Design of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC): Early Compressive Strength
This paper explores the feasibility of producing Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC), a cementitious mixture obtained by mixing alkali materials and pozzolanic materials along with some other chemicals. Pozzolanic material used in the experiments is fly ash and the alkali-generating material used is quickl...
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| author | Kulasuriya, Chandana Vimonsatit, Vanissorn Dias, W. P. S. |
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| author_facet | Vanissom Vimonsatit Kulasuriya, Chandana Vimonsatit, Vanissorn Dias, W. P. S. |
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| description | This paper explores the feasibility of producing Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC), a cementitious mixture obtained by mixing alkali materials and pozzolanic materials along with some other chemicals. Pozzolanic material used in the experiments is fly ash and the alkali-generating material used is quicklime. The two critical issues related to fly ash-quicklime mixture are slow reaction and slow hardening process. These issues were resolved by adding ‘activating chemicals’ and ‘scaffolding chemicals’. It is seen that early strength of APC can be significantly improved by adding activating and scaffolding chemicals. Finally the paper proposes a development of a multi-dimensional matrix, by varying the percentages of constituent materials, to determine the optimum APC mixture. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-138752023-02-02T07:57:38Z Design of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC): Early Compressive Strength Kulasuriya, Chandana Vimonsatit, Vanissorn Dias, W. P. S. Vanissom Vimonsatit Amarjit Singh Siamak Yazdani Alkali pozzolan cement Activating chemicals Early compressive strength Scaffolding chemicals Curing conditions This paper explores the feasibility of producing Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC), a cementitious mixture obtained by mixing alkali materials and pozzolanic materials along with some other chemicals. Pozzolanic material used in the experiments is fly ash and the alkali-generating material used is quicklime. The two critical issues related to fly ash-quicklime mixture are slow reaction and slow hardening process. These issues were resolved by adding ‘activating chemicals’ and ‘scaffolding chemicals’. It is seen that early strength of APC can be significantly improved by adding activating and scaffolding chemicals. Finally the paper proposes a development of a multi-dimensional matrix, by varying the percentages of constituent materials, to determine the optimum APC mixture. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13875 Research Publishing Services restricted |
| spellingShingle | Alkali pozzolan cement Activating chemicals Early compressive strength Scaffolding chemicals Curing conditions Kulasuriya, Chandana Vimonsatit, Vanissorn Dias, W. P. S. Design of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC): Early Compressive Strength |
| title | Design of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC): Early Compressive Strength |
| title_full | Design of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC): Early Compressive Strength |
| title_fullStr | Design of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC): Early Compressive Strength |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC): Early Compressive Strength |
| title_short | Design of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC): Early Compressive Strength |
| title_sort | design of alkali pozzolan cement (apc): early compressive strength |
| topic | Alkali pozzolan cement Activating chemicals Early compressive strength Scaffolding chemicals Curing conditions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13875 |