Silage silos, liquid-manure tanks, basements, pits, and biogas facilities are all exposed to numerous aggressive mechanical and chemical attacks that in the long term can lead to damage. With...
For a long time, sugar has been known to have an impact on delaying the process of cement setting and hardening. There is little data contained in the literature on this subject and it is often...
A natural decline process occurs in almost all things we perceive in our environment. Wherever possible, human beings try to protect ventures, undertakings against this process. This protection can...
Repeatability of chemical admixtures performance is a key factor for successful ready-mix concrete production and placement. Variations in admixture performance will lead to instability of the fresh...
3.5 Naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde condensates (NSFC)
NSFCs are dispersion agents originating from petroleum processing. Naphthalene molecules are polymerized by a condensation mechanism with...