ADMIXTURES

PRESENTED BY,
•AISWARYA. A. KUMAR
•AMINA. RASAK
•AMRITA. P. VIJAY
•ANAGHA .VINOD
•ANUPAMA. GANESH
•ARDRA. S .ANIL
•ARDRA .SUSHEELAN
•ANCHU. C. BABU
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 CONTENTS

RETARDER WORKABILITY WATER

AGENTS PROOFING
ADMIXTURE

MICELLANEOUS
ADMIXTURE
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 1.RETARDERS

WHAT IS RETARDER?
• Retarder is an admixture that slowsdown
chemical process of hydration
USES OF RETARDERS
• Overcome accelerating effect of temperature in
hot weather concreting
• Grouting oil wells[ if depth>6 km]
• To obtain exposed aggregate look in concrete

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 AMAZING EXPOSED
AGGREGATE ARCHITECTURE

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COMMON RETARDERS
CALCIUM SULPHATE

GYPSUM[ used only when

inspection and control available]

STARCH,COMMON
SUGAR,ACIDS & SALTS

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RETARDING PLASTICIZERS
1. All plasticizers and the superplasticizers by
themselves shows certain extent of
retardation.
2. Retarders are mixed with plasticizers or
superplasticizers at the time of commercial
production.
3. Such commercial brand is known as
“RETARDING PLASTICIZERS OR RETARDING
SUPERPLASTICIZERS”.

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RETARDING PLASTICIZERS

4. Example for Retarding plasticizer is

ASTM type D and example for retarding
superplasticizer is ASTM type G.
USES
1.Long transportation
2.During high temperature
3.Avoid construction of cold joints

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 ASTM Categories of admixtures
ASTM C494 specifies the requirement for
seven chemical admixture types they are:
1. Type A a) Water reducing admixture
2. Type B b) Retarding admixture
3. Type C c) Accelerating admixtures
4. Type D d) Water reducing and retarding
5. Type E
e) Water reducing and accelerating
6. Type F
f) High range water reducing

7. Type G
g) Water reducing,high range,retarding

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 2.WORKABILITY AGENTS
WORKABILITY IS IMPORTANT UNDER;
Concrete to be placed in deep
beams,thin sections,closely spaced
reinforcement

Where special means of

placement required[chute,tremie]

If concrete is harsh /For making

high strengh concrete

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 MATERIALS USED AS
WORKABILITY AGENTS

Finely divided
materials
Plasticizers/su
per plastizers
Air entraining
agents

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SHALL WE STUDY PROPERTIES OF
FINELY DIVIDED MATERIALS???

• In appropiate quantity
• Reduce rate and amount of bleeding
• Increases strength of lean concrete
• Maynot increase water requirement
& drying shrinkage
• Increases workability

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 EFFECTS IF WORKABILITY IS
REDUCED…A PEEP

OUTPUT OF WORKABLE CONCRETE

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 3.WATER PROOFING
/DAMPPROOFING ADMIXTURE
• WPA is seen in powder,paste/liquid form
What • Consist of porefilling/ water repellent
is it? materials

• Chemically active porefills

Types • Chemically inactive porefills

• Silicate of soda,aluminium &zinc sulphates

Contains • Chalk,fuller earth,talc

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 SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF
DMA NOT USED…
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 HERE ARE THEY…..

Accoproof:
• It is a white powder
• Mixed at rate 1kg/ 1 bag of cement
• It increases impermeability of concrete
structures

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Natson’s Cement Water proofer
•As name indicates it is a water proofing Admixture
•Mixed at rate of 1.5 kg /bag of cement

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 con

TRIP –L-SEAL
•It is a white powder
•Addition decreases permeability
•Produces rapid hardening effect

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 CICO

• Colourless liquid
• Control setting time,increase strength,water
proofing

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CEMENT:
•It is a water proofing admixture
•Recommended dose is 3% by weight of cement
•Prevents effloresence and growth of fungi

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 Feb –mix-admix:
•Light yellow coloured liquid
•Claimed to impart water proofing quality to concrete
•Increase workability and bond

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 FACING DIFFICULTY IN
BYHEARTING THE NAMES
“HERE THE SOLUTION”

MNEMONICS

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 COMMERCIAL WATER PROOFING
ADMIXTURES
• Arzok
• Wet seal
• Impermo
• Luna –Ns-1
• Omson’s “watse”
• Water lock

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 WHAT REALLY IS A MISCELLANEOUS
ADMIXTURE? HAVE A LOOK….
• Specialised admixtures which are not considered
as chemical ,airentraining or mineral admixture
• Provides unique properties such pumping
concrete, dampproofing,reduce
shrinkage,colouring & avoid attack of fungi

COMPRISES OF

ORGANICS INORGANIC SYNTHETICS

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 AREAS WHERE MISCELLANEOUS
ADMIXTURE IS APPLICABLE

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MISCELLANEOUS
ADMIXTURES
INTRODUCTION
• Hundreds of commercial admixtures
• They effect more than one property
• They are sometimes ineffective & donot fill
claims of manufacturers
• It is not intended to deal in detail about them
ROUGH CLASSIFICATION
• Damp proofers[accoproof,cemet,trip-l-seal]
• Surface hardeners[metal crete,ferrocrete
no1,metal crete steel patch, “ lispol N”]
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 TYPES OF SURFACE HARDENERS
METALCRETE:
 Metallic aggregate specially processed,size graded
iron particles
 Gives wear resistence,corrosion resistence,non
dusting,slipping concrete surface
FERROCRETE NO 1:
 Surface hardener that makes concrete surface
compact,dense ,homogenous

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METAL CRETE STEEL PATCH:
• When added 20% by weight of cement
increases compressive strength and abrasion
resistance
ARCONATE NO 1:
• It is black powder
• Composed of iron fillings
• Surface hardener in concrete
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 MAGIC OF SURFACE HARDENERS

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 LISPOL -N

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LET US REVISE…
No Admixture Uses Examples
1. Retarders Lengthen CaSO4,gypsm,starch,c
setting time ommon sugar,acids
,their salts
2. Workability agents Improves Finely divided
workability materials,Superplastici
zers,Air entraining
agents
3. Dampproofing Retards Accoproos,trip-l-
agents moisture Seal,cement,Feb-Mix-
penetration in Admix
dry concrete

4. Miscellaneous Reduces Metalcrete,Accoproos,

admixture shrinkage,fungi Ferrocrete,Cico, “lispol
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,corrosion
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 WHICH ONE YOU
WANT???
• SHALL WE PREPARE….
PREVIOUS UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS

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 REFERENCES
• Note- shivkumar sir
• Concrete technology -M S Shetty
• Structural engg materials -N.Jackson,
Ravindra .K.Dhir
• Figures –google

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