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This paper investigates the resistance of alkali-activated binder from volcanic ash (VA) + Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Fly Ash (MSWI-FA) system exposed into sulphuric acid solution and artificial seawater at 56 days. The effect of these aggressive media on the physical, structural, mechanical and microstructural properties of alkali-activated mortars was discussed. The degradation was studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The decrease of compressive strength after 56 days was 9.10%, 22.08%, 32.5% in artificial seawater, 2% H2SO4 and 4% H2SO4, respectively. The loss of strength in both media is primarily due to the fact that the water molecules present in these media penetrated into the pore cavities between binders and aggregates, making them weak. In an acidic medium, it is also due to the decalcification and depolymerization reactions whereas in seawater medium, it is attributed to the movement of content ions and probable formation of Friedel’s salt. The results disclose that VA + MSWI-FA based alkali activated materials resist better in seawater than in sulphuric acid solution. Synergistic use of volcanic ash and MSWI-FA for construction materials through alkaline activation looks like the upcoming trend to valorize these wastes.
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The work presented in the paper has been carried out under CSIR-TWAS Sandwich Postgraduate Fellowship Award FR No 3240293597 and is greatly acknowledged. The authors are also grateful to Director, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India for extending all the facility to carry out this research.
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Sylvain Tome: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, writing - original draft, resources. Achile Nana: Writing - review & editing. Cyriaque Rodrique Kaze: Writing - review & editing. Thamer Salman Alomayri: Writing - review & editing. Jean Noel Y. Djobo: Writing - review & editing. Elie Kamseu: Writing - review & editing. Marie-Anne Etoh: Writing - review & editing. Jacques Etame: Writing - review & editing. Sanjay Kumar: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editing.
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• VA+MSWI-FA based alkali activated materials resist better in seawater than in sulphuric acid solution
• The loss of strength in acid medium is due to the decalcification and depolymerization reactions
• The calcium sulphate is the new mineral forms in acidic medium
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Tome, S., Nana, A., Kaze, C.R. et al. Resistance of Alkali-Activated Blended Volcanic Ash-MSWI-FA Mortar in Sulphuric Acid and Artificial Seawater. Silicon 14, 2687–2694 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-021-01055-x
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