Development of Geopolymer from Pond Ash-Thermal Power Plant Waste

1Historical Development of Construction Materials – From Stone Age to Modern Age

Ashis Kumar Samal¹, Muktikanta Panigrahi²*, Ratan Indu Ganguly³ and Radha Raman Dash⁴

¹Department of Civil Engineering, Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology University, Gunupur, India

²PG Department Materials Science, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Keonjhar Campus, Odisha, India

³Department of Metallurgical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raurkela, Odisha, India

⁴CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Abstract

In this chapter, the history of construction and the synthesis, spectroscopic characteristics, thermal and mechanical behavior of construction materials, such as their compressive strength, and the durability of industrial waste are presented. Because of their potential application in construction sectors, the mechanical and corrosion properties of the materials are studied in detail. In addition to ancient construction materials, different industrial waste, such as fly ash, pond ash, bottom ash, various slags, and geopolymers are also discussed.

Keywords: Ancient construction materials, thermal power plant wastes, non-ferrous and ferrous industry waste geopolymer, physico-mechanical properties, geopolymer synthesis, geopolymer properties-mechanical and corrosion

1.1 Introduction

The history of construction is connected with many other fields of structural engineering. An investigation into how builders lived and their ...