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Durability Performance of Fly Ash and Steatite Powder Based Geopolymer Concrete
Premkumar R, Babu Chokkalingam R,
Published in IOP Publishing
2019
Volume: 561
   
Issue: 1
Abstract
This paper deals with the study of durability properties of fly ash and steatite powder based Geopolymer concrete. The activating alkali used was 10 M sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate solution. The ratio of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate ratio was 1:2.5. The range of replacement levels of flyash with steatite powder was from0 - 50 %. In order to improve the workability of geopolymer concrete, a PC based admixture Glenium B233 has been used for all the mixtures. In addition to that the concrete has been cured at oven at 70oC for about 48 hours. The following durability index properties such as water absorption, sorptivity, rapid chloride penetration test and acid attack test were measured at 28days. The observed results indicated that, increase in steatite powder demonstrates low water absorption and low permeability representing that the material was in a high dense pore structure. Additionally in acid resistance test, there was a decline in the percent losses of compressive strength with particular time period but then again the declination was lower when compared to increase in steatite powder. © 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
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JournalData powered by TypesetIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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ISSN17578981
Open AccessYes