This paper describes bonding of clay with minor amounts of a phenolic emulsion to produce bricks, roofing tiles or synthetic aggregates, and requires only low temperature baking (100°C to 150°C). The manufacture of conventional bricks is energy intensive whereas our process has low energy requirement.
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