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dc.contributor.authorLee, S.
dc.contributor.authorJou, H.
dc.contributor.authorVan Riessen, Arie
dc.contributor.authorRickard, William
dc.contributor.authorChon, C.
dc.contributor.authorKang, N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:56:56Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:56:56Z
dc.date.created2015-04-16T05:48:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationLee, 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.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36644
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.10.072
dc.description.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.

dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectPorosity
dc.subjectElectron tomography
dc.subjectGeopolymer
dc.subjectPore connectivity
dc.titleThree-dimensional quantification of pore structure in coal ash-based geopolymer using conventional electron tomography
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume52
dcterms.source.startPage221
dcterms.source.endPage226
dcterms.source.issn0950-0618
dcterms.source.titleConstruction and Building Materials
curtin.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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