Admixture
ADMIXTURE-
- Materials other than cement, water & aggregates
- Added to the concrete mix to modify & to improve one/ more specific properties of concrete ,
PURPOSE OF ADMIXTURE?
1. To improve workability of fresh concrete ,
2. To improve durability by entrainment of air
3. To reduce the water required
4. To accelerate setting & hardening to produce high early strength ,
5. To aid curing
6. To impart water repellant / water proofing property.
7. To cause dispersion of the cement particles when mixed with H20 ,
8. To retard setting
9. To improve wear resistance ( hardness)
10. To offset / reduce shrinkage during setting & hardening
11. To cause expansion of concrete and automatic prestressing of steel
12. To aerate mortar / concrete to produce a light – weight product
13. To impart colour
14. To offset or reduce some chemical reaction
15. To reduce bleeding
16. To reduce the evolution of heat ,
COMMONLY USED ADMIXTURE (TYPE)
Accelarator::
- added to increase the rate of hydration of concrete mix which then lead to the increases in the rate of development of strength and greater heat evolution.- And to shorten the setting time,
- Disadvantages is possible cracking due to heat evolution & Possibility of corrosion of embedded reinforcement,
- A good accelerator will accelerated the hydration of the C3S or C2S content of cement,
- The well known accelarator is calcium chloride.
Water Reducing Admixture:
-used to reduce the amount of water necessary to produce a concrete of a given consistency.
-To increase the slump for a given water content-to obtain specified strength at lower cement content.
- Disadvantage is, careful control of air content and mixing time necessary
Superplasticizer-
-by adding to a hydraulic binder , gives very high workability and allows a large decrease in water content for a given workability,
-enhances the hydration process-allows the particles to be more workable-less susceptible to segregation and bleeding problems.
Air entraining Admixture .
-An entraining concrete containing air in a rather special form of a bubble which trapped in concrete
-Workability improved, easier placing, increased durability, better resistance to frost action.
thank you everyone.
- Materials other than cement, water & aggregates
- Added to the concrete mix to modify & to improve one/ more specific properties of concrete ,
PURPOSE OF ADMIXTURE?
1. To improve workability of fresh concrete ,
2. To improve durability by entrainment of air
3. To reduce the water required
4. To accelerate setting & hardening to produce high early strength ,
5. To aid curing
6. To impart water repellant / water proofing property.
7. To cause dispersion of the cement particles when mixed with H20 ,
8. To retard setting
9. To improve wear resistance ( hardness)
10. To offset / reduce shrinkage during setting & hardening
11. To cause expansion of concrete and automatic prestressing of steel
12. To aerate mortar / concrete to produce a light – weight product
13. To impart colour
14. To offset or reduce some chemical reaction
15. To reduce bleeding
16. To reduce the evolution of heat ,
COMMONLY USED ADMIXTURE (TYPE)
Accelarator::
- added to increase the rate of hydration of concrete mix which then lead to the increases in the rate of development of strength and greater heat evolution.- And to shorten the setting time,
- Disadvantages is possible cracking due to heat evolution & Possibility of corrosion of embedded reinforcement,
- A good accelerator will accelerated the hydration of the C3S or C2S content of cement,
- The well known accelarator is calcium chloride.
Water Reducing Admixture:
-used to reduce the amount of water necessary to produce a concrete of a given consistency.
-To increase the slump for a given water content-to obtain specified strength at lower cement content.
- Disadvantage is, careful control of air content and mixing time necessary
Superplasticizer-
-by adding to a hydraulic binder , gives very high workability and allows a large decrease in water content for a given workability,
-enhances the hydration process-allows the particles to be more workable-less susceptible to segregation and bleeding problems.
Air entraining Admixture .
-An entraining concrete containing air in a rather special form of a bubble which trapped in concrete
-Workability improved, easier placing, increased durability, better resistance to frost action.
thank you everyone.
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