DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF

GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE CURED

AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
GUIDE: Prof.M.Sasi Rekha, M.E
BATCH MEMBERS:
B. Bijit
P. Maruthu pandi
M. Dhivakaran
M. Sathish kumar
 INTRODUCTION

Water and cement are the most utilized material, which

required expansive amounts in construction. The production of
Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) emits CO2 into the atmosphere.
One tonne of cement produces almost one tonne of CO2.The
emission of carbon-di-oxide affects the environment. Geopolymer
concrete can lead to consumption of large quantity of fly ash and
GGBS. Which apart from safe disposal of fly ash and GGBS
would also lead to reduced carbon footprint of the concrete.
 OBJECTIVES OF THE WORK
The major objectives of the project work are below:
• To reduce the emission of Carbon-di-oxide by making
Geopolymer concrete with industrial waste products
• To develope geo polymer concrete mixes with different molarities
of NaOH at ambient curing.
• To study the effect of molarity of NaOH on workability property
of Geo polymer concrete
• To evaluate the durability properties of Geo polymer concrete for
different molarities of Sodium Hydroxide.
NEED FOR GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE
• Reduces the demand of OPC which leads CO2 emission.
• Utilize waste materials from industries such as fly ash,
silica-fume, GGBS.
• Protect water bodies from contamination due to fly ash
disposal.
• Conserve acres of land that would have been used for coal
combustion products disposal.
• Produce a more durable infrastructure.
GEOPOLYMER MECHANISM
 GEOPOLYMER MECHANISM
• Alkaline solutions induce the Si and Al atoms in the source
materials ,example fly ash , to dissolve to form Gel.
• The Polymerisation process may be assisted by applied heat
followed by drying.
• The Geopolymer gel binds the loose coarse and fine aggregates
to form Geopolymer concrete.
METHODOLOGY

Literature Review

Material Collection

Material Testing

Arriving Mix Proportion by Trail

Casting of Specimens

Test and Results

Conclusion
VARIETY OF MATERIALS USED IN

GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE
• Fly ash
• Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS)
• Fine aggregate
• Coarse aggregate
• Alkaline solution
• Super plasticizer
 PROPERTIES OF FLY ASH

S.NO SPECIFICATION RESULTS

1. Type Class F

2. Specific Gravity 2.25

PROPERTIES OF GGBS

S.NO SPECIFICATION RESULTS

1. Specific Gravity 2.70

PROPERTIES OF 12.5mm AGGREGATES

S No. Description Result

1 Specific gravity 2.92

2 Fineness modulus 8.172

3 Water Absorption 0.2%

Uncompacted Bulk Density 1469.21 kg/m3

4
Compacted Bulk Density 1673.33 kg/m3
PROPERTIES OF 20mm AGGREGATES

S No. Description Result

1 Specific gravity 2.8

2 Fineness modulus 7.32

3 Water Absorption 0.6%

Uncompacted Bulk Density 1517.20 kg/m3

4
Compacted Bulk Density 1670.30 kg/m3
PROPERTIES OF FINE AGGREGATES

S No. Description Result

1 Specific gravity 2.49
2 Fineness modulus 3.945
3 Water Absorption 0.6 %

Uncompacted Bulk Density 1533.76 kg/m3

4
Compacted Bulk Density 1829.32 kg/m3
 ALKALINE SOLUTION

Sodium hydroxide Sodium silicate

( NaOH ) (Na2SiO3 )
 DESIGN MIX PROPORTIONING (for kg/m3 )
Binder (kg/m3) Alkaline Solution Fine Aggregate 12.5mm 20mm
(kg/m3) Aggregate Aggregate
(kg/m3) (kg/m3)
Molarity Fly GGBS NaoH Na2SiO3
S. No Ash (kg)
(M) (lit)
(kg) kg lit

1. 4 250 250 8 50 125 435.4 497.6 746.4

2. 6 250 250 12 50 125 435.4 497.6 746.4

3. 8 250 250 16 50 125 435.4 497.6 746.4

4. 10 250 250 20 50 125 435.4 497.6 746.4

5. 12 250 250 24 50 125 435.4 497.6 746.4

 DESIGN MIX PROPORTIONING
Binder (kg/m3) Alkaline Solution Fine Aggregate 12.5mm 20mm
Fly GGBS NaoH Na2SiO3 Aggregate Aggregate
Molarity Ash (kg) (kg)
S. No g lit (kg) (kg)
(M) (kg) (lit)

1. 4 3.64 3.64 116.8 0.73 125 6.33 7.24 10.86

2. 6 3.64 3.64 175.2 0.73 125 6.33 7.24 10.86

3. 8 3.64 3.64 233.6 0.73 125 6.33 7.24 10.86

4. 10 3.64 3.64 292 0.73 125 6.33 7.24 10.86

5. 12 3.64 3.64 350.4 0.73 125 6.33 7.24 10.86

MIXING
WORKABILITY OF GPC

S No. Molarities Slump (mm)

1 4M 75

2 6M 60

3 8M 55

4 10M 40

5 12M 35
CASTING
 CURING

• Curing to be done for 28 days at ambient

room temperature.
TESTS FOR DURABILITY PROPERTIES
Tests to be conducted for durability properties are,

Initial saturation
Final saturation
Sorptivity
Abrasion resistance test.
LITERATURE REVIEW
S. TITLE (YEAR) AUTHOR DESCRIPT- TEST RESULT
No ION
1. Durability N.Ganesan, Experimental Sorptivity, Abrasion resistance of GPC specimens was found
characteristics of Ruby abraham, study conducted Saturated to be higher than CC.GPC specimens shows
geopolymer concrete S.Deepa raj. to evaluate the water excellent resistance to acid and sulphate attack..
-(June 2015) durability absorption From the study GPC possess better durability than
characteristics , CC.
of geopolymer Abrasion
concrete. resistance
test.
2. Effect of GGBS on Pradip Nath, Aimed to Slump Increase of GGBS in the fly ash based GPC
setting, workability Prabir Kumar achieve fly ash test, reduces the workability and setting time. The
and early strength Sarker. based Compressi workability and setting time increased when
properties of fly ash geopolymers ve alkaline liquid content was increased, with reduced
geopolymer concrete suitable for strength compressive strength. The mixtures having 10%
cured in ambient curing without test, slag, 40% alkaline activator and SS/SH ratio 1.5-
condition (May - elevated heat. setting 2.5 with no extra water can be considered as the
2014) time test. optimum mixture for reasonable compressive
strength in ambient curing condition with a setting
time comparable to that of OPC concrete.
LITERATURE REVIEW Contd…
S. TITLE (YEAR) AUTHOR DESCRIPT- TEST RESULT
No ION
3. Geopolymer Lloyd N.A., Presented Geopolymer concrete has excellent
Concrete with Fly Rangan B.V. about a Slump properties and is well-suited to manufacture
Ash (June -2010) summary of test, precast concrete products that are needed in
the extensive Setting rehabilitation and retrofitting of structures
studies time test after a disaster.
conducted on
fly ash-based
geopolymer
concrete and
to proposed a
simple method
for the design
of geopolymer
concrete
mixtures.
 SCHEDULE
• JANUARY - Mix Design of material mixes and preparation of test
specimen
• FEBRUARY -Test for durability properties of Geo polymer concrete
• MARCH -Report preparation
 THANK
YOU !!!