POLYMER IMPREGNATED HARDENED CEMENT PASTES AND MORTARS
Polymer impregnated hardened cement pastes and mortars have been prepared and their properties compared to those of control specimens. Specimens were made by impregnating dried and evacuated precast hardened cement pastes and mortars with methyl methacrylate, under pressure, which was thermally polymerized. The effects of the microstructure of the cement pastes and mortars on the performance of polymer impregnated mortars were determined by preparing specimens with a wide range of porosities by varying the water to cement ratio and the curing times prior to impregnation. The properties of impregnated and control specimens were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, porosity determinations, fracture mechanics studies, and strength determinations. The polymer impregnated materials had compressive and flexural strengths, moduli of elasticity, and fracture toughnesses which were substantially higher than unimpregnated materials.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Library of Congress catalog card no. 76-608072.
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Corporate Authors:
National Bureau of Standards
Center for Building Technology
Gaithersburg, MD United States 20760 -
Authors:
- Clifton, J R
- Fearn, J E
- Anderson, E D
- Publication Date: 1976-4
Media Info
- Pagination: 24 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cement mortars; Cement paste; Compressive strength; Concrete; Concrete curing; Electron microscopes; Electron microscopy; Fracture mechanics; Fracture properties; Impregnated materials; Mechanical elasticity; Mechanical properties; Methyl methacrylate; Microstructure; Modulus of elasticity; Mortar; Polymerization; Polymethyl methacrylate; Porosity; Water cement ratio
- Uncontrolled Terms: Fracture
- Old TRIS Terms: Methlymethacrylate
- Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00137154
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: NBS-BSS-83 Final Rpt.
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 4 2002 12:00AM