Product category:
R&D, Test and Evaluation Services
News Release from: Smithers Rapra | Subject: Polymers in Cementitious Materials'
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 December 2005
Handbook on 'Polymers in Cementitious
Materials'
A new Rapra Handbook offers an insight into polymers in cementitious materials, by explaining key advantages, particularly in terms of workability, abrasion and impact resistance
The construction industry increasingly requires products that are cost effective and easy to use, to enable fast track application whilst achieving a high physical performance Incorporating a polymer in a cementitious mix brings key advantages, particularly in terms of workability, abrasion and impact resistance, with the resulting physical and chemical properties dependent upon the nature of the polymer material and the quantity used in relation to the cement phase
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 12 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Courses for the medical supply industries
Rapra Technology custom-made courses for the medical supply industries to help industry professionals address the technical and materials consequences of new and forthcoming product legislation
Rapra urges polymer sector on research initiatives
The team at Rapra Technology, Europe's leading polymer research house, is urging polymer-based companies to come forward with research proposals that will interest and excite EU fund managers
Polymers in Cementitious Materials is intended to provide an insight into the uses of polymers within the construction industry.
It describes the conception of polymer-modified cementitious materials through to the array of polymer-based or polymer-modified material utilised in modern day construction.
It not only covers the use of polymers in direct combination with cement but polymer concrete, impregnation of polymers into the concrete substrate and other polymer-based products, (ie, coatings and adhesives).
Both natural and synthetic polymers are reviewed.
Polymers in Cementitious Materials is aimed at all those who are working with cement, and also at anyone who needs more information about this most versatile of materials.
Written by Michelle Miller who undertook a PhD researching cementitious chemistry.
She has worked as Senior Chemist at Armorex (now known as Sika-armorex), and subsequently at Huntsman Advanced Materials as a Senior Development Chemist formulating epoxy and polyurethane products for the adhesive and tooling industries.
Polymers in Cementitious Materials retails at GBP95/US$171/152 Euro (plus postage and packaging).
• Smithers Rapra: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Processingtalk email newsletter
• Processingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
