Material

Design Data

Portland Cement Concrete (PCC)

Aggregate - natural sand and gravel

Gravel - 57 percent, ¾-in. maximum size

Sand - 43 percent

Cement - Type II blended laboratory cement, 672 lb/yd³

Water/Cement ratio - 0.43

Slump - 3 in.

Entrained air - 3 percent

28 day fog cure

Compressive strength - 6000 lb/in.²

Polymer Impregnated Concrete (PIC)

PIC specimens made from the PCC

specimens

Full impregnation (vacuum and pressure soak)

Monomer - MMA

Polymer loading - 5.3 percent

Catalyst - 0.5 Percent

Polymer Concrete (PC)

Aggregate - same as PIC and PCC

MMA - PC

Monomer - 7 percent (97.5 percent

MMA + 2.5 percent TMPTMA)

Catalyst - 1.5 percent BP

Promoter - 0.5 percent DMA

Coupling agent - 0.5 percent silane

VE - PC

Resin - 7.5 percent vinyl exter

Catalyst - 1.5 percent MEKP

Promoter - 0.5 percent CoN

Coupling agent - 0.5 percent silane

Surface Infiltration Concrete (SIC)

SIC specimens made for PCC specimens

Surface impregnation only at 1-yr age

Monomer - MMA

Percent by wt of polymer

SIC-1 2.4

SIC-2 2.5

SIC-3 2.3