ALKALI ACTIVATED CEMENTS Part I

 

Lecturer: prof. Angel Palomo
Date: September 14, 2019
Time: 9:00 – 16:00
Price: EUR 40/ per person incl. VAT

The first day we will deal with the main and general concepts supporting the Alkaline Activation of materials. It means: Chemistry of alkaline cements; mechanisms of reactions; development of microstructure and development of mechanical strengths in pastes, mortars and concretes; rheological considerations; durable characteristics; etc.

09:00–09:15 Welcome words (Introduction to the course in the framework of the XV ICCC. 100 years of ICCC)
Angel Palomo (Instituto Eduardo Torroja (CSIC), Spain)

09:15–09:50 Environmental problems caused by the production of OPC. Can Alkaline Cements mitigate or even solve those problems?
John Provis (University of Shefield, UK)

10:00–10:50 Alkaline Activation of materials in the system Ca-Si-Al (BFS, for example)
Marta Palacios (Instituto Eduardo Torroja (CSIC), Spain)

10:50–11:40 Alkaline Activation of materials in the system Si-Al (The case of Metakaolin and Type F Fly Ash)
Angel Palomo (Instituto Eduardo Torroja (CSIC), Spain)

11:40–12:30 Alkaline Activation of mixtures of materials (BFS + FA, or Mk + Lime, or OPC + Natural Pozzolans for example)
Caijun Shi (University of Hunan, China)

12:30–13:30  LUNCH

13:30–14:20  Overview on rheology applied to Alkaline Activation
Marta Palacios (Instituto Eduardo Torroja (CSIC), Spain)

14:20–15:10  Physical and mechanical properties of Alkaline cements
Caijun Shi (University of Hunan, China)

15:10–16:00  Introduction to the Durability of Alkaline cements
Susan Bernal (University of Leeds, UK)