The effects of waste glass powder usage on polymer concrete properties

In order to improve basic characteristics of the materials such as strength and resistance, macro-level combinations are carried out to gather superior properties of two or more materials in one material. Polymer concrete is a composite material which was supported by quartz sand as filler that hardens with resin and hardener in continuous polymer matrix. In this study, the effects of the amount of resin used for the production of polymer concrete and the workability of the concrete produced by replacing quartz aggregate powder used as filler with waste glass powder in the ratios of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 47% and their effects on.compressive and flexural strengths were investigated. As a result of the studies conducted, along with an increase in the amount of resin used in polymer concrete, an increase was also provided in compressive and flexural strength of concrete. As a result of waste glass powder replacement by keeping the amount of resin fixed, important amounts of increase were found out in compressive and flexural strength of polymer concretes. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.