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eISSN: 2083-5906
ISSN: 1230-1485
ISSN: 1230-1485
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Use of Metakaolin and Additives from Waste
for the Production of High-Strength
Lightweight Concrete
1
Department of Technology Industrial and Civil Engineering, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU),
Astana, Kazakhstan
2
Kazakh Agrotechnical University named after Saken Seifullin, Department of Architecture and Design, Astana
3
Department of Geodesy and Cartography, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Submission date: 2024-03-29
Final revision date: 2024-06-13
Acceptance date: 2024-08-06
Online publication date: 2025-01-27
Publication date: 2025-08-20
Corresponding author
Abzal Kadyrov
Department of Technology Industrial and Civil Engineering, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU), Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Technology Industrial and Civil Engineering, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU), Astana, Kazakhstan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6217-6226
KEYWORDS
densitylightweight aggregate concretemechanical propertiesporositytechnogenic materialsvarious superplasticizer
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Understanding the effects of various superplasticizer (SP) types on the rheological characteristics
of foamed cement pastes, as well as on the physical and mechanical characteristics of environmentally
friendly porous lightweight aggregate concretes, is crucial. Differently extending the setting time of
Portland cement (PC) pastes are three tested superplasticizers, lignosulfonates (LS), polycarboxylates
(PCX), polyacrylates (PA), air-entraining additive (AM), and their mixtures. The findings reveal that
PA, either used alone or in conjunction with AM, only slightly delays the setting time of PC paste.
The metakaolin additive (MKA) to PC ratio, as well as AM, determine the dynamic viscosity of PC
pastes. In pastes containing AM and PA, raising the MKA to PC ratio enables more air to be entrapped,
which leads to uniform pore distribution and an increase in apparent porosity of 2.2 times. After 7
days of hardening, an LWAC sample series with an increased MKA to PC ratio showed a drop in
compressive strength of up to 14 times; however, after 56 days of hardening, a rise in compressive
strength was shown as a trend. The results obtained can be used for the production of high-quality
lightweight concretes with the use of different additives.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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