MYK SCHOMBURG INDIA

PVT. LIMITED

Welcomes you all

 ABOUT US

MYK SCHOMBURG IS A JV BETWEEN

MYK GROUP HYDERABAD

AND
SCHOMBURG GmbH KG OF GERMANY

(DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 COMPANY)

 MYK GROUP

MYK GROUP IS IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES LIKE:

• CEMENT – PARASHAKTHI CEMENTS

• STONE AND TILE INSTALLATION SYSTEMS –
MYK LATICRETE
• INDUSTRIAL FANS & MATERIAL HANDLING
SYSTEMS – MYK TURBOVENT INDUSTRIES
• SPINNING MILLS – MYK SPINNING MILLS
 History

• SCHOMBURG GmbH OF GERMANY WAS

ESTABLISHED IN 1937 ENTERING THE FIELD OF
CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS

• HAS ESTABLISHED ITS SUPERIORITY IN THE

EUROPEAN MARKETS AS A LEADING PLAYER.

• HAS PRESENCE AND MANUFACTURING BASE

ACROSS EUROPE WITH OFFICES AT MANY
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
 PRODUCT RANGE

• WATERPROOFING SYSTEMS
• INDUSTRIAL FLOORINGS
• GROUTS & ANCHORS
• REPAIR AND RESTORATIONS
• ADMIXTURES, GRINDING AIDS & SURFACE
TREATMENTS
• BUILDING AND JOINT SEALANTS
CONCRETE - ADMIXTURES
CONCRETE - ADMIXTURES
HISTORY OF CHEMICAL ADMIXTURES

Admixtures have long been recognized as important

components of concrete used to improve its performance.
The original use of admixtures in cementitious mixtures is
not well documented. It is known that cement mixed with
organic matter was applied as a surface coat for water
resistance or tinting purposes. It would be a logical step to use
such materials, which imparted desired qualities to the
surface, as integral parts of the mixture.
HISTORY OF CHEMICAL ADMIXTURES
The use of natural admixtures in concrete was a logical
progression. Materials used as admixtures included milk
and lard by the Romans; eggs during the middle ages in
Europe; polished glutinous rice paste, lacquer, tung oil,
blackstrap molasses, and extracts from elm soaked in
water and boiled bananas by the Chinese; and in
Mesoamerica and Peru, cactus juice and latex from rubber
plants. The Mayans also used bark extracts and other
substances as set retarders to keep stucco workable for a
long period of time.
 ACI 116R – 00
(CHEMICAL ADMIXTURES)
A material other than water, aggregates, hydraulic
cement, and fiber reinforcement, used as an ingredient of a
cementitious mixture to modify its freshly mixed, setting, or
hardened properties and that is added to the batch before
or during its mixing.”
 ACI 212.3R
(CHEMICAL ADMIXTURE)

“Chemical admixtures are used to enhance

the properties of concrete and mortar in the
plastic and hardened state.”
 Defination

Admixture is defined as a material, other than

cement, water & aggregates that is used as an
ingredient of concrete and is added to the batch
immediately before or during mixing.
TYPES OF ADMIXTURES
Admixtures can broadly be classified based on
their: -

• Performance
• Generics
 Performance Characteristics..

• WORKABILITY ENHANCERS (PLASTICIZERS)

• WATER REDUCING

• RETARDATION

• ACCELERATION

• AIR ENTRAINMENT

• INTEGRAL WATERPROOFING
 Generics…..

• LIGNO SULPHONATES
• SNF (SULPHONATED NAPTHALENE FORMALDEHYDE)
• MELAMINES (SMF)
• POLYCARBOXLIC (PC)
• ESTERS
• ACRYLIC, ACRYLATES…
INTRODUCTION TO ADMIXTURES
ADMIXTURES ARE COMPLEX CHEMICALS,
WHICH ARE STUDIED, BASED ON THEIR
BEHAVIOUR WHEN USED WITH OTHER SET
OR INGREDIENTS OF CONCRETE.
 Definition

CHEMICAL ADMIXTURES ARE THOSE WHICH ARE ADDED TO

CONCRETE TO MODIFY ITS PROPERTIES UP TO A MAXIMUM OF
5% BY WEIGHT OF CEMENT.

THEY ARE ALSO SILICA FUME AND FLY ASH WHICH ARE USED

BEYOND THEIR RANGE OF 5%. (CALLED MINERAL ADMIXTURE).

