Fly Ash-based Geopolymer Lightweight Concrete Using Foaming Agent

In this paper, we report the results of our investigation on the possibility of producing foam concrete by using a geopolymer system. Class C fly ash was mixed with an alkaline activator solution (a mixture of sodium silicate and NaOH), and foam was added to the geopolymeric mixture to produce lightweight concrete. The NaOH solution was prepared by dilute NaOH pellets with distilled water. The reactives were mixed to produce a homogeneous mixture, which was placed into a 50 mm mold and cured at two different curing temperatures (60 °C and room temperature), for 24 hours. After the curing process, the strengths of the samples were tested on days 1, 7, and 28. The water absorption, porosity, chemical composition, microstructure, XRD and FTIR analyses were studied. The results showed that the sample which was cured at 60 °C (LW2) produced the maximum compressive strength for all tests, (11.03 MPa, 17.59 MPa, and 18.19 MPa) for days 1, 7, and 28, respectively. Also, the water absorption and porosity of LW2 were reduced by 6.78% and 1.22% after 28 days, respectively. The SEM showed that the LW2 sample had a denser matrix than LW1. This was because LW2 was heat cured, which caused the geopolymerization rate to increase, producing a denser matrix. However for LW1, microcracks were present on the surface, which reduced the compressive strength and increased water absorption and porosity.     

聚合物胶凝材料-地聚合物

地聚合物是一类新型的高性能无机聚合物材料,它与水泥基材料相比具有更高的强度、更优良的耐久性、无污染等特点。它在工业、民用、军事、高科技等领域都具有广阔的应用前景。本文详细介绍了地聚合物的性能、发展状况以及应用前景,分析和讨论了其主要优缺点和适用范围,并指出这一领域中值得进一步研究的一些问题和可能发展的方向。     

Reaction kinetics of fly ash geopolymerization: Role of particle size controlled by using ball mill

Fly ash is milled for 0, 30 and 90?min and used to study the role of particle size on the kinetics of geopolymer formation. The increase in particle fineness is very prominent in the initial milling stage, and then slows down due to agglomeration effect of finer fraction. The fly ash geopolymerization kinetics and its mechanism is determined using heat of reaction data measured by isothermal conduction calorimeter. The improvement in reaction rate with milling is correlated with the median particle size of the fly ash. The apparent activation energy decreases with size reduction because finer fractions are more prone to alkali activation. Although the kinetics changes with particle fineness, but no alternation is detected in the reaction mechanism, governed by nucleation and growth. The apparent activation energy evaluated by rate method is showing three major steps of geopolymerization such as dissolution, gel formation and restructuring.     

粉煤灰地聚物反应体系下的反应影响因素分析

以粉煤灰基地质聚合物为研究对象,研究了粉煤灰在地聚物反应体系下的反应影响因素。主要研究内容有:反应时间、反应温度和反应碱浓度对反应过程及宏观强度的影响及相关反应机理。结果表明:在反应中后期,粉煤灰反应速率明显下降而此时地聚物的宏观性能反而呈现最大值。以75℃为例,反应时间从24h延长到672h的过程中,反应程度仅从20.8%增加到了32.4%,平均反应速率仅为0.0179%/h,而此时样品的抗压强度则从1.31MPa增加到了7.98 MPa;在地聚物反应体系下,反应产物为无定形的硅铝胶凝体,该物质的致密程度与地聚物宏观性能直接相关;温度的升高可有效提高粉煤灰的反应速率及地聚物的宏观性能,促进无定形胶凝体的形成和硬化。反应24h,75℃下的反应程度和抗压强度可以达到20.8%和1.31 MPa,而同期35℃下的反应程度只能达到7.8%且尚未形成宏观强度;碱浓度的变化不仅可影响反应速率和宏观性能,还可改变粉煤灰在地聚物反应体系下的最终反应程度,在反应温度为75℃和50℃时,10 mol/L体系下672h的反应程度比5 mol/L体系分别高了90%和28.6%。     

镍渣/偏高岭土基地聚合物的制备与表征

以工业固体废弃物镍渣和偏高岭土为原料,以水玻璃为激发剂,在相同稠度下制备镍渣/偏高岭土基地聚合物。研究了镍渣种类和掺量对地聚合物力学性能和体积变化的影响,测定了地聚合物的碱溶出情况,并利用XRD、SEM-EDS对地聚合物的矿物组成和微观形貌进行分析。结果表明:随着水淬镍渣掺量的增大,地聚合物的抗压强度先增大后降低,在镍渣掺量为50%、液固比为0.45时,地聚合物的抗压强度最大,28d达到58.8 MPa;而随着风冷镍渣掺量的增大,地聚合物的强度逐渐降低。此外,水淬镍渣/偏高岭土基地聚合物的体积变化主要表现为膨胀,而风冷镍渣/偏高岭土基地聚合物表现为收缩。     

