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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Alkali-Activated Materials from Diverse Solid Precursors: Structural, Mechanical and Radiological Properties.

Nataša Mladenović Nikolić, Marija Ivanović, Snežana Nenadović, Jelena Potočnik, Sabina Dolenec, Dušan Bučevac, Aleksandar Kandić, Ljiljana Kljajević

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Nataša Mladenović NikolićDepartment of Materials, "Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0001-8814-0734
Marija IvanovićDepartment of Materials, "Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-1152-4171
Snežana NenadovićDepartment of Materials, "Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-4846-8801
Jelena PotočnikDepartment of Atomic Physics, "Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0001-7206-5952
Sabina DolenecSlovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Dimičeva Ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Dušan BučevacDepartment of Materials, "Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-2731-6182
Aleksandar KandićDepartment of Nuclear and Plasma Physics, "Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Ljiljana KljajevićDepartment of Materials, "Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-4678-0420

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the gel characteristics of alkali-activated materials (AAMs) synthesized using wood ash (WA), and metakaolin (MK) as solid precursors. The research explores the influence of precursor type and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) concentrations in the alkali activator solution on the resulting physicochemical, microstructural, mechanical, and radiological properties of gels. The alkaline activators were prepared by mixing sodium hydroxide solutions (6 M and 12 M) with a sodium silicate (water glass) solution at a volume ratio of 1.5. The physicochemical characteristics of raw materials and AAMs were thoroughly analyzed using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with EDS elemental mapping. FTIR analysis confirmed the formation of an amorphous gels geopolymer network. XRD revealed the presence of characteristic crystalline phases (quartz, calcite) within an amorphous matrix. Mechanical properties, such as compressive strength, depended on precursor type and alkali molarity: metakaolin (12 M) reached ~14 MPa, while wood ash showed ~4 MPa (6 M) and ~0.5 MPa (12 M) due to high CaO, low Si and Al, and unfavorable SiO

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alkali-activated materialsmetakaolinradionuclideswood ash

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PMID41892523
PMCPMC13024776

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