... use. Solid crystalline activators, also known as one-part activators, are manufactured by heating alkali and silicate sources and are used in dry form, as is cement (Hajimohammadi and van Deventer, 2017 ; Luukkonen et al., 2018). In one-part alkali-activated materials, after adding water...

...Tao Liu; Jianfeng Fan; Ziqiang Peng Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) are regarded as a substitute for Portland cement. They have high chloride resistance and a low carbon dioxide footprint. The aim of this review is to provide a multi-scale perspective to understand material–product–microstructure...