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    • Behavior of alkali-activated fly ash through underwater placement 

      Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Li, Long-yuan; Nergis, Dumitru Doru Burduhos; Muhammad Aiman Asyraf, Zainal Hakimi; Sandu, Andrei Victor; Vizureanu, Petrica; Rafiza, Abd Razak (MDPI AG, 2021-11-14)
      Underwater concrete is a cohesive self-consolidated concrete used for concreting underwater structures such as bridge piers. Conventional concrete used anti-washout admixture (AWA) to form a high-viscosity underwater ...
    • Comparison of geopolymer fly ash and ordinary Portland cement to the strength of concrete 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Zarina, Yahya (American Scientific Publishers, 2013-12)
      The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of various fly ash: aggregate ratios by using fly ash (FA) based geopolymer compared to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) on the compressive strength of concrete. The different ...
    • Compressive strength and morphology of fly ash based geopolymer as artificial aggregate with different curing temperature 

      Alida, Abdullah; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali, Prof. Madya; Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Arif Anuar, Mohd Salleh; Nurhamidah, Zakaria; Muhammad Faheem, Mohd Tahir (Trans Tech Publications, 2014)
      This paper presented the compressive strength of geopolymer paste with different NaOH concentration and morphology analysis for sintered artificial aggregate. This artificial aggregate was produce based on mix design with ...
    • Correlation between Na 2SiO 3/NaOH ratio and fly ash/alkaline activator ratio to the strength of geopolymer 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Zarina, Yahya; Rafiza, Abdul Razak (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      Geopolymer requires an alkaline activator to induce it pozzolanic property and to accelerate the geopolymerisation process. The geopolymerisation process occurs due to the mixing of fly ash, sodium silicate and sodium ...
    • Durability of fly ash based geopolymer concrete infilled with rubber crumb in seawater exposure 

      Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; S. N. H. Ramli; Minciuna, M. G.; Rafiza, Abd Razak (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2018-06)
      Geopolymer is an alternative binder to replace Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC)in construction industry. Source materials that rich in silica (Si) and alumina (Al) were activated by using alkaline solution. Production of ...
    • Durability of geopolymer lightweight concrete infilled LECA in seawater exposure 

      Rafiza, Abd Razak; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Zarina, Yahya; M. S. A. Hamid (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2017-11)
      This paper describes a development of lightweight concrete using lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) in fly ash (FA) based geopolymer immersed in seawater. The objective of this research is to compare the performance ...
    • Effect of Solids-To-Liquids, Na2SiO3-To-NaOH and Curing Temperature on the Palm Oil Boiler Ash (Si + Ca) Geopolymerisation System 

      Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin; Khairul Nizar, Ismail; Rafiza, Abd Razak; Sandu, Andrei Victor (MDPI AG, 2015)
      This paper investigates the effect of the solids-to-liquids (S/L) and Na2SiO3/NaOH ratios on the production of palm oil boiler ash (POBA) based geopolymer. Sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution were used as ...
    • Effect on strength and hardness of clay ceramic substrate after treatment using koalin based geopolymer glaze 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Liyana, Jamaludin; Muhammad Faheem, Mohd Tahir; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Zarina, Yahya; Alida, Abdullah (Trans Tech Publications, 2014)
      Geopolymerization is an alternative for ceramic industry by using clay based material such as kaolin or calcined kaolin geopolymer. Geopolymer paste is initially produced by alkaline activation of calcined kaolin with NaOH ...
    • The effects of various concentrations of NaOH on the inter-particle gelation of a fly ash geopolymer aggregate 

      Alida, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Zarina, Yahya; Sochacki, Wojciech; Rafiza, Abd Razak; Błoch, Katarzyna; Hamzah, Fansuri (MDPI AG, 2021-02)
      Aggregates can be categorized into natural and artificial aggregates. Preserving natural resources is crucial to ensuring the constant supply of natural aggregates. In order to preserve these natural resources, the production ...
    • Feasibility of producing wood fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (WFRGC) 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Mohd Izzat, Ahmad; Muhammad Faheem, Mohd Tahir; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Zarina, Yahya; Liyana, Jamaludin (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      Wood fibres have long been known as a fibre reinforcement for concrete. Due to its availability and low production cost, this natural fibre has been used in less developed country where conventional construction materials ...
    • Fly ash-based geopolymer lightweight concrete using foaming agent 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Mohamed, Bnhussain; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Prof. Madya Dr.; Zarina, Yahya; Rafiza, Abdul Razak (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland., 2012-06)
      In this paper, we report the results of our investigation on the possibility of producing foam concrete by using a geopolymer system. Class C fly ash was mixed with an alkaline activator solution (a mixture of sodium ...
    • Influence of kaolin in fly ash based geopolymer concrete: destructive and non-destructive testing 

      Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; N. Mohd Ramli; Burduhos-Nergis, D. D.; Rafiza, Abd Razak (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2018-06)
      Development of geopolymer concrete is mainly to reduce the production of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) that adverse the natural effect. Fly ash is a by-product collected from electrical generating power plant which resulted ...
    • Malaysian Foxtail grass - A potential source of natural/agro fibre for polymer composite panel 

      Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali, Prof. Madya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Norazian, Mohamed Noor; Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Zarina, Yahya (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      Foxtail grass, also known as 'rumput bulu' by the local people, is one of the fast growing grasses abundantly available all over Malaysia. A full grown Foxtail grass attains a height of about 0.5 - 1.5 meters. The fibres ...
    • Microstructure study on volcano ash geopolymer aggregate at different sintering temperature 

      Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Djwantoro, Hardjito, Dr.; Wan Hamidon Wan Badaruzzaman, Ir. Dr.; Zarina, Yahya (Trans Tech Publications, 2014)
      Recent research shows that the by-product materials such as fly ash can be used as raw material in producing aggregates and lightweight aggregates. The usage of this material can improve the quality of the aggregates ...
    • Optimization of NaOH Molarity, LUSI Mud/Alkaline Activator, and Na2SiO3/NaOH Ratio to Produce Lightweight Aggregate-Based Geopolymer 

      Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin; Khairul Nizar, Ismail; Djwantoro, Hardjito; Zarina, Yahya (MDPI AG, 2015-05-21)
      This paper presents the mechanical function and characterization of an artificial lightweight geopolymer aggregate (ALGA) using LUSI (Sidoarjo mud) and alkaline activator as source materials. LUSI stands for LU-Lumpur and ...
    • Paraffin as a phase change material in concrete for enhancing thermal energy storage 

      Rafiza, Abd Razak; Khang Zhe, Adeline Choo; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Zarina, Yahya; Subaer, Junaidi; Khairunnisa, Muhamad; Nurul Aida, Mohd Mortar (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020-02)
      Phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage (TES) is the material that can absorb energy during heating process as phase change takes place and release energy to environment during cooling process. Nowadays, ...
    • Performance of geopolymer concrete when exposed to marine environment 

      Fakhryna Hannanee, Ahmad Zaidi; Romisuhani, Ahmad; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Muhammad Faheem, Mohd Tahir; Zarina, Yahya; Wan Mastura, Wan Ibrahim; Ahmad Syauqi, Sauffi (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-07)
      Over the decades, concrete is widely known as the most resourceful construction material as it is suitable for many building applications. However, despite its ability to last hundreds of years in many applications, it has ...
    • A Review on the Manufacturing of Lightweight Aggregates Using Industrial By-Product 

      Nor Aiman, Mahmad; Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Rafiza, Abd Razak; Januarti Jaya, Ekaputri; M. A., Faris; Hazamaah, Nur Hamzah (EDP Sciences, 2016-10)
      The waste materials from industrial are one of the concern issues in sustainable development. Recycle and reduce the waste material is one of the strategies to produce the better sustainable system. One of the methods is ...
    • Review on the various ash from palm oil waste as geopolymer material 

      Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak (Advanced Study Center Co. Ltd., 2013)
      The solid waste from palm oil mill industry has been increasing annually where it has been reported that the palm oil waste was produced 4 million tons/years in Malaysia only. Hence, the solution to overcome the problems ...
    • Reviews on the Geopolymer materials for coating application 

      Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak (Scientific.Net, 2012-12)
      The application of geopolymer has been expand in many areas where before this it only used for the production of cement and concrete. One of the new applications of geopolymer is for coating. Metakaolin, fly ash and ...