Abstract

Alkali-activated slag-metakaolin (AASM) has a lower shrinkage than alkali-activated slag, but its complex shrinkage behaviour remains elusive. In this paper, resistivity measurements were used to monitor the early chemical shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage evolution of AASM (containing 10%, 30%, 50%, or 70% metakaolin). The MK content greatly affected the development of autogenous shrinkage of AASM, and the specimens with 50% MK showed the lowest autogenous shrinkage of 49%. The presence of MK delayed the formation of calcium aluminosilicate hydrate (C-A-S-H) gels (the activation products of slag), thus mitigating autogenous shrinkage. A functional relationship between early autogenous shrinkage and resistivity was established, which showed that resistivity can be used to evaluate and predict the early autogenous shrinkage of AASM.

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