Reducing the consumption of cement with simultaneous utilizing waste materials as cement replacement is preferred for reasons of environmental protection. Blended cements consist of different supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), such as fly ash, silica fume, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS), natural pozzolans, etc. These materials should be chemically activated to show effec...

This research has investigated the structural changes and pozzolanic activity produced in acid activated smectite clay. The activation treatment used HCl at different concentrations, using times a range of temperatures. X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive were to determine dissolution mechanism characterise clay ...

This study comparably assessed the pozzolanic effect of silica fume (SF) and ground rice husk ash (RHA) as supplementary cementing materials on the properties of blended cement pastes and concretes. A commonly commercial silica fume (SF) and locally-produced rice husk ash (RHA) samples with two finenesses (one with larger size than cement and the other with smaller size than cement) were used i...

This research was conducted to evaluate the influence of waste granite powder (WGP) and polypropylene (PP) fibers on performance M35-grade pavement quality concrete (PQC). WGP mixed in PQC as replacement for cement varied from 0% 25%. The pozzolanic concert examined by strength activity index. PP assessed after addition 0.25% 1.25% volume concrete. mechanical properties were evaluated including...