{"title":"Experimental study on preparation of fly ash-based geopolymer blended with recycled calcium source","authors":"Deluan Feng, Dongyao Chen, Yang Yu, Shihua Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.susmat.2024.e01078","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A large amount of waste eggshells raises environmental issues. This study uses eggshells as recycled calcium source to synthesize fly ash and eggshell geopolymer (FAEG). The effects of eggshell content, liquid-solid ratio, NaOH/Na<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>3</sub> ratio, and NaOH solution concentration on the strength of the FAEG were evaluated by unconfined compressive strength (UCS) test. The geopolymerization products and microstructure characteristics of the FAEG were analyzed by XRD, FTIR, TGA, and SEM test. The results show that eggshells acted as recycled calcium sources are capable of significantly enhancing the UCS of the FAEG. The optimal content of eggshells is 15%. The NaOH/Na<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>3</sub> ratio has a significant effect on the UCS of the FAEG, while the influence of liquid-solid ratio and NaOH concentration is slight. The optimal NaOH/Na<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>3</sub> ratio is 50:50 and the liquid-solid ratio is recommended to be 0.55. Eggshells take part in the geopolymerization by acting as a precipitating and seeding element in the reaction and favoring the generation of the geopolymeric gels in the FAEG.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22097,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Materials and Technologies","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article e01078"},"PeriodicalIF":8.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Sustainable Materials and Technologies","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214993724002586","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENERGY & FUELS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A large amount of waste eggshells raises environmental issues. This study uses eggshells as recycled calcium source to synthesize fly ash and eggshell geopolymer (FAEG). The effects of eggshell content, liquid-solid ratio, NaOH/Na2SiO3 ratio, and NaOH solution concentration on the strength of the FAEG were evaluated by unconfined compressive strength (UCS) test. The geopolymerization products and microstructure characteristics of the FAEG were analyzed by XRD, FTIR, TGA, and SEM test. The results show that eggshells acted as recycled calcium sources are capable of significantly enhancing the UCS of the FAEG. The optimal content of eggshells is 15%. The NaOH/Na2SiO3 ratio has a significant effect on the UCS of the FAEG, while the influence of liquid-solid ratio and NaOH concentration is slight. The optimal NaOH/Na2SiO3 ratio is 50:50 and the liquid-solid ratio is recommended to be 0.55. Eggshells take part in the geopolymerization by acting as a precipitating and seeding element in the reaction and favoring the generation of the geopolymeric gels in the FAEG.
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Sustainable Materials and Technologies (SM&T), an international, cross-disciplinary, fully open access journal published by Elsevier, focuses on original full-length research articles and reviews. It covers applied or fundamental science of nano-, micro-, meso-, and macro-scale aspects of materials and technologies for sustainable development. SM&T gives special attention to contributions that bridge the knowledge gap between materials and system designs.