Factors affecting the suitability of fly ash as source material for geopolymers

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 992-996

  Diaz, E I ^a   Allouche, E N ^a   Eklund, S ^a  

^a Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Fly ash; Geopolymer

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CORRELATION STUDIES; DIFFRACTION MAXIMA; FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES; GENERATING PLANTS; GEOPOLYMER; GEOPOLYMERS; MECHANICAL TESTS; PASTE AND CONCRETE; SETTING TIME; SOURCE MATERIAL; STOCK PILE; XRD;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIFFRACTION; FLY ASH; INORGANIC POLYMERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PILES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COAL ASH;

EID: 77349097589     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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