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Resistance of Alkali-Activated Blended Volcanic Ash-MSWI-FA Mortar in Sulphuric Acid and Artificial Seawater

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This paper investigates the resistance of alkali-activated binder from volcanic ash (VA) + Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Fly Ash (MSWI-FA) system exposed into sulphuric acid solution and artificial seawater at 56 days. The effect of these aggressive media on the physical, structural, mechanical and microstructural properties of alkali-activated mortars was discussed. The degradation was studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The decrease of compressive strength after 56 days was 9.10%, 22.08%, 32.5% in artificial seawater, 2% H2SO4 and 4% H2SO4, respectively. The loss of strength in both media is primarily due to the fact that the water molecules present in these media penetrated into the pore cavities between binders and aggregates, making them weak. In an acidic medium, it is also due to the decalcification and depolymerization reactions whereas in seawater medium, it is attributed to the movement of content ions and probable formation of Friedel’s salt. The results disclose that VA + MSWI-FA based alkali activated materials resist better in seawater than in sulphuric acid solution. Synergistic use of volcanic ash and MSWI-FA for construction materials through alkaline activation looks like the upcoming trend to valorize these wastes.

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Acknowledgments

The work presented in the paper has been carried out under CSIR-TWAS Sandwich Postgraduate Fellowship Award FR No 3240293597 and is greatly acknowledged. The authors are also grateful to Director, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India for extending all the facility to carry out this research.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, P.O. Box 24157, Cameroon

    Sylvain Tome & Marie-Anne Etoh

  2. CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, P.O. Box 2396, Jamshedpur, 831007, India

    Sylvain Tome & Sanjay Kumar

  3. Research Unit of Noxious Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University o Dschang, P.O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon

    Achile Nana

  4. Local Material Promotion Authority (MIPROMALO), P.O. Box 2396, Yaoundé, Cameroun

    Achile Nana, Cyriaque Rodrigue Kaze, Jean Noel Yankwa Djobo & Elie Kamseu

  5. Laboratory of Applied Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Cyriaque Rodrigue Kaze

  6. Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia

    Thamer Alomayri

  7. Department of Civil Engineering, University Institute of Technology (IUT), University of Douala, P. O. Box. 8698, Douala, Cameroon

    Jacques Etame

  8. Department of Geosciences and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, P. O. Box 24157, Cameroon

    Jacques Etame

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Sylvain Tome: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, writing - original draft, resources. Achile Nana: Writing - review & editing. Cyriaque Rodrique Kaze: Writing - review & editing. Thamer Salman Alomayri: Writing - review & editing. Jean Noel Y. Djobo: Writing - review & editing. Elie Kamseu: Writing - review & editing. Marie-Anne Etoh: Writing - review & editing. Jacques Etame: Writing - review & editing. Sanjay Kumar: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editing.

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• VA+MSWI-FA based alkali activated materials resist better in seawater than in sulphuric acid solution

• The loss of strength in acid medium is due to the decalcification and depolymerization reactions

• The calcium sulphate is the new mineral forms in acidic medium

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Tome, S., Nana, A., Kaze, C.R. et al. Resistance of Alkali-Activated Blended Volcanic Ash-MSWI-FA Mortar in Sulphuric Acid and Artificial Seawater. Silicon 14, 2687–2694 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-021-01055-x

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