Title:
Fly Ash Geopolymer Pervious Concrete
Author(s):
Gang Xu and Xianming Shi
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
42
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
37-41
Keywords:
mixture, salt, resistance, binder
DOI:
10.14359/51723474
Date:
1/1/2020
Abstract:
A geopolymer pervious concrete mixture was developed with alkali activation of fly ash under ambient conditions. A novel nanomaterial, graphene oxide, was used to facilitate the polymerization of fly ash hydration products. The mixture was then exposed to cyclic freezing-and-thawing and salt weathering and the transverse resonance frequency was used to monitor changes induced by these exposures.
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