ABSTRACT

The series with polymer 1 have similar air-contents to the plain mort-ars. The tendency for this series at w/c=0.40 is for the compressive strength to decrease with increasing polymer content, while the flexural strength is significantly improved. Note that with only 5 vol% addition of polymer 1 at w/c=0.40, the compressive strength is un-altered, while the flexural strength is greatly improved.