Improving Some Properties of Cement Concrete Using Polymer

Abstract

Polymer concrete is a composite material consisting of aggregate, filler and polymeric binder, by replacing the hydraulic cement of conventional concrete with polymeric resins. Polymer concrete has many advantages over Portland cement concrete such as: fast hardening, high resistance, improved resistance to chemicals etc. Polymer concrete compounds can be classified into polymer concrete, polymer cement concrete and polymer saturated concrete, among which polymer concrete is known for its diverse structural applications. These uses have also been applied using modified polymer concrete. Some research focused over the past two decades to study the possibility of using polymers in concrete, as the addition of polymers to cement concrete was given little attention in the past years compared to the large volume of applications of polymeric concrete, which is very interesting at the present time. The importance of this study comes in the possibility of using polymers to produce advanced concrete with locally made materials, as it was found that the addition of polymer has a positive effect in improving and increasing durability, resistance and some other physical properties compared to traditional concrete mixtures that do not contain polymer. The results of this study summarize the possibility of adding polymer to cement concrete to improve the operational and mechanical properties of a number of mixtures. This study also showed important results that can be relied upon in developing the polymeric concrete industry using local materials