Internal use only!

Use of
Self Compacting Concrete Concrete with specially high requirements
Use of ViscoCrete Technology for Self Compacting Concrete, Typical water reduction in % of reference (for same workability)
basic requirements 40
Slump flow in cm

Reduction in % of reference
35 ViscoCrete-5
80 Concrete too liquid.
Most likely it will disintegrate and not be stable.
30
75 ViscoCrete-3010
Correct slump flow range for SCC with Sika ViscoCrete. 25
Additional criteria:
70 - Concrete must not segregate
- No bleeding allowed 20 Conventional
- Water/cement ratio has to correspond to requirements Superplasticizer
65 15
Workability range of conventional concrete,
not suitable for SCC. Lignobased
60 10 Plasticizer
55 5

50 0
0 0,2 0,4 0,8 1,2 1,6 2,0 2,2
45 Dosage admixture in % of cement

Cost/performance, multi purpose admixture Concrete with specially high requirements

EN 480.1 Reference concrete I, CEM I 52,5 Concrete with very long workability
2,4
Cement 480 kg/m 3 Slag 65 %
for same performance in Euro/m3
Admixture full production cost

2,2 80
2 ViscoCrete-5
70
Flow table spread in cm

1,8 Existing products

1,6 ViscoCrete 5-600
60
1,4
1,2 ViscoCrete 5-500
50
1

Results Sika Hong Kong

0,8
Results Sika Denmark

40
0,6
0,4 ViscoCrete 5-200
30
0,2
0 20
6% 12% 18% 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
1
Water reduction Time in min.