Table 8

Materials used in the manufacture of the ARs

No.ARsMaterial specificationReference
(a)Hope 3DPolylactic acid (PLA)Suchin (2018) 
(b)MARSCeramic filled with cement and steel reinforcementReef Design Lab (2019) 
(c)Living SeawallsGlass fibre reinforced cement (with recycled polymer fibres) Stainless steel rods drilled for installationLiving Seawalls (2018), Reef Design Lab (2018) 
(d)Wave BreakCement and recycled shell aggregateGoad (2022) 
(e)Snapper Reef UnitMagnesia cement (binder), dolomite sand and sedimentary rocks (aggregate)Dini and Monolite (2016) 
(f)Boskalis ReefDolomite sand (material base), magnesium oxide (binder)Jacqueline et al. (2017) 
(g)Hanging Fish HouseCalcium carbonate (limestone) and bio-based resin derived from bambooSchofield (2020a)
(h)3D ReefVivalDolomite sand, trass flour (TubagTM), white cement (CEM I/II) and fresh tap waterColsoul et al. (2020), Kardinaal et al. (2020); Reef Design Lab (2017), Tubag (2024) 
(i)X-ReefCement LafargeHolcimHolcim (2024), XtreeE (2017) 
(j)Biomimetic ReefCement Vicat.Vicat (2024), XtreeE (2019) 
(k)X-CoralAtomised clay mixture (Goerg and Schneider Body 0311) composed of iron oxide (6.5%), sodium-silicate (binder)Berman et al. (2023) 
(l)3DPARECement mortarCement CEM III/B, fly ash, kaolin, limestone, seashells, glassYoris-Nobile et al. (2023) 
  Geopolymer mortarFly ash, sodium hydroxide (NaOH), nano-silica, micro-silica, limestone, seashells and glass 
(m)Recif’Lab L1Cement VicatSeaboost Ecological Engineering (2021); Vicat, 2024)
(n)3D-Printed Reef TilesRed terracotta clay (P1331, Potterycrafts Ltd), crystalline silicaLange et al. (2020) 
(o)InnovaReefRecycled cementChulalongkorn (2020) 
(p)Recif’Lab L2Cement VicatSeaboost Ecological Engineering (2022) 
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