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High-Temperature, Lightweight, Alkali-Activated Materials with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Additives

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This article investigates how the concentration (from 18 to 6%) of an alkaline activator liquid (AL) affects the viscosity and physicomechanical properties of chamotte-based geopolymer composites with additives (foam-glass production waste, multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MCN), and an air-entrainer (AE)) as function of the heat-treatment temperature (three different temperatures). Heat-treatment at 1000°C decreases the density from 1600 to 1240 kg/m3 for samples with AE, strength from 20.0 to 2.6 MPa, and shrinkage from 5.9 to 1.5%. The combined use of AE and MCN makes it possible to increase the strength of the samples to 7.9 – 10.3% and decrease their shrinkage to 16.0 – 8.2%.

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Pundiene, I., Pranckeviciene, J. & Kligys, M. High-Temperature, Lightweight, Alkali-Activated Materials with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Additives. Glass Ceram 79, 473–481 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-023-00535-3

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