Effects of calcination temperature of kaolinite clays on the properties of geopolymer cements

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2805-2812

  Elimbi, A ^a   Tchakoute, H K ^a   Njopwouo, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Alkaline solution; Calcination; Compressive strength; Geopolymer cement; Kaolinite; Linear shrinkage; Setting time

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; CLAY FRACTIONS; GEOPOLYMER CEMENT; KAOLINITE CLAY; LINEAR SHRINKAGE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SETTING TIME; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEST SAMPLES; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CALCINATION; CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOPOLYMERS; HARDENING; INORGANIC POLYMERS; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SETTING; SHRINKAGE; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CEMENTS;

EID: 79951855535     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.12.055     Document Type: Article

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