A review: The comparison between alkali-activated slag (Si + Ca) and metakaolin (Si + Al) cements

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1341-1349

  Li, Chao ^a   Sun, Henghu ^a,b   Li, Longtu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali activated cement (D); Comparison; Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) (D); Metakaolin (MK) (D)

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HYDRATION; SLAGS;

ALKALI ACTIVATED CEMENTS; ALKALI ACTIVATED SLAGS; ALKALIACTIVATED CEMENTS (D); COMPARISON; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST-FURNACE SLAG (GGBFS); HYDRATION PRODUCTS; METAKAOLINS; REACTION MECHANISM;

CEMENTS;

EID: 77955339866     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.03.020     Document Type: Review

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