A Review of the Engineering Properties of Metakaolin Based Concrete: Towards Combatting Chloride Attack in Coastal/Marine Structures

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Physical property</td><td class="align_center">Description</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specific gravity</td><td class="align_center">2.40–2.60</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specific surface area</td><td class="align_center">8–15 m<sup>2</sup>/g</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area</td><td class="align_center">15 m<sup>2</sup>/g</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Brightness</td><td class="align_center">80–82 Hunter L</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Physical form</td><td class="align_center">Powder</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Colour</td><td class="align_center">Off white, gray to Buff</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Physical properties of metakaolin [<a href="/journals/ace/2020/8880974/#B27" target="_blank">27</a>].</div>

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