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Interactions between Water-borne polyurethane and C-S-H nanostructure based on macro toughness of concrete



Author(s): Ch. W. Miao, B. Ding, D.L. Zhou
Paper category: Conference
Book title: 2nd International conference on Microstructural-related Durability of Cementitious Composites
Editor(s): Guang Ye, K. Van Breugel, Wei Sun, Changwen Miao
Print ISBN: 978-2-35158-129-2
e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-123-0
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Pages: 1266 - 1277
Total Pages: 11
Language: English


Abstract: 
A novel kind of block polymer with characteristics of rod-like chain conformations---water-borne polyurethane (PUA) was synthesized by incorporate polyacrylate (PA) into the PU chain to prepare an aqueous polyurethane-polyacrylate (PUA) hybrid emulsion with core-shell structure. The interactions between Water-borne PUA and C-S-H nanostructure, which include intercalation and the polymerization degree of C-S-H silicate chains, were studied by small angle X-ray diffraction spectra and ²⁹Si NMR spectra, respectly. The influence of water-borne PUA on workability and mechanical performance of concrete were investigated experimentally. The small XRD results show that no evidence is observed for any fundamental size change in the C-S-H particles that have been formed in the presence of polymer. The NMR results indicate that there is a significant increase in the Q²/Q¹ ratio ranging from 0.5 for pure C-S-H to 2.2 for PUA-C-S-H, respectively. The degree of silicate polymerization increases from 3.0 for pure C-S-H to 6.4 for PUA-C-S-H by calculation. PUA had minimal harmful effect on the compressive strength whereas the flexural strength was increased by 23.2% with dosage of 0.5% and 23.3% with dosage of 1.0%, respectively.The fracture energy ratios of concrete with a dosage of PUA less than 1% are greatly improved more than double with the decreasing of concrete strength less than 10%. The water-borne PUA also enhances the early plastic cracking resistance and the impact resistance of concrete. The impact energy consumption of samples with PUA increase nearly three times more than reference samples, also better than samples with PP fiber. And PUA can refine the crack from 2-4mm to 0.2-0.5mm of the main distribution, decreasing total area of crack greatly.


Online publication: 2013
Publication Type: full_text
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