Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC)

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Kulasuriya, Chandana, Vimonsatit, Vanissorn, Dias, W. P. S. and De Silva, Premalatha. (2014). Design and development of Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC). Construction and Building Materials. 68, pp. 426 - 433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.06.095
AuthorsKulasuriya, Chandana, Vimonsatit, Vanissorn, Dias, W. P. S. and De Silva, Premalatha
Abstract

This paper describes the development of an environmentally friendly Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC), a non-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.

Keywordsalkali pozzolan cement; lime; fly ash; activation; scaffolding; curing regimes; compressive strength; ANOVA; microstructure
Year2014
JournalConstruction and Building Materials
Journal citation68, pp. 426 - 433
PublisherElsevier B.V.
ISSN0950-0618
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.06.095
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2014.04.009
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84905182730
Page range426 - 433
Research GroupSchool of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Place of publicationNetherlands
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