POLYMER MODIFIED CONCRETE. LIGHTWEIGHT POLYMER CONCRETE COMPOSITES
Lightweight polymer concrete composites have been developed with excellent insulating properties. The composites consist of lightweight aggregates such as expanded perlites, multicellular glass nodules, or hollow alumina silicate microspheres bound together with unsaturated polyester or epoxy resins. These composites, known as Insulating Polymer Concrete(IPC), have thermal conductivities from 0.09 to 0.19 Btu/hr-ft-deg F. These materials can be precast or cast-in-place on concrete substrates. An overlay application of IPC is currently under way as dike insulation at a liquid natural gas storage tank facility.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Papers presented at two sessions during the 1985 ACI Fall Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
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Corporate Authors:
P.O. Box 19150, Redford Station, 22400 Seven Mile Road
Detroit, MI United States 48219 -
Authors:
- Fontana, J J
- Steinberg, M
- Reams, W
- Publication Date: 1987
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 51-71
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Serial:
- Publication of: American Concrete Institute
- Publisher: American Concrete Institute
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Composite materials; Concrete; Insulating materials; Lightweight concrete; Polymer concrete
- Old TRIS Terms: Insulating concretes
- Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00621163
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 30 1992 12:00AM