Çağlar H., Yazıcıoğlu S., Uslu İ., Çağlar A., Uslu M.L.Caglar, H, Yazicioglu, S, Uslu, I, Caglar, A, Uslu, ML2023-05-092023-05-092018-01-012018.01.012366-2557https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12597/12393In this study, we investigate the effect of the addition of poly vinyl alcohol (PVA), a polymer filler, which is known to promote the strength of unit mass, corrosion strength and the flexibility of the final product together with boric acid as a cross linking agent to concrete polymer composites by viscosity, setting time, compressive and bending strength tests in accordance with Turkish standards. The addition of PVA and boric acid caused 4% increase in 28 days’ compressive strength results. The bending strength on the other hand, the bending strength decreased by 45%. The samples were also investigated by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods. The experiments repeated with higher filler concentrations showed that porosity of the final concrete was significantly decreased resulting a much higher quality end product.falseBoric acid | Cement | Polyvinyl alcohol | SEM | Strength | XRDBook Chapter10.1007/978-3-319-63709-9_410.1007/978-3-319-63709-9_42-s2.0-85060226657WOS:00044910500000433476