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In this study, we investigate the effect of the addition of poly vinyl alcohol (PVA), a polymer filler, which is known to promote the strength of unit mass, corrosion strength and the flexibility of the final product together with boric acid as a cross linking agent to concrete polymer composites by viscosity, setting time, compressive and bending strength tests in accordance with Turkish standards. The addition of PVA and boric acid caused 4% increase in 28 days’ compressive strength results. The bending strength on the other hand, the bending strength decreased by 45%. The samples were also investigated by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods. The experiments repeated with higher filler concentrations showed that porosity of the final concrete was significantly decreased resulting a much higher quality end product.
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The authors would like to thank Gazi Universtiy for the support of foundation with project number of BAP. 07/2015-01.
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Çağlar, H., Yazıcıoğlu, S., Uslu, İ., Çağlar, A., Uslu, M.L. (2018). An Investigation of the Effect of PVA and Boric Acid on Concrete Mixtures. In: Fırat, S., Kinuthia, J., Abu-Tair, A. (eds) Proceedings of 3rd International Sustainable Buildings Symposium (ISBS 2017). ISBS 2017. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63709-9_4
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