A state-of-the-art review on the setting behaviours of ground granulated blast furnace slag-and metakaolin-based alkali-activated materials

L Li, J **e, B Zhang, Y Feng, J Yang - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) are inorganic cementitious materials that are regarded as
potential substitutes for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) due to their better properties and …

Recent progress in low-carbon binders

C Shi, B Qu, JL Provis - Cement and Concrete Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of low-carbon binders has been recognized as a means of reducing the
carbon footprint of the Portland cement industry, in response to growing global concerns …

Portland versus alkaline cement: continuity or clean break:“a key decision for global sustainability”

A Palomo, O Maltseva, I Garcia-Lodeiro… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This review undertakes rigorous analysis of much of the copious literature available to the
scientific community on the use of alkali-activated binders (AABs) in construction. The …

[HTML][HTML] Modifications to reaction mechanisms, phase assemblages and mechanical properties of alkali-activated slags induced by gypsum addition

A Hamdan, H Song, Z Yao, MF Alnahhal, T Kim… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated slags (AASs) are often reported to exhibit fast settings, undermining their
utilisation as sustainable binders from a technological point of view. Although gypsum was …

Influence of sodium silicate powder silica modulus for mechanical and chemical properties of dry-mix alkali-activated slag mortar

T Luukkonen, H Sreenivasan, Z Abdollahnejad… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Sodium silicate powders with different SiO 2/Na 2 O (silica modulus) were characterized by
solubility rate, pH, and chemical structure (by 29 Si MAS-NMR) and compared in the …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodynamic modelling of phase evolution in alkali-activated slag cements exposed to carbon dioxide

X Ke, SA Bernal, JL Provis, B Lothenbach - Cement and Concrete …, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbonation of cementitious materials induced by their interaction with atmospheric CO 2 is
one of the main degradation mechanisms threatening their durability. In this study, a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of superplasticizers on the workability and mechanical development of binary and ternary blended cement and alkali-activated cement

MJ de Hita, M Criado - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
A comparative study of the effect of superplasticizers on different formulations of binary and
ternary cement and alkali-activated cement (AAC) is presented. The need to find sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] A review of durability and strength characteristics of alkali-activated slag concrete

OA Mohamed - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Alkali-activated slag (AAS) is a promising alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) as
sole binder for reinforced concrete structures. OPC is reportedly responsible for over 5% of …

Thermodynamic modeling and experimental study of carbonation of alkali-activated slag cements

S Park, B Lothenbach, JG Jang, HK Kim… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The present study investigates the carbonation of slags activated by NaOH, Na2SiO3,
Na2CO3, and Na2SO4. The main hydrates in those activated with NaOH or Na2SiO3 were …

[HTML][HTML] Coupling machine learning with thermodynamic modelling to develop a composition-property model for alkali-activated materials

X Ke, Y Duan - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Alkali-activation is one of the most promising routes for utilisation of versatile aluminosilicate
resources. However, the variations of chemical compositions in these resources have …