 EFFECT OF ADMIXTURE ON
CONCRETE

CONCRETE HAS 2 STAGES: -

• FRESH STAGE

• HARDENED STAGE
 Fresh State

 TO INCREASE WORKABILITY
 TO ALTER SETTING TIME (ACCELERATE OR RETARD)
 TO REDUCE SEGREGATION
 TO IMPROVE PUMPABILITY
 TO REDUCE SLUMP LOSS
 TO MODIFY THE RATE OF HEAT OF HYDRATION
 CAPACITY FOR BLEEDING
 Hardened State
 TO ACCELERATE STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT AT EARLY STAGES
 TO RETARD OR REDUCE HEAT EVOLUTION DURING EARLY
HARDENING
 TO INCREASE STRENGTH
 TO INCREASE DURABILITY
 TO DECREASE PERMEABILITY
 TO CONTROL EXPANSION DUE TO ALKALI AGGREGATE
REACTION.
 TO REDUCE THE THERMAL CRACKING TO IMPROVE IMPACT
RESISTANCE AND ABRASSION RESISTANCE.
 TO INHIBIT CORROSION OF STEEL
 TO PRODUCE COLOURED CONCRETE OR MORTAR
 OTHER RELATED EFFECTS……

 TO IMPROVE IMPACT RESISTANCE AND ABRASSION

RESISTANCE.
 TO INHIBIT CORROSION OF STEEL
 TO PRODUCE COLOURED CONCRETE OR MORTAR.
 Admixture Classification

AS PER BS AND ASTM

STANDARDS
 CLASSIFICATION OF ADMIXTURES

• PLASTICISERS - NORMAL WATER REDUCING ADMIXTURE

• SUPER PLASTICISER – HIGH RANGE WATER REDUCING ADMIXTURE
• RETARDERS – RETARDING ADMIXTURE
• ACCELERATOR – ACCELERATING ADMIXTURE
• AIR ENTRAINING ADMIXTURE
• INTEGRAL WATERPROOFING ADMIXTURES
• MISCELLANEOUS ADMIXTURES.
 STANDARDS AS PER BS

 BS 5075 PART 1 – PLASTICISERS

 BS 5075 PART 2 - AIR ENTRAINING ADMIXTURES

 BS 5075 PART 3 - SUPER PLASTICISERS/WATER-

REDUCERS
 AS PER ASTM STANDARDS

 TYPE A : NORMAL WATER REDUCING

 TYPE B : RETARDING ADMIXTURE
 TYPE C : ACCELERATING
 TYPE D : PLASTICISING & RETARDING
 TYPE E : PLASTICISING & ACCELARATING
 TYPE F : SUPER PLASTICISER, ACCELERATOR
 TYPE G : SUPER PLASTICISER & RETARDING
 PLASTICIZERS

PLASTICISERS ARE CHEMICAL ADMIXTURES NORMALLY

BASED ON LIGNOSULPHONATES OR HYDROXY CARBOXILIC

ACIDS ALONG WITH SOME OTHER MATERIALS.

 PLASTICIZERS

PLASTICISERS AS THE NAME SUGGEST MAINLY DISPERSE

THE CEMENT PARTICLES AND BASICALLY DESIGNED NOT TO

AFFECT THE SETTING TIME OF CONCRETE.

 PLASTICIZERS

IN OTHER WORDS, THE CHEMCIAL ADMIXTURES OF THEIR

CATEOGRY DO NOT INTERFACE MUCH WITH THE SETTING

TIME OF THE CONCRETE AND EVEN IF THEY DO IT IS VERY

NOMINAL.
 PLASTICIZERS

NORMAL WATER REDUCING ADMIXTURES” GIVES A

WATER REDUCTION OF 8% TO 15% AT A DOSAGE

RANGE OF 150 ML TO 250ML PER BAG OF 50 KG

CEMENT.

CAN BE USED TO INCREASE WORK ABILITY OR

STRENGTH OR FOR CEMENT SAVING

 PLASTICIZERS

• NORMALLY THE PLASTICISERS ESPECIALLY THOSE BASED ON

LIGNOSULPHONATES ARE FOUND
“ NOT SO VERY EFFCIENT WITH HIGH CEMENT CONTENT
MIXES” BEYOND SAY 400 TO 450 KGS/M3.

BUT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS A RULE.

