Wan Mohd Arif W Ibrahim
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Wan Mohd Arif W Ibrahim
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Wan Mohd Arif, W Ibrahim
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Arif, W. M.
Arif, W. I.Wan Mohd
Ibrahim, Wan Mohd Arif Wan
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CDS-3018-2022

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Alkaline-Activation Technique to Produce Low-Temperature Sintering Activated-HAp Ceramic

2023-02-01 , Wan Mohd Arif W Ibrahim , Mohd. Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah , Jamil N.H. , Mohamad H. , Mohd Arif Anuar Mohd Salleh , Sandu A.V. , Vizureanu P. , Baltatu M.S. , Sukmak P.

The fabrication of hydroxyapatite (HAp) ceramics prepared by existing conventional sintering requires high-temperature sintering of 1250 °C to 1300 °C. In this paper, the activated metakaolin (MK)/HAp specimens were prepared from varied mix design inputs, which were varied solid mixtures (different amounts of MK loading in HAp) and liquid-to-solid (L/S) ratios, before being pressed and sintered at 900 °C. Phase analysis, thermal analysis, surface morphology, and tensile strength of the specimens were investigated to study the influences of the Al, Si, Fe, Na, and K composition on the formation of the hydroxyapatite phase and its tensile strength. XRD analysis results show the formation of different phases was obtained from the different mix design inputs HAp (hexagonal and monoclinic), calcium phosphate, sodium calcium phosphate silicate and calcium hydrogen phosphate hydrate. Interestingly, the specimen with the addition of 30 g MK prepared at a 1.25 L/S ratio showed the formation of a monoclinic hydroxyapatite phase, resulting in the highest diametrical tensile strength of 12.52 MPa. Moreover, the increment in the MK amount in the specimens promotes better densification when sintered at 900 °C, which was highlighted in the microstructure study. This may be attributed to the Fe2O3, Na2O, and K2O contents in the MK and alkaline activator, which acted as a self-fluxing agent and contributed to the lower sintering temperature. Therefore, the research revealed that the addition of MK in the activated-HAp system could achieve a stable hydroxyapatite phase and better tensile strength at a low sintering temperature.

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Influences of SiO2, Al2O3, CaO and MgO in phase transformation of sintered kaolin-ground granulated blast furnace slag geopolymer

2020-01-01 , Jamil N.H. , Mohd. Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah , Faizul Che Pa , Mohamad H. , Wan Mohd Arif W Ibrahim , Chaiprapa J.

Kaolin has an excellent structure formed via a wide range of firing temperature. The correlation between the mineralogy and reactivity of individual elements is extremely complex in a sintered geopolymer material. The main objective of this work is to elucidate the influence of the chemical composition of the raw materials used post-sintering on the kaolin-ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) geopolymer. The samples were cured at room temperature for 5 days before being sintered. The ratio of solid-to-liquid were 1:1, 1.5:1, and 2:1. The addition of the GGBS to the kaolin geopolymer slurry did not only hasten the hardening process during geopolymerization, the presence of SiO2, Al2O3, CaO, and MgO in GGBS had accelerated the formation of nepheline, gehlenite, akermanite, and albite phase after sintering based on the result from x-ray diffraction and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy On top of the phase transformation, a high ratio of solid-to-liquid (SL 2) had improved the pore distribution from irregular size to well defined formation and increased the densification of the sintered materials. Elemental distribution from micro-XRF investigation prove the high concentration of Ca in localized area and uniformly distribution of Si aligned with the phase of akermanite in SL 2. The main chemical composition of kaolin and GGBS which are SiO2, Al2O3, CaO and MgO had contributed in phase transformation of sintered kaolin-GGBS geopolymer.

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