Episode 72 – Polymer Concrete for Olympic Buildings
WACKER - The Fascination of Chemistry
English - September 27, 2019 08:39 - 5 minutes - 2.68 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingScience Business wacker chemie ag chemicals natural sciences production silicon polymers silicones fine chemicals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The architecture of the Olympic venues in Munich is in a class of its own. What few people know is that the buildings were among the first to have a polymer-modified mortar blended in with their concrete. Polymers like VAE from WACKER make concrete more flexible and improve its adhesion. The ability to mix them [...]
The architecture of the Olympic venues in Munich is in a class of its own. What few people know is that the buildings were among the first to have a polymer-modified mortar blended in with their concrete. Polymers like VAE from WACKER make concrete more flexible and improve its adhesion. The ability to mix them into the mortar in dry form was new at the time and ultimately opened the door to the thin-bed method for laying tiles. The concrete structures in Munich are still standing.