 Reducing the reactivity of concrete with aggregates

containing sulfates
 Improving the workability of concrete
 High Reactivity Metakaolin – is a unique white-colored
natural pozzolan that enhances the brilliance of white or
colored concrete while also improving the materials
workability, strength, and density.
 These characteristics make it especially well suited as an
ingredient in exposed architectural concrete applications
where appearance and finish quality are critical
• Hydraulic Cement
⋅ Blas Furnace Slag
 A byproduct of iron manufacture
 Like Portland cement, it reacts directly with water to form a
cementitious compound
 Improve workability, increase strength, reduce permeability,
reduce temperature rise during curing, and improve sulfate
resistance
o Blended Cement
• When you add supplementary cementitious materials to Portland cement
during the cement manufacturing process
­ Admixtures
o Ingredients other than cement and other cementitious materials, aggregates, and
water, often added to concrete to alter its properties in various ways
o Air Entraining Admixtures
• Increases workability of wet concrete,when used in larger amounts, create
very lightweight nonstructural concretes with thermal insulating properties
o Water-reducing admixtures
• Allow a reduction in the amount of mixing water while retailing the same
workability, which result in a higher-strength concrete
o High-rangewater-reducing admixtures or superplasticizers
• Organic compounds that transform a stiff concrete mix into one that flows
freely into the forms especially under difficult circumstances
o Accelerating admixtures
• Cause concrete to cure more rapidly
o Retarding admixtures
• Slow its curing to allow more time for working with wet concrete
o Workability agents
• Improve the plasticity of wet concrete to make it easier to place in forms
and finish
• Include pozzolans and air-entraining admixtures, along with certain fly
ashes and organic compounds
o Shrinkage-reducing admixtures
• Reduce drying shrinkage and the cracking that results
o Corrosion inhibitors
• Use to reduce rusting of reinforcing steel in structures that are exposed to
road deicing salts or other corrosion0-causing chemicals
o Freeze protection admixtures
• Allow concrete to cure satisfactorily at temperatures as low as 7 degrees