1st Edition

Alkali-Activated Binders and Concrete

By Caijun Shi, Pavel Krivenko Copyright 2027
800 Pages 493 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Alkali-Activated Binders offer an excellent low-carbon, durable and environmentally sensitive alternative to Portland cement. Their reaction mechanism, involving dissolution, orientation and hardening, is not widely understood. This captures the current state of the art for both professionals and academics, updating the 2005 work Alkali-activated Cements and Concretes . It surveys: The raw... Read more

1. INTRODUCTION  2. ALKALINE ACTIVATORS  3. PRECURSORS  4. HYDRATION AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG CEMENTS  5. PROPERTIES OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG CEMENT PASTES AND MORTARS  6.  PROPERTIES OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG CEMENT CONCRETE  7.  ALKALI-ACTIVATED FLY ASH CEMENTS  8.  PROPERTIES OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED FLY ASH CEMENTS, MORTARS AND CONCRETE  9.  ALKALI-ACTIVATED METAKAOLIN CEMENT  10.  PROPERTIES OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED METAKAOLIN CEMENTS AND CONCRETES  11. ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG/FLY ASH BLENDED CEMENT  12.  PROPERTIES OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG/FLY ASH BLENDED CEMENT MORTAR AND CONCRETE  13.  ALKALI-ACTIVATED PORTLAND BASED BLENDED CEMENTS  14. ALKALI-ACTIVATED LIME-POZZOLAN CEMENT  15. OTHER ALKALI-ACTIVATED CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS  16. MIX DESIGN OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED CEMENT CONCRETE  17.  DURABILITY OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED CEMENTS AND CONCRETES  18.  FIBER REINFORCED ALKALI-ACTIVATED COMPOSITES  19. APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES  20. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED CEMENT CONCRETE  21. STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALKALI-ACTIVATED CEMENTS, CONCRETES AND PRODUCTS  REFERENCES

Biography

Caijun Shi is a Distinguished Professor at Hunan University, China, and Director of the Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency of the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Pavel Krivenko is a Professor and Director of the Scientific Research Institute for Binders and Materials of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine.