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GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE AN ECO-FRIENDLY

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

PREPAIRED BY:
PRANAV CHOVATIYA(1st year)
(15CMT012)
M.E-CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
& MANAGEMENT
B.V.M. ENGINEERING COLLEGE
VALLABH VIDHYANAGAR

UNDER GUIDANCE OF:

Dr. JAYESHKUMAR R.PITRODA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
B.V.M. ENGINEERING COLLEGE
VALLABH VIDHYANAGAR

AUTHOR & JOURNAL

Krishnan, S.Karthikeyan, S.Nathiya, K. Suganya

(Assistant Professors, Department of Civil Engineering,
Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem)
International Journal of Research in Engineering and
Technology
eISSN: 2319-1163 , pISSN: 2321-7308

WHAT IS POLYMER CONCRETE ?

Geopolymer concrete is a new material that does not need the

presence of Portland cement as binder.
Instead ,activating the source materials such as fly ash that are
rich in Silicon(Si) and Aluminum (Al) using high alkaline liquids
produces binder for manufacturing concrete.

WHY WE USE ?
The major problem that the world is facing today is the environmental
pollution.
In the construction industry mainly the production of ordinary Portland
cement (OPC) will cause the emission of pollutants which results in
environmental pollution.
The emission of carbon dioxide during the production of ordinary
Portland cement is tremendous because the production of one ton of
Portland cement emits approximately one ton of CO2 into the
atmosphere.
In terms of global warming, the geopolymer concrete significantly reduce
the CO2 emission to the atmosphere caused by the cement industries

WHY WE USE ?

OBJECTIVES OF
GEOPOLYMER
CONCRETE

AIM OF
GEOPOLYMER
CONCRETE

To produce a carbon dioxide

emission free cementious material
An environmentally pollution
free construction material.

To study the compressive strength

using fly ash and GGBS.
.
To eliminate the necessity of
heat curing of concrete.

MATERIALS USED :

GGBS as per
IS 120891987

AGGREGATES

Fly ash as per IS

3812- 2003

Super plasticizer

Distilled water

Alkaline Solutions

MIXED PROPORTIONS
The total volume occupied by fine and coarse aggregate is adopted as
77%.
The alkaline liquid to fly ash and GGBS ratio is kept as 0.4.
The ratio of sodium hydroxide to sodium silicate is kept as 2.5
The cube specimens are taken of size 100 mm x 100 mm x 100 mm.
In total 36 cubes were cast for different mix Id and the cube specimens
are tested for their compressive strength at age of 1 day, 7 days and 28
days respectively.
A 12 Molarity solution was taken to prepare the mix. The cube
compressive strength was calculated for 12M solution for different mix
Id i.e. F90G10, F80G20, F70G30, and F60G40 (Where F and G are,
respectively.
The Alkaline liquids used in this study for the polymerization process
are the solutions of sodium hydroxide (NaoH) and sodium silicate
(Na2Sio3).

CASTING & CURING :

Fine & coarse

aggregate, fly
ash and GGBS
are mixed in
dry condition
for 3-4minutes

Alkaline
solution
with super
plasticizer
&water

mixing is
done for
about 6- 8
min & cubes
are casted by
compaction in
three layers.

Material
requirements
for 1 m3

TEST RESULTS

It was found that as

the age of the
concrete increases
the compressive
strength of
geopolymer concrete
is enhanced at
ambient temperature
without water curing.

TEST PROCEDURE :

CONCLUSION
Based on the results obtained in the experimental investigation, the following
conclusions are drawn.
The geopolymer concrete gained strength within 24 hours at ambient
temperature without water curing.
The necessity of heat curing of concrete was eliminated by incorporating
GGBS and fly ash in a concrete mix.
The strength of geopolymer concrete was increased with increase in
percentage of GGBS in a mix.
It was observed that the mix Id F60 G40 gave maximum compressive
strength of 80.50N/mm2.

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