Anita Dewi Permatasari, Nur Akifah, Nur Syamsih Amalia, Muhammad Rizal Fahlepy, Susilo Sudarman Desa, Subaer
In this study, zeolite-geopolymer hybrid bulk materials were fabricated by using laterite soils deposit Gowa regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia as a precursor for possible heavy metal absorbent. Laterite soils was calcined at 750°C for 6 hours to transform it into the amorphous aluminosilicate phase. Zeolite-geopolymer materials were produced through alkali activation method with curing temperature around 70°C for 2 hours. There were two different oxide molar ratios of SiO2/Al2O3 used to produce zeolite-geopolymer hybrid bulk materials and the specimens were designated as K1 and K2. The presence of zeolitic phase within geopolymer network was examined by using of XRD, FTIR, and SEM-EDS technique. The mechanical properties of the resulting material were studied by means of compressive and tensile strength. The results showed that Gowa laterite soil was succesfully fabricated as zeolite-geopolymer hybrid bulk materials, and the type of zeolite coined with geopolymers were zeolite A in sample K1 and un-named zeolite in sample K2. The mechanical strengths of zeolite-geopolymers produced in this study were below to those of pure geopolymers. © 2019 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Center of Excellence of Green Materials and Technology (CEoGMTech), Physics Department, FMIPA, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Makassar, 90224, Indonesia
