Dealuminated metakaolin modified geopolymer | ||
| The Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Technology | ||
| Volume 43, Issue 1, September 2023, Pages 46-58 PDF (1.44 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eijest.2023.172208.1190 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hassan Saadeldin* 1; mohamed khalaf2; Nabil Abdullah3; Amr Ibrahim Ibrahim Helmy4 | ||
| 1Sustainability, civil engineering,the British university in egypt , cairo , egypt | ||
| 2Professor of properties and testing of materials at Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Research and Development R&D Director at Alumnium Sulphate Company of Egypt ASCE, and | ||
| 4University Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, The British University BUE, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| De-aluminated metakaolin (DK) is a byproduct of the Aluminum Sulphate industry that is highly non-environmentally friendly where amorphous silica, silicon dioxide, SiO2, is its primary component. DK was used as an addition to metakaolin (MK) in fabrication of MK based Geopolymer with 9 ratios of the MK content from 0 to 60 %. Casting was done in two different environments, namely winter and summer, with two different optimum additional water contents. For the DK-modified MK geopolymer fresh mortar properties, flow rate and initial setting time were tested. The ultimate compressive strength (UCS) of standard mortar cubes was tested at 3 and 7 days of age under ambient and wet curing conditions. The rate of gaining UCS for optimum DK content was tracked at early ages, namely; 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours until 10 days of age. The percentage of natural water absorption was investigated for the water cured specimens. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Geopolymer; Metakaolin; De-aluminated metakaolin; Compressive strength; Curing regimes | ||
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