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
@inbook {2387, title = {Alkali-Activated Cement-Based Binders (AACB) as Durable and Cost-Competitive Low-CO2 Binder Materials: Some Shortcomings That Need to be Addressed}, booktitle = {Handbook of Low Carbon Concrete}, volume = {1}, year = {2016}, note = {Pacheco-Torgal, F.; Abdollahnejad, Z.; Miraldo, S.; Kheradmand, M.. 2016. Alkali-activated cement-based binders (AACB) as durable and cost competitive low CO2 binders: Some shortcomings that need to be adressed. \ In Handbook of low carbon concrete , ed. Nazari \& Sanjayan, 195-216. Waltham, US: Elsevier Science and Tech
}, month = {2016-10-05 00:00:00}, pages = {195-216}, publisher = {Elsevier}, organization = {Elsevier}, edition = {1}, chapter = {9}, abstract = {The production of 1 t of ordinary Portland cement generates 0.55 t of chemical CO2 and requires an additional 0.39 t of CO2 in fuel emissions for baking and grinding, accounting for a total of 0.94 t of CO2. The projections for the global demand of Portland cement show that by 2056 it will have doubled, reaching 6 Gt/year. Publications in the field of alkali-activated cement-based binders (AACBs) state that this new material is likely to have high potential to become an alternative to Portland cement. However, AACBs still show some shortcomings that needs to be addressed so that they can effectively compete against Portland cement. This chapter thus reviews AACB costs, carbon dioxide emissions, and some durability issues like efflorescences, alkali silica reaction, and corrosion of steel reinforcement.
}, keywords = {AACB, Carbon dioxide emissions, cost efficiency, Durability, OPC}, isbn = {9780128045244}, doi = {10.1016/B978-0-12-804524-4.00009-9}, url = {https://www.elsevier.com/books/handbook-of-low-carbon-concrete/unknown/978-0-12-804524-4}, author = {Pacheco-Torgal, F. and Abdollahnejad, Z. and Miraldo, S. and Kheradmand, M.} }
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.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
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