Fast microwave syntheses of fly ash based porous geopolymers in the presence of high alkali concentration
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Abstract Microwave synthesis of porous fly ash geopolymers was achieved using a household microwave oven. Fly ash paste containing SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 component was mixed with sodium silicate (Na 2 SiO 3 ) solutions at different concentrations of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) of 2, 5, 10, and 15 M, which were used as NaOH activators of geopolymerization. The mass ratio of Na 2 SiO 3 /NaOH was fixed at 2.5 with SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 at 2.69. After the fly ash and alkali activators were mixed for 1 min until homogeneous, the geopolymer paste was cured for 1 min using household microwave oven at different output powers of 200, 500, 700, and 850 W. Porous geopolymers were formed immediately. Micro X-ray CT and SEM results showed that the porous structure of the geopolymers was developed at higher NaOH concentrations when using 850 W power of the microwave oven. These results derive from the immediate increase of the temperature in the geopolymer paste at higher NaOH concentrations, meaning that aluminosilicate bonds formed easily in the geopolymers within 1 min.
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