Study on Development of GeopolymerBinder from Terracotta Roof Tile Waste by Experimental and Statistical Method

摘要

Alkali activation of aluminosilicate materials produces geopolymers at ambient or slightly elevated temperatures by geopolymerization process. The reaction product is an amorphous aluminosilicate gel having a structure similar to that of zeolitic precursors. In this paper study on development of geopolymer binder from terracotta tile waste was carried out through experimental and statistical analysis. Compressive strength test was conducted with sixteen combinations of specimens by varying four identified parameters. A 24 full factorial design was adopted for the experimental study with each parameter having two levels. The significance of parameter effect on geopolymerization has been investigated using full factorial design. The influence of the parameters such as molarity of sodium hydroxide, alkali activator to binder ratio and elevated curing temperature on geopolymerization are found significant where as influence of sodium silicate to sodium hydroxide solution ratio was insignificant at 5% level of significance. The interaction effect among the parameters are studied and found to be negligible,