EFFECT OF POROSITY ON THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND ELASTIC MODULUS OF POLYMER IMPREGNATED CONCRETE
THREE CONCRETES OF WIDELY DIFFERING WATER/CEMENT RATIOS WERE IMPREGNATED WITH VARYING AMOUNTS OF METHYL METHACRYLATE MONOMER. THE MONOMER WAS POLYMERIZED THERMALLY, USING A FREE RADICAL INITIATOR. THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND ELASTIC MODULUS OF THE POLYMER-IMPREGNATED CONCRETE ARE SHOWN TO BE A FUNCTION OF THE TOTAL POROSITY OF THE CONCRETE AFTER POLYMER IMPREGNATION. THE ELASTIC MODULUS OF THE COMPOSITE SYSTEM CAN BE EXPLAINED ON THE BASIS OF A TWO PHASE MATERIAL: AN AGGREGATE PHASE AND A POLYMER IMPREGNATED CEMENT PASTE PHASE. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 1, No 6, PP 631-644
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Authors:
- Manning, D G
- Hope, B B
- Publication Date: 1971-11
Media Info
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Serial:
- Cement and Concrete Research
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0008-8846
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00088846
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Acrylic resins; Composite materials; Compressive strength; Concrete; Impregnation (Engineering); Modulus of elasticity; Monomers; Polymerization; Polymers; Porosity; Water cement ratio
- Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00214064
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 27 1972 12:00AM