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Durability and steel corrosion resistance of Fly ash-based geopolymer concrete exposed to water of Lake Qaroun

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Civil Engineering

Abstract

This paper proposes replacing Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) with Geopolymer material (GP) comprised of Fly Ash (FA) along with activator solution as a binding material. The efficacy of FA geopolymer concrete (GPC) in aggressive media, Qaroun lake conditions (sea water), is examined. First, GPC and OPC samples are prepared as well as preserved for 28 days and subsequently submerged (for 90 days) in aggressive media or potable water. Consequently, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and compression testing are utilized to determine the durability of samples. The technique of Linear Polarization Resistance (LPR) is also used to measure the steel corrosion rate embedded in concrete samples. According to the comparison, raising GPC's FA content enhances its technical characteristics. In addition, GPC (based on FA) has the greatest compressive strength (CS) in comparison with OPC concrete. In aggressive media, the CS of GP increases nearly threefold compared to potable water. Furthermore, the steel corrosion rate (in GPC samples) in the medium is nearly reduced. In addition, the microstructure of the GPC matrix exhibits greater stability in aggressive media than in OPC. In contrast to OPC, the GPC exhibits a substantially more stable mineral composition formation following seawater media exposure, as determined by microstructural analysis.

DOI

10.21608/pserj.2024.305550.1353

Keywords

Geopolymer concrete, Fly Ash, Sea water, steel corrosion, SEM

Authors

First Name

Hala

Last Name

Fouad

MiddleName

Emad Elden

Affiliation

Construction Department, Faculty of Engineering, Misr University for Science and Technology

Email

hala.fouad@must.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0001-7623-9083

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Bayomy

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Civil engineering (hydraulics and irrigation) Fayoum university _Fayoum_ Egypt

Email

mab01@fayoum.edu.eg

City

Fayoum

Orcid

0000-0001-7623-9083

Volume

29

Article Issue

1

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54215

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-07-18

Publish Date

2025-03-01

Page Start

69

Page End

80

Print ISSN

1110-6603

Online ISSN

2536-9377

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386,215

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813

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Publication Title

Port-Said Engineering Research Journal

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https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Durability and steel corrosion resistance of Fly ash-based geopolymer concrete exposed to water of Lake Qaroun

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09 Mar 2025