Comprehensive Review of Direct and Indirect Pozzolanic Reactivity Testing Methods
The production of portland cement is among the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions that adversely affect the environment. Identifying sustainable materials to partially replace portland cement in concrete, such as pozzolanic materials, is ...
Habib Tabatabai +2 more
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Effect of Fineness of Basaltic Volcanic Ash on Pozzolanic Reactivity, ASR Expansion and Drying Shrinkage of Blended Cement Mortars [PDF]
Muhammad Nasir Amin +2 more
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Pozzolanic reactivity of kaolin clays, a review
Pozzolans have demonstrated to be highly efficient mineral additions in the concrete industry, because they reduce the environmental impact generated by the cement manufacture, improve the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of blends, and ...
Kaolin clays, J. Tobón, J. Ramírez
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Feasibility of using pozzolanicity tests to assess reactivity of wood biomass fly ashes
Pozzolanic activity of materials can initially be assumed from the quantity of the pozzolanic oxides SiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3. Some of the methods for assessing pozzolanic reactivity of materials include measurement of CaO consumption (Frattini test ...
Karmen Kostanić Jurić +3 more
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The effects of calcination on spent bleaching earth ash (SBEA) were investigated in terms of its contribution to pozzolanic reactivity as well as the strength of blended cement mortar when used as partial cement substitution.
Chung Han Lim
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State-of-the-art-review on rice husk ash: A supplementary cementitious material in concrete
Rice husk ash (RHA) is a good supplementary cementitious material for concrete production, as it requires low energy and emits negligible greenhouse gas during processing and service life as well as it shows high pozzolanic reactivity.
Ayesha Siddika +3 more
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Study of chemical and thermal activations of zeolite-lime blend
The advantages of using zeolites are lower costs and better durability, but it requires longer setting time and slower strength development. Chemical and thermal methods have been developed to overcome these disadvantages and to enhance the reactivity of
M. Meziani +3 more
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Investigation on the feasibility of resource utilizing drinking water treatment sludge as a pozzolan to prepare cement-based materials [PDF]
The characteristics of four kinds of sludge obtained from different drinking water treatment plants in Australia and China were contrastively analyzed in this study using x-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction.
Jia Qiong, Lu Jinsuo, Yang Jing
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Characterization and Reactivity of Natural Pozzolans from Guatemala
The possibility of using pozzolanic materials as a partial substitute for Portland cement (PC) to develop mortars and concretes promotes environmental and economic benefits.
Oscar M. Sierra +5 more
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Pozzolanic Reactivity of Silica Fume and Ground Rice Husk Ash as Reactive Silica in a Cementitious System: A Comparative Study [PDF]
Wang Penggang, Feng Xing, Weiting Xu
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