Thin spray rock liners with different concentrations of nanoclays

This study investigates the possibility of effectively replacing polymers in thin sprayed liners (TSL’s) with nanoclay particles. In the industry Nano particles are used in many different products to enhance their properties. The strength properties was analysed to see if the addition of nanoclays improve the strengths of the TSL product. Different concentrations of nanoclay were added to a standard TSL mixture in the place of polymer particles. The different composites were tested for Tensile Strength, Compression Strength, Shear Strength and Shear Bond Strength. Though there are other parameters to be tested, the study will only focus on those mentioned above, as they were considered to be the most important. The materials used for testing these characteristics were supplied by Oxyfibre. The mixtures have consisted of four different composites that included the standard mixture, 2% nanoclays, 4% nanoclays and 6% nanoclays