GEO POLYMER CONCRET

By
PADIGA AKHILESH GO6155
VIKAS REDDY MAREPALLY
GO6148
PEKETI PADMAKANTH GO6159

How to reduce cement usage?

Partially replace the cement in concrete

Ex: HIGH VOLUME FLY ASH CONCRETE

Develop alternative material

Ex: Geopolymer concrete

Why not OPC?

Portland cement production is a major

contributor to CO2 emissions as an estimated

5 TO 8 %of all human-generated atmospheric
CO2 worldwide comes from the concrete
industry.
Production of Portland cement is currently

topping 2.6 billion tons per year worldwide

and growing at 5 percent annually.

Why GEOPOLYMER??
Geopolymer concrete has the potential to

substantially curb CO2 emissions

produce a more durable infrastructure capable
of design life measured in hundreds of years
conserve hundreds of thousands of acres
currently used for disposal of coal combustion
products
protect aquifers and surface bodies of fresh
water via the elimination of fly ash disposal
sites.

OPC vs GEO POLYMER

Geopolymer concrete (GPC) using

fly ash
Greater corrosion resistance,
Substantially higher fire resistance
(up to 2400 F),
High compressive and tensile
strengths
Rapid strength gain, and lower
shrinkage.
Greenhouse gas reduction
potential as much as 90 percent
when compared with opc.

GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE
Hardened cementations paste made from

flyash and alkaline solution.

Combines waste products into useful product.
Setting mechanism depends on

polymerization.
Curing temp is between 60-90 degree.

CONSTITUENTS
Source materials :

Alumina-silicate
Alkaline liquids

combination of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or

potassium hydroxide (KOH) and sodium
silicate or potassium silicate.

FORMATION

PREPARATION
Fly ash

Alkaline activator
NaOH + Na Silicate

Aggregate

Storag

Geopolymerisatio

PROCESS
Alkaline solutions induce the Si and Al atoms

in the source materials ,example fly ash , to

dissolve.
Gel formation is assisted by applying heat.
Gel binds the aggregates ,and the unreacted

source material to form the Geopolymer

concrete.

MIXING

The aggregates are prepared in saturatedsurface-dry (SSD) condition, and are kept in
plastic buckets with lid

The fly ash and the aggregates are first mixed

together dry in 80-litre capacity pan mixer

Pan Mixer Used in the Manufacture of

Geopolymer Concrete

The liquid component of the mixture is then added

to the dry materials and the mixing continued
usually for another four minutes

Addition of Liquid Component

The fresh concrete could be handled up to 120

minutes without any sign of setting and
without any degradation in the compressive
strength

Fresh Geopolymer Concrete Ready for

Placing

The workability of the fresh concrete was

measured by means of the conventional
slump test

Slump Measurement of Fresh Geopolymer

Boundary between Geopolymer binder

, aggregate and reinforcement

ADVANTAGES
Cutting the worlds carbon.
The price of fly ash is low.
Better compressive strength.
Fire proof
Low permeability.
Eco-friendly.

Excellent properties within both acid and s

environments.

APPLICATIONS:
Pre-cast concrete products like railway sleepers,

electric power poles, parking tiles etc.

Marine structures due to resistance against

chemical attacks
Waste containments( fly ash)
FUTURE use IN MAJOR PROJECTS

IN FUTURE

IN FUTURE

IMPLEMENTED

HURDLES OF GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE

Different source materials
Properties of soluble silicate
Contaminants
Industry regulations
New material
Lack of awareness.

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
The compressive strength of GEOPOLYMER
concrete is about 1.5 times more than that of
the compressive strength with the ordinary
Portland cement concrete, for the same mix.
Similarly the Geopolymer Concrete showed
good workability as of the ordinary Portland
Cement Concrete.

COMPRESSIVE STRENGHT VS DAYS

COMPRESSIVE STRENGHT VS FLY ASH %

COMPRESSIVE STRENGHT
VS
CURING TEMPERATURE

Properties OF GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE

Non toxic, bleed free
Sets at room temperature
Long working life before stiffening
Impermeable
Higher resistance to heat and resist all

inorganic solvents
Higher compressive strength

RESISTANCE TO CHEMICAL ATTACK

The exposure of the geopolymers materials to

the NaCl solution resulted in the consistent

increase in the compressive strength during
the whole period of measurement (720 days)
and the values were as high as 70 Mpa
Almost no corrosion products could be found

on the surface of the geopolymer

RESISTANCE TO CHEMICAL ATTACK

A GEOPOLYMERS mortar after the 1.5-year exposure

to the solutions of NaCl

DEVELOPMENTS IN
GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE

HySSIL is a lightweight precast concrete building

product.
It is around half the weight of conventional
aggregate-based concrete up to five times more
insulative than conventional concrete (its name
reflects those properties high strength, structural,
insulative, lightweight).

FIBER REINFORECED GEOPOLYMER

CONCRETE

CONCLUSION
The reduced CO2 emissions of Geopolymer cements
make them a good alternative to Ordinary Portland
Cement.
Produces a substance that is comparable to or better
than traditional cements with respect to most
properties.
Geopolymer concrete has excellent properties within
both acid and salt environments

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