Our product is
Zero-Waste.
We've created valuable geological analogs from industrial residues – We call them GEMs™
GEMs are synthetic, mineralized stones produced from one or more waste streams. By controlling the front-end formulation and the synthesis processes, we can tailor both the chemical and physical properties of these geological analogs to meet the demands of an ever-growing suite of applications.
With every discovery, comes a new potential market, and we have been making a lot of discoveries.
These materials are enabling us to replace gray infrastructure with green infrastructure and revive ancient technologies like Roman Concrete, capable of lasting hundreds of years.
By using these technologies we eliminate materials destined for landfills while ensuring a reduction in carbon footprint by drastically reducing the need to mine raw materials.
We've been applying AI to significant challenges and threats for over 25 years.
Even before Siri, and long before LLMs, members of our team were creating AI platforms to solve complex challenges affecting our nation – protecting American lives. In 2019 we were asked to go a different direction. Now we leverage AI to discover novel new materials to rejuvenate the planet – we're waging war on waste.
A couple of us started Spectre AI back in 1999 and subsequently patented AI systems and the first Functional Presence Engine (FPE). We went on to create various knowledge-fusion platforms, as well as behavioral biometrics solutions. In 2019 we started working with scientists and engineers on novel new materials aimed at rescuing the planet.
We’re Turning Waste into Planet-Saving Materials. At Scale.
Silica-X features a multi-disciplined talent pool to deliver on transformational development at record speed.
Our founders are responsible for a new class of materials that are being heralded by the U.S Department of Energy, Savannah River National Lab, and the American Ceramics Society as a foundation for the future.
Our first GEMs were called engineered cellular magmatics (ECMs) and were synthesized from waste glass. These GEMs are a revolutionary synthetic, engineered pumice-like material based on the nearly century-old technology of “foam glass”.
Silica-X has gone beyond waste glass and has successfully incorporated multiple waste streams into GEMs – these include MSWI/WtE ash, coal combustion products, agricultural residues, and mining wastes.
Our first GEMs were called engineered cellular magmatics (ECMs) and were synthesized from waste glass. These GEMs are a revolutionary synthetic, engineered pumice-like material based on the nearly century-old technology of “foam glass”.
Silica-X has gone beyond waste glass and has successfully incorporated multiple waste streams into GEMs – these include MSWI/WtE ash, coal combustion products, agricultural residues, and mining wastes.
GEMs are an evolutionary leap and enable the synthesis of materials with properties that can be tailored for advanced applications.
GEMs are extremely versatile with variations sharing as much as 95% of their base formula.
GEMs are extremely versatile with variations sharing as much as 95% of their base formula.
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Let Silica-X show you how to turn your waste into valuable resources and planet-saving materials. Whether Blue Barrier, GEMs, or WastePoint.ai, we have a solution for your enterprise.
We believe that humankind has the power to overcome any challenge. Positive diligence, combined with creativity will continue to allow us to discover solutions to environmental, ecological and economic challenges facing us and future generations.