Study on the pore and microstructure fractal characteristics of alkali-activated coal gangue-slag mortars
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Author(s)
Ma, Hongqiang
Sun, Jianwei
Wu, Chao
Yi, Cheng
Li, Yu
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Just as it is regarding ordinary cement-based materials, the pore structure and microstructure of alkali-activated materials are disordered. It is essential to predict the macroscopic properties by studying the pore and microstructure fractal characteristics of materials. In this paper, the effects of slag content and alkali activator modulus on compressive strength, porosity, and microstructure of alkali-activated coal gangue-slag (AACGS) mortar were studied. Further, with the help of mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) data and the MATLAB programming, the pore and SEM photos fractal dimensions of AACGS mortar specimens were obtained, respectively, and the relationship between the microscopic fractal dimensions and the macroscopic strength and the structural characteristics of pores was established. The results show that the pore fractal dimension has a good linear relationship with the compressive strength and pore characteristic parameters (porosity, total pore area, and average pore diameter, etc.). With the increase of slag content, the SEM photos fractal dimension of AACGS mortar specimens increases, and the fractal dimension and compressive strength also show a significant positive linear relationship. The two fractal characterization methods can be used in the alkali-activated material system and have important guiding significance for predicting the macroscopic strength and pore characteristic parameters of the material.
Date Issued
2020-06
Date Acceptance
2020-05-25
Citation
Materials, 2020, 13 (11)
ISSN
1996-1944
Publisher
MDPI
Journal / Book Title
Materials
Volume
13
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Subjects
alkali-activated coal gangue-slag
CEMENT
Chemistry
Chemistry, Physical
compressive strength
CONCRETE
DIMENSION
fractal dimension
GEOPOLYMER
IMAGE-ANALYSIS
Materials Science
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
microstructure
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
pore characteristic parameters
PROPERTY
Science & Technology
STRENGTH
SURFACE
Technology
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
2442
Date Publish Online
2020-05-27