength. In particular, the addition of MgCl2 compressive strength was increased to 80 MPa.

Recently, inorganic-organic hybrid materials have attracted much attention not only for their excellent thermal conductivity but also for their flame retardant properties. In this study, the properties of organic-inorganic hybrid insulating materials using inorganic fillers and polyurethane foam with different foaming conditions have been investigated. The addition of 1.5 wt% water to polyurethane as foaming agent shows the best foaming properties. The pore size was decreased in the foaming body with increasing of the CaCO3 addition. The apparent density and thermal conductivity were increased by increasing the CaCO3 addition. With an increasing amount of CaCO3 powder, the flame retardant property is improved, but the properties of thermal conductivity and apparent density tend to decrease. When the addition of fine particles of CaCO3, the apparent density and thermal conductivity were increased and, also, with the addition of coarse particles over 45μm in size, the apparent density and thermal conductivity were increased as well. In this study, the adding of CaCO3 with average particle size of 27μm led to the lowest thermal conductivity and apparent density. After evaluation with different inorganic fillers, Mg(OH)2 showed the highest thermal conductivity; on the other hand, CaCO3 showed the lowest thermal conductivity.

MgO based cement for the low-temperature calcination of magnesite required less energy and emitted less CO2 than the manufacturing of Portland cements. Furthermore, adding reactive MgO to Portland-pozzolan cement can improve their performance and also increase their capacity to absorb atmospheric CO2. In this study, the basic research for magnesia cement using MgCO3 and magnesium silicate ore (serpentine) as starting materials was carried out. In order to increase the hydration activity, MgCO3 and serpentinite were fired at a temperature higher than 600˚C. In the case of MgCO3 as starting material, hydration activity was highest at 700˚C firing temperature; this MgCO3 was completely transformed to MgO after firing. After the hydration reaction with water, MgO was totally transformed to Mg(OH)2 as hydration product. In the case of using only MgCO3, compressive strength was 35 kgf/cm2 after 28 days. The addition of silica fume and Mg(OH)2 led to an enhancements of the compressive strength to 55 kgf/cm2 and 50 kgf/cm2, respectively. Serpentine led to an up to 20% increase in the compressive strength; however, addition of this material beyond 20% led to a decrease of the compressive strength. When we added MgCl2, the compressive strength tends to increase.

On this study, We make an active MgO and Mg-Si material as a main material using autoclave and electric furnace. Mineral admixtures are added to main material, and to enhance the activity of carbon negative cement, MgCl2 solution is mixed to the paste and concrete. To evaluate the activity of hydration, mechanical property, autoclave expansion, hydrate property, SEM, freezing and thawing test of concrete are analyzed