Compressive strength and microstructure of fly ash based geopolymer blended with silica fume under thermal cycle |
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Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China;2. Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China;3. Zhejiang Research Institute, China University of Geosciences, Hangzhou 311305, China;4. Centre University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia |
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Abstract: | This work aims to reveal the effects of silica fume on properties of fly ash based geopolymer under thermal cycles. Geopolymer specimens were prepared by alkali activation of fly ash, which was partially replaced by silica fume at levels ranging from 0% to 30% with an interval of 10%, by mass. Microstructure, residual strength and mass loss of fly ash based geopolymer blended with silica fume before and after exposed to 7, 28 and 56 heat-cooling thermal cycles at different target temperatures of 200 °C, 400 °C and 800 °C were assessed and compared. The experimental results reveal that silica fume addition enhances strength development in geopolymer. Under thermal cycles, the compressive strength of geopolymer decreases, and the compressive strength loss, as well as the mass loss, increases with increasing target temperature. The strength loss is the same regardless of silica fume content after thermal cycles. Microstructure analysis uncovers that pore structure of geopolymer degrades after thermal cycles. The pores of geopolymer are refined by the addition of silica fume. The incorporation of silica fume optimizes the microstructure and improves the thermal resistance of geopolymer. Silica fume increases the strength of the geopolymer and even though the strength loss is the same, the strength after heat cycle exposure is still good. |
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Keywords: | Geopolymer Fly ash Silica fume Compressive strength Pore structure Thermal cycle |
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