The effectiveness of powdered emulsions (powdered cement modifiers) and aqueous polymer dispersions (aqueous cement modifiers) on improvements in strength and elastic properties of mortars is investigated in this paper. Polymer-modified mortars using various powdered and aqueous cement modifiers were prepared with variation in polymer-cement ratio, and tested for flexural strength, compressive strength, tensile strength, deflection, extreme tensile fiber strain and tensile strain. It is concluded from the test results that powdered cement modifiers affect the properties of mortars similarly as the aqueous cement modifiers and the powdered polymer-modified mortars can be used in the same manner as the aqueous polymer-modified mortars for practical applications. | Strength and elastic properties of powdered and aqueous polymer-modified mortars
