Optimization of solids-to-liquid and alkali activator ratios of calcined kaolin geopolymeric powder

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 440-451

  Liew, Y M ^a   Kamarudin, H ^a   Mustafa Al Bakri, A M ^a   Bnhussain, M ^b   Luqman, M ^a   Khairul Nizar, I ^a   Ruzaidi, C M ^a   Heah, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alkali activator ratio; Calcined kaolin; Geopolymeric powder; Geopolymers; Solids to liquid ratio; Waterglass to sodium hydroxide ratio

Indexed keywords

ALKALI ACTIVATORS; AMORPHOUS GELS; BULK DENSITY MEASUREMENT; COMPRESSIVE TESTING; GEOPOLYMER; GEOPOLYMERIZATION; IR ANALYSIS; SOLIDS-TO-LIQUID RATIO; SOLUTION RATIO; WATERGLASS-TO-SODIUM HYDROXIDE RATIO; XRD;

CALCINATION; GEOPOLYMERS; KAOLIN; LIQUIDS; OPTIMIZATION; SODIUM;

INORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84865638200     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.07.075     Document Type: Article

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