 SUPER PLASTICIZERS

ALSO CALLED AS
“ HIGH RANGE WATER REDUCING ADMIXTURES”. THE
BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE PLASTICISERS IS THAT
SUPERPLASTICISERS CAN BE USED IN A BROAD RANGE OF
DOSAGE GIVING HIGH WATER REDUCTIONS.
 SUPER PLASTICIZERS

 PRODUCTION OF HIGH STRENGHT CONCRETE.

 PRODUCTION OF HIGH EARLY STRENGTH
CONCRETE
 PRODUCTION OF PUMPABLE CONCRETE
 PRODUCTION OF HIGHLY FLUID CONCRETE FOR
POURING IN CONGESTED REINFORCEMENT
SITUATIONS.
 PRODUCTION OF “ HIGHLY CEMENT REDUCED,
SUPERPLASTICISED CONCRETE MIXES FOR MASS
CONCRETING ETC.
 ADMIXTURE CLASSIFICATIONS
BASED ON PERFORMANCE

 RETARTDING ADMIXTURES
ACCELERATING ADMIXTURES

CEMENT SAVING ADMIXTURES

AIR ENTRAINING ADMIXTURES

 HIGH WATER REDUCING SUPERPLASTICISER

SELF COMPACTING ADMIXTURES

CRYSTALLINE ADMIXTURES
INTEGRAL WATERPROOFERS
RETARDING ADMIXTURES
 RETARDERS

AS THE NAME SUGGESTS THEY:

- DELAY THE SETTING TIME OF CONCRETE.

- GENERALLY THE RETARDERS ARE BASED ON UNREFINED

LIGNOSULPHONATES, CARBOHYDRATES,
SUGARS, ETC.
 RETARDERS

RETARDERS FIND UNIQUE APPLICATIONS IN

CONCRETE INDUSTRY FOR:

 HOT WEATHER CONCRETING

 WHERE CONCRETE IS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A
DISTANT PLACE
 CONCRETES DESIGNED TO AVOID COLD JOINTS.
 RETARDERS

WATER REDUCTION OF THE ORDER OF 8% TO 15%.

DELAY IN SETTING TIME WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF ½hrs TO
3hrs.
THE DOSAGE RANGE IS 0.1 TO 0.25 Ltr PER 50 KG BAG OF CEMENT.
 RETARDERS

INFLUENCE OF RETARDERS ON
STRENGTH
OF
CONCRETE.
 RETARDERS

THE EARLY STRENGTH OF CONCRETES

MADE WITH RETARDERS ARE LESS
COMPARED
TO REFERENCE CONCRETE.
 RETARDERS

THE ULTIMATE STRENGTH CAN BE ALWAYS BETTER.

IN FACT THE BEST ULTIMATE STRENGTH ARE GIVEN
BY
SUPERPLASTICISING RETARDING ADMIXTURES
 RETARDERS

THE RETARDING ADMIXTURE REDUCE

THE EARLY HEAT EVOLUTION
IN THE CONCRETE.
ACCELERATORS
 ACCELERATORS

THESE ARE ADMIXTURES WHICH ACCELERATE THE

HARDENING OR DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY
STRENGTH OF CONCRETE.
 ACCELERATORS

THE ADMIXTURE BASICALLY ADVANCES THE

SETTING TIME OF CONCRETE THIS REDUCTION OF
SETTING TIME IS USEFUL IN SITUATION LIKE
WINTER CONCRETING OR CONCRETING IN RAINY
SEASON.
 HOW
PLASTICISERS
AND
SUPER PLASTICISERS
WORK????
 MECHANISM

CHEMICAL ADMIXTURES INDUCE NEGATIVE CHARGES ON

THE SURFACE OF THE CEMENT PARTICLES WHERE THEY
ARE ABSORBED.

SO AS LIKE CHARGES REPEL – CEMENT PARTICLES WHICH

HAVE ABSORBED ADMIXTURES REPEL EACH OTHER AND
MOVE AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER PRODUCING A
DISPERSIVE AFFECT.
 MECHANISM

WHEN SUCH AN ACTION IS PRODUCED WATER

BECOMES FREE TO MOVE AND CEMENT PARTICLES
ALSO CAN MOVE EASILY HENCE THE
WORKABILITY IS INCREASED. ABOVE MCHANISM IS
CALLED AS
DE-FLOCULATION
 MECHANISM

