Geopolymer mortar refers to the mortar manufactured with sand and geopolymer, which is composed by the base materials containing affluent aluminium and silicon that was activated by adopting alkaline solution to serve as a binder. The investigation of the properties and application of the geopolymer mortar has attracted more and more attention of the researchers and cement based industries because of its sustainability advantages. This study reviews the properties of the geopolymer mortars including fresh performance (workability, setting time, and temperature of fresh mortar), physical properties, mechanical properties (compressive strength, tensile strength, elastic properties, flexural performance, bonding behavior, and fracture behavior), durability properties (acid resistance, resistance to elevated temperature, frost resistance, water absorption, and shrinkage properties) and microstructure analysis. This study also reviews the properties of different types of geopolymer mortars prepared using various source materials as base materials. The current study results indicate that the geopolymer mortar has exhibited significant feasibility and application prospect to be used as an environmental friendly building material, which may be an appropriate replacement to the traditional cement mortar in the future.

A review on properties of fresh and hardened geopolymer mortar

Introduction: Dissolution and precipitation of feldspar is an important reaction in many environmental systems, as plagioclase feldspar is the most common mineral in the crust. However, the mechanism of dissolution of feldspar has remained in dispute despite twenty or more years of analysis of feldspar dissolution. We are pursuing an approach toward better understanding of feldspar dissolution by investigating reactivity of aluminosilicate glasses of variable composition. In particular, to investigate the effects of Al/Si ratio on plagioclase dissolution without complications of varying Na/Ca content or exsolution, three glasses with varying Al/Si ratio (albite, jadeite, nepheline) were synthesized. Glass powders were then prepared and dissolved at various values of pH in batch reactors under ambient conditions. Solution chemistry was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma -optical emission spectroscopy or -mass spectrometry. In addition, alteration of the glass surface was investigated using Xray photoelectron spectroscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Dissolution results: Many similarities in dissolution behavior between plagioclase crystals and this suite of glasses were observed: 1) dissolution was slowest at near-neutral pH and increased under acid and basic conditions, 2) dissolution rate at all pH values increased with increasing Al/Si ratio, 3) the pH dependence of dissolution was higher for the phase with Al/Si = 1 than the phase with Al/Si = 0.3, 4) after acid leaching, the extent of Al-depletion of the altered surface increased with increasing bulk Al/Si ratio from Al/Si = 0.3 (albite) to 0.5 (jadeite), but then decreased in nepheline (Al/Si = 1.0), which dissolved stoichiometrically with respect to Al, and 5) little to no Al depletion of the surface of any glass occurred at pH > 7. However, in contrast with some observations for plagioclase dissolution, log(rate) increased almost linearly with Al content, and n, the slope of the log(rate)pH curve at low pH, varied smoothly from albite to jadeite to nepheline (n = 0.3, 0.6, 1.0 respectively). At high pH, the slope of this curve, m, did not differ between glasses (m = -0.4 + 0.1). Mechanistic interpretation: These results are consistent with an identical mechanism controlling dissolution of nepheline, albite, and jadeite glass, although no Si-rich layer can develop on nepheline because of the lack of Si-O-Si linkages. Such a conclusion is consistent with a transition state for these aluminosilicates at high pH consisting of a deprotonated Q3 hydroxyl group (where Qv refers to an x atom in a tetrahedral site with v bridging oxygens) or a five-coordinate Si site after nucleophilic attack by OH, and, at low pH, a protonated Q4OQ4. At low pH, we infer that Q4OQ4 Al linkages are ratelimiting because they are presumed to hydrolyze more slowly than Qv OQw Si (v,w < 3). According to this model, dissolution rate increases from albite to jadeite to nepheline because hydrolysis of Al-O-Si linkages becomes more energetically favorable as the number of Al atoms per Si tetrahedral increases, a phenomenon documented by geometry optimizations using ab initio methods (for example, Figure 1). However, a model wherein Q4OQ4 Si linkages are faster to hydrolyze than lower connectivity linkages between Si atoms (Qv OQw , v,w < 3) may also explain aspects of this data.

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Role of Polymerization in the Dissolution of Nepheline, Jadeite, and Albite Glasses: Toward Better Models for Aluminosilicate Dissolution

A scientometric review of geopolymer concrete

Influence of aggregate size on compressive strength of pervious concrete

Geopolymer concrete as sustainable material: A state of the art review

Effect of type of coarse aggregate on the strength properties and fracture energy of normal and high strength concrete

Fal-G Binder Pervious Concrete

Metakaolin bottom ash blend geopolymer mortar – A feasibility study

Pervious concrete is essentially used to reduce stormwater runoff and local floods. It requires regular maintenance because it is highly prone to clogging by particulate matters. Clogging is defined as a reduction in hydraulic conductivity that drastically reduces the permeability into the subgrade. A study using permeability as a key parameter was carried out to measure the infiltration characteristics of pervious concrete containing various binders and different sizes of coarse aggregates namely 6.3 mm, 8 mm, 10 mm and 12.5 mm. The binders such as Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC), Fly ash based Geopolymer (GP) and Fly ash—Lime-Gypsum (FaL-G) were used. The results indicated that pervious concrete made with aforesaid binders showcased adequate infiltration properties that satisfied the requirements of pervious concrete. Furthermore, clogging effect study was performed in GP binder pervious concrete by applying flowing water containing mud to determine worst-case scenario percentage for clogging. The worst-case silt percentage in water to cause clogging was found to be 8.26%, 9.21%, 9.84% and 10.16%. The test results indicated that increasing of clogging material in the water significantly reduces the permeability.

Infiltration and clogging characteristics of pervious concrete

This paper presents a study on the use of alkali-activated metakaolin (MK) and Bottom Ash (BA) blend in geopolymer concrete. A preliminary attempt was made on alkali-activated metakaolin and bottom ash-based geopolymer (MK–BA-GPM) mortar with river sand as fine aggregate to find a suitable mix to produce geopolymer concrete (GPC). The liquid alkaline activator is a combination of sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide solution. The molarity of NaOH was 8 M. Molar ratio of Na2O and SiO2 was 2, and ambient curing mode was selected. Also, M30 grade control concrete was made using OPC and cured in water. Further, GPC and control concrete specimens were tested for compressive strength, split tensile, flexural strength and modulus of elasticity. Also, XRD, SEM and EDAX studies were carried out to analyse element/mineral compounds present and the microstructure and morphological characteristics of GPC to substantiate the strength development. MK–BA GPC demonstrated 49% higher compressive strength than that of control concrete at 28 days. More so, the early as well as later strength gain of GPC was remarkably higher than that of OPC. Strength was due to densification of microstructure over a period of time and due to the formation of additional crystalline phases in geopolymer concrete.

V. Revathi

Papers

Effect of type of coarse aggregate on the strength properties and fracture energy of normal and high strength concrete

Fal-G Binder Pervious Concrete

Metakaolin bottom ash blend geopolymer mortar – A feasibility study

Infiltration and clogging characteristics of pervious concrete

Microstructural Properties of Alkali-Activated Metakaolin and Bottom Ash Geopolymer