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Strength and Acid Resistance Study on Geopolymer Concrete by Partial Replacement of Fly Ash with Rice Husk Ash and Pumicite
Reke Harish1
K Venkata Krishna2
1 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Ananthalakshmi Institute of Technology and Sciences (Autonomous), Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Published Online: May-June 2026
Pages: 72-77
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↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/ijsreat.20260603010References
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59(3), 2000, pp. 247–266.
14. Fernandez-Jimenez, A. and Palomo, A., "Characterisation of fly ashes: potential reactivity as alkaline cements," Fuel, Vol. 82, 2003, pp.
2259–2265.
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University of Technology, Australia, 2006.
Materials Journal, Vol. 101(6), 2004, pp. 467–472.
2. Bhanumathidas, N. and Mehta, P.K., "Concrete mixtures made with ternary blended cements containing fly ash and rice-husk ash,"
Proceedings of ACI Conference, 2001.
3. Rangan, B.V., "Studies on low-calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete," Indian Concrete Institute, 2006, pp. 9–17.
4. Davidovits, J., Geopolymer Chemistry and Application, Institute Geopolymer, Saint-Quentin, France, 2008, 585 pp.
5. Davidovits, J., "Geopolymers: inorganic polymeric new materials," Journal of Thermal Analysis, Vol. 37, 1991, pp. 1633–1656.
6. Palomo, A., Grutzeck, M.W. and Blanco, M.T., "Alkali-activated fly ashes: A cement for the future," Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.
29, 1999, pp. 1323–1329.
7. Van Jaarsveld, J.G.S., Van Deventer, J.S.J. and Lukey, G.C., "The effect of composition and temperature on the properties of fly ash and
kaolinite-based geopolymers," Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 89(1–3), 2002, pp. 63–73.
8. Rangan, B.V., "Mix design and production of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete," The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 82(5), 2008, pp. 7–
14.
9. Bakharev, T., "Resistance of geopolymer materials to acid attack," Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 35, 2005, pp. 658–670.
10. Song, X.J., Marosszeky, M., Brungs, M. and Munn, R., "Durability of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete against sulphuric acid attack,"
Proceedings of DBMC International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Lyon, France, 2005, pp. 17–20.
11. Toutanji, H.A. and El-Korchi, T., "The influence of silica fume on the compressive strength of cement paste and mortar," Cement and
Concrete Research, Vol. 25(7), 1995, pp. 1591–1602.
12. Manjit Singh and Mridul Garg, "Production of beneficiated pumicite for cement manufacture," Journal of Scientific and Industrial
Research, Vol. 61(7), 2002, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.
13. Xu, H. and van Deventer, J.S.J., "The geopolymerisation of alumino-silicate minerals," International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol.
59(3), 2000, pp. 247–266.
14. Fernandez-Jimenez, A. and Palomo, A., "Characterisation of fly ashes: potential reactivity as alkaline cements," Fuel, Vol. 82, 2003, pp.
2259–2265.
15. Wallah, S.E. and Rangan, B.V., Low Calcium Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete: Long-Term Properties, Research Report GC 2, Curtin
University of Technology, Australia, 2006.
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