Tag: Alkali-activated slag (AAS)

AbstractThis work investigated the setting performance of alkali-activated slag (AAS) pastes prepared with various activators including sodium hydroxide (NH), sodium carbonate/hydroxide (Nc/NH), and sodium silicate (NS) solutions using in situ…

AbstractThe current study aims to construct a synthetic polymer (or family of polymers) with superior plasticizing properties in a highly alkaline medium. An invented laboratory-prepared superplasticizer (SP), namely phenol-formaldehyde sulfonilate…

AbstractAccording to standard testing methods, predrying of portland cement (PC) usually is required as a preconditioning step before the determination of carbonation. However, the hydration process, the hydration products, and…