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BULLETIN OF THE CHINESE CERAMIC SOCIETY ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (8): 2873-2890.DOI: 10.16552/j.cnki.issn1001-1625.2025.0072

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Review on Performance Enhancements and Engineering Applications of Geopolymer Grouting Materials

ZHOU Yifan1, ZHANG Weiye2, CHEN Anjian1, RAN Jinlin2, WANG Dongxing2,3   

  1. 1. Sinohydro Bureau 7 Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610213, China;
    2. School of Civil Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China;
    3. School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:2025-01-16 Revised:2025-03-14 Online:2025-08-15 Published:2025-08-22

Abstract: Geopolymer grouting material (GGM) is a new type of green, environmental-friendly, and low-carbon inorganic cementitious grouting material with a wide range of raw material sources. It shows many advantages, such as short setting time, good fluidity, high compressive strength, good durability, strong environmental adaptability. This article clarifies the effects of activators (alkaline and acidic) on the structures of geopolymer and explains the corresponding reaction mechanism models. The basic performances of GGM mainly including setting time, rheological properties, mechanical properties, and other properties are analyzed. The performance enhancement methods of GGM by using mathematical model optimization or fiber material reinforcements are summarized, and the engineering applications in different fields are also listed. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of GGM are summarized. And the prospects for the research of GGM are put forward from the perspectives of different standards, less durability data, insufficient multi-scale simulation and fiber engineering practice.

Key words: geopolymer, grouting material, reaction mechanism, model optimization, fiber reinforcement, engineering application

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