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. 2024 May 14;17(10):2316. doi: 10.3390/ma17102316

Table 2.

Physical and chemical properties of the GCBA, GCBS, and cement.

Cement GCBA
(Coal Creek)
GCBA (Leland Olds) GCBS
(MR Young)
GCBS (Coyote)
CC1 CC2 L1 L2 MR1 MR2 CO1 CO2
Physical Properties
Sieve No. 325 Fineness (% retained) 2.3 46.8 48.9 32.9 37.2 45.9 52.4 33.8 62.1
Blaine Fineness (cm2/g) 3992 1621 1970 3072 2735 1322 1364 1672 1138
Specific Gravity 3.104 2.665 2.674 2.556 2.632 2.717 2.753 2.904 2.899
Chemical Properties
SiO2 (%) 19.8 51.87 36.61 47.9 35.96
Al2O3 (%) 4.3 13.98 13.34 14.87 13.97
Fe2O3 (%) 3.1 7.2 14.54 12.55 15.01
Sum of Oxides (SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3) 27.2 73.06 64.5 75.32 64.95
Cao (%) 64 15.05 20.06 12.34 18.8
MgO (%) 2.5 4.63 6.26 4.48 5.35
SO3 (%) 3.3 0.66 2.66 0.21 0.31
LOI (%) 1.5 1.5 9.8 −1.4 −0.5
Moisture Content (%) 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.1 0.1
Class of Fly Ash
(ASTM C618)
NA F C F C