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dc.contributor.authorRajak, M.
dc.contributor.authorMajid, Z.
dc.contributor.authorIsmail, Mohamed
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T09:16:39Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T09:16:39Z
dc.date.created2018-12-12T02:46:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationRajak, M. and Majid, Z. and Ismail, M. 2015. Morphological Characteristics of Hardened Cement Pastes Incorporating Nano-palm Oil Fuel Ash. Procedia Manufacturing. 2: pp. 512-518.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73474
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.088
dc.description.abstract

Recently, nano-sized additives and supplementary cementing materials (SCM) have shown to improve the mechanical and durability of mortars and concretes. This study investigates the incorporation of nano-POFA (nPOFA) into cement paste so as to observe its effect towards the microstructure development of cement. Additionally, the effect of micro-sized POFA (mPOFA) was also carried out for comparison. The mPOFA were subjected to milling for the generation of nPOFA. The prepared nPOFA exhibited a BET specific surface area of 145.35 m2/g with an average particle size ranging between 20 nm to 90 nm. Cement pastes were prepared with 10% - 50% replacement of nPOFA and 10% - 30% replacement of mPOFA. The morphological analysis of hardened cement paste (hcp) containing nPOFA (nPOFA-hcp), mPOFA (mPOFA-hcp) at the curing ages of 7, 28 and 90 days were conducted and compared with Ordinary Portland cement paste. At 7 days curing, the nPOFA particles acted as fillers and nucleation sites to accelerate cement hydration. The nPOFA particles reduced the appearance of lime crystals in the nPOFA-hcp at later curing ages due to the occurrence of pozzolanic reactions which formed secondary calcium-silicate-hydrates gel, resulting in a compact microstructure. The study concluded that the nPOFA particles created a dense and closely-packed microstructure of the hardened cement pastes due to the filling effect and pozzolanic reactions in the pastes.

dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.titleMorphological Characteristics of Hardened Cement Pastes Incorporating Nano-palm Oil Fuel Ash
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume2
dcterms.source.startPage512
dcterms.source.endPage518
dcterms.source.issn2351-9789
dcterms.source.titleProcedia Manufacturing
curtin.departmentCurtin Malaysia
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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