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Use of magnesium-based cement for environment friendly construction

The growing industrial revolution and rural development all over the world are giving rise to several serious environmental problems such as rise in CO2 emissions, generation of fine dust, and increased use of cooling energy. To solve these issues, various researches have been conducted in order to develop ecofriendly construction materials. However, most of researches were based on carbon abatement type, waste resource utilization, and environment friendly concrete technology. These technologies were able to solve the problem of CO2 reduction, but it was difficult to take alternative methods to heat island phenomenon. Also, these methods consisted of increased use of cooling energy due to the growing atmospheric temperature. Magnesium phosphate cement One of the types of magnesium-based cement that is being broadly used nowadays are Magnesium Phosphate cements. Magnesium phosphate cement (MPC) is a water-hardening inorganic cementitious material. The phosphates that are used along wit