This study reports the physical-chemical characterization of polyacrylamide-co-methylcellulose and applications in concrete. Three ratio of polymers were used for the synthesis of copolymers: 95:5 (MC-PAAm), 85:15 (MC-PAAm) and 75:25 (MC-PAAm). In this process, acrylamide was considered more stable than methylcellulose. The materials obtained were analysed by TG, FT-IR and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) techniques. In the nutshell, the results can be used to improve most of the characteristics of concrete. As the dosage of water-soluble copolymer increased, the demand of water gets decreased. The combined water content, absorption and compressive strength of the hardened cement pastes were increased by changing different ratio of polymers.
U.M. Yessimkanova, R.K. Rakhmetullayeva, Zh.R. Urkimbaeva, A.K. Toktabayeva, El-Sayed Negim, P.I. Urkimbaeva and G.A. Mun. Physical-Chemical Analysis of MC-Co-PAAm and Application.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/jeasci.2015.197.202
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1816-949x/jeasci.2015.197.202