The document discusses geopolymers, which are synthetic materials made from industrial byproducts like fly ash, blast furnace slag, or metakaolin. Various analytical techniques are used to characterize geopolymers, including XRF, XRD, SEM, FTIR, DSC, and TGA. Fly ash is commonly used to produce geopolymers and is shown to have an amorphous structure consisting of spherical particles when analyzed under SEM. FTIR analysis demonstrates differences between raw fly ash and geopolymer paste spectra. DSC and TGA are used to measure properties like glass transition temperatures and mass loss over a range of heating temperatures. The document examines the properties of class C and class F