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    Three-dimensional quantification of pore structure in coal ash-based geopolymer using conventional electron tomography

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    Authors
    Lee, S.
    Jou, H.
    Van Riessen, Arie
    Rickard, William
    Chon, C.
    Kang, N.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Lee, S. and Jou, H. and Van Riessen, A. and Rickard, W. and Chon, C. and Kang, N. 2014. Three-dimensional quantification of pore structure in coal ash-based geopolymer using conventional electron tomography. Construction and Building Materials. 52: pp. 221-226.
    Source Title
    Construction and Building Materials
    DOI
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.10.072
    ISSN
    0950-0618
    School
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36644
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    X-ray tomography, mercury intrusion porosimetry, and gas adsorption are used to characterize the nano-scale pore structure of geopolymers with little success. This is because X-ray tomography still lacks high resolution for nanometer-sized pores and the other techniques use the incorrect assumptions of regular pore geometry and interconnected pore systems. To reveal the three-dimensional structure of nanometer-sized pores in coal ash-based geopolymer, conventional bright field electron tomography is used in this study for the first time. Because artifacts resulting from diffraction effects of newly-formed zeolite-like phases are introduced only in the matrix surrounding the pores, the pore size distribution has been investigated successfully. Most of the pores had irregular geometry and were found to range from 20 to 60 nm in equivalent perimeter diameter. The porosity was determined to be 7.15% for the volume of interest, 0.00748 μm3. The first successful outcome of the reported experiment indicates that electron tomography will play an important role in the future for measuring the porosity and pore connectivity of geopolymers enabling predictions of durability and optimization of material properties.

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