Optimizing and characterizing geopolymers from ternary blend of Philippine coal fly ash, coal bottom ash and rice hull ash

• Main Authors: Kalaw, Martin Ernesto L., Culaba, Alvin B., Hinode, Hirofumi, Kurniawan, Winarto, Gallardo, Susan M., Promentilla, Michael Angelo B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Inorganic polymers—Testing; Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1569; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2568/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

Geopolymers are inorganic polymers formed from the alkaline activation of amorphous alumino-silicate materials resulting in a three-dimensional polymeric network. As a class of materials, it is seen to have the potential of replacing ordinary Portland cement (OPC), which for more than a hundred year...