The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete

Steel Slag (SS) is an alternative for cement replacement in concrete. However, high replacement rate of SS increases the workability of concrete at the same time reduces the early strength of concrete. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of different dosage of alkali activator in conc...

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Main Authors: Ho, Chia Min, Doh, Shu Ing, A. K. A., Mohammad Al-Btoush, Li, XiaoFeng, Siew, Choo Chin
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author Ho, Chia Min
Doh, Shu Ing
A. K. A., Mohammad Al-Btoush
Li, XiaoFeng
Siew, Choo Chin
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Doh, Shu Ing
A. K. A., Mohammad Al-Btoush
Li, XiaoFeng
Siew, Choo Chin
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description Steel Slag (SS) is an alternative for cement replacement in concrete. However, high replacement rate of SS increases the workability of concrete at the same time reduces the early strength of concrete. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of different dosage of alkali activator in concrete with 40% SS as cement replacement on its workability, compressive strength, and water absorption. In this study, different dosage of Na2SO4 were added into SS based concrete with fixed cement replacement rate at 40%. Result shows that the workability of SS based concrete decreased with the increase of Na2SO4 dosage. The early strength increases with the addition of Na2SO4 from 1 to 3% and decreased over 3%. The 28-day and 90-day strength increase with the addition of Na2SO4 from 1 to 4% and decrease over 4%. The rate of water absorption of SS based concrete reduced significantly with the increase of Na2SO4. From the experimental result, it is observed that the addition of 4% Na2SO4 gives the highest strength of 35.12 MPa at 28-day.
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spelling ump-345662022-06-30T09:20:19Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/34566/ The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete Ho, Chia Min Doh, Shu Ing A. K. A., Mohammad Al-Btoush Li, XiaoFeng Siew, Choo Chin TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Steel Slag (SS) is an alternative for cement replacement in concrete. However, high replacement rate of SS increases the workability of concrete at the same time reduces the early strength of concrete. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of different dosage of alkali activator in concrete with 40% SS as cement replacement on its workability, compressive strength, and water absorption. In this study, different dosage of Na2SO4 were added into SS based concrete with fixed cement replacement rate at 40%. Result shows that the workability of SS based concrete decreased with the increase of Na2SO4 dosage. The early strength increases with the addition of Na2SO4 from 1 to 3% and decreased over 3%. The 28-day and 90-day strength increase with the addition of Na2SO4 from 1 to 4% and decrease over 4%. The rate of water absorption of SS based concrete reduced significantly with the increase of Na2SO4. From the experimental result, it is observed that the addition of 4% Na2SO4 gives the highest strength of 35.12 MPa at 28-day. Elsevier Ltd 2022 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/34566/1/The%20impact%20of%20alkali%20activator%20dosage%20on%20the%20compressive%20strength%20and%20water%20absorption%20of%20steel%20slag%20concrete.pdf Ho, Chia Min and Doh, Shu Ing and A. K. A., Mohammad Al-Btoush and Li, XiaoFeng and Siew, Choo Chin (2022) The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete. In: Materials Today: Proceedings, 3rd Symposium on Industrial Science and Technology (SISTEC2021) , 25-26 August 2021 , Virtual Conference, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. pp. 1323-1326., 52 (Part 2). ISSN 2214-7853 (Published) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.11.044
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Ho, Chia Min
Doh, Shu Ing
A. K. A., Mohammad Al-Btoush
Li, XiaoFeng
Siew, Choo Chin
The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete
title The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete
title_full The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete
title_fullStr The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete
title_full_unstemmed The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete
title_short The impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete
title_sort impact of alkali activator dosage on the compressive strength and water absorption of steel slag concrete
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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