ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER-CONCRETE OVERLAYS

The use of cathodic protection to prevent the corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete structures has been well established. Application of a durable, skid-resistant electrically conductive polymer-concrete overlay would advance the use of cathodic protection in highway engineering. Laboratory studies indicate that electically conductive polymer-concrete overlays with conductive fillers, such as calcined coke breeze, in conjunction with polyester or vinyl ester resins have resistivities of 1 to 10 ohm-cm. Both multiple-layer and premixed mortar-type overlays have been made. Shear bond strengths of the conductive overlays to concrete substrates vary from 600 to 1,300 psi; the bond strengths of the premixed overlays are 50 to 100 percent higher than those of the multiple-layer overlays.

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• Authors:
  • Fontana, Jack J
  • Webster, Ronald P
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-10
• Monograph Title: Cathodic protection, concrete and bituminous maintenance, and bridge repainting
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1041
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bond strength (Materials); Bonding; Cathodic protection; Coke; Electrical conductivity; Electrical resistivity; Overlays (Pavements); Polyester resins; Polymer concrete; Vinyl resins
• Old TRIS Terms: Resistivity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00458072
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309039576
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 30 2003 12:00AM