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BULLETIN OF THE CHINESE CERAMIC SOCIETY ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 1482-1489.

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Mechanical Properties of Red Mud-Slag Based Geopolymer Solidified Loess after Freeze-Thaw Cycle

GUO Qiang1, ZHANG Xiaolei2, SHI Chenxi2, MEN Jie3   

  1. 1. Shanxi Province Expressway Group Co., Ltd., Taiyuan 030031, China;
    2. College of Civil Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China;
    3. Datong Expressway Branch of Shanxi Communications Holding Group Co., Ltd., Datong 037000, China
  • Received:2023-08-29 Revised:2023-12-31 Online:2024-04-15 Published:2024-04-17

Abstract: In this paper, the maximum dry density and optimum content of geopolymer solidified loess under different red mud content, water glass modulus and water glass content were obtained by compaction test. Based on the optimum moisture content results, the test blocks were made and the freeze-thaw cycle test of geopolymer solidified loess was carried out. The mass loss and unconfined compressive strength of solidified loess test block were tested, and the influence of geopolymer composition on frost resistance of solidified loess test block was analyzed. The results show that the maximum dry density of geopolymer solidified loess test block is smaller than that of plain loess. Adding an appropriate amount of geopolymer can effectively improve the frost resistance of loess, and the unconfined compressive strength of solidified loess is greater than that of plain loess, up to 0.7 MPa. With the increase of red mud content, the unconfined compressive strength of solidified loess test block decreases. With the increase of freeze-thaw cycles, the unconfined compressive strength of solidified loess test block decreases first and then increases, and finally tends to be stable.

Key words: geopolymer solidified loess, sodium silicate, moisture content, freeze-thaw cycle, unconfined compressive strength

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