Table 1 Physical and chemical properties of OPC, Metakaolin and Silica-fume.
Particles Size (µm) | Setting Time (min) | Soundness (%) | Consistency (%) | Fineness (m2/kg) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial | Final | |||||||||||
Physical Propert ies | OPC | ≤ 75 | 36 | 415 | 1.8 | 34.0 | 381 | |||||
Metakaolin | ≤ 75 | - | - | - | - | 12,482 | ||||||
Silica-fume | ≤ 75 | - | - | - | - | 15,765 | ||||||
Chemical Properties | LOI | Al2O3 | Fe2O3 | SiO2 | Na2O | CaO | SO3 | P2O5 | K2O | MgO | TiO2 | |
OPC | 2.60 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 22.3 | 1.4 | 62.4 | 2.3 | - | 1.8 | 3.6 | - | |
Metakaolin | 1.43 | 42.25 | 1.42 | 51.34 | 0.1 | 0.13 | - | 0.06 | 0.75 | 0.37 | 2.15 | |
Silica-fume | 3.06 | 0.93 | 1.15 | 91.26 | - | 1.10 | 0.85 | - | - | 1.65 | - | |
