Effect of curing regime on bonding strength of EVA modified mortar to tile

Abstract

Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) redispersible powder and latex were used to modify mortar. Three kinds of curing regimes: standard curing, high temperature curing and freeze-thaw circle curing were adopted to cure the bonded samples. Bonding strength of EVA modified mortar was tested at 28 days. The development of bonding strengths under all three curing regimes were discussed and compared. The experimental results show that bonding strength increases with the increase of EVA content in mortar. The curing regime used within 28 days is critical according to the bonding strengths values under three curing regimes for different ages. The reasons of that the EVA can improve the bonding strength were analyzed.

Keywords

EVA / redispersible powder / latex / bonding strength / curing regime

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