Abstract
The setting time of alkali activated slag cement tends to be much faster than ordinary Portland cement, and its compressive strength had been higher from the 1 day but became lower than that of the cement on the 28 days. According to the results of the surface observation, weight loss, compressed strength, and erosion depth tests on the sulphuric acid solution. It has been drawn that alkali activated slag cement has a higher sulphate resistance than ordinary Portland cement, and in particular, the alkali activated slag cement added 5 wt% alumina cement has little deterioration on the sulphuric acid solution. The reason why the alkali activated slag cement has higher sulphate resistance than other hardened cement pastes is that it has no Ca(OH)₂ reactive to sulphate ion, and there is little CaSO₄ㆍ2H₂O production causing volume expansion, unlike other pastes. And it is supposed that Al(OH)₃ hydrates with high sulphate resistance, which is produced by adding the alumina cement increases the sulfate resistance.
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