Effect of Activator and Curing Mode on Fly Ash-based Geopolymers

侯云芬

Institute of Civil Engineering and Traffic,Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureDepartment of Material, China University of Mining and Technology

摘 要：The influences of concentration and modulus of sodium silicate solution and curing mode on the phase composition, microstructure and strength development in the geopolymers prepared using Class F fly ash were investigated. X-ray diffraction （XRD）, Fourier transform infrared spec-troscopy （FTIR） and MAS NMR were utilized. Results show that the compressive strength increases as sodium silicate solution modulus increases, but when modulus exceeds 1.4, the compressive strength decreases, and it decreases markedly while the modulus is greater than 2.0. The compressive strength was improved by the increase of sodium silicate solution concentration. When the concentration is 32%, the compressive strength reaches the maximum, then it reduces as concentration increasing. Elevated temperature can increase the strength of samples that synthesized from sodium silicate solution with 32% concentration and modulus 1.2. Compared to the strength of the sample cured at 50 ℃, the strength of the samples cured at 65 ℃ and 80 ℃ are higher at 1 d and 3 d, but the same at 7 d. At high temperature, prolonged curing time will decrease the strength. Long precuring at room temperature before application of heat is beneficial for strength development, and there is about 50% increase in strength of the samples cured at 1 d precuring and 2 d elevated temperature as compared to the strengths of the samples cured for 3 d at elevated temperatures or cured for 28 d at room temperature. The main product of reaction in the geopolymeric material is amorphous alkali aluminosilicate gel.

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