New Investigation on polymer concrete composites

Polymer Concrete (PC) composites could be suitable alternative pertaining to their high mechanical and dielectric strength, toughness and good weather-ability properties.Although PC has been investigated for more than 30 years and studies in this field are have been conducted in many countries [1-4], electrical PCs still remain a relatively new class of insulations and the properties of these materials are still being explored. We prepared and examined the properties of several PCs with a new formulation and varying resin contents and finally investigated effect of resin content on electrical and physical properties of PC.The tests were density, water absorption, flexural strength, compressive strength, dielectric strength and contact angle.Results showed that increasing resin content (up to 17%wt) improves mechanical properties of PC but not change electrical properties and also the developed PC can be a very good candidate to produce electrical insulations

Keywords:

Polymer Concrete , Composite , Electrical and Mechanical Properties