Application properties
- Shelf life :- Time of storage under stated conditions during which an adhesive is expected to maintain its working properties.
- Maturing time : Interval between the time when the cementitious adhesive is mixed and the time when it is ready for use
- Pot-life : Maximum time interval during which the adhesive can be used after mixing
- Open time :- Maximum interval after application at which tiles can be embedded in the applied adhesive and meet the specified tensile adhesion strength requirement .
- Slip :- Downward movement of a tile applied to a combed adhesive layer on a vertical or inclined surface
- Adjustability : Maximum time interval after which the tile’s position in the adhesive layer can be adjusted without significant loss of adhesion strength
Final properties
- Adhesion strength :- Maximum strength per unit surface area which can be measured by shear or tensile testing
- Deformability :- Capacity of a hardened adhesive to be deformed by stresses between the tile and the fixing surface without damage to the installed surface
- Transverse deformation : Deflection recorded at the centre when a beam of hardened adhesive is subjected to three point loading.
General terms :-
- Thin bed method :-Thin bed method used for installing tiles onto a plane surface with an adhesive.
- Fixing surface : Plane rigid surface upon which the tile is fixed.
- wall and floor tiles :- Tiles made out of ceramic or natural and agglomerated stones.
- Cementitious adhesive :– Mixture of hydraulic binding agents, aggregates, and organic additives.
- NOTE 1 The adhesives are mixed with water or liquid admix just before use.
- NOTE 2 Cementitious adhesives are designated as type C.
- NOTE 1 The adhesives are mixed with water or liquid admix just before use.
- NOTE 2 Cementitious adhesives are designated as type C.
- Dispersion adhesive : mixture of organic binding agent(s) in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersion, organic additives and
mineral fillers
- NOTE 1 The mixture is ready for use
- NOTE 2 Dispersion adhesives are designated as type D.
- Reaction resin adhesive
mixture of synthetic resin, mineral fillers and organic additives in which hardening occurs by chemical reaction
- NOTE 1 They are available in one or more component forms
- NOTE 2 reaction resin adhesive are designated as type R
- Notched trowel : toothed tool, which makes it possible to apply the adhesive as a series of ribs of a uniform thickness onto the
fixing surface and/or the reverse face of the tile.
mineral fillers
- NOTE 1 The mixture is ready for use
- NOTE 2 Dispersion adhesives are designated as type D.
mixture of synthetic resin, mineral fillers and organic additives in which hardening occurs by chemical reaction
- NOTE 1 They are available in one or more component forms
- NOTE 2 reaction resin adhesive are designated as type R
fixing surface and/or the reverse face of the tile.
Failure pattern
- Adhesive failure :- Adhesive failure occurs in between tile and substrate as shown in figure 1
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