Research progresses on magnesium phosphate cement: A review

Abstract The prime goal of this review is to expose the recent progresses on the research field of magnesium phosphate cement (MPC) based cementitious material to light through gathering the crucial outcomes of the works done by the global researchers. This paper provides a systematic literature review that is focused on the fundamental information of MPC and the key findings of the physio-mechanical behaviors on various application of MPC products of the evidence of 123 publications published over a period of 38 years from 1980 to 2018. More importantly, this study primarily concentrates on the information collection of the production and utilization of MPC in bio-materials, crack repair in pavements, hazardous waste management, fibre reinforced mortar, particle boards and clinical bio-ceramics using different design mixes of the MPC ingredients by the previous scholars. Additionally, based on the globally published data, the appropriate strength results of the MPC matrices under different material combinations have also discussed here. Even, it identifies various potential and challenging aspects related to the applicability of new dimensional MPC materials. As a final point, this review may encourage the readers to open the new chapter on further application sectors of MPC as a greater scale in the civil engineering aspects, preparing the usable products of daily life for human being and biomedical engineering usages.