Calcined clays in modern construction materials
– Fundamentals and application potentials
The use of calcined clays as additions in mortars and concretes goes back to antiquity. In the context of current sustainability discussions – as well as due to the increasingly greater demands placed on the technical performance of modern construction materials – calcined clays are increasingly coming again into the focus of interest. Here, three main areas of applications have become apparent:
a) Use as additions to concrete
b) Use as principal constituent in Portland composite cements
c) Use as alumo-siliceous constituent in geopolymer
While the use of geopolymers in the construction...
