Title
Evaluation of fire, high-temperature and water erosion resistance of fiber-reinforced lightweight pozzolana-based geopolymer mortars
Date Issued
2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
IOP Publishing Ltd
Abstract
The development of new building materials requires intensive analyses of their durability under aggressive conditions. Therefore, the current study evaluated the capacity of a fiber-reinforced lightweight pozzolana-based geopolymer mortar to resist the action of fire, high temperatures and water erosion. The fire resistance and heat absorption capacity were evaluated through the exposure of disc samples to a direct flame at 1000 °C and the measurement of reverse-side temperature, respectively. To evaluate the high-temperature resistance, uniaxial compression tests were performed on cubic samples after their exposure to oven-temperatures of 300°C, 500°C, 800°C, and 1000°C. Finally, water jet erosion and permeability tests were performed to analyze the interaction of the material with water. The results of the fire tests indicate that fiber-reinforced lightweight pozzolana-based geopolymer mortars are able to absorb up to approximately 65% of heat flame with only slight degradation. On the other hand, uniaxial compression tests showed a temperature resistance up to 800°C, above this temperature the cubic samples experimented significant volumetric changes that might have been caused by a reaction of remaining hydrogen peroxide or gas expansion. Finally, water exposure tests showed that the material is highly permeable and has a remarkable resistance to water erosion.
Volume
706
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85078248082
Source
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
ISSN of the container
17578981
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by CONCYTEC and SENCICO PERU under the project: ‘‘GeoBloque: Desarrollo de bloques de construcción ultraligeros con geopolímeros” (Contract No. 105-207-FONDECYT). The authors are very grateful to Compañía Minera Agregados Calcáreos S.A (COMACSA) for providing raw materials. Finally, Guido Silva acknowledges the support from CONCYTEC (Contract N° 10-2018-FONDECYT/BM) for his Ph.D. fellowship funding.
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