20.500.12556/DiRROS-21845 Late-microwave irradiation of alkali-activated waste glass wool linking dehydration rate with thermomechanical behaviour Building and civil engineering conventional inorganic binding materials represent a significant burden for the environment, leading to the search for more sustainable materials. One of the potential solutions is alkali-activated materials (AAMs), which can be made solely from waste materials and at lower temperatures. However, reaction rate and solidification time depend on the precursor used. To enhance the speed of solidification, the curing temperature can be increased, but from the inside out not to create the crust on the surface, which would hinder the dehydration. Therefore, three mixtures of alkali-activated glass wool, a slow-in-alkali media solidifying precursor, were irradiated with low- and high-power microwaves in the late curing stage till complete dehydration, to determine the influence of artificial volumetric solidification onto thermomechanical behaviour of the AAM. As the electromagnetic power increased, the damages in the AAM became more severe, resulting in a reduction in mechanical strength. microwave irradiation electromagnetic dehydration glass wool alkali-activated materials mechanical performance mikrovalovno obsevanje elektromagnetna dehidracija steklena volna alkalijsko aktivirani materiali mehanska trdnost true false true University of Maribor, University Press Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2025 Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba Neznano 2025-04-07 11:17:43 2025-04-07 11:32:18 2025-10-24 03:49:59 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 11-26 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-03-03 620.1/.2 228908035 227616771 https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/949/chapter/237 1 2ae27ac1-1391-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31494 https://zenodo.org/records/14515939 Raziskovalni podatki 0 2ba7d93b-1391-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31495 RAZ_Horvat_Barbara_2025.pdf RAZ_Horvat_Barbara_2025.pdf 1 A49430A7E2BB8882E6B3AAE7E2DD2F13 96a311c8c2e36ad06b13399c69ef6ea149517b73400c394d428bdfe4ef0493d9 e1a56e66-1391-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31497 Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije 0 0 0