Synthesis of eco-sustainable seawater sea-sand geopolymer mortars from ternary solid waste: Influence of microstructure evolution on mechanical performance
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Abstract
To fully utilize abundant marine resources and reduce the carbon footprint in the construction sector, this study developed a seawater sea-sand geopolymer mortar (SSGM) using seawater, sea-sand, and ternary solid waste. Three different alkaline content levels (4%, 5%, and 7%) were tailored for the SSGM, in addition to freshwater river sand mixed geopolymer mortars (FRGM), seawater sea-sand ordinary Portland cement mortar (SSCM), and SSGM without additional fibres (SSGM-0). The workability, setting time, mechanical performance, and drying shrinkage of all samples were studied. The microstructural characteristics of each mortar were meticulously scrutinized through techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP). The results showed that as alkaline content increased, SSGM formed more hybrid sodium, calcium aluminosilicate hydrate (N, C-A-S-H) gels, resulting in a denser matrix. Under the influence of magnesium ions and sulfate ions in seawater, the formation of magnesium aluminosilicate hydrates, magnesium silicate hydrates, and silica gels filled the pores, making SSGM has more mesopores and gel pores compared to FRGM, thus exhibiting superior mechanical properties. However, the Ca/Si ratio of the primary hydration products of SSGM was lower than that of SSCM and FRGM, indicating a more disordered microstructure of SSGM, leading to greater shrinkage. Despite moisture migration reaching a stable state, SSGM exhibited persistent shrinkage, revealing their inherent time-dependent (creep) response to drying conditions, indicative of typical viscoelastic/visco-plastic matrix behavior.
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Sustainable Materials and Technologies (SM&T), an international, cross-disciplinary, fully open access journal published by Elsevier, focuses on original full-length research articles and reviews. It covers applied or fundamental science of nano-, micro-, meso-, and macro-scale aspects of materials and technologies for sustainable development. SM&T gives special attention to contributions that bridge the knowledge gap between materials and system designs.