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    This document discusses different types of admixtures used in concrete, including their purposes and effects. It outlines two main categories of admixtures: chemical admixtures and mineral admixtures. Chemical admixtures include plasticizers, super plasticizers, accelerators, and set retarders. They are used to control setting times and improve workability. Mineral admixtures include fly ash, blast furnace slag, and silica fume, which provide additional cementing properties. The document then provides more details on specific chemical admixtures, focusing on plasticizers and super plasticizers.

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    This document discusses different types of admixtures used in concrete, including their purposes and effects. It outlines two main categories of admixtures: chemical admixtures and mineral admixtures. Chemical admixtures include plasticizers, super plasticizers, accelerators, and set retarders. They are used to control setting times and improve workability. Mineral admixtures include fly ash, blast furnace slag, and silica fume, which provide additional cementing properties. The document then provides more details on specific chemical admixtures, focusing on plasticizers and super plasticizers.

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    This document discusses different types of admixtures used in concrete, including their purposes and effects. It outlines two main categories of admixtures: chemical admixtures and mineral admixtures. Chemical admixtures include plasticizers, super plasticizers, accelerators, and set retarders. They are used to control setting times and improve workability. Mineral admixtures include fly ash, blast furnace slag, and silica fume, which provide additional cementing properties. The document then provides more details on specific chemical admixtures, focusing on plasticizers and super plasticizers.

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    Admixtures

    Types of Admixtures
    Chemical Admixtures
    1.
    Plasticizers
    2.
    Super Plasticizers
    3.
    Accelerators
    4.
    Set Retarders
    Mineral Admixtures
    1.
    Cementitious
    2.
    Pozzolanic
    3.
    Blast Furnace Slag
    4.
    Flyash
    5.
    Silica Fume
    6.
    Rice Husk

    A material other than water, aggregates, or cement that is used as an ingredient of concrete or
    mortar to control setting and early hardening, workability, or to provide additional cementing
    properties.
    Why is admixture used?
    Over decades, attempts have been made to obtain concrete with certain desired characteristics
    such as high compressive strength, high workability, and high performance and durability
    parameters to meet the requirement of complexity of modern structures.
    The properties commonly modified are the heat of hydration, accelerate or retard setting time,
    workability, water reduction, dispersion and air-entrainment, impermeability and durability
    factors.

    Types of Admixtures
    Chemical admixtures - Accelerators, Retarders, Water-reducing agents, Super plasticizers, Air
    entraining agents etc.
    Mineral admixtures - Fly-ash Blast-furnace slag, Silica fume and Rice husk Ash etc

    Chemical admixtures
    1. Water-reducing admixture / Plasticizers:
    These admixtures are used for following purposes:

    1. To achieve a higher strength by decreasing the water cement ratio at the same
    workability as an admixture free mix.
    2. To achieve the same workability by decreasing the cement content so as to reduce the
    heat of hydration in mass concrete.
    3. To increase the workability so as to ease placing in accessible locations
    4. Water reduction more than 5% but less than 12%
    5. The commonly used admixtures are Ligno-sulphonates and hydrocarbolic acid salts.
    6. Plasticizers are usually based on lignosulphonate, which is a natural polymer, derived
    from wood processing in the paper industry.
    Actions involved:

    1. Dispersion:
    Surface active agents alter the physic chemical forces at the interface. They are adsorbed on the
    cement particles, giving them a negative charge which leads to repulsion between the particles.
    Electrostatic forces are developed causing disintegration and the free water become available for
    workability.
    2. Lubrication:
    As these agents are organic by nature, thus they lubricate the mix reducing the friction and
    increasing the workability.
    3. Retardation:
    A thin layer is formed over the cement particles protecting them from hydration and
    increasing the setting time. Most normal plasticizers give some retardation, 3090
    minutes

    2. Super Plasticizers:
    These are more recent and more effective type of water
    reducing admixtures also known as high range water
    reducer. The main benefits of super plasticizers can be
    summarized as follows:
    Increased fluidity:

    Flowing
    Self-leveling

    Self-compacting concrete

    Penetration and compaction round dense reinforcement

    Reduced W/C ratio:

    Very high early strength, >200% at 24 hours or earlier


    Very high later age strengths, >100 MPa or 15000 psi.

    Reduced shrinkage, especially if combined with reduced cement content.

    Improved durability by removing water to reduce permeability and diffusion.

    The commonly used Super Plasticizers are as follows:

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