Effects of H2O/Na2O molar ratio on the strength of alkaline activated ground blast furnace slag-ultrafine palm oil fuel ash based concrete

Materials and Design

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-164

  Yusuf, Moruf Olalekan ^a,b   Megat Johari, Megat Azmi ^a   Ahmad, Zainal Arifin ^a   Maslehuddin, Mohammed ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Fourier transform infra red spectroscopy; Ground blast furnace slag; Palm oil fuel ash; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUELS; MOLAR RATIO; PALM OIL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICON; SLAGS;

CARBONATION PROCESS; CONSTANT MASS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; GROUND BLAST FURNACE SLAGS; MICROSTRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY; POZZOLANIC; STRUCTURAL UNIT;

BLAST FURNACES;

EID: 84888412752     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.09.078     Document Type: Article

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