Revista UIS Ingenierías

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2023): Revista UIS Ingenierías
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Development of construction mortars with geopolymers obtained from soils degraded by mining in Bajo Cauca Antioquia

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  • Julián Andrés Lenis-Rodas,
  • Álvaro Aleán-Vásquez ,
  • Faber Villa-Cardona,
  • Juan Córdoba-Castro,
  • Maryory Astrid Gómez-Botero
Julián Andrés Lenis-Rodas
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje
Álvaro Aleán-Vásquez
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje
Faber Villa-Cardona
Colegio Mayor de Antioquia
Juan Córdoba-Castro
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje
Maryory Astrid Gómez-Botero
Universidad de Antioquia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v22n3-2023002

Published 2023-06-17

Keywords

  • geopolymer,
  • alkaline activator,
  • mortars,
  • degraded soils,
  • mining waste,
  • fly ash
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Lenis-Rodas, J. A., Aleán-Vásquez , Álvaro ., Villa-Cardona, F., Córdoba-Castro, J. ., & Gómez-Botero, M. A. (2023). Development of construction mortars with geopolymers obtained from soils degraded by mining in Bajo Cauca Antioquia. Revista UIS Ingenierías, 22(3), 17–28. https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v22n3-2023002

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Abstract

In the present work, mortars with geopolymer were obtained from degraded soils from mining activities as a circular economy process. For this purpose, a granulometric classification of the degraded soil was initially carried out to obtain particles with a size of less than 750 µm, which were used in the mixture as fine aggregates. For the cementitious phase, mixtures of degraded soil with size less than 45 µm (obtained through a grinding process of the fine aggregate) and fly ash (with size < 45 µm), alkaline activated, were used. The particle size of the soils was determined by laser diffraction. In addition, a chemical evaluation of the geopolymer precursors was carried out by X-ray fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy was used for the analysis of both the soils and the manufactured geopolymer mortars; density and compressive strength tests were carried out. The results obtained indicate that ground soil particles with a size smaller than 45 µm were obtained in percentages higher than 91.7 %, which presented a high content of aluminosilicates: SiO2 (81.7 % p/p) and Al2O3 (12.51 % p/p). In addition, a morphology of irregular grains and sticks was observed in the mortars with developed geopolymers.

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