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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Thermally Treated Waste Silt as Filler in Geopolymer Cement.

Abbas Solouki, Alireza Fathollahi, Giovanni Viscomi, Piergiorgio Tataranni, Giovanni Valdrè, Stephen J Coupe, Cesare Sangiorgi

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Abbas SoloukiDepartment of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3163-6223
Alireza FathollahiCentre for Agroecology Water and Resilience (CAWR), Coventry University, Wolston Lane, Ryton-on-Dunsmore CV8 3LG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2394-4050
Giovanni ViscomiBologna Strade, Via Zanardi 372/2, 40131 Bologna, Italy.
Piergiorgio TataranniDepartment of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9358-1374
Giovanni ValdrèDepartment of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Piazza di Porta San Donato 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4280-2186
Stephen J CoupeCentre for Agroecology Water and Resilience (CAWR), Coventry University, Wolston Lane, Ryton-on-Dunsmore CV8 3LG, UK.
Cesare SangiorgiDepartment of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1006-5935

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, SAFERUP! project 765057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of including silt, a by-product of limestone aggregate production, as a filler in geopolymer cement. Two separate phases were planned: The first phase aimed to determine the optimum calcination conditions of the waste silt obtained from Società Azionaria Prodotti Asfaltico Bituminosi Affini (S.A.P.A.B.A. s.r.l.). A Design of Experiment (DOE) was produced, and raw silt was calcined accordingly. Geopolymer cement mixtures were made with sodium or potassium alkali solutions and were tested for compressive strength and leaching. Higher calcination temperatures showed better compressive strength, regardless of liquid type. By considering the compressive strength, leaching, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, the optimum calcination temperature and time was selected as 750 °C for 2 h. The second phase focused on determining the optimum amount of silt (%) that could be used in a geopolymer cement mixture. The results suggested that the addition of about 55% of silt (total solid weight) as filler can improve the compressive strength of geopolymers made with Na or K liquid activators. Based on the leaching test, the cumulative concentrations of the released trace elements from the geopolymer specimens into the leachant were lower than the thresholds for European standards.

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aggregate recyclingambient temperature curingDOEDSLTquarry wastesilt calcination

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PMID34501190
PMCPMC8434220

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