Building up and Characterization of Calcined Marl-Based Geopolymeric Cement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Experimental Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Chemical Composition of Aluminosilicate Source
3.2. Mineral Composition of Aluminosilicate Source
3.3. Mineral Transformation on Calcination
3.4. Compressive Strength Performance
3.4.1. Effect of NaOH Concentration
3.4.2. Effect of Na2SiO3/NaOH (Sodium Silicate/Sodium Hydroxide (SS/SH)) Mass Ratio
3.4.3. Effect of Solid/Liquid (S/L) Mass Ratio
3.4.4. Effect of Curing Temperatures
3.4.5. Effect of Calcination Temperatures
3.4.6. Effect of Curing Time
3.4.7. Effect of Aging Time
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Calcined Marl (g) | Sodium hydroxide (SH) (g) | SH (Molarity) | Sodium silicate (SS) (g) | SS/SH Mass Ratios | Solid/liquid (S/L) Mass Ratios | Water (g) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Different NaOH molarities | 100 | 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 | 2.5, 5, 8, 10, and 12 | 40 | 1.5 | 2 | 150, 140, 130, 120, and 110 |
Different SS/SH mass ratios | 100 | 40 | 10 | 40 | 0.6, 1, 1.5, 2.3, and 3 | 2 | 120 |
Different S/L mass ratios | 80, 85, 90, 100, and 110 | 40 | 10 | 40 | 1.5 | 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 2, and 2.2 | 120 |
SiO2 | Al2O3 | TiO2 | Fe2O3 | CaO | MgO | Na2O | K2O | MnO | P2O5 | SO3 | L.O.I | SUM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
46.95 | 5.88 | 0.60 | 0.85 | 28.0 | 0.73 | 0.20 | 0.39 | 0.13 | 1.75 | 0.70 | 13.73 | 99.91 |
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El-Habaak, G.; Askalany, M.; Abdel-Hakeem, M. Building up and Characterization of Calcined Marl-Based Geopolymeric Cement. Infrastructures 2018, 3, 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures3030022
El-Habaak G, Askalany M, Abdel-Hakeem M. Building up and Characterization of Calcined Marl-Based Geopolymeric Cement. Infrastructures. 2018; 3(3):22. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures3030022
Chicago/Turabian StyleEl-Habaak, Galal, Mohamed Askalany, and Mahmoud Abdel-Hakeem. 2018. "Building up and Characterization of Calcined Marl-Based Geopolymeric Cement" Infrastructures 3, no. 3: 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures3030022