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Admixtures
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A material other than water, aggregates, or cement that is used as an ingredient of concrete or mortar to control setting and e arl y ha rd eni ng , wo rka bi li ty, or to ro !i de a ddi ti ona l cem en ti ng ro e rtie s" # hy is admi$ture used% &!e r de ca de s, atte m ts h a! e be en made to ob ta in c on crete wi th c erta in de sired ch arac te ri stic s suc h a s hi gh c om re ssi !e stre ng th hi gh wo rk ab il ity, an d hig h erf orm an ce and du ra bili ty a ram eters to mee t th e re' ui rem en t of com l e$ity of mo dern stru ctures " ( h e r o e r t i e s c o m m o n l y m o d i f i e d a r e t h e h e a t o f h yd r a t i o n , a c c e l e r a t e o r r e t a r d s e t t i n g t i m e , w o r k a b i l i t y , w a t e r r e d u c t i o n , dis ersion and air)entrainment, im ermeability and durability factors" T ypes of Ad m ix tur es *hemical admi $tures ) Accel erators, +etarders, # ater)reducing agents, ,u er lastici -ers, Air entrai ning agents etc" .ineral admi$tures ) /l y) ash 0last)furnace slag, ,ili ca fume and +i ce husk Ash etc *hemical admi$tures Water-redu in! admixture " #$asti i%ers& T'ese admixtures are used for fo$$owin! purposes& 1" (o achi e!e a hi gher strength by decreasi ng the water cem ent rati o at the sam e workabil ity as an admi$ture free mi $" 2 " (o a chi e! e th e same wo rka bi li ty b y de crea sin g the cem en t c on te nt s o a s to red uc e the he at of h ydra ti on in mas s c on crete" 2" (o increase the workability so as to ease lacing in accessible locations 3" # ater reduction more than 54 but less than 124 5" (he commonl y used admi$tures are 5igno)sul honates and hydrocarbol ic acid sal ts" 6 " 7las ti ci- ers a re us uall y b as ed o n lig no sul ho na te , wh ic h is a n atural ol yme r, de ri !e d from woo d ro ce ss ing in the a e r industry" A e$erators&

A n a d m i $ t u r e w h i c h , w h e n a d d e d t o c o n c r e t e , m o r t a r , o r g r o u t , i n c r e a s e s t h e r a t e o f h y d r a t i o n o f h yd r a u l i c c e m e n t , s h o r t e n s t h e time of set in concrete, or increases the rate of hardening or strength de!elo ment" Accelerating admi$tures can be di!ided into grou s based on their erformance and a lication8 (etA e$eratin!Admixtures)

+educe the time for the mi$ to change from the lastic to the hardened state" ,et accelerators ha!e relati!ely limited use, mainly to roduce an early set" *ardenin!A e$erators)

# hich increase the strength at 23 hours by at least 1294 at 29:* and at 5:* by at least 1294 at 38 hours" ;ardening accelerator find use where early stri ing of shuttering or !ery early access to a!ements is re'uired" (hey are often used in combination wit a high range water reducer, es ecially in cold conditions" *alcium chloride is the most effecti!e accelerator and gi!es both set and hardening characteristics" ;owe!er, is limited due to acceleration of corrosion of steel reinforcement and decrease resistance of cement aste in a sulfate en!ironment" /or this reason i t s hou ld n ot be us ed in co nc re te whe re a n y steel wi ll b e emb edd ed bu t ma y be us ed in lai n u nreinf orce d c on crete" *hl oride)free accelerators are ty i call y based on salts of nitrate, nitri te, formate and thi ocyanate" ;ardening accelerators are of te b as ed o n hi gh ran ge wa te r re du ce rs , s ometime s bl end ed wi th on e of th es e s alts" Accelerating admi$tures ha!e a relati!ely limited effect and are usually only cost effecti!e in s ecific cases where !ery early s tren gth is nee de d for, sa y, a cc es s re as on s" ( he y find most u se at low tem eratures wh e re co nc re te s tren gth gai n ma y be !e ry slo so that the rel ati!e benefi t of the admi $ture becomes more a arent" <n summary, a hardening accelerator may be a ro riate for strength gain u to 23 hours at low tem erature and u to 12 hours a am bien t te m e ra tu re s" 0e yon d the se tim es , a hig h ran ge wa ter red uc er al on e wi ll u su all y be mo re co st)effe cti! e" (et Retarders8

(he functi on of retarder is to delay or e$tend the setting time of cem ent aste in concrete" (hese are hel ful for concrete that has to be trans orted to long distance, and hel ful in lacing the concrete at high tem eratures" # h e n w a t e r i s f i r s t a d d e d t o c e m e n t t h e r e i s a r a i d i n i t i a l h yd r a t i o n r e a c t i o n , a f t e r w h i c h t h e r e i s l i t t l e f o r m a t i o n o f f u r t h e r hydrates for ty i call y 2=2 hours" (he e$act time de ends mai nl y on the cement ty e and the tem erature" (his is called the dorma e r i o d w h e n t h e c o n c r e t e i s l a s t i c a n d c a n b e l a c e d " A t t h e e n d o f t h e d o r m a n t e r i o d , t h e h yd r a t i o n r a t e i n c r e a s e s a n d a l o t

o f c a l c i u m s i l i c a t e h yd r a t e a n d c a l c i u m h yd r o $ i d e i s f o r m e d r e l a t i ! e l y ' u i c k l y " ( h i s c o r r e s o n d s t o t h e s e t t i n g t i m e o f t h e c o n c r e t e +e ta rd in g a dmi$tu re s d ela y the end of the do rma nt e ri od and th e s ta rt of s etti ng and ha rd eni ng " ( his is u seful wh en u sed wi th lastici-ers to gi!e workability retention" Used on their own, retarders allow later !ibration of the concrete to re!ent the formatio of cold >o in ts b etwee n la ye rs of c on crete lac ed wi th a sign ifica nt d ela y be twe en them " (he mechanism of set retards is based on absor tion" (he large admi$ture anions and molecules are absorbed on the surface of c emen t a rtic les , wh ic h hi nd ers fu rthe r re ac ti on s b etwee n c eme nt an d wa te r i"e" retards s etti ng " (he comm onl y kn own re ta rd s a re *al cium 5igno)sul honates and *arbohydrates deri !ati !es used in fracti on of ercent by wei ght of cem ent"