Low temperature alkaline activation of weathered fly ash: Influence of mineral admixtures on early age performance

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-177

  Messina, Francesco ^a,b   Ferone, Claudio ^a,b   Colangelo, Francesco ^a,b   Cioffi, Raffaele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b INSTM Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Scienza e Tecnologia Dei Materiali ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkali activated binders; Blast furnace slag; Early age behavior; Metakaolin; Silica fume; Weathered fly ash

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BINDERS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; FLY ASH; SHRINKAGE; SILICA; SILICA FUME; SLAGS; TEMPERATURE;

ALKALI-ACTIVATED BINDER; ALKALI-ACTIVATED FLY ASHES; EARLY AGE; EARLY AGE SHRINKAGES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; METAKAOLINS; SECONDARY COMPONENTS; ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY;

BLAST FURNACES;

EID: 84926628166     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.02.069     Document Type: Article

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