A study of compression strength and flexural strength for polymer concrete

Abstract EN

Polymer concrete were prepared by mixing epoxy resin with sand particles in three different grain size (150-300) , (300-600 ) and (600- 1200) μm respectively.

The percentage of epoxy was 15%, 20 %, 25% and 30% wt of the total weight.

Compression strength and flexural strength tests were carried out for the prepared samples.

The percentages of epoxy resin at 20% wt and 25% wt showed best mechanical properties for all grain sizes.

These percentages were adopted to fill the voids between particles sand have two different size ranges (150-600) μm and {(150-300) & (600-1200)} μm respectively to obtain more dense material.

The results showed that the strength of polymer composite at 20% resin is higher than 25% resin -