Macro-defect-free materials with controlled moisture resistance

Drábik, M, Gáliková, L, Balkovic, S and Slade, RCT (2008) Macro-defect-free materials with controlled moisture resistance In: ACI Fall 2006 Convention, 2006-11-08 - 2006-11-08, Denver, USA.

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Abstract

The latest research on the reactivity toward cross-linking of inorganic matrixes formed by cement-based materials, and the associated grafting at the nanoscopic and atomic levels, is highly promising. Macro-defect-free (MDF) materials and technologies were originally comprised of high-alumina cements cross-linked to poly(vinyl alcohol/acetate) or of portland cement with poly(acrylamide). Although the high-alumina system has shown promising results and is the more efficient system, it suffers from economic disadvantages; modern efforts to identify MDF systems focus on portland cement and a variety of polymer additives. We report recent findings regarding the potential and limitations of portland cement-based MDF materials, considering aspects of the associated chemistry (at the nanoscopic and atomic levels), of the mechanism linking polymer to the surface of cement grains, and of technologically relevant attributes such as moisture resistance of the formed MDF material.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Divisions :	Surrey research (other units)
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Drábik, M Gáliková, L Balkovic, S Slade, RCT r.slade@surrey.ac.uk
Date :	1 October 2008
Contributors :	Contribution Name Email ORCID publisher ACI,
Depositing User :	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited :	17 May 2017 11:26
Last Modified :	23 Jan 2020 16:52
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/831388

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