Effect of Different Proportions of Fly Ash and GGBFS on the Compressive Strength of Geopolymer Mortar

Abstract

Nowadays, geopolymer plays a significant role in developing eco-friendly materials to avoid the pollution caused by the Portland cement industry. Geopolymer is a developed industrial by-product-based alternative concrete binder. The aim of this study to evaluate the effect of different proportions of Fly Ash (FA) and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) on the strength properties of geopolymer mortar. In this study, GGBFS was added as 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, and 100% of the total binder with NaOH concentrations 12 M and sodium silicate to sodium hydroxide ratio 2.5. The compressive strength was investigated experimentally in this study. The combination of FA and GGBFS were tested in a total of eleven geopolymer mix mortars, and the results show that combining the above constituents at 70℃ improves the compressive strength of geopolymer mortar. The result show that the mixture with 100% GGBFS replacement have maximum compressive strength (78.25 MPa) at 7-days age.