Abstract
This paper shows how several superplasticizers (polycarboxylates, vinyl copolymers, melamine and naphthalene-based) and shrinkage-reducing (polypropylenglycol derivatives) admixtures affect the mechanical and rheological properties and setting times of alkali-activated slag pastes and mortars. Two activator solutions, waterglass and NaOH, were used, along with two concentrations—4% and 5% of Na 2O by mass of slag. All admixtures, with the exception of the naphthalene-based product, lost their fluidifying properties in mortars activated with NaOH as a result of the changes in their chemical structures in high alkaline media. The difference in the behaviour of these admixtures when ordinary Portland cement is used as a binder is also discussed in this paper.
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