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Influence of Water, Alkali Activators, and Curing Regime on the Workability and Compressive Strength of the Alkali Activated Mortar
Proceedings of the 20th Congress of IABSE (2019, New York City, NY)
  • E. Gomaa
  • A. A. Gheni
  • S. Sargon
  • C. Kashosi
  • Mohamed ElGawady, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The effect of the water to fly ash (W/FA), alkali activators to fly ash (Alk/FA), and curing regimes on the workability and compressive strength of the alkali-activated mortar (AAM) was studied. Three high calcium fly ashes (FAs) having different chemical compositions were used. Sodium hydroxide (SH) and sodium silicate (SS) were used as the alkali activators. The two alkali activators were mixed together at ratio of 1.0. Two curing regimes, elevated heat curing in an electric oven at 70 oC for 24 hr and ambient curing at 23 ± 2 oC, were applied. The water to fly ash (W/FA) ratios were 0.350, 0.375, and 0.400. However, the alkali activators to fly ash (Alk/FA) ratios were 0.250, 0.275 and 0.300. The results revealed that the workability and the compressive strength of the oven cured specimens were decreased with increasing the calcium content of FA in the mixture. However, the compressive strength of the specimens that cured under the ambient temperature increased with increasing the calcium content. The workability increased with increasing the W/FA and decreasing the Alk/FA. The compressive strength based on both curing regimes decreased with increasing the W/FA. The optimum Alk/FA was 0.275 with W/FA of 0.400.

Meeting Name
20th IABSE Congress, New York City 2019: The Evolving Metropolis (2019: Sep. 4-6, New York City, NY)
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Alkali activated mortar,
  • Class C fly ash,
  • Compressive strength,
  • Sustainable materials,
  • Workability
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-385748165-9
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2019 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
9-1-2019
Publication Date
01 Sep 2019
Citation Information
E. Gomaa, A. A. Gheni, S. Sargon, C. Kashosi, et al.. "Influence of Water, Alkali Activators, and Curing Regime on the Workability and Compressive Strength of the Alkali Activated Mortar" Proceedings of the 20th Congress of IABSE (2019, New York City, NY) (2019) p. 2761 - 2766
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mohamed-elgawady/66/