The incorporation of ground granulated blast furnace slags (GGBS) into fly ash-based engineered geopolymer composites (EGC) was explored to enhance their resistance against chloride-induced erosion. An investigation was conducted to understand how variations in the slag content, the water-to-binder ratio, the quantity of alkali activator, and the inclusion of polyethylene fibers affect the EGC's ability to resist chloride erosion. The study found an enhancement in the chloride erosion resistance with an increase in the water-binder ratio from 0.32 to 0.38. Conversely, the resistance decreased when the proportion of slag was raised from 40% to 100%, when the alkali activator content went up from 4% to 6%, and when the percentage of polyethylene fibers grew from 1.0% to 2.0%. Microstructural analyses revealed that a higher water-binder ratio of 0.38 reduced the peak intensity of calcium aluminate silicate hydrate, increasing the porosity and, thereby, compromising the chloride erosi
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In this paper, low-strength polyvinyl alcohol (L-PVA) fibers, high-strength polyvinyl alcohol (H-PVA) fibers, and polyethylene (PE) fibers were used to prepare ambient cured fly ash-slag-based engineered geopolymer composites (EGC). The effects of fiber types and fiber volume fractions (1.5%, 1.75%, 2.0%, 2.25%, and 2.5%) on the compressive strength and tensile performance of EGC were evaluated. It was found that by increasing the fiber volume fraction from 1.5% to 2.5%, L-PVA fibers had the lowest influence, whereas PE fibers had the highest influence on the compressive strength of EGC. The optimum fiber volume fractions of L-PVA, H-PVA, and PE fibers were 1.75%, 2.25%, and 1.5%, respectively, for EGC to achieve the best tensile performance. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) investigations showed that the bonding performance of PE fibers to the EGC matrix was higher than those of L-PVA and H-PVA fibers to the EGC matrix.