What are the effects of water reducing agents on the shrinkage and cracking of commercial concrete?
Overview of superplasticizer The superplasticizer can significantly improve the fluidity of the mixing slurry so that the foam mud can reach self-leveling in the mold and reduce or even no bread. It can greatly reduce water consumption while maintaining the slump of concrete. Water reducer is also known as dispersant or plasticizer, and it is the most commonly used admixture. The principle of water reducing agent, the specific surface area of cement is generally 350-400m2/kg, and more than 90% of cement particles have a particle size in the range of 7-80 microns, which belongs to the category of fine powder particles. For cement-water systems, the surfaces of cement particles and hydrated cement particles have a slightly polar surface and are highly hydrophilic. Fine cement particles have considerable specific surface energy (solid-liquid interface energy). In order to reduce the total heat on the surface solid and liquid, fine cement particles tend to spontaneously condense into fl