Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
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Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | Preliminary experimental investigation on one-part geopolymer mixes |
Publication Type | Communications in National Conferences |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Abdollahnejad Z., Hlavacek P., Pacheco-Torgal, F., and Aguiar, J. B. |
Abstract | The geopolymerization of alumino-silicate materials is a complex chemical process evolving dissolution of raw materials, transportation or orientation and polycondensation of the reaction products. Publications on the field of geopolymeric binders, state that this new material is likely to have high potential to become an alternative to Portland cement. Classical two part geopolymers could be made more eco-efficient with a lower carbon dioxide footprint if the use of sodium silicate is avoided. Besides current geopolymeric mixes can suffer from efflorescence originated by the fact that alkaline and/or soluble silicates that are added during processing cannot be totally consumed during geopolymerisation. Therefore new geopolymer mixes are needed. This paper presents preliminary experimental results on a novel kind of mixes termed one-part geopolymers. Compressive strength results and efflorescences observations show that the new mixes already analyzed are promissing. |
Conference Name | Congresso Construção 2012 - 4º Congresso Nacional |
Pagination | 1–11 |
Date Published | 2012-12-18 |
Publisher | Universidade de Coimbra |
Conference Location | Coimbra, Portugal |
URL | http://sieeum.eng.uminho.pt/publicacoes/pub.aspx?pubid=13119 |
Keywords | Compressive strength, Efflorescences, One-part geopolymers |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
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Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt