TABLE OF CONTENT
CERTIFICATION i DEDICATION ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii TABLE OF CONTENT iv LIST OF FIGURES vii LIST OF PLATES viii LIST OF TABLES x ABSTRACT xi
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background 1 1.1.1 Polystyrene production 2 1.1.2 Expanded polystyrene 2 1.1.3 Properties of expanded polystyrene 3 1.1.4 Porous concrete 4 1.1.5 How microstructure form 5 1.2 Aim 6 1.3 Objectives 6 1.4 Statement of the problem 7 1.5 Justification of the study 7 1.6 Scope and limitation 7
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CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Polymer concrete 8 2.1.1 Properties of polymer concrete 13 2.1.2 Uses and applications of polymer concrete 15 2.2 Properties and uses of polystyrene 17 2.3 Properties and uses of expanded polystyrene 18 2.4 Properties and uses of lightweight concrete 18 2.5 Properties and uses of Portland cement concrete 19 2.6 Microstructure properties 20 2.7 Summary 22
CHAPTER THREE: MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY
3.1 Material Preparation 24 3.1.1 Collection and Preparation of expanded polystyrene and sand 24 3.1.2 Preparation of EPS Binder solution 24 3.1 Methodology 24 3.1.1 Sieve analysis of the soil 24 3.2.2 Moisture content of the soil 26 3.2.3 Specific gravity of the soil 27 3.3 Microstructural analysis of the polyster+ polymer concrete 28 3.3.1 Polyster+ Polymer concrete preparation 28 3.3.2 Microstructural analysis of the polyster+ polymer concrete 29 3.4 Microstructural analysis of the control experiment (mortar) 32
vii 3.4.1The preparation of the control experiment (mortar) 32 3.4.2 Microstructural analysis of the control experiment (mortar) 34
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Sieve analysis of the soil 35 4.2 Moisture content of the soil 37 4.3 Specific gravity of the soil 37 4.4 Microstructural analysis of the polyster+ polymer concrete and mortar 37 4.5 Discussion of Result 40
CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Conclusion 42 5.2 Recommendation 42 5.3 References 43
viii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.1 Particle distribution curve 36
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