Mechanical performances of weathered coal fly ash based geopolymer bricks

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 745-752

  Ferone, Claudio ^a   Colangelo, Francesco ^a   Cioffi, Raffaele ^a   Montagnaro, Fabio ^b   Santoro, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bricks; Geopolymers; Unconfined compressive strength; Weathered coal fly ash

Indexed keywords

BRICK; COAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; FLY ASH; GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

CURING CONDITION; LOW TEMPERATURE CERAMICS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; SEM OBSERVATION; STRENGTH VALUES; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; VARIABLE PERIOD; WEATHERED COAL;

COAL ASH;

EID: 84255200491     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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