ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025
The Effects of Sand Incorporation on the Pore Structure, Strength, and Fractal Characteristics of Alkali-Activated Slag Cementitious Materials.
Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- A Study of Sustainable Mortars Incorporating Copper Slag and Zeolites.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Sand content plays a critical role in regulating the structural compactness and strength development of alkali-activated slag cementitious materials. In this study, three types of specimens-pure slag paste, standard sand mortar, and fine sand mortar-were prepared to investigate the effects of sand incorporation on pore structure and fractal characteristics. Mechanical properties, pore structure, and micro-morphology were systematically evaluated at different curing ages. Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) was employed to measure porosity, pore size distribution, and the threshold pore diameter, while fractal dimensions were calculated to quantify pore complexity and compactness. The results showed that the pure slag paste achieved the highest compressive strength at all ages but posed environmental concerns due to high resource consumption. In contrast, sand-incorporated mortars exhibited stable strength development and continuous pore structure refinement. Notably, the use of fine sand in Group C reduced slag content by approximately 5.6% compared to Group A, contributing to lower CO
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.