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Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash

The present work reports on the development of cost effective porous geopolymer materials from meta-kaolin and fly ash via an addition of three different mechanisms to produce pores. This research focused on synthesizing the geopolymer composites followed by characterization to analyze its physic...

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Main Author: Abdul Halim, Nurul Fatiehah
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Language:English
Published: IRC 2015
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.163082017-01-25T09:34:53Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/16308/ Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash Abdul Halim, Nurul Fatiehah TP Chemical technology The present work reports on the development of cost effective porous geopolymer materials from meta-kaolin and fly ash via an addition of three different mechanisms to produce pores. This research focused on synthesizing the geopolymer composites followed by characterization to analyze its physical properties in terms of crystallinity, physical, thermal and mechanical strength. Polymerization process of fly ash and meta-kaolin based geopolymer involved a chemical reaction of alumino-silicate oxides (Si2O3, Al2O2) with alkaline activators consist of the combination of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution and sodium silicate (Na2O3Si) solution under high curing temperature conditions. Pore forming agent such as baking soda, calcium metal and corn oil are added to increase the porosity of the geopolymer sample. The geopolymer composites were characterized using Gas Pycnometer test, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Compression Test. According to SEM test, meta-kaolin based geopolymer containing corn oil exhibit more pores compared to other samples. This sample exhibits higher porosity at 48% porosity, however has the lowest compression strength at 0.44 MPa. While at 16% porosity, sample with baking soda has the highest strength at 1.08 MPa. IRC 2015-09 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/16308/1/FINAL%20REPORT%20FYP%202_NURUL%20FATIEHAH%20BT%20ABDUL%20HALIM_15592_SEPT2015.pdf Abdul Halim, Nurul Fatiehah (2015) Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash. IRC, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Unpublished)
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Abdul Halim, Nurul Fatiehah
Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash
description The present work reports on the development of cost effective porous geopolymer materials from meta-kaolin and fly ash via an addition of three different mechanisms to produce pores. This research focused on synthesizing the geopolymer composites followed by characterization to analyze its physical properties in terms of crystallinity, physical, thermal and mechanical strength. Polymerization process of fly ash and meta-kaolin based geopolymer involved a chemical reaction of alumino-silicate oxides (Si2O3, Al2O2) with alkaline activators consist of the combination of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution and sodium silicate (Na2O3Si) solution under high curing temperature conditions. Pore forming agent such as baking soda, calcium metal and corn oil are added to increase the porosity of the geopolymer sample. The geopolymer composites were characterized using Gas Pycnometer test, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Compression Test. According to SEM test, meta-kaolin based geopolymer containing corn oil exhibit more pores compared to other samples. This sample exhibits higher porosity at 48% porosity, however has the lowest compression strength at 0.44 MPa. While at 16% porosity, sample with baking soda has the highest strength at 1.08 MPa.
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title Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash
title_short Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash
title_full Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash
title_fullStr Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash
title_full_unstemmed Development of Porous Geopolymer Materials from Meta-kaolin and Fly Ash
title_sort development of porous geopolymer materials from meta-kaolin and fly ash
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