A ready-to-use, liquid admixture for producing more uniform and predictable quality concrete. Placing and finishing requirements are facilitated because this admixture retards setting time. It meets ASTM C-494 requirements, specifically:
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Increased strength - compressive and flexural
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Durability to Damage from Freezing and Thawing
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Reduced water content required for given workability
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Retarded setting characteristics
Features and Benefits
The set retarding characteristics of POZZOLITH 100-XR admixture aid in the production of concrete with the following special qualities:
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Improved workability
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Reduced segregation
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Superior finishing characteristics for flatwork and cast surfaces
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Controlled retardation - depending on the addition rate
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Provides flexibility in scheduling of placing and finishing operations
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Offsets the effects of too early hardening during extended delays between mixing and placing
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Helps eliminate cold joints
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Allows for dead-load deflection to take place (before concrete sets) in extended pours for bridge decks, cantilevers, non-shored structural elements, etc.
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Lowers peak temperature and/or rate of temperature rise in mass concrete - reduces thermal cracking
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Effective as a single admixture or as a component in a POZZOLITH admixture system