Improving elevated temperature performance of geopolymer concrete utilizing nano-silica, micro-silica and styrene-butadiene latex

Geopolymer binders (GPBs) have gained an increasing research potential in recent years due to their environmental, economic and durability advantages. This paper aims to improve elevated temperature performances of volcanic tuff (VT) based geopolymer concrete (GPC) by utilizing nano-silica (NS), micro-silica (MS) and styrene-butadiene latex (SBL). To this end, NS, MS and SBL additives were added to GPC samples at 2%, 2% and 5% ratios by weight...