Sustainable ternary cement blends with high-volume ground granulated blast furnace slag–fly ash

Mohammed K. H. Radwan, Chiu Chuen Onn, Kim Hung Mo (), Soon Poh Yap, Ren Jie Chin and Sai Hin Lai
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Mohammed K. H. Radwan: Universiti Malaya
Chiu Chuen Onn: Universiti Malaya
Kim Hung Mo: Universiti Malaya
Soon Poh Yap: Universiti Malaya
Ren Jie Chin: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Sai Hin Lai: Universiti Malaya

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2022, vol. 24, issue 4, No 12, 4785 pages

Abstract: Abstract Coal fly ash and granulated ground blast furnace slag (GGBS) are more widely used as supplementary cementitious materials in cement production. This study investigates the influence of high-volume ordinary Portland cement (OPC) replacement with fly ash and/or GGBS on the flow, compressive strength and environmental impacts of the resulting binary and ternary blends. Experimental results showed that the use of ternary blends enhanced the flow characteristics, specifically with the incorporation of 20% to 30% fly ash. Overall, partially replacing OPC in the ternary and binary blends reduced the early-age compressive strength, while an improvement to the later-age strength was observed. Nevertheless, beyond 28 days, the inclusion of 20% and 30% of fly ash in the ternary blends exhibited the highest compressive strength. The results from life cycle assessment (LCA) revealed that the OPC is the key contributor to the environmental impact where 50% and 70% OPC replacement reduced on average 44% and 61% of the total impacts, respectively, regardless of the blending system. As such, effectively the eco-mechanical performance of blends was improved. The 70% ternary blends gave superior eco-mechanical performance (lowest GWP/strength ratio) in the presence of 10% and 20% of fly ash. This study also showed that the artificial neural network model can be developed and adequately used to predict the properties of the OPC blends (i.e. eco-mechanical performance). Graphic abstract

Keywords: Eco-friendly cement; Ternary cement; Supplementary cementitious material; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Eco-mechanical; Artificial neural network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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