Diagram for Negative Charges and Cement particles…

 MECHANISM

Diagram Picture for Entrapped Water in a Cement

particles..
 MECHANISM

IN NORMAL CONCRETE
WITHOUT ADMIXTURES
AS SOME WATER IS ENTRAPPED IN BETWEEN THE
CEMENT PARTICLES
THAT MUCH OF “ENTRAPPED” WATER IS
NOT AVAILABLE FOR WORKABILITY ENHANCEMENT
AND HENCE IT
SHOWS LESS WORKABILITY
 MECHANISM

THE DISPERSIVE CAPABILITY

OF
ADMIXTURES
IS
ATTRIBUTED TO……
 MECHANISM

DECREASE IN SURFACE TENSION

EQUI - DIRECTIONAL CHARGING

OF

CEMENT PARTICLES

PRODUCING A LUBRICATING FILM AT THE PARTICLE

SURFACE

ENABLING SLIP ACTION

 Air Entraining Admixtures

THE MAIN REASONS FOR USING AN AIR

ENTRAINING AGENTS ARE TO HAVE FREEZE THAW
RESISTANCE, TO REDUCE DENSITY AND TO
IMPROVE IMPERMEABILITY.
 AIR ENTRAINERS ARE MAINLY USED IN

 COLD WHEATHER CONCRETEING

 STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO FREEZE

THAW EFFECT
FREEZE THAW
EFFECT…..??
WHEN A STRUCTURE IS CONTINUOUSLY SUBJECTED TO WET
AND DRY CONDITIONS, SOME VOIDS IN THE CONCRETE
RETAIN THE WATER, THE WATER IN THE VOIDS BECOMES
ICE AND IN THE PROCESS ITS VOLUME INCREASES AND IT
LEADS TO CRACKS IN THE BODY OF THE CONCRETE.
REPEATED FREEZE, THAW CYCLES WILL MAKE THESE
CRACK GROW AND FINALLY LEAD TO DISTRESS.
ENTRAINMENT OF AIR MAKES THE CONCRETE :
COHESIVE REDUCES SEGREGATION AND BLEEDING
ENTRAPS FINE AIR BUBBLES OF AROUND 0.05mm IN THE
CONCRETE .

ACT AS FINE AGGREGATE OF A SMOOTH SURFACE AND THUS

INCREASE WORKABILITY.

THE EFFECT IS SOMETIMES REFFERED TO AS A “BALL

BEARING” EFFECT TOO .
ENTRAINMENT OF AIR WILL REDUCE THE
STRENGTH OF CONCRETE, AT THE RATE OF
ABOUT 5.0% FOR EVERY PERCENT OF AIR, BUT
THIS LOSS IN STRENGTH CAN BE COMPENSATED
WITH PROPER MIX DESIGN.
AIR ENTRAINING ADMIXTURE FIND SPECIAL
APPLICATION IN CONCRETE INDUSTRY
INTEGRAL WATER PROOFING
COMPOUNDS
THESE ARE REALLY “PERMEABILITY” REDUCERS. THEY
REDUCE PERMEABILITY BECAUSE THEY INTRODUCE MICRO
POCKETS OF AIR (AIR ENTRAINMENT) WHICH MAKE THE
CAPILLARIES IN CONCRETE DISCONTINUOUS.
EVEN GOOD PLASTICISERS AND SUPER PLASTICISERS ALSO
REDUCE THE PERMEABILITY AS THEY REDUCE THE WATER
CEMENT RATIO AND PROVIDE A DISCONTINOUS PORE
STURCTURE.,
PERMEABILITY REDUCING INTEGRAL WATERPROOFING
COMPOUNDS CANNOT MAKE UP FOR A BAD CONCRETE
PRODUCED ALSO THEY REALLY CANNOT MAKE 100%
WATER PROOF THEY IMPROVE IMPERMEABILITY TO A
GREAT EXTENT.
OTHER TYPE OF INTEGRAL WATER PROOFING MATERIALS LIKE
PETROLEUM JELLY, NAPTHALENE, WAX, ALUMINIUM NITRATE
ETC. WHICH WORK ON THEIR HYDROPHOBIC ACTION THEY
REPEL WATER BUT THIS CATEGORY OF MATERIALS ARE NOT IN
MUCH USE.
MISCELLANEOUS ADMIXTURES
OTHER KINDS OF ADMIXTURES LIKE:
• ANTI CORROSIVE ADMIXTURES
• MIGRATING ADMIXTURES
• ANTI WASHOUT ADMIXTURES
• FOAM CONCRETE ADMIXTURES
• EXