Parametric Studies on Compressive Strength of Geopolymer Concrete

By P. Vora, U. Dave. 2013

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The demand of concrete is increasing day by day for satisfying the need of development of infrastructure facilities. It is well established fact that the production of OPC not only consumes significant amount of natural resources and energy but also releases substantial quantity of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Therefore, it is essential to find alternatives to make the concrete environment friendly. Geopolymer is an inorganic alumino-silicate compound, synthesized from fly ash. The fly ash, one of the source materials for geopolymer binders, is available abundantly in India, but to date its utilization is limited. Hence it is essential to make the efforts to utilize this by-product in concrete manufacturing in order to make the concrete more environmental friendly. This paper describes the experimental work conducted by casting 20 geopolymer concrete mixes to evaluate the effect of various parameters affecting its the compressive strength in order to enhance its overall performance. Various parameters i.e. ratio of alkaline liquid to fly ash, concentration of sodium hydroxide, ratio of sodium silicate to sodium hydroxide, curing time, curing temperature, dosage of superplasticiser, rest period and additional water content in the mix have been investigated. The test results show that compressive strength increases with increase in the curing time, curing temperature, rest period, concentration of sodium hydroxide solution and decreases with increase in the ratio of water to geopolymer solids by mass & admixture dosage, respectively. The addition of naphthalene based superplasticiser improves the workability of fresh geopolymer concrete. It was further observed that the water content in the geopolymer concrete mix plays significant role in achieving the desired compressive strength.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering

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Methods of curing geopolymer concrete: A review (2018, background): “There is a limited experimental work on steam curing of geopolymer concrete and among the few research studies, the work of Yewale et al. (2016) was one of the most important papers.”
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