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 Volume 7, Issue 8 (August 2020), Pages: 1-10

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Using the Taguchi method to optimize the compressive strength of geopolymer mortars

 Author(s): My Ngoc-Tra Lam *

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5771-1140

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.08.001

 Abstract:

This paper presents the use of the Taguchi method to optimize the compressive strength of geopolymer mortars. The geopolymer was produced from fly ash as a prime material and ordinary Portland cement (OPC) as additive. Fly ash was partially replaced with OPC in the geopolymer mixtures to enhance the compressive strength. The dosage of OPC, the concentration of sodium hydroxide solution (SH), and the curing temperature were considered as the influencing factors on the compressive strength of geopolymer mortars. Three levels of each factor were chosen to carry out this research. As a result, the orthogonal array L9 of the Taguchi method was used to design the experiments. The results of the experiments were analyzed by the signal to ratio (SNR) and the analysis of variance (ANOVA). This analysis has revealed that the least significant factor in terms of strength contribution is the dosage of OPC content, whereas the curing temperature is the most important factor in terms of strength contribution. This research shows that the optimized value of 7-day compressive strength was obtained in the mixture containing 20% of OPC that was prepared by SH of 12 M concentration and cured at 100oC. In addition, the geopolymer mortar produced by 30% of OPC and SH of 12 M concentration and cured at 100oC gained the maximum compressive strength at 28-day age. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Analysis of variance, Compressive strength, Geopolymer mortar, Taguchi method, Signal to noise ratio

 Article History: Received 19 January 2020, Received in revised form 19 April 2020, Accepted 26 April 2020

 Acknowledgment:

The author gratefully acknowledges the support of Ho Chi Minh City Open University for this research (Contract No. E2019.11.2).

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Lam MNT (2020). Using the Taguchi method to optimize the compressive strength of geopolymer mortars. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(8): 1-10

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