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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 134, Issue -, Pages 433-442Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.12.119
Keywords
Fly ash; Geopolymer concrete; Construction and demolition waste; Acoustic properties; Leaching
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The present study aims to determine and evaluate the applicability of a new product consisting of a fly ash-based geopolymeric porous concrete with construction and demolition wastes as aggregates in the field of road noise barriers. In this work the main physical, mechanical and acoustic properties of a fly ash-based geopolymeric concrete were analyzed. To develop a porous matrix that absorbs the sound energy, two different aggregates were studied, crushed granite (usually utilized in concretes) and construction and demolition waste. The geopolymeric concretes were prepared using sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide in two different proportions in order to study the influence of the Na2O/SiO2 ratio in the properties. The geopolymer/aggregate ratio was studied as well. The construction and demolition waste used as aggregate in geopolymeric porous concretes presents better mechanical and acoustic properties than the crushed-granite aggregates in gedpolymeric concretes. The activating solution in the geopolymerization of the fly ash has a significant influence in the mechanical properties mainly but not in the acoustic properties. From an environmental point of view, the use of fly ashes and construction and demolition waste in these materials do not present any leaching problem. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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