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**Materials Science** 

88 Gamma Radiation

Whicker, F.W. and Schultz, V. Radioecology Nuclear Energy and the Environment(Boca

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**Gamma Radiation as a Novel Technology for Development** 

**of New Generation Concrete** 

and Fernando Ureña-Nuñez3

*La Marquesa Ocoyoacac,* 

*Mexico* 

Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera1, Carmina Menchaca Campos2

*Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México,* 

*2Centro de Investigación en Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas (CIICAp), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca Morelos* 

*Km.12 de la Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco, San Cayetano,* 

*1Laboratorio de Investigación y Desarrollo de Materiales Avanzados (LIDMA),* 

*3Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Carretera México-Toluca S/N,* 

Global development demand new technological creations at less costs. Inside the specialized industry, composite materials usage is well known. That is why it is of major importance research and development of new composite materials for technological applications, as in

The composite materials usage has increased rapidly during the last few decades in building construction; showing different properties as reduction in weight, reduction on the fatigue and corrosion. As we know, a key issue with composite technology is that the final characteristics of a material are established at the time of fabrication of the goods. Therefore, part design, fabrication development and material characterization must proceed

The production of polymer concrete can be developed for semi-industrial and industrial scales for its economical advantages, as well as environmental benefits if its main raw materials are wastes. In such composite materials the polymeric materials are able to compete and contribute substantially to the development of better, cheaper and more

In polymer concrete some engineering polymers are widely used due to their excellent mechanical, thermal and chemical properties. These properties are direct consequence of their composition as well as their molecular structure. Nowadays, mechanical properties of polymeric materials are of great interest and can be improved by composition and/or morphological modifications, in order to change the softening temperature and get their

**1. Introduction** 

concurrently.

functional products.

elastic solid state back [Menchaca et al., 2011].

the construction industry.
