Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application

Nowadays, the demand for lightweight building materials has been growing worldwide. This paper presents an investigation on the use of waste materials of fly ash as a source materials for the production of lightweight geopolymer by using foaming agents. The key properties for the foamed geopolymer n...

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Main Authors: Wan Ibrahim, Wan Mastura, Hussin, Kamarudin, Abdullah, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdul Kadir, Aeslina, Deraman, Laila Mardiah, Sandu, Andrei Victor
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author Wan Ibrahim, Wan Mastura
Hussin, Kamarudin
Abdullah, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri
Abdul Kadir, Aeslina
Deraman, Laila Mardiah
Sandu, Andrei Victor
author_facet Wan Ibrahim, Wan Mastura
Hussin, Kamarudin
Abdullah, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri
Abdul Kadir, Aeslina
Deraman, Laila Mardiah
Sandu, Andrei Victor
author_sort Wan Ibrahim, Wan Mastura
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description Nowadays, the demand for lightweight building materials has been growing worldwide. This paper presents an investigation on the use of waste materials of fly ash as a source materials for the production of lightweight geopolymer by using foaming agents. The key properties for the foamed geopolymer namely density, compressive strength, and water absorption were investigated. The chemical composition of materials and morphology analysis were studied to find the microstructure properties of foamed geopolymer. The foamed geopolymer were prepared by combination of 12 M Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) solution and Sodium Silicate (Na2SiO3) solution. The ratio of Na2SiO3/NaOH and ratio of fly ash/alkaline activator were kept constant at 2.5 and 2.0, by mass respectively. The effect of different ratio of foaming agent/water and foam/geopolymer paste were investigated at 7 days of ageing and cured at 80°C for 24 hours. In general, the results showed that the fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer has good potential as brick application
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spelling uthm-48792021-12-23T04:21:56Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4879/ Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application Wan Ibrahim, Wan Mastura Hussin, Kamarudin Abdullah, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdul Kadir, Aeslina Deraman, Laila Mardiah Sandu, Andrei Victor T Technology (General) TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials Nowadays, the demand for lightweight building materials has been growing worldwide. This paper presents an investigation on the use of waste materials of fly ash as a source materials for the production of lightweight geopolymer by using foaming agents. The key properties for the foamed geopolymer namely density, compressive strength, and water absorption were investigated. The chemical composition of materials and morphology analysis were studied to find the microstructure properties of foamed geopolymer. The foamed geopolymer were prepared by combination of 12 M Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) solution and Sodium Silicate (Na2SiO3) solution. The ratio of Na2SiO3/NaOH and ratio of fly ash/alkaline activator were kept constant at 2.5 and 2.0, by mass respectively. The effect of different ratio of foaming agent/water and foam/geopolymer paste were investigated at 7 days of ageing and cured at 80°C for 24 hours. In general, the results showed that the fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer has good potential as brick application Informatics Publishing Limited 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4879/1/AJ%202017%20%28686%29.pdf Wan Ibrahim, Wan Mastura and Hussin, Kamarudin and Abdullah, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri and Abdul Kadir, Aeslina and Deraman, Laila Mardiah and Sandu, Andrei Victor (2017) Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 68 (9). pp. 1978-1982. ISSN 0974-5645 https://dx.doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.9.5805
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Wan Ibrahim, Wan Mastura
Hussin, Kamarudin
Abdullah, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri
Abdul Kadir, Aeslina
Deraman, Laila Mardiah
Sandu, Andrei Victor
Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application
title Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application
title_full Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application
title_fullStr Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application
title_full_unstemmed Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application
title_short Influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application
title_sort influence of foaming agent/water ratio and foam/geopolymer paste ratio to the properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer for brick application
topic T Technology (General)
TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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