TY - JOUR A1 - Sturm, Patrick A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Brouwers, H.J.H. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten T1 - Synthesizing one-part geopolymers from rice husk ash JF - Construction and Building Materials N2 - One-part geopolymers offer advantages over conventional geopolymers with regard to handling and storage of feedstocks. However, they often suffer from a low degree of reaction, a high amount of crystalline byproducts, and consequently low strength. In this study, one-part geopolymers were produced from rice husk ash (RHA) and sodium aluminate, and investigated by XRD, ATR-FTIR, SEM and compressive strength testing. The compressive strength of the material was 30 MPa, i.e. significantly higher than for comparable one-part geopolymers. This is attributed to an almost complete reaction of the RHA and the absence of crystalline byproducts (zeolites) in the hardened geopolymer. KW - Alkali-activation KW - Geopolymers KW - One-part formulation KW - Bio-based materials KW - Rice husk ash PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.08.017 SN - 0950-0618 VL - 124 SP - 961 EP - 966 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-37226 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -