TY - CONF A1 - Meng, Birgit A1 - Fontana, Patrick A1 - Müller, U. A1 - Bürgisser, P. ED - Uzoegbo, H.C. ED - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Influence of natural pozzolans on the risk of alkali silica reaction T2 - ACCTA - International conference on advances in cement and concrete technology in Africa 2013 (Proceedings) N2 - Industrial byproducts and natural pozzolanas are increasingly being used as supplementary cementitious materials. In the group of natural pozzolanas volcanic ashes are the most prominent. Despite the fact that volcanic pozzolanas were used since Roman times, not much is known about their role in influencing the long term durability of concrete. The paper presents results of the volcanic pozzolana ‘Rhenish trass’, which is quarried in western Germany and its role during an alkali silica reaction (ASR). Field data and laboratory experiments indicate that trass releases alkalis into the pore solution but also changes cement paste chemistry and alkali binding behavior. There seems to be a sensitive balance between alkali release and increase of alkali binding capacity, both mechanisms crucial for the course of an ASR in concrete. T2 - ACCTA - International conference on advances in cement and concrete technology in Africa 2013 CY - Johannesburg, South Africa DA - 28.01.2013 KW - Alkali silica reaction KW - Natural pozzolans KW - Microscopy KW - Micro chemical analysis PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-9815360-3-4 SP - 801 EP - 808 AN - OPUS4-27765 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -