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Effect of Concentration of Sodium Hydroxide
Solution on
Compressive Strength of Geopolymer Concrete
Ravi Sanker Reddy .Battu 1, Dr.D.V.Prasada Rao2
[1]Research Scholar, Civil Engineering Department, S.V.University College Of Engineering, Tirupati, India, [2] Professor,Civil Engineering Department, S.V.University College Of Engineering, Tirupati, India
[1] [email protected], [2] [email protected]
Abstract— This paper contains results of the tests carried out to find the effect of different concentrations of sodium hydroxide
solution on the strength of the geo-polymer concrete. Now a days, a big problem facing by the world is carbon dioxide. The
production of Ordinary Portland cement causes emission of Co2 which leads to environmental pollution. Supplementary material like fly ash can be used in place of ordinary Portland cement to reduce Co2. The Concrete made by activation of Fly ash with
highly alkaline liquids is known as geo-polymer concrete. The alternative material which is sustainable and eco-friendly to Portland cement concrete is Geo-polymer concrete (GPC). Highly alkaline liquids like Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) and Sodium
Silicate (Na2SiO3) are used in this investigation for the polymerization process. Different concentrations of sodium hydroxide solution i.e. 8M, 10M, 12M, 14M and 16M were taken in preparing different GPC mixes and the compressive strength of each mix
were obtained .The size of specimen used for testing is 100mm X 100mm X 100mm.Oven curing was adopted in this investigation and cubes are kept in an oven for 1 day,3 days,7 days and 28 days and then GPC specimens were tested for Compressive strength..
The result shows that compressive strength of GPC increases with increase in molarity of Sodium Hydroxide solution.
Index Terms— Alkaline Solution, Concentration, Fly ash, Geo-polymer concrete, Sodium hydroxide, Sodium silicate,
Molarity. INTRODUCTION
The main problem to the human beings is the environmental pollution. Adding impurities to the nature is nothing
but polluting the environment. Concrete is widely using globally next to the water. In the construction industry, Cement is
one of the major components used in the production of concrete. Production of 1 ton of cement releases nearly about 1 ton
of CO2 into the atmosphere. Burning of fossil fuels to operate the kiln and the chemical process of burning limestone
releases CO2. Cement production requires huge amount of raw materials like lime stone, clay and other minerals. One ton of
cement production requires nearly 1.6 tons of raw materials. Quarrying of raw materials also leads to lack of sustainability.
The contribution of green house gas emission from cement industry is about 7% of the total greenhouse gas emissions to the
earth’s atmosphere. Day by day demand for concrete is increasing, thereby increase in production of cement which leads to
increase in environmental pollution and global warming. The geo-polymer concrete concept was introduced by Joseph
Davidovits in 1970’s. He proposed a method in which an alkaline liquid such as sodium hydroxide or sodium silicate
solution was used to activate industrial by products like fly ash or Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) to produce
binders [1]. The green house gases like CO2 alone causes 65% of total global warming. Some of the industrial by products
like fly ash, GGBS and rice-husk ash can also be used as source material [2].
Many efforts were in progress to supplement the use of cement concrete with GPC in order to reduce the global
warming. It includes the utilization of industrial byproducts like fly ash, metakaolin, ground granulated blast furnace slag and
rice-husk ash as an alternative binder to Ordinary Portland cement. Almost all the states in India are producing fly ash
abundantly as a byproduct in their thermal power plants. Highly alkaline solutions like sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate
are cheap and easily available [3]. In this respect, the geo-polymer technology plays an important role in the application of
concrete industry. Global warming caused by the cement industries can be reduced significantly by adopting geo-polymer
concrete. Initially applications of the fly ash based geo-polymer concrete was attempted as fly ash is abundantly available.
Most of the previous studies on geo-polymer concrete are based on curing by heating. The rate of polymerization is very fast at
60oC to 90
oC temperature . Most of the states in India come under tropical region where the temperature during summer is
above 30oC. Geo-polymer concrete, which is cured naturally or at room temperature, can be treated as GPC cured at ambient
temperature [4]. Longer curing time increases the polymerization reaction, thus resulting in higher compressive strength. This
might be due to relatively fast chemical reaction process in the geo-polymer concrete [5]. Dissolution of silica and alumina
from Fly ash starts when it comes in contact with highly alkaline solution. The type and molarity of alkali solution affect the
dissolution of fly ash. Leaching of Alumina and Silica ions are high with sodium hydroxide solution than potassium hydroxide
solution [6].
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I. MATERIALS USED
2.1 Fly ash: - Fly ash is collected from Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2.2
Table 1: Fly Ash Properties
Parameters Experimental
Value in %
Silica 56.6
Aluminium Oxide 22.26
Iron Oxide 8.14
Calcium Oxide 12.14
Magnesium Oxide 1.17
2.2 Aggregates: - Coarse aggregate used was locally available. Sizes of coarse aggregates used are 20 mm and 12mm.
The Specific gravity of coarse aggregate used was 2.61 and fineness modulus was 5.41. The coarse aggregate used in this
investigation was surface dry condition. Fine aggregate used in this investigation is collected from Swarna Mukhi river, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. The
Specific gravity of fine aggregate used in this study is 2.63 and fineness modulus was 2.61. Fine aggregate used in this
study was surface dry condition.
