The role of calcium in blended fly ash geopolymers

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5922-5933

  Canfield, Gina M ^a   Eichler, Jeffery ^a   Griffith, Kara ^a   Hearn, John D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISSOLUTION; FLY ASH; GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOPOLYMER MATERIALS; GEOPOLYMERIZATION; HIGH-CALCIUM FLY ASH; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PRODUCT FORMATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS;

CALCIUM;

EID: 84903529809     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8307-z     Document Type: Article

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