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    Mix design and production of flyash based geopolymer concrete

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    Authors
    Rangan, B. Vijaya
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Rangan, B.V. 2008. Mix design and production of flyash based geopolymer concrete. The Indian Concrete Journal. 82 (5): pp. 7-15.
    Source Title
    The Indian Concrete Journal
    DOI
    10.1007/978-81-322-2187-6_123
    ISSN
    00194565
    School
    Department of Civil Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25939
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    Abstract

    Geopolymer is a new development in the world of concrete in which cement is totally replaced by pozzolanic materials like fly ash and activated by highly alkaline solutions to act as a binder in the concrete mix. For the selection of suitable ingredients of geopolymer concrete to achieve desire strength at required workability, an experimental investigation has been carried out for the gradation of geopolymer concrete and a mix design procedure is proposed on the basis of quantity and fineness of fly ash, quantity of water, grading of fine aggregate, fine to total aggregate ratio. Sodium silicate solution with Na2O = 16.37 %, SiO2 = 34.35 % and H2O = 49.28 % and sodium hydroxide solution having 13 M concentration were maintained constant throughout the experiment. Water-to-geopolymer binder ratio of 0.35, alkaline solution-to-fly ash ratio of 0.35 and sodium silicate-to-sodium hydroxide ratio of 1.0 by mass were fixed on the basis of workability and cube compressive strength. Workability of geopolymer concrete was measured by flow table apparatus and cubes of 150 mm side were cast and tested for compressive strength after specified period of oven heating. The temperature of oven heating was maintained at 60 °C for 24 h duration and tested 7 days after heating. It is observed that the results of workability and compressive strength are well match with the required degree of workability and compressive strength. So, proposed method is used to design normal and standard geopolymer concrete.

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