The invention relates to the technical field of industrial
solid waste
resource utilization, in particular to a
red mud activation method and a preparation method and application of a
red mud-based cementing material. Aiming at the technical problems of
low activity, serious scumming,
high energy consumption and the like of the existing
red mud cementing material, efficient activation of the red mud is realized through a three-stage transition activation mechanism. The cementing material is prepared by taking 80-85 parts of activated red mud
powder and 15-20 parts of semi-hydrated
phosphogypsum powder as main raw materials, and matching 50-60 parts of
machine-made sand, 0.01-0.02 part of a water
reducing agent, 2-4 parts of a composite alkali activator and 40-50 parts of water. Wherein the activated red mud
powder is obtained through
drying, ball milling, screening and medium-temperature thermal activation treatment at the temperature of 400-450 DEG C, and the semi-hydrated
phosphogypsum powder is obtained through
drying, ball milling, screening and
drying treatment at the temperature of 150-200 DEG C. The composite alkali activator is composed of 50 wt% of
tetramethylammonium hydroxide and 50 wt% of water glass with the modulus of 2.0. The activity of the red mud is improved from 40-50% to 90-100%, the 28-day
compressive strength reaches 45-49 MPa, the scumming area is smaller than 0.1%, and an innovative solution is provided for bulk
resource utilization of the red mud.