2020
DOI: 10.1007/s12633-020-00593-0
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Improvement in Fresh, Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Fly Ash- Blast Furnace Slag Based Geopolymer Concrete By Addition of Nano and Micro Silica

Abstract: In this study, the effect of nano-silica (NS) and silica fume (SF) on workability, setting time, compressive strength and microstructural properties of fly ash-ground granulated blast furnace slag (FA-GGBFS) based geopolymer concrete (GPC) is investigated. Five mixtures of each containing 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0% and 2.5% NS and SF are prepared for this investigation. The optimum GPC mixture with NS resulted in compressive strength of 63 MPa and the SF modified GPC achieved a compressive strength of 59.59 MPa af… Show more

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“…Silica fume is another Pozzolanic material that was used in this study. It contains very small-sized particles that are rich in SiO2 and works as an extremely reactive pozzolanic material [37]. The chemical and physical characteristics of these materials, as well as minimum requirements based on ASTM C1240 [36], are indicated in Tables 2 and 4.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Silica fume is another Pozzolanic material that was used in this study. It contains very small-sized particles that are rich in SiO2 and works as an extremely reactive pozzolanic material [37]. The chemical and physical characteristics of these materials, as well as minimum requirements based on ASTM C1240 [36], are indicated in Tables 2 and 4.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The combined effect of utilizing nano silica and silica fume each at 1.5% improved the microstructure of geopolymer concrete and it also possessed good compressive strength [15]. This could be due to the high rate of alkali activation reaction that takes place in geopolymer concrete [14,15,17,28]. Figure 2 shows the comparative chart of compressive strength of geopolymer concrete in which nano silica is incorporated at various percentages by various researchers.…”
Section: Recycled Concretementioning
confidence: 98%
“…The combined effect of 1% SF with 2% NS possessed good mechanical properties in geopolymer concrete [14]. The combined effect of utilizing nano silica and silica fume each at 1.5% improved the microstructure of geopolymer concrete and it also possessed good compressive strength [15]. This could be due to the high rate of alkali activation reaction that takes place in geopolymer concrete [14,15,17,28].…”
Section: Recycled Concretementioning
confidence: 98%
“…To achieve the fresh performances (i.e., lling ability, passing ability, and owing ability) cement, ne aggregate is increased in the mix, due to this, manufacturing price of a concrete mixture is relatively higher than convention concrete [44]. By adding mineral admixtures as SCM will help to get SCC in economical [11][12][13]46]. Fly ash is the most reliable and easily accessible industrial waste product.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%