The polymer sulphoaluminate cement is composed of styrene-acrylic emulsion and sulphoaluminate cement. The resistance to sulfate attack, impermeability and mechanical performance are studied in the paper. The hardened paste microstructure of the polymer sulphoaluminate cement is studied by means of SEM. The experiment shows that the impermeability of the cement is improved with the increase of styrene-acrylic emulsion. When the ratio of polymer to cement increases from 0% to 15%, the permeate height of the hardened cement paste decreases by 70%. The resistance to sulfate attack of the cement is also improved with the increase of styrene-acrylic emulsion. Styrene-acrylic emulsion has little effect on the flexural strength of sulphoaluminate cement. When the ratio of polymer to cement is less than 15%, the flexural strength of the cement at 28d curing ages are all above 7.1MPa. As shown from SEM photographs, the cement becomes more close-grained when the ratio of polymer to cement increases.
Styrene-acrylic emulsion was synthesized by pre-emulsification and semi-continuous emulsion polymerization, with styrene and butyl acrylate as monomers. The effects of initiator dosage and ratio of polymer to cement on durability of polymeric sulphoaluminate cement were investigated. SEM, pore structure and resistance to sulfate attack were also studied. The results show that the total porosity of the polymer sulphoaluminate hardened cement paste is lowest when P/C is 7.5%. Innocuous pores of the hardened paste are the least when P/C is 5.0%. It shows that polymer particles can spread around the cement paste, and polymer particles, aggregates, hydration products and pores come into being a compact mass. Flexural strength is higher when initiator dosage is 5‰ than that is 4‰. Flexural strength is the highest when initiator dosage is 5‰ and P/C is 7.5%, in other words, the performance of resistance to sulfate attack is best when initiator dosage is 5‰ and P/C is 7.5%.
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