Abstract
Fly ash geopolymer requires rather long heat curing to obtain reasonable strength development at an early age. However, the long heat curing period limits the application of the fly ash geopolymer. High strength development and a reduction in heat curing duration have been considered for energy saving. Therefore, this research proposed a process using 90-W microwave radiation for 5min followed by conventional heat curing for high-calcium fly ash geopolymer. Results showed that the compressive strengths of geopolymer with microwave radiation followed by conventional heat curing were comparable to those of the control cured at 65°C for 24h. Microwave radiation gave the enhanced densification. In addition, SEM images showed that the gels formed on the fly ash particles owing to the promoted dissolution of amorphous phases from fly ash. This method accelerated the geopolymerization and gave the high compressive strength comparable to the conventional curing.
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