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Locally available portable water confirming to Indian 5. 80% soil +20% fly ash + Alkaline solution (NaOH +
standard code IS: 456-2000 is used. Na2SiO3) +water
3.4 Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate solutions were mixed
together with an extra amount of water (if required) to
Sodium hydroxide is an inorganic compound, used as a base prepare the alkaline solution. This compound alkaline
in chemical reactions. It can easily dissolve in water and solution was prepared just before it was mixed with the dry
forms series of hydrates (NaOH.nH2O). For this experiment, materials. During the early stages, for all of the above
several concentrated NaOH solutions (in terms of molarity) different material proportions, the molar ratio of the alkaline
were prepared by using sodium hydroxide pellets. solution was kept constant at 1:10. In later stages of the
experiment and with the help experimental data, soil to fly
3.5 Sodium Silicate (Na2SiO3) ash ratio 70:30 was selected as the best combination among
the rest. With the constant soil to fly ash ratio, the molar
Sodium silicate is colourless transparent solids or white
ratios of the alkaline solution were varied as 1:8, 1:12, 1:14.
powders, adhesive in nature and soluble in water in various
degrees. Usually stable as a chemical compound, sodium Table-4: Quantity of materials (With a constant molar ratio
silicate produces alkaline solution when it dissolves in water. of 1:10)
In this research activity, various concentrated (in terms of
molarity) sodium silicate solutions were made out of its Soil Fly ash Molar Na2SiO3 NaOH
powder form. Proportion
(kg) (kg) ratio (ml) (ml)
4. MIX DESIGN and PROPORTIONING 100:0 3.3 0 1:10 10 40
50:50 1.65 1.65 1:10 10 40
4.1 Preparation of Alkaline Solution (For Molar ratio-
1:10) 60:40 1.98 1.32 1:10 10 40
Similarly, the molecular weight of NaOH pellets is 40 gm. For 70:30 2.2 1.1 1:8 20 60
1M solution, 40 gm of NaOH needs to be dissolving into 1000 70:30 2.2 1.1 1:14 30 70
ml of distilled water. So for the preparation of 10M solution,
40 gm of NaOH dissolved in 100 ml of distilled water. 70:30 2.2 1.1 1:12 20 80
70:30 2.2 1.1 1:10 10 50
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Table-7: Compressive Strength of Geopolymer Bricks Table-8: Water Absorption of Geopolymer Bricks (Keeping
(Keeping material ratio as 70:30) molarity of alkaline solution as 1:10)
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