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WATER-REDUCING ADMIXTURE [1 record]

Record 1 2014-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Construction
DEF

A material which either increases workability of freshly mixed mortar or concrete without increasing water content or maintains workability with a reduced amount of water.

CONT

Admixture. Water Reducing Agents. These products reduce the water to cement ratio thereby increasing the strength and durability of concrete. This makes it compact and dense and leads to reduction in moisture absorption. Alternatively they increase the workability of concrete at the same water/cement ratio.

Key term(s)
  • water reducing plasticizer
  • water reducing admixture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bétonnage
CONT

Plastifiant. Adjuvant des bétons et des mortiers, destiné à améliorer leur plasticité et leur ouvrabilité. On distingue : [1] les plastifiants réducteurs d'eau (sulfates et sulfonates) : ayant un effet fluidifiant, ils réduisent la quantité d'eau de gâchage nécessaire, émulsionnent les mélanges et les rendent plus ou moins thixotropes. [2] les plastifiants rétenteurs d'eau [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hormigonado
DEF

Aditivo que disminuye la cantidad de agua de mezcla, necesaria para producir concreto ó mortero de una consistencia dada.

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