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Effect of polymer admixtures to cement on the bond strength and electrical contact resistivity between steel fiber and cement

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Abstract

The addition of methylcellulose (0.4% by weight of cement) or latex (20% by weight of cement) to cement paste gave similarly significant increases of the shear bond strength between stainless steel fiber and cement paste, in spite of the low concentration of methylcellulose compared to latex. The methylcellulose addition did not affect the contact electrical resistivity between fiber and cement, whereas the latex addition increased this resistivity. Hence, for low cost and low contact resistivity, methylcellulose is preferred to latex. For a given cement paste composition, the bond strength increased linearly with the contact resistivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)189-194
Number of pages6
JournalCement and Concrete Research
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1996

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