Effect of portlandite on ASR expansion within AAS concrete

• Main Author: Law, Wei Wee
• Other Authors: Yang En-Hua
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77420
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The ASR expansion of alkali activated slags (AAS) mortar bars with different portlandite (Ca(OH)2) content from 0% to 25% were studied and compared with that of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) mortar bars. The objective was to identify the underlying effect of portlandite towards ASR behaviour within...