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
@JournalArticle {1969, title = {Compressive Strength and Microstructure of Hybrid Alkaline Cements}, journal = {International Journal of Civil, Architectural Science and Engineering}, volume = {8}, year = {2014}, month = {2014-02-01 00:00:00}, pages = {221-227}, abstract = {Publications on the field of alkali-activated binders,
}, keywords = {Compressive strength, Efflorescence, hybrid alkaline cements, ITZ., SEM}, author = {Abdollahnejad, Z. and Pacheco-Torgal, F. and Aguiar, J. B.} }
state that this new material is likely to have high potential to become
an alternative to Portland cement. Classical alkali-activated cements
could be made more eco-efficient if the use of sodium silicate is
avoided. Besides, most alkali-activated cements suffer from severe
efflorescence originated by the fact that alkaline and/or soluble
silicates that are added during processing cannot be totally consumed.
This paper presents experimental results on hybrid alkaline cements.
Compressive strength results and efflorescence{\textquoteright}s observations show
that the new mixes already analyzed are promising. SEM results
show that no traditional porous ITZ was detected in these binders.
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