Study on hydration mechanism of calcium silicon slag composite geopolymer

Abstract

In order to realize the synergistic utilization of calcium silicon slag, fly ash and blast-furnace slag, this paper researched on hydration mechanism of calcium silicon slag composite geopolymer through preparation experiments of the calcium silicon slag composite geopolymer under different ratio of fly ash / blast-furnace slag.The results show that the calcium silicate slag base geopolymer is a binary composite cementitious material mainly composed of C—S—H and C(N)—A—S—H, which is formed by the hydration of β-calcium silicate itself and alkali-activated hydration.Compared with crystalline minerals, glass minerals are more prone to reaction with Ca(OH)2 and sodium silicate, resulting in a large amount of unreacted mullite remaining in the hydrates of 7 d when the fly ash / blast-furnace slag ratio is more than 0.5, but the mullite will continue to hydrate with the extension of curing time, and worm-like tetranatrolite and strip-like beidellite will be formed at 28 d.At the same time, when fly ash / blast-furnace slag ratio is 1.0, micromorphology of calcium silicate slag composite geopolymer is the most evenly distributed and dense, and its 28 d compressive strength reaches maximum 37.9 MPa.So, it indicates that the best synergistic effect among calcium silicon slag, fly ash and blast-furnace slag can be released under this condition.

Keywords

• calcium silicon slag
• geopolymer
• fly ash
• blast-furnace slag
• hydrates