Utilization of Polymer Composite for Development of Sustainable Construction Material

Table 4

Summary of previous work related to polymer-based ferrocement panels.

Reference No	Authors	Findings of work
20	J P. Gorninski et al.	(1) The chemical resistance on different compositions of polymeric mortars using two different types of unsaturated polyester polymer resin such as orthophtalic and isophtalic polyester was assessed.; (2) Specimens prepared were exposed to different acidic environmental conditions accounted for corrosive agencies.; (3) No composition showed significant changes. Notable reduction in flexural strength on the specimens exposed to corrosive agents; however, flexural strength was still higher than samples prepared with PPC.
21	MarinelaBărbuţăet al.	(1) Researches regarding polymer-based concrete and mortars comprised of silica fume, epoxy resin, and crushed aggregates along with the different percentage of silica fume content ranging between 6.5% to 30% and 6.4% to 9.6% for polymer mortar and polymer concrete were elaborated, respectively.; (2) The compressive strength increases as the silica fume dosage increased. Moreover, the split strength and flexure strength enhances with the reduction of dosage of silica fume
22	Sathia.R.et al.	(1) The testing of the durability property of the low calcium-fly ash-based polymer concrete was done and perceived that the rate of water absorption is lesser in geopolymer concrete than that in cement concrete.; (2) The water absorption property was found to decrease with a rise in the strength of the concrete and the fly ash content present.; (3) Additionally, the geopolymer concrete exhibited higher resistance to the acid attack in comparison to the cement concrete.
23	Criado. M. et al	(1) The effect on the rheology of alkali activated fly ash mix by various types of admixtures in their research work was studied.; (2) It was seen that the rheological properties such as viscosity are higher in the case of fly ash blend than in the portland cement paste.; (3) Whereas the yield stress is lower in case of fly ash blend. The yield stress value is almost the same in both fly ash blends, whether it is with or without the presence of admixtures.
24	Esther Obonyo et al.	(1) An evaluation study on improving the utilization of other inputs in geopolymer binding materials for sustainable composites was conducted.; (2) It concluded that in addition to lowering the cost with regard to conventional ones, the use of geopolymer binders is more durable and environmentally advantageous.; (3) Due to their unexplored potential, there remain many aspects uncovered related to the advantageous properties that geopolymer may exhibit.
25	Vincent Prabakar Rajaiah et al.	(1) An experimental investigation was conducted by analysis of flexural behaviour of geopolymer ferrocement panels by changing the number of layers of the wire mesh.; (2) It was found out that the concrete panels having the wire mesh reinforcement shows enhanced flexural strength with minimum specified deflection; i.e., it is reduced in comparison to conventional ones accompanied by an excellent increase in the properties such as ductility and energy absorption capacity.