Physical and mechanical properties of meta-halloysite-based geopolymer mortars
 
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Kielce University of Technology, Aleja Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland
 
These authors had equal contribution to this work
 
 
Submission date: 2023-10-12
 
 
Final revision date: 2024-01-15
 
 
Acceptance date: 2024-03-17
 
 
Publication date: 2024-04-13
 
 
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Katarzyna Szczykutowicz   

Politechnika Świętokrzyska, Kielce, Poland
 
 
Cement Wapno Beton 28(5) 351-361 (2023)
 
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Geopolymers are amorphous materials produced by the polymerisation reaction between an aluminosilicate precursor and an alkaline reagent or by activation with phosphoric acid. The aluminosilicate raw material used in the manufacture of geopolymers an be industrial waste, such as fly ash or volcanic ash, blastfurnace slag, or it can be obtained from natural raw materials, such as metakaolin and meta-halloysite. The work aimed to select the composition of an activator for the production of meta-halloysite geopolymers with optimum physico-mechanical properties such as specific and bulk density, porosity, weight, and bulk absorption, as well as flexural and compressive strength. A two-factor experimental design was employed to determine the composition of the alkaline activator for geopolymer mortars, with sodium hydroxide solution molar concentration and sodium silicate to NaOH ratio as variables. Research has shown that increasing the amount of sodium silicate relative to the mass of a 12M NaOH solution in the activator solution improves the compressive strength of geopolymers by 36.8%, while an increase in flexural strength of 14.2% was achieved. As the molar concentration of caustic soda in the activator solution increases from 19.0 to 24.5%, the porosity of geopolymer mortars decreases. The reduction in the ratio of water glass to sodium hydroxide and the reduction in the molar concentration of NaOH increases the mass and volume water absorption of the mortar. Further studies is necessary to determine the optimal mixture of metahalloysite geopolymer, taking into account its functional properties and durability.
 
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