2.3 Alkaline Solution: - Mixture of Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) and Sodium Silicate (Na2SiO3) was used as an alkaline
activators. Sodium hydroxide used in this study was of commercial grade and is in the form of pellets collected from Astrra
Chemicals, Chennai, India. Sodium hydroxide solution was prepared by dissolving the pellets in water one day prior to the cast.
Sodium silicate solution, collected from Astrra Chemicals, Chennai, India, has the mass ratio of SiO2 to Na2O of 2.2 (SiO2 = 33%, Na2O
= 15% and water = 52%). Alkaline solution was prepared by mixing both of these solutions.
2.4 Water: - Drinking water was used in this study for making GPC. III. MIX PROPORTIONS
In this study, single grade of geo-polymer concrete with five different molarities of sodium hydroxide solution
(8M, 10M, 12M, 14 M and 16M ) were prepared. GPC was designed for characteristic cube compressive strength of 20
MPa . Activation of industrial by products like fly ash with highly alkaline solutions like sodium hydroxide solution and
sodium silicate solution needs heat curing for the formation of geo-polymer binder. The GPC specimens along with mould
were kept in oven for one day at 600C temperature. After one day of oven curing specimens were demoulded and cured in
an oven at 600C temperature for the period of 3 days, 7 days and 28 days.
Figure 1: Alkaline Solution In this paper, the compressive strength of GPC is obtained for the mixes of various concentrations of Sodium
Hydroxide (NaOH). Sodium Hydroxide is prepared with different concentrations of 10M, 12M, 14M and 16M as shown in
Table-2. The ratio of Na2Sio3 to NaOH used in this study is 2.0.
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Table 2: Weights of NaOH Pellets
Concentration Sodium Hydroxide
in gms
8M 320
10M 400
12M 480
14M 560
16M 640
3.2 Mixing, Casting and Curing:
The density of geo-polymer concrete was assumed to be 2400 Kg/m3. No code provisions are available for the mix
design of geo-polymer concrete. Other calculations are done by considering the density of concrete. The total volume
occupied by Coarse and fine aggregates was assumed to be 75%. The alkaline liquid to binder ratio was taken as 0.5.
Quantities of all ingredients were kept constant and are given in table 4 except the molarity of NaOH in the each mix. IS
code method (IS-10262(2009)) used for making of conventional concrete is also adopted to prepare GPC [7]. Fly ash and
fine aggregate are mixed in dry condition and coarse aggregate was then added to this mixture and then the alkaline solution
was added to this dry mix. The mixing was done about 4-5 minutes. After mixing, the cubes were cast in three layers and
given proper compaction by using table vibrator. Sizes of the cubes used are 100mm X 100mm X100mm. The cubes were
cured in oven at 600 C. The cubes with moulds were placed in an oven for 1 day and then demoulded and tested. Remaining
cubes were placed in an oven until testing (i.e 3 days,7 days and 28 days). The quantities of various materials used for
preparation of geo-polymer concrete is given in table 3.
Table 3: Ingredients and the Quantities of Geo-polymer Concrete
IV.RESULTS The compressive strength test was carried out on geo-polymer concrete mixes after the curing age of 1 day, 3 days, 7 days
and 28 days in compressive testing machine and compressive strength was determined [8]. The results obtained are given in
Table 4.
From experimental Results, it is concluded that the Compressive Strength of GPC is increased with increase in
concentration of sodium hydroxide solution. Also the rate of increase in Compressive Strength of GPC is very low after 3
days of curing and 90% of compressive strength was achieved at 3 days of curing. This property of earlier gaining
Table 4: Experimental Results
Grade of
Concrete Molarity
1 Day
Compressive
Strength (Mpa)
3 Days
Compressive
Strength (Mpa)
7 Days
Compressive
Strength (Mpa)
28 Days
Compressive
Strength (Mpa)
M 20
8M 9.16 17.75 19 21
10M 11.875 20.5 21.16 22.33
12M 13.25 21.33 21.83 23
14M 18.75 21.75 22.33 23.83
16M 19.18 22.16 22.83 24.33
Ingredients (Kg/m3) Quantities
Fly Ash 372
Fine Aggregate 501.5
Coarse
Aggregate
20 mm 603.9
12mm 402.6
Sodium Silicate Solution 124
Sodium Hydroxide Solution 62
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Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 2 & 3 : Compressive Strength of M 20 Grade GPC mixes at the curing age of 1 day,3 days,7 days and 28days for
various molarities of NaOH Solution
strength allows the usage of GPC mixes in areas where earlier strength is required. It was also observed that increase in the
concentration of NaOH causing the GPC mix more viscous with rapid setting.
V. CONCLUSION
1) Compressive strength of GPC is increased with increase in the concentration of sodium hydroxide solution.
2) The rate of increase in Compressive Strength of GPC is very low after 3 days of oven curing.
3) 90% of the compressive strength of GPC was achieved in early age (i.e at 3 days of oven curing). Hence, this property
of early gaining strength allows the usage of GPC mixes in areas where earlier strength is required.
4) Increase in molarity of NaOH causes GPC mixes more viscous with rapid setting. Hence proper compaction is not
possible at high concentrations of NaOH. Hence compressive strength decreases.
Acknowledgements
The authors were gratefully acknowledge the support of Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant and Astrra chemicals for
providing the fly ash and chemicals used in this study. The help of the concrete laboratory staff of Sri Venkateswara
University, Tirupati, India is gratefully acknowledged.
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