• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.44 no.11
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• pp.633-638
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• 2007

The setting time of alkali activated slag cement tends to be much faster than ordinary Portland cement, and its compressive strength had been higher from the 1 day but became lower than that of the cement on the 28 days. According to the results of the surface observation, weight loss, compressed strength, and erosion depth tests on the sulphuric acid solution. It has been drawn that alkali activated slag cement has a higher sulphate resistance than ordinary Portland cement, and in particular, the alkali activated slag cement added 5 wt% alumina cement has little deterioration on the sulphuric acid solution. The reason why the alkali activated slag cement has higher sulphate resistance than other hardened cement pastes is that it has no $Ca(OH)_2$ reactive to sulphate ion, and there is little $CaSO_4{\cdot}2H_2O$ production causing volume expansion, unlike other pastes. And it is supposed that $Al(OH)_3$ hydrates with high sulphate resistance, which is produced by adding the alumina cement increases the sulfate resistance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.481-486
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• 2001

Ground granulated blast-furnace slag shows very high strength when proper alkali-activator exists. This paper deals with setting time, heat evolution rate and the strength development of alkali-activated slag cement activated by KOH, Ca(OH$)_{2}$, $Na_{2}$ $So_{4}$ , and alum(potassium aluminum sulfate). Alkali-activated slag mortar is studied by comparison with GGBF slag cement mortar. The experimental results indicate that for moisture curing at $25^{\circ}C$, the addiction of either 4% $Na_{2}$ $So_{4}$ or 4% alum increases the strength of GGBF slag cement mortar consisting of 50% GGBF slag and 50% portland cement at early age. Strength of activated GGBF slag cement mortars at 1, 3 and 7 days exceeded that of GGBF slag cement mortar. A conduction calorimeter was used to monitor early age hydration.

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.35-39
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• 1999

For many years, alkali activated blast furnace slag cement containing no ordinary portland cement has received much attention in the view of energy saving and its many excellent properties. We examined the structural change of slag glass which was activated by alkali metal compounds using IR spectroscopy. The properties of hydrated products and unhydrated slag grains was characterized by XRD and micro-conduction calorimeter. Ion concentration change in the liquid during the hydration of blast furnace slag was also studied to investigated the hydration mechanism.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.26-33
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• 2016

The alkali-slag-red mud(ASRC) cement belongs to clinker free cementitious material, which is made from alkali activator, blast-furnace slag(BFS) and red mud in designed proportion. This study is to investigate strength and pore characteristics of alkali-activated slag cement(NC), clinker free cementitious material, and ordinary portland cement(C) mortars using polymer according to red mud content. The results showed that the hardened alkali-activated slag-red mud cement paste was mostly consisted of C-S-H gel, being very fine in size and extremely irregular in its shape. So the hardened ASRC cement paste has lower total porosity, less portion of larger pore and more portion of smaller pore, as compared with those of hardened portland cement paste, and has higher strength within containing 10 wt.(%) of alkali-activated slag cement(NC) substituted by red mud.

• Journal of Urban Science
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.39-43
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• 2018

This study investigates microstructural characteristics of alkali-activated cements incorporating slag and fly ash. Samples were prepared with four fly ash:slag ratios, i.e., 100:0, 90:10, 70:30 and 50:50, and they were synthesized by using an alkali activator. Microstructural characteristics of the alkali-activated cements were determined by XRD, TGA, SEM, N2 gas adsorption/desorption methods, and compressive strength test. The results showed that properties of alkali-activated fly ash/slag were significantly affected by slag contents. Alkali-activated fly ash/slag with slag content of 30-50% showed higher compressive strength than ordinary Portland cement paste. An increase in slag content resulted in a denser microstructure, which composed of amorphous gel, therefore contributed to strength development of the material.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.130-137
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• 2018

In the construction industry, research on alkali activated cement using fly ash or blast furnace slag fine powder has been published in Korea and abroad as a way to reuse industrial byproducts without using cement at all and to obtain economical effects at the same time. the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of the ratio and coefficient of hydration ratio and lime saturation degree on the strength of alkali activated slag cement by chemical quantitative analysis of alkali activated slag cement used in the management of existing portland cement. as a result, it was confirmed that the ratio and coefficient of hydration ratio and lime saturation are all within a certain range.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.130-131
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• 2016

In this study, moisture absorption coefficient and efflorescence properties of Ordinary Portland cement and alkali-activated slag cement mortar were assessed according to their red mud substitution ratio. Tests were conducted to determine the cause of efflorescence, which is a significant obstacle to the recycling of red mud as a sodium activator in alkali-activated slag cement, and to find a method to control efflorescence.

• Journal of Urban Science
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.13-18
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• 2023

This study investigates the effect of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber and silica fume addition on the chloride penetration resistance of alkali-activated slag. Silica fume was added to replace slag at the dosage of 0, 5, 10, and 20% by weight of the binder, while PVA fiber was added at the dosage of 0, 1, and 2% by volume of the mixture. Samples were synthesized via alkali activator with 1.0 of silicate modulus and cured at room temperature for 28 days. Compressive strength test, permeable voids volume test, water absorprtion test, and rapid chloride penetration test were conducted for measuring the charaterisitics of alkali-activaed slag. The results showed that increasing silica fume content up to 10% in alkali-activated slag improved compressive strength and chloride penetration resistance. Addition of PVA fibers up to 1% by volume enhanced strength and chloride penetration resistance, but exceeding this led to reduced strength and durability due to increased void formation in the matrix.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.134-135
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• 2018

In this paper, we investigate the characteristic of ASRC concrete with the addition of liquefaction red mud using red ud which can be used as an alkali activator of alkali-activated slag cement. as a result, the compressive strength and the efflorescence area increased, and as the amount of liquid red mud increased, the compressive strength decreased and the efflorescence area increased.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.810-819
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• 2007

Investigation of alkali activation of fly ash and blast furnace slag was carried out using waterglass and sodium hydroxide. XRD, FTIR, $^{29}Si$ and $^{27}Al$ NMR, TGA and SEM were used to observed the reaction products and microstructure of the fly ash/slag cement (FSC) pastes. The reaction products were amorphous or low-ordered calcium silicate hydrate and aluminosilicate gel produced from alkali activation of blast furnace slag and fly ash, respectively. On the basis of this investigation, waterglass solution with a modulus(Ms) of 1.0 and 1.2 is recommended for alkali activation of fly ash and blast furnace slag. Morphology of FSC pastes alkali-activated with Ms of 1.0 and 1.2 shows a more solid and continuous matrix due to restructuring of gel-like reaction products from alkali-activated fly ash and blast furnace slag together with another hydrolysis product(i.e., silica gel) from water glass.