en Material Managment Material Managment پژوهشي Research <p> <strong><i> Abstract: </i></strong><i>In recent years, many research works have been done to investigate the possibility of utilizing a broad range of materials as raw materials in the production of geopolymer cements. The use of artificial pozzolans or aluminosilicate-type industrial waste materials such as granulated blast-furnace slag and fly ash has been reported in many research works. Natural pozzolans are also aluminosilicate-type materials which can be activated with solutions of NaOH and Na₂SiO₃. Using a pumice-type natural pozzolan from Taftan Mountain located at the south east of Iran and different alkali-activators based on combinations of Na₂SiO₃ and NaOH, a number of natural-pozzolan-based geopolymer cement systems were designed and prepared. Final setting time, workability, and 28-day compressive strength of the systems were studied. The results obtained reveal that Taftan pozzolan can be activated using a proportioned mixture of Na₂SiO₃ and NaOH resulting in the formation of a geopolymer cement system exhibiting suitable workability and relatively high 28-day compressive strengths up to 63 MPa. </i></p> Geopolymer cement, Natural pozzolan, Alkali-activator, Compressive strength, Final setting time 1 5 http://ijiepr.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-8&slc_lang=en&sid=1 A. Allahverdi Ali.allahverdi@iust.ac.ir 18003194753284600291 18003194753284600291 Yes K. Mehrpour Kamyar2662@yahoo.com 18003194753284600292 18003194753284600292 No E. Najafi Kani najafi@iust.ac.ir 18003194753284600293 18003194753284600293 No