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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 187, Issue -, Pages 674-680Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.07.205
Keywords
Geopolymer fresh pastes; Microstructure; Particle shape; NaOH activators content
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFC0505904]
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This paper investigates the effect of NaOH activator content on the theological properties of the fresh geopolymer pastes. Measurements on fluid, theological properties (yield stress and plastic viscosity), microstructure (particle size distribution), geometrical property (HS Circularity and Elongation), and zeta potential of geopolymer fresh pastes were accomplished. Microstructure and geometrical property of geopolymer suspensions were observed by Morphologi G3 microscope. Results show that different NaOH activators content leads to notable changes on the microstructure and the theological properties through significantly altering the charge characteristic of geopolymer surface. High NaOH activators content has low HS Circularity, high Elongation and zeta potential on the geopolymer suspensions. And as the main force between the particles, electrostatic repulsion plays an important role in the aggregation state of the particles in the early age. Higher zeta potential influences superior dispersion state of solid grains and stronger theological properties of the geopolymer fresh pastes. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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