Effect of Rice Husk Ash on the Properties of Alkali-Activated Slag Pastes: Shrinkage, Hydration and Mechanical Property

In this paper, rice husk ash (RHA) with different average pore diameters and specific surface areas was used to replace 10% slag in the preparation of alkali-activated slag (AAS) pastes. The effect of RHA addition on the shrinkage, hydration, and strength of AAS pastes was studied. The results show that RHA with a porous structure will pre-absorb part of the mixing water during paste preparation, resulting in a decrease in the fluidity of AAS pastes by 5–20 mm. RHA has a significant inhibitory effect on the shrinkage of AAS pastes. The autogenous shrinkage of AAS pastes decreases by 18–55% at 7 days, and the drying shrinkage decreases by 7–18% at 28 days. This shrinkage reduction effect weakens with the decrease in RHA particle size. RHA has no obvious effect on the type of hydration products of AAS pastes, whereas RHA after proper grinding treatment can significantly improve the hydration degree. Therefore, more hydration products are generated and fills the internal pores of the pastes, which significantly improves the mechanical properties of the AAS pastes. The 28 day compressive strength of sample R10M30 (the content of RHA is 10%, RHA milling time is 30 min) is 13 MPa higher than that of blank sample.

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