Abstract: In order to relieve the significant shrinkage and poor crack resistance of alkali-activated slag cement, with the blast furnace slag and powdered municipal solid waste incineration slag as precursors and the potassium carbonate and sodium silicate as composite activators, alkali-activated blast furnace slag-powdered municipal solid waste incineration slag mortar (ASPm) was prepared, and the effect of potassium carbo-nate content (from 0% to 2%) on the autogenous shrinkage and basic tensile creep of ASPm was studied, and its mechanism was revealed by TG/DTG, SEM-EDS, MIP, and NMR. The results show that, with the increase of potassium carbonate content, the hydration degree decreases, the chemical shrinkage decreases, the capillary pressure decreases, the amount of C-A-S-H gel decreases, the amount of calcium carbo-nate crystal increases, the nominal crystal-gel ratio increases, the n(Al)/n(Si) decreases, the stacking of C-A-S-H gel is obvious, the recombination and rearrangement are restricted, and the autogenous shrinkage of ASPm decreases. When the content of potassium carbonate increases from 0% to 1.5%, the autogenous shrinkage decreases, the n(K)/n(Na) ratio increases, the amount of C-A-S-H gel declines. At this stage, the prolonged cracking time and the decreased interlayer friction of C-A-S-H gel play a leading role, and the basic tensile creep at the cracking time of ASPm increases. When the content of potassium carbonate increases from 1.5% to 2%, the n(K)/n(Na) ratio increases, and the crac-king time remains unchanged. At this stage, the reduction of autogenous shrinkage plays a dominant role, and the basic tensile creep at the cracking time of ASPm decreases. When the potassium carbonate content is 1.5%, ASPm has better mechanical properties, smaller autogenous shrinkage, the best crack resistance, and maximum basic tensile creep.
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