The mechanical properties of some filled polymer cements

The tensile and compressive strengths and the elastic moduli of sand and asbestos filled polymer cements, based on the aluminosilicate/poly(acrylic acid) (ASPA) system, have been measured. A progressive decline in property with increasing volume fraction of filler (in the range 5 to 12%) was observed. The decline is interpreted in terms of dilution, lack of matrix-filler interaction and void content.