TY - GEN
T1 - Improving properties of rubberized mortar with polyacrylamide
AU - Lu, Chun Ku
AU - Lee, Cheng Haw
AU - Wang, I. Feng
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The waste tire can be added to concrete to form a composite material, known as "Rubcrete". However, addition of crumb rubber leads to degradation of physical properties of the concrete. In this study, by treating the crumb rubber with Polyacrylamide (PAM), we have improved properties of the rubberized mortar. Specifically, the compressive and flexural strengths of the specimen at 56 days were improved up to 19% and 27%, respectively. Dramatically, the anti-corrosion property of this new rubberized mortar is much superior to that of the original mortar. The addition of rubber also turned crack from fragility crack to ductility crack. To show the impacts of PAM modification, the specimens of rubberized mortar with and without PAM modification, were observed with SEM images. Experimental results showed that PAM treatment of crumb rubber is an effective means to improve the mechanical properties of the rubberized mortar; lends itself to possible commercial applications.
AB - The waste tire can be added to concrete to form a composite material, known as "Rubcrete". However, addition of crumb rubber leads to degradation of physical properties of the concrete. In this study, by treating the crumb rubber with Polyacrylamide (PAM), we have improved properties of the rubberized mortar. Specifically, the compressive and flexural strengths of the specimen at 56 days were improved up to 19% and 27%, respectively. Dramatically, the anti-corrosion property of this new rubberized mortar is much superior to that of the original mortar. The addition of rubber also turned crack from fragility crack to ductility crack. To show the impacts of PAM modification, the specimens of rubberized mortar with and without PAM modification, were observed with SEM images. Experimental results showed that PAM treatment of crumb rubber is an effective means to improve the mechanical properties of the rubberized mortar; lends itself to possible commercial applications.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.528.77
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.528.77
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84896881614
SN - 9783038350347
T3 - Applied Mechanics and Materials
SP - 77
EP - 82
BT - Materials and Mechanical Enginnering
PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
T2 - International Workshop on Materials and Mechanical Engineering, WMME 2013
Y2 - 20 November 2013 through 22 November 2013
ER -