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This paper investigates the effects of various factors on the compressive strength of blast furnace slag-based alkali-activated binders using a full factorial design. Key findings indicate that curing time and activator type significantly influence strength, with optimal conditions identified for both alkali silicate and alkali hydroxide activators. The study provides empirical models with high determination coefficients to guide the optimization of binder properties.

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Paper Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of various factors on the compressive strength of blast furnace slag-based alkali-activated binders using a full factorial design. Key findings indicate that curing time and activator type significantly influence strength, with optimal conditions identified for both alkali silicate and alkali hydroxide activators. The study provides empirical models with high determination coefficients to guide the optimization of binder properties.

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to conduct a technical study on blast furnace slag based-alkali-activated
binders using the design of experiments methodology. A four-factors-mixed levels (two and three)
full factorial design was used to assess and model the significance and interactions of four
independent factors on compressive strength: curing environment, type of activator (alkali silicate
(AS) and alkali hydroxide (AH)), activator content, and curing time. The experimental compressive
strength data were adequately fitted by empirical models with determination coefficients (R 2) of
89.4% and 93.4% for AS and AH activators, respectively. The most significant effects of these factors
on the compressive strength are ranked as follows: curing time > activator to precursor mass ratio >
curing temperature for the AS activator case and curing temperature > activating solution
concentration > curing time, for the AH activator case. Optimal conditions for higher compressive
strength with the AS activator involve a minimum curing temperature of 20°C, an activator to
precursor mass ratio of 0.42, and a maximum curing duration of 28 days, for a value desirability of
0.95. When using the AH activator, a desirability function-based optimization aiming for a
compressive strength above 50 MPa indicates that this could be achieved after 16 days of curing,
with a minimum concentration of the alkaline solution (5M, considering its corrosive nature), and a
moderate temperature representative of North African countries (around 30 °C), yielding (for) a
desirability value of 0.35.

Keywords
Alkali-activated benders; Blast furnace slag; Compressive strength; Design of experiments; Modeling;
Desirability function.

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