Aqueous reactivity of glassy industrial byproducts in alternative cementitious systems

Alkali-activated, geopolymeric, and other novel binders offer an opportunity to curb the carbon footprint associated with ordinary Portland cement (OPC). CO₂ emissions inherent to source-material processing (i.e., firing of limestone at 1450 °C) and annual OPC production volumes of 4.1 billion metric tons cause an estimated 5-11% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Material substitution with lower-footprint resources is therefore necessary for GHG impact mitigation. Glassy silica-, alumina-, lime-, and/or alkali-rich industrial byproducts (IBs) exhibit the properties necessary to achieve emissions reductions while preserving final product attributes expected of cementitious binders. Research and industry have both focused primarily on metakaolin and IBs such as blast furnace slag and coal fly ash as supplementary and alternative cementitious precursors.

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Doctoral

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

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• Uvegi, Hugo Jake.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Elsa A. Olivetti.

• Materials Science and Engineering.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129037

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