@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002919, title = {Effect of Local Steel Slag as a Coarse Aggregate on Properties of Fly Ash Based-Geopolymer Concrete}, author = {O. M. Omar and A. M. Heniegal and G. D. Abd Elhameed and H. A. Mohamadien}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {Local steel slag is produced as a by-product during the oxidation of steel pellets in an electric arc furnace. Using local steel slag waste as a hundred substitutes of crashed stone in construction materials would resolve the environmental problems caused by the large-scale depletion of the natural sources of crashed stone. This paper reports the experimental study to investigate the influence of a hundred replacement of crashed stone as a coarse aggregate with local steel slag, on the fresh and hardened geopolymer concrete properties. The investigation includes traditional testing of hardening concrete, for selected mixes of cement and geopolymer concrete. It was found that local steel slag as a coarse aggregate enhanced the slump test of the fresh state of cement and geopolymer concretes. Nevertheless, the unit weight of concretes was affected. Meanwhile, the good performance was observed when fly ash used as geopolymer concrete based.}, journal = {International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering}, volume = {9}, number = {11}, year = {2015}, pages = {1464 - 1472}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002919}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/107}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 107, 2015}, }