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Mechanical properties of alkali-activated tuff powder-fly ash-slag composite cementitious system

Ben-tian YU1(),Zhi-bin LIU1,Yuan FENG2,Yan-peng WANG3,Qing-yan CHU1,Jian-qiang LI1   

  1. 1.School of Civil Engineering,Lanzhou Jiaotong University,Lanzhou 730070,China
    2.Lanzhou New Area Integrated Development Construction Engineering Co. ,Ltd. ,Lanzhou 730207,China
    3.Gansu Jiantou Green Building Materials Industry Development Group Co. ,Ltd. ,Lanzhou 730000,China
  • Received:2025-03-20 Online:2026-09-01 Published:2026-09-07

Abstract:

In order to improve the comprehensive utilization rate of tuff powder, the alkali-activated ternary solid waste cementitious material was prepared by replacing part of slag and fly ash with tuff powder. Firstly, the compressive and flexural strength of cementitious material system with different contents of tuff powder, fly ash and slag under single activator modulus were tested. It was found that the compressive strength increased with the increase of slag content, and decreased with the increase of tuff powder and fly ash content. In the case of a certain amount of tuff powder, with the increase of fly ash content and the decrease of slag content, the difference between 28 d and 3 d flexural strength gradually decreases. When the proportion of tuff powder, fly ash and slag is 1∶1∶3, the compressive strength of the ternary solid waste cementitious system is the highest. Secondly, the mechanical properties of the ratio under different activator modulus and alkali equivalent were tested. The results show that when the activator modulus is low, the alkalinity is too strong, resulting in too fast polymerization reaction, insufficient hydration reaction and low compressive strength. With the increase of the activator modulus, the compressive strength increases, but the excessive modulus of the activator will reduce the OHcontent in the activator, and the polymerization reaction will be weakened, resulting in a decrease in compressive strength. With the increase of alkali equivalent, the compressive strength and flexural strength increase. After reaching the optimal alkali equivalent, the compressive strength is basically unchanged, and the flexural strength begins to decrease. SEM, EDS, XRD, NMR and other microscopic tests were used to explain the reason and mechanism of the decrease of flexural strength of partially alkali-activated ternary solid waste cementitious system with age. It was found that when the alkalinity was too high, the colloidal skeleton structure formed by the rapid reaction of OHand solid waste provided early strength. However, with the increase of age, excessive OHentered the interior of the colloidal skeleton and reacted with Ca2+to form Ca(OH)2. The high concentration of NaOH solution reacted with CO2 in the air to form carbonate ions, which further generated CaCO3, causing volume expansion, forming internal stress and microcracks, resulting in a decrease in flexural strength at 28 d.

Key words: tuff powder, alkali-activated, mechanical performance, activator modulus, ternary solid waste cementitious material

CLC Number: 

  • TU526

Table 1

Oxide components of tuff powder, fly ash and blast furnace slag"

固废种类SiO2Al2O3CaOFe2O3MgONa2OK2O其他
凝灰岩石粉47.4018.6012.2012.304.881.471.191.96
粉煤灰51.4529.515.345.541.371.592.013.19
矿渣35.4715.3435.380.458.340.670.343.98

Fig.1

Particle size distribution curve of tuff powder, fly ash and blast furnace slag"

Table 2

Different proportion of mixture in composite systems"

编号凝灰岩石粉/g粉煤灰/g矿渣/g氢氧化钠溶液硅酸钠溶液激发剂模数
浓度/(mol·L-1体积/mL浓度/(mol·L-1体积/mL
TF5000010.01501.64200.042
FA0500010.01501.64200.042
SL0050010.01501.64200.042
A12005025010.01501.64200.042
A220010020010.01501.64200.042
A320015015010.01501.64200.042
A420020010010.01501.64200.042
A52002505010.01501.64200.042
A610010030010.01501.64200.042
A710015025010.01501.64200.042
A810020020010.01501.64200.042
A910025015010.01501.64200.042
A1010030010010.01501.64200.042
B110010030012.51501.64200.034
B21001003007.51501.64200.055
B31001003005.01501.64200.08
B41001003002.51501.64200.15
B51001003001.51501.00200.15
B61001003002.01501.32200.15
B71001003003.01401.42300.15
B81001003002.51504.00200.30
B91001003004.01002.00700.41
B101001003002.51002.00700.53
B111001003007.5301.501400.65
B121001003004.0301.501400.78
B131001003002.5201.501500.90

Fig.2

Compressive strength of ternary solid waste at different dosages"

Fig.3

Flexural strength of ternary solid waste at different dosages"

Fig.4

Compressive strength of ternary solid waste cementitious system under different activator modulus"

Fig.5

Flexural strength of ternary solid waste cementitious system with different activator modulus"

Fig.6

Compressive and flexural strength of ternary solid waste cementitious system under different alkali equivalents"

Fig.7

SEM and EDS test results of specimens B1 and B4"

Fig.8

XRD test results of B1 specimen"

Fig.9

Pore size distribution of different ternary solid waste cementitious material systems"

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