Alkaline activated cement methods and compositions

A system for producing a geopolymer cement comprising (i) a source of a cement precursor;

• (ii) a source of an alkaline activating agent;
• and (iii) a treatment unit to treat the cement precursor and the alkaline activating agent to produce a geopolymer cement.

A network comprising a plurality of spatially separate geopolymer production systems, wherein each of the systems send information regarding one or more aspects of one or more processes at the system to a central processing unit.

A method for treating one or more cement precursors and one or more alkaline activating agents to produces a cementitious product, e.g., a geopolymer cement, wherein the method does not require, and does not utilize, grinding or milling and does not require, and does not utilize addition of exogenous heat to the materials, and wherein the materials are treated for less than 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, 50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 17, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2 seconds, and/or not more than 1000, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, 50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 17, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, or 3 seconds, preferably less than 30 seconds, more preferably less than 20 seconds, even more preferably less than 10 seconds.

A method for treating one or more starting materials to produce one or more cementitious products comprising introducing the one or more starting materials into an impact mixer, where they are subjected to impact mixing, to produce the one or more cementitious products.

A system for producing cementitious material, wherein the system comprises (i) one or more sources of starting materials operably connected to (ii) an impact mixer configured to treat the starting materials to produce a cementitious product.

A system for treating one or more starting materials to produce a cementitious product comprising (i) a first source of a first starting material;

• (ii) a second source of a second starting material;
• and (iii) a treatment unit where the first and second starting materials are treated to produce a cementitious product, wherein the first and second sources are operably connected to the treatment unit.