Polymers in concrete have received considerable attention over the past 30 years. Superplasticizers are one of the admixtures which have polymeric structure. In this study, polycarboxylate type slump-releasing dispersant, which is a copolymer of 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid
(AMPS) and methacrylic acid (MAA), was synthesized in different feed compositions. The synthesis procedure of this copolymer was retrieved from literature. The derivatives of this water-soluble copolymer (AMPS-MAA) were synthesized by a macromonomer which was synthesized by the esterification of poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether (PEG) with MAA (PEGMA) and then copolymerizing this macromonomer with AMPS monomer, the resulting copolymer is AMPS-PEGMA. In order to study the methyl group effect on fluidity, the other type of macromonomer (PEGA), composed of PEG and
acrylic acid (AA), was synthesized and copolymerized with AMPS monomer, giving AMPS-PEGA. The structures of synthesized polymers were verified by NMR and FT-IR analysis. The slump-releasing effect of the synthesized
copolymers was studied in terms of reaction pH, composition, molecular weight, amount of PEG side chains, and molecular weight of PEG side chains. The AMPS-MAA copolymer with 40% AMPS content was the most effective in promoting the fluidity of cement pastes. In scope of reaction pH, the AMPS-MAA copolymer, synthesized at a pH of 11, gave the most
effective result on fluidity of the cement pastes. In copolymers of PEG acrylate macromonomers and AMPS monomers, copolymers with 5% PEG acrylate content showed the highest fluidity both in copolymers of PEGA and PEGMA. In copolymers with PEG side chains, the 15% AMPS-PEGA
copolymer synthesized at pH of 6 gave the most effective result on fluidity of cement pastes. In the study of mechanical properties of the mortar samples
prepared by the copolymers selected, AMPS-PEGA copolymer with 25% PEG content showed the highest flexural strength, and AMPS-MAA copolymer with 60% AMPS content and a reaction pH of 11 gave the highest compressive strength. In this study, zeta potential measurements were also performed to analyze the fluidity behavior of the copolymers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609380/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 March 2008 |
| Creators | Tuzcu, Gozde |
| Contributors | Aras, Leyla |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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