Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC)

This paper describes the development of an environmentally friendly Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC), anon-hazardous dry cement powder that incorporates a large percentage of fly ash but needs only ambient temperature curing in order to achieve strengths comparable to OPC controls. APC consists of fly a...

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Main Authors: Kulasuriya, Chandana, Vimonsatit, Vanissorn, Dias, W.P.S., De Silva, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: ELSEVIER 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26002
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author Kulasuriya, Chandana
Vimonsatit, Vanissorn
Dias, W.P.S.
De Silva, P.
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Vimonsatit, Vanissorn
Dias, W.P.S.
De Silva, P.
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description This paper describes the development of an environmentally friendly Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC), anon-hazardous dry cement powder that incorporates a large percentage of fly ash but needs only ambient temperature curing in order to achieve strengths comparable to OPC controls. APC consists of fly ash, lime, an activator and OPC (a ‘scaffolding’ material). Scaffolding was the most statistically significant factor contributing to the compressive strength of APC paste specimens, compared to activation, age (3 days vs 28 days) and temperature (ambient vs 15 h at 60 °C). SEM, EDS and XRD investigations were employed to explain variations in strength.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-260022017-09-13T15:23:54Z Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC) Kulasuriya, Chandana Vimonsatit, Vanissorn Dias, W.P.S. De Silva, P. Activation ANOVA Scaffolding Alkali Pozzolan Cement Fly ash Curing regimes Lime Microstructure Compressive strength This paper describes the development of an environmentally friendly Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC), anon-hazardous dry cement powder that incorporates a large percentage of fly ash but needs only ambient temperature curing in order to achieve strengths comparable to OPC controls. APC consists of fly ash, lime, an activator and OPC (a ‘scaffolding’ material). Scaffolding was the most statistically significant factor contributing to the compressive strength of APC paste specimens, compared to activation, age (3 days vs 28 days) and temperature (ambient vs 15 h at 60 °C). SEM, EDS and XRD investigations were employed to explain variations in strength. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26002 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.06.095 ELSEVIER restricted
spellingShingle Activation
ANOVA
Scaffolding
Alkali Pozzolan Cement
Fly ash
Curing regimes
Lime
Microstructure
Compressive strength
Kulasuriya, Chandana
Vimonsatit, Vanissorn
Dias, W.P.S.
De Silva, P.
Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC)
title Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC)
title_full Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC)
title_fullStr Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC)
title_full_unstemmed Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC)
title_short Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC)
title_sort design and development of alkali pozzolan cement (apc)
topic Activation
ANOVA
Scaffolding
Alkali Pozzolan Cement
Fly ash
Curing regimes
Lime
Microstructure
Compressive strength
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26002