FIELD APPLICATIONS OF POLYMER IMPREGNATION OF CONCRETE

Oven dried concrete specimens were impregnated with a methyl methacrylate monomer system and polymerized by thermal-catalytic means. This treatment produced concrete having significant improvement in compressive strength, surface abrasion resistance, and reduction in permeability as measured by electrical resistance. A technique for the impregnation and polymerization of concrete with a monomer system was developed and successfully applied under field conditions to obtain 1/2 to 3/4-inch penetration. This application was made on a 10 foot x 90 foot section of a bridge deck.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Transportation

  Transportation Laboratory
  5900 Folsom Boulevard
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Spellman, D L
  • Woodstrom, J H
  • Bailey, S N
  • Nakao, D
  • Spring, R J
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abrasion resistance; Abrasion resistant coatings; Bridge decks; Compressive strength; Concrete construction; Electrical resistance; Impregnated materials; Methyl methacrylate; Monomers; Permeability; Polymer concrete; Polymerization; Polymers; Polymethyl methacrylate; Portland cement
• Old TRIS Terms: Methlymethacrylate
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136804
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CA-DOT-TL-529917534, 635299, Final Report
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 13 2003 12:00AM