Characterization and pore structure of rice husk ash cementitious material

OJEDOKUN, Olalekan and MANGAT, Pal (2018). Characterization and pore structure of rice husk ash cementitious material. In: Durability and Sustainability of Concrete Structures (DSCS-2018). Special Publication, 326 (326). American Concrete Institute, 97-106.

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Abstract

An Investigation on the mineralogical and chemical characterization, pore structure, chemical shrinkage and pozzolanic activity of commercially produced rice husk ashes (RHA 1 and 2) and a control silica fume (SF) are presented in this paper. RHA possesses high silica content like silica fume which is used as supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) in the production of concrete. There is a need for an alternative to silica fume in the production of concrete because of its high demand and relatively high cost. The mineralogical composition of RHA 1 and 2 show high silica content of 77% and 84% respectively which is close to the silica content (˃80%) of class 2 silica fume. The oxides of Ca are 3.53% and 7.68% while Al is 1.19% and 1.29% for RHA 1 and 2 respectively which suggest that RHA is a low Ca+2 content binder. The results of chemical shrinkage of RHA 1, 2 and SF are 0.42 mL/g, 0.52 mL/g and 0.11 mL/g after 500 hrs of hydration. This indicates that RHA 2 has the highest reactivity (hydration) with water due to its highest Ca+2 content.

Item Type:	Book Section
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Structural Materials and Integrity Research Centre > Centre for Infrastructure Management
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Engineering and Mathematics
Page Range:	97-106
Depositing User:	Olalekan Ojedokun
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2018 09:05
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 06:38
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22869

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