Screen reader users, click here to load entire articleThis page uses JavaScript to progressively load the article content as a user scrolls. Screen reader users, click the load entire article button to bypass dynamically loaded article content. Volume 37, Issue 2, February 2007, Pages 270–282 A microstructural approach to adherence mechanism of poly(vinyl alcohol) modified cement systems to ceramic tiles Received 29 March 2006, Accepted 12 November 2006, Available online 28 December 2006PVA is a water soluble polymer used as cement modifier. An important modification observed by addition of PVA is the increase of the bond strength between cement paste and aggregate. The purpose of this work was to investigate the effect of PVA on the mechanism of adherence of cement pastes to ceramic tiles. Pastes with and without PVA were applied on the back side of porcelain tiles and after 56 days the microstructures of the interfaces were evaluated by SEM. The mode of rupture changed from mostly interfacial failure to a mixed-mode interfacial-cohesive failure for the paste with polymer addition in which was observed the reduction of the thickness of the porous transition zone between tile and paste bulk.
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