Chemistry-related interpretive and reporting errors in geopolymer research: A critical diagnostic review
Materials Today Communications, cilt.57, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
- Cilt numarası: 57
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2026.116442
- Dergi Adı: Materials Today Communications
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Activator chemistry, Alkali-activated materials, Geopolymers, Precursor reactivity
- Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This purposive critical diagnostic review examines chemistry-related interpretive and reporting risks in geopolymer and alkali-activated materials research. Six domains organize the analysis: terminology and definition errors; precursor chemistry and reactivity ambiguities; activator chemistry reporting and interpretation errors; misuse of composition ratios and chemical variables; mechanism interpretation errors; and errors in linking chemistry to phase assemblage, microstructure, and property. Twelve claim-specific assessments and a comparison with six selected reviews illustrate how mechanism and structure–property interpretations depend on adequate system and variable specification. The proposed framework distinguishes observation strength, causal inference strength, and transferability range as three partly independent dimensions. It pairs diagnostic reading criteria with reporting recommendations and a hypothetical formulation-accounting example. The selected evidence supports bounded interpretation rather than field-wide error frequencies, validated study-quality scores, or independent validation of the framework. Explicit system boundaries, reconstructable chemical information, and evidence-proportional claims are proposed to support reproducibility and chemically defensible comparison.