地聚物砂浆高温后抗拉和粘结性能及退化机理

为考察地聚物砂浆在有耐高温要求的混凝土结构加固领域的应用可行性,开展了常温下和高温后地聚物砂浆的抗拉强度试验以及地聚物砂浆与普通水泥砂浆及普通混凝土基体的粘结性能试验,并与普通水泥砂浆的抗拉及粘结性能进行试验比较;通过热重分析-差示扫描量热分析(TG-DSC),探究了地聚物砂浆的高温强度退化机理.试验结果表明:地聚物砂浆与水泥砂浆及混凝土之间的常温粘结强度分别达2.15 MPa及1.7 MPa,经300℃高温后残余粘结强度仍有1.5 MPa左右,远高于普通水泥砂浆的粘结强度;超过300℃以后地聚物砂浆的强度急剧退化,这主要是因地聚物砂浆高温脱水、微观结构遭受破坏引起.基于上述试验结果,可将地聚物砂浆用于300℃以下高温环境的混凝土结构修补加固.     

煅烧高铝煤矸石-矿渣-水玻璃系地聚合物材料的研究

根据地聚合物合成原理，采用煅烧高铝煤矸石-磨细矿渣-水玻璃系合成地聚合物类材料。深入研究了高铝煤矸石-矿渣-水玻璃系统材料的制备、性能的测试评价、水化硬化机理和最优制备工艺参数选择。材料中矿渣对早期强度起主要作用，煅烧高铝煤矸石对后期强度贡献较大。在矿渣和高铝煤矸石质量比处于合理状态时，材料各龄期强度均较优。高铝煤矸石类地聚合物材料的抗压强度随水玻璃模数的减小而增大，随水玻璃掺量的增大而增大，随液胶比的减小而增大。水玻璃模数为1．049，矿渣与煅烧高铝煤矸石的配比为4：6，激发剂掺量为22％，液胶比为0．35时，复合材料28d抗压强度达到了41．7MPa。     

地聚合物材料的发展及其在我国的应用前景

地聚合物是化学键合陶瓷的一种。它在工艺、性能、用途等方面集高聚物、陶瓷、水泥等材料的特征,同时具有独特优点的新材料。本文综述了地聚合物的发展过程,目前各国的发展概况,以及在我国开展地聚合物材料理论研究及应用开发的意义。     

Physical and mechanical properties of fly ash-based geopolymer with disposable medical mask reinforcement

A tremendous amount of the nonbiodegradable microplastic waste has been generated after the outbreak of COVID-19 by the widespread use of single-use personal protective equipment, especially disposable medical masks (DMMs). This has caused harm to the health and safety of human beings and various organisms. Finding a way to properly deal with these single-use medical wastes has become an urgent problem. In this paper, an innovative way was explored to use DMMs in geopolymer (GP). The physical properties, mechanical strength, and resistance to high temperatures (200–800°C) of the composites were investigated. The findings of the study revealed that DMMs had negligible influence on resistance to high temperatures, but showed a positive influence on enhancing the compressive and flexural strengths of GPs at ambient temperature. The optimum DMMs content was 0.4 wt%, at which the compressive and flexural strengths of the GP composites were enhanced by 5.8% and 22.68% compared with the pure GP, respectively. The same polypropylene (PP) fiber amount increased compressive and flexural strengths by 7.49% and 9.76%, respectively. This thus confirmed that DMMs can be sustainably utilized in green building materials, playing a role as PP fibers toughening and contributing to the effective management of waste plastics.     

基于地聚反应的冷拌沥青混合料强度特性与机理探讨

利用马歇尔稳定度(M_S)强度评价指标,对冷拌沥青混合料(简称冷拌料)在不同地聚添加剂、浸水、不同养生龄期等条件下进行宏观强度试验分析,并采用荧光显微镜及离散元模拟等方式,对集料表面的细观结构与地聚物的抗压机理进行研究,结果表明:冷拌料的M_S随地聚物掺量的增加先增大后减小,在基质沥青与地聚添加剂质量比为4∶3时达到峰值,且在4∶2至4∶3区间,残留稳定度(MS0)的减小幅度最小,强度损失率最低,因此基质沥青与地聚添加剂的最佳质量比为4∶3;强度随养生龄期的增加而增加,而强度增长率随养生龄期的增加而逐渐减少,养生时间应不少于3 d;通过荧光显微镜分析,发现集料表面的沥青被地聚物产生的胶凝物裹覆,通过马歇尔稳定度虚拟试验分析,发现试件主要受力方向位于承压点的正下方,集料在受压过程中呈外部受拉内部受压状态,而地聚物产生的胶凝产物可以较好地抵抗竖向荷载,提升冷拌料抗压强度。