...Nejib Ghazouani; Khaled Mohamed Elhadi; Zeeshan Ahmadd The global demand for sustainable construction materials has accelerated interest in alternative binders to ordinary Portland cement due to the significant environmental and energy impacts of conventional cement production. Metakaolin ( MK...

... materials were prepared by modifying them with suitable alkali activators and metakaolin at room temperature. The results of the orthogonal experiments showed that the content of metakaolin had the most significant effect on the 1-, 7- and 28-day mechanical properties of the material. The optimum mix...