Epoxy Hardener Filled with Geopolymer Materials for Piping Application: Flexural Properties

Abstract:

In this study, the effect of geopolymer materials in epoxy hardener was studied under mechanical testing which is using flexural test. A series of epoxy filled with 10%-30% weight percentage geopolymer materials which are white clay, fly ash and silica sand was prepared. Flexural strength of the epoxy filled geopolymer materials is determined using Instron Universal Testing under flexural mode. It was found that the addition of these geopolymer materials into epoxy at the beginning with 10% weight percentage showing lower flexural strength than epoxy without geopolymer materials filled. However, flexural properties suddenly increased at 20% weight percentage of white clay and fly ash based geopolymer but tend to decrease at 30% weight percentage compared to silica sand based geopolymer which the strength is continue to decline with the increasing of weight percentage of silica sand. The results indicated that the blending of geopolymer materials in epoxy system can be obtained in this study.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 660)
• Pages: 44-48
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.660.44
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: Mohammad Firdaus Abu Hashim*, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Che Mohd Ruzaidi Ghazali, Hussin Kamarudin, Muhammad Faheem Mohd Tahir, Mohammed Binhussain
• Keywords: Epoxy, Flexural, Fly Ash, Geopolymer, Silica Sand, White Clay

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