Table 2.

Physical properties of the materials employed.

Material		Property
OPC		ASTM Type I Ordinary Portland cement Density: 3150 kg/m3, fineness: 330 m2/kg
FA		Fly Ash Density: 2140 kg/m3, fineness: 396 m2/kg
GGBS		Ground granulated blast-furnace Slag Density: 2860 kg/m3, fineness: 430 m2/kg
CSA		Calcium sulphoaluminate Density: 2890 kg/m3, fineness: 466 m2/kg
Fine aggregate	S1	ISO Standard sand, Size: 2 mm Fineness modulus: 2.99, density: 2620 kg/m3, SiO2: 99%
	S2	Sea sand, Size: 5 mm Fineness modulus: 2.01, density: 2600 kg/m3, absorption: 0.79%
	S3	Crushed sand, Size: 5 mm Fineness modulus: 3.29, density: 2570 kg/m3, absorption: 0.87%
Coarse aggregate		Crushed granitic aggregate, Size: 25 mm Fineness modulus: 6.94, density: 2600 kg/m3, absorption: 0.76%
Chemical admixture		Polycarboxylic acid group, density: 1260 kg/m3
Accelerator material	NS	Na2SO4, density: 3350 kg/m3, solubility: 13.9 g/100 mL (20 °C)
	AS	Al2(SO4)3, density: 2672 kg/m3, solubility: 36.4 g/100 mL (20 °C)
	CH	Ca(OH)2, density: 2211 kg/m3, solubility: 17.3 g/100 mL (20 °C)
	CN	Ca(NO3)2, density: 2504 kg/m3, solubility: 51.4 g/100 mL (20 °C)
	NC	NaHCO3, density: 2200 kg/m3, solubility: 9.6 g/100 mL (20 °C)
Retarder		CA: Citric acid, SG: Sodium gluconate, BA: Boric acid, TA: Tartaric acid