Thermal behavior and characteristics of fired geopolymers produced from local Cameroonian metakaolin
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Abstract The thermal behavior along with certain characteristics of geopolymers produced from local Cameroonian metakaolin and heated up to 1000 °C were examined. Geopolymers fired up to 900 °C had the same physical aspect as initial ones and those fired at 1000 °C warped, were glazed and blistered. The TG showed elimination of water according to two stages. The dilatometric curves of preheated samples showed shrinkage between 90 and 250 °C followed by expansion and sintering. The samples heated up to 700 °C were amorphous and new crystalline phases appeared around 900 °C. The microstructure of geopolymers heated between 300 and 900 °C showed progressive disruption and the linear shrinkage increased. The water absorption of the samples fired up to 700 °C increased slightly and tremendously around 900 °C. A drastic decrease of compressive strength was observed with the samples fired between 300 and 900 °C. Hence, the characteristics of geopolymers lessened with elimination of the water which forms hydration spheres around the compensating cations (Na + ) opposed to tetrahedral groups AlO 4 − along with transformation of amorphous phase.
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OpenAlex topics: Concrete and Cement Materials Research · Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production · Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
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