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New Cementitious Materials Based on Alkali‐Activated Fly Ash: Performance at High Temperatures
Author(s) -
FernándezJiménez Ana,
Palomo Angel,
Pastor José Y.,
Martín Antonia
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02625.x
Subject(s) - cementitious , fly ash , portland cement , materials science , composite material , toughness , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , cement , thermogravimetry , fracture toughness , flexural strength , chemical engineering , engineering
This paper reports on a comparative study of the mechanical performance at different temperatures of a commercial Portland cement, used as a control, and a new cementitious material made from an 8M‐NaOH activated fly ash and containing no OPC. Two types of mechanical tests were conducted: (i) high temperature mechanical tests, to determine the strength and fracture toughness of the two materials between 25° and 600°C, and (ii) post‐thermal treatment tests, to evaluate the residual strength after 1 h of exposure to different temperatures (200°, 400°, 600°, 800°, and 1000°C). In both cases, the results showed that the new cementitious material performed significantly better at high temperatures than the Portland cement control. Differential thermogravimetry (DTG)/TG, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and X‐ray diffraction analyses were also conducted to analyze the mineralogical and microstructural variations taking place in the material as a result of high temperature exposure. The results of these tests were correlated with the mechanical behaviour observed.