Understanding the role of epoxy resin and polyurethane in toughening metakaolin-based geopolymer matrix

• Main Authors: Chen, Feng, Gu, Gonghui, Shi, Yingqi, Xu, Fang, Ma, Tao
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Epoxy resin; Polyurethane modified epoxy resin
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174959
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Geopolymer is promising to replace cement, thus reducing the CO2 emissions of concrete production. However, the brittle behavior of geopolymer under bending loads limits its engineering applications. This work adopted epoxy resin and polyurethane modified epoxy resin (PMER) to synthesize the epoxy r...