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What is Geopolymer cement?

I have been confused by the term “Geopolymer cement (concrete)” for long time. Some researchers told me Geopolymer cement is essentially alkali activated cement/material (AAMs), such as alkali activated slag and fly ash. Since alkali activated slag is indeed a kind of geopolymer cement, it looks logical to consider Geopolymer cement as alkali activated cement. […]

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Portland cement

What can you do using cement? Funny stuff made of cement

It is well known that cement is the most used construction material in the world. In the mind of most of people, cement is a kind of grey powder and only used as construction material, to build gardens, bridges, road etc. However, we can do more with cement, here are nice pictures showing some stuff […]

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Blended cement

The Influence of Slag on the Hydration of Cement

These following conclusions are summarized from the work of Kocaba’s PhD thesis. alite: no influence is shown on the consumption of alite measured by XRD. belite: the substitution of cement by both slags seems to result in a delay in the hydration of belite in the first days. aluminate phase: there is a filler effect […]