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Synthesis of Geopolymer from a Novel Aluminosilicate-Based Natural Soil Precursor Using Electric Oven Curing for Improved Mechanical Strength

Natural soil (NS)-based geopolymers (GPs) have shown promise as environmentally friendly construction materials. The production of ordinary Portland cement is known to release significant amounts of greenhouse gas (CO(2)) into the atmosphere. The main objective of this work is to synthesize a geopol...

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Autores principales: Zain-ul-abdein, Muhammad, Ahmed, Furqan, Channa, Iftikhar Ahmed, Makhdoom, Muhammad Atif, Ali, Raza, Ehsan, Muhammad, Aamir, Abdullah, Ul Haq, Ehsan, Nadeem, Muhammad, Shafi, Hafiz Zahid, Shar, Muhammad Ali, Alhazaa, Abdulaziz
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9658141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36363347
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15217757
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author Zain-ul-abdein, Muhammad
Ahmed, Furqan
Channa, Iftikhar Ahmed
Makhdoom, Muhammad Atif
Ali, Raza
Ehsan, Muhammad
Aamir, Abdullah
Ul Haq, Ehsan
Nadeem, Muhammad
Shafi, Hafiz Zahid
Shar, Muhammad Ali
Alhazaa, Abdulaziz
author_facet Zain-ul-abdein, Muhammad
Ahmed, Furqan
Channa, Iftikhar Ahmed
Makhdoom, Muhammad Atif
Ali, Raza
Ehsan, Muhammad
Aamir, Abdullah
Ul Haq, Ehsan
Nadeem, Muhammad
Shafi, Hafiz Zahid
Shar, Muhammad Ali
Alhazaa, Abdulaziz
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description Natural soil (NS)-based geopolymers (GPs) have shown promise as environmentally friendly construction materials. The production of ordinary Portland cement is known to release significant amounts of greenhouse gas (CO(2)) into the atmosphere. The main objective of this work is to synthesize a geopolymer (GP) from an uncommon aluminosilicate-based NS and a sodium silicate (SS) activating solution that would not only minimize the emission of harmful gases, but also offer improved mechanical strength. Samples of different compositions were produced by varying the wt.% of NS from 50% to 80% and adding a balancing amount of SS solution. The drying and curing of the samples were carried out in an electric oven at specific temperatures. The degree of geopolymerization in the samples was measured by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and microstructural analysis was performed using a scanning electron microscope. Mechanical tests were conducted to evaluate the range of compressive strength values of the prepared GP samples. A minimum compressive strength of 10.93 MPa at a maximum porosity of 37.56% was observed in a sample with an NS to SS ratio of 1:1; while a ratio of 3:1 led to the maximum compressive strength of 26.39 MPa and the minimum porosity of 24.60%. The maximum strength (26.39 MPa) was found to be more than the reported strength values for similar systems. Moreover, an improvement in strength by a factor of three has been observed relative to previously developed NS-based GPs. It may be inferred from the findings that for the given NS, with almost 90% aluminosilicate content, the extent of geopolymerization increases significantly with its increasing proportions, yielding better mechanical strength.
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spelling pubmed-96581412022-11-15 Synthesis of Geopolymer from a Novel Aluminosilicate-Based Natural Soil Precursor Using Electric Oven Curing for Improved Mechanical Strength Zain-ul-abdein, Muhammad Ahmed, Furqan Channa, Iftikhar Ahmed Makhdoom, Muhammad Atif Ali, Raza Ehsan, Muhammad Aamir, Abdullah Ul Haq, Ehsan Nadeem, Muhammad Shafi, Hafiz Zahid Shar, Muhammad Ali Alhazaa, Abdulaziz Materials (Basel) Article Natural soil (NS)-based geopolymers (GPs) have shown promise as environmentally friendly construction materials. The production of ordinary Portland cement is known to release significant amounts of greenhouse gas (CO(2)) into the atmosphere. The main objective of this work is to synthesize a geopolymer (GP) from an uncommon aluminosilicate-based NS and a sodium silicate (SS) activating solution that would not only minimize the emission of harmful gases, but also offer improved mechanical strength. Samples of different compositions were produced by varying the wt.% of NS from 50% to 80% and adding a balancing amount of SS solution. The drying and curing of the samples were carried out in an electric oven at specific temperatures. The degree of geopolymerization in the samples was measured by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and microstructural analysis was performed using a scanning electron microscope. Mechanical tests were conducted to evaluate the range of compressive strength values of the prepared GP samples. A minimum compressive strength of 10.93 MPa at a maximum porosity of 37.56% was observed in a sample with an NS to SS ratio of 1:1; while a ratio of 3:1 led to the maximum compressive strength of 26.39 MPa and the minimum porosity of 24.60%. The maximum strength (26.39 MPa) was found to be more than the reported strength values for similar systems. Moreover, an improvement in strength by a factor of three has been observed relative to previously developed NS-based GPs. It may be inferred from the findings that for the given NS, with almost 90% aluminosilicate content, the extent of geopolymerization increases significantly with its increasing proportions, yielding better mechanical strength. MDPI 2022-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9658141/ /pubmed/36363347 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15217757 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zain-ul-abdein, Muhammad
Ahmed, Furqan
Channa, Iftikhar Ahmed
Makhdoom, Muhammad Atif
Ali, Raza
Ehsan, Muhammad
Aamir, Abdullah
Ul Haq, Ehsan
Nadeem, Muhammad
Shafi, Hafiz Zahid
Shar, Muhammad Ali
Alhazaa, Abdulaziz
Synthesis of Geopolymer from a Novel Aluminosilicate-Based Natural Soil Precursor Using Electric Oven Curing for Improved Mechanical Strength
title Synthesis of Geopolymer from a Novel Aluminosilicate-Based Natural Soil Precursor Using Electric Oven Curing for Improved Mechanical Strength
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title_fullStr Synthesis of Geopolymer from a Novel Aluminosilicate-Based Natural Soil Precursor Using Electric Oven Curing for Improved Mechanical Strength
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title_short Synthesis of Geopolymer from a Novel Aluminosilicate-Based Natural Soil Precursor Using Electric Oven Curing for Improved Mechanical Strength
title_sort synthesis of geopolymer from a novel aluminosilicate-based natural soil precursor using electric oven curing for improved mechanical strength
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9658141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36363347
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15217757
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