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B.Lakshmana rao(19341A0109)
Department of Civil Engineering

Dr. R.GOKULAN, Asst.professor

Mr.Madhav krishna reddy,

Cordinator

GMRIT, Rajam
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POLYMER
CONCRETE
 INTRODUCTION

 Polymer concrete is a mixture of aggregate with the polymers as the sole

binder.
 To minimize the void volume in aggregates, we use graded aggregates and
also to reduce the quantity of polymer needed for binding aggregates.
 Monomers used in PCC are Poly-styrene, Epoxy-styrene, Furans and
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vinylidene chloride.
 Polymer cement concrete is made by mixing cement, aggregate, water and
monomer.
 Concrete is porous.
 The porosity is due to air-voids, water voids or due to the inherent porosity
of gel structure itself.
 Reduces strength.
 Reduction of porosity results in increase of strength of concrete.

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 OBJECTIVE:

• Polymer Concrete reduces the voids and resist chemical attack and
makes the concrete high strength with in short curing period .
• Polymer cement concrete is made by mixing cement, aggregate,
water and monomers.
• The polymerized monomer act as binder for the aggregate and
resulting composite is called polymer concrete.
• Polymer Concrete is also composed of aggregates that include Silica,
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quartz, granite, limestone and other high quality materials.

• The aggregate should be of good quality, free of dust and other
debris and dry.

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 [1] Characteristics of polymer concrete produced from wasted construction
materials.
Dr Awham M.Ahmed and Mohammed T.HAMZA

 The aim of our research is to produce polymer concrete (PC) has high
mechanical and physical characteristics.
 Unsaturated polyester resin was used as cement replacement. The weight
percentages of resin were changed within (20,25 and 30)% to manufacture this
polymer concrete.
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 The results proved that all mechanical properties of all prepared mortars were
increased with increasing the weight percentage of polymer while density was
decreased.
 Polymer concrete (pc) is a composite material which is composed of polymeric
resin that act as binder material of aggregate and microfillers.
 PC is stronger, more durable, and with lower maintenance requirements.
 Unsaturated polyester (UP) resins are the most commonly used for the
composites industry. Unsaturated polyester resin (UP) have good balance of
mechanical, electrical and chemical characteristics.

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 [2] Influence of doping with styrene-butadiene rubber on dynamic and mechanical
properties of polymer concrete.
Kinga Deredas, Nobert Kepczak, Marius Urbaniak
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increasing the amount of rubber granulate (SBR) in the polymer concrete
improved the damping ratio and reduced the vibration amplitude.
 Polymer concretes (PC, mineral casts) have been known and used in the
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construction of machine tools for several decades.

 Polymer concrete has high heat capacity and low thermal conductivity, relatively
low density, corrosion resistance and hydrophobicity.
 The impact of additions such as fly ash, clay powder, lime powder and marble
powder, used as fillers, on the microstructure and mechanical properties of
polymer concrete.
 Only lime powder significantly increased each of the tested strengths, by
approximately 20% compared to a sample of pure polymer concrete.
 This paper conducted a bending and compression strength tests of polymer
concrete samples with the addition of 0, 1 and 2% crushed textile fibers .

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 [3] Photoelectric effect on concrete artifacts produced with the addition of
luminescent substances and polymer residues.
Monlisa Both, Paulo Ries Junior, Tatiane Isabel Hentges, Mari Aurora
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 The objective of the research is to investigate the behavior of polymeric
residues with the luminescent effect of rare-earth materials in the production of
concrete artifacts to illuminate pedestrian and cyclist paths.
 To test the luminescent effect, the freshly mixed concrete blocks were
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exposed to solar radiation for 15 min, the tests had to be stopped because the
sun was covered by clouds, with evidence of rain.
 Both tensile strength tests and compressive strength tests demonstrate the
possibility of using these polymeric materials in concrete to increase
photoluminescent properties.
 The results of the experiments showed that the polymer residue in concrete
significantly increases photon emission, especially when it is processed by
extrusion.
 The mixture of photoluminescent materials and polymers reduces the strength
of concrete, it still met research objectives for a product meant to illuminate
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 [4] Properties of polymer impregnated concrete spacers.
Haitham H.Saeed

 In this research, properties of concrete spacers are modified by polymer

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Also, due to their high importance in concrete construction, the additional cost
of polymer impregnation is economically feasible.
 Polymer impregnation of concrete spacers improves their breaking load
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capacity, with increase of more than 250% recorded for small size spacers.
The magnitude of increase in breaking load capacity increases with increase
in monomer loading ratio.
 Excellent durability properties such as freezing and thawing resistance and
acid resistance of concrete spacers are obtained by polymer impregnation.
 The performance of the degraded spacers due to freezing and thawing and
due to acid attack was evaluated by measuring the weight loss and visual
inspection.
 The results showed an increase of breaking load for polymer impregnated
spacers by about 250% compared to control specimens.

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  [5] Wastes as aggregate substitution in polymer concrete
 Gavrol Sosoi, Marinela Barbuta, Dan Babor
 The experimental study was effectuated on polymer concrete with wastes as
substitution as aggregate . The polymer concrete was prepared with epoxy
resin and aggregates.
 The density and compressive strength was analyzed and compared with a
control mix of polymer concrete prepared with natural aggregates and fly ash
as filler.
 Polymer concrete is widely used in building industry due to its performing
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properties such as high strength, resistance to corrosive agents, resistance to

frost, good abrasion behavior, rapid hardening, easy preparation, etc.
 The workability of fresh concrete increased with increasing the PET dosage. In
the case of polymer concrete with saw dust the workability was decreasing with
the increase of waste dosage.
 The experimental tests were done on epoxy resin concrete with fly ash and
two types of wastes (saw dust and chopped PET) as aggregate substitution in
different dosages from 25% volume percentage until 100%.
 For 25% and 50% of dosage the concrete is having high compressive strength
and whereas above 50% to 100% we can see cracks.-
 REFERENCE:
 Dr Ahwan M.Hameed and Mohammed T.Hamza, characteristics of polymer
concrete produced from wasted construction .

 Kinga Deredas a , Norbert Kępczak b, , Mariusz Urbaniak ; Influence of doping with

styrene butadiene rubber on dynamic and mechanical properties of polymer concrete;
17 April 2021.

 Photoelectric effect on concrete artifacts produced with the addition of luminescent

substances and polymer residues.
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 Monlisa Both, Paulo Ries Junior,Tatiane Isabel Hentges,Mari Aurora Favero Ries;
7 August 2021.

 Haitham H. Saeed ;Properties of polymer impregnated concrete spacers; 14

November 2021.
 Wastes as aggregate substitution in polymer concrete; Gavrol Sosoi,Marinela
Barbuta,Dan Babor; 5-6 October 2017.
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