Assessment of phase formation in alkali activated low and high calcium fly ashes in building materials

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1086-1093

  Winnefeld, Frank ^a   Leemann, Andreas ^a   Lucuk, Martin ^a,b   Svoboda, Pavel ^b   Neuroth, Markus ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkali activation; Cement; Fly ash; Geopolymer; Sustainable binder

Indexed keywords

ALKALI ACTIVATED; ALKALI-ACTIVATION; CALCIUM CONTENT; CONCRETE PRODUCTIONS; CONDUCTION CALORIMETRY; GEOPOLYMER; GEOPOLYMERS; HARD COAL; HIGH-CALCIUM FLY ASH; HIGH-CONTENT; IN-BUILDINGS; LIGNITE COAL; LOW CALCIUM FLY ASH; PHASE FORMATIONS; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICATE HYDRATES; SODIUM SILICATE; STRENGTH TESTS; VITREOUS PHASE;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ALKALINITY; BINDERS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CEMENTS; COAL ASH; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FLY ASH; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; INORGANIC POLYMERS; MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SODIUM; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM SILICATE;

EID: 77949915146     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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