Carbonation of Alkali-Activated Materials: A Review.

This paper presents a literature review on the effects of accelerated carbonation on alkali-activated materials. It attempts to provide a greater understanding of the influence of CO curing on the chemical and physical properties of various types of alkali-activated binders used in pastes, mortars, and concrete. Several aspects related to changes in chemistry and mineralogy have been carefully identified and discussed, including depth of CO interaction, sequestration, reactions with calcium-based phases (e.

Optimising the Performance of CO-Cured Alkali-Activated Aluminosilicate Industrial By-Products as Precursors.

Three industrial aluminosilicate wastes were studied as precursors to produce alkali-activated concrete: (i) electric arc furnace slag, (ii) municipal solid waste incineration bottom ashes, and (iii) waste glass rejects. These were characterized via X-ray diffraction and fluorescence, laser particle size distribution, thermogravimetric, and Fourier-transform infrared analyses. Distinctive combinations of anhydrous sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate solution were tried by varying the NaO/binder ratio (8%, 10%, 12%, 14%) and SiO/NaO ratio (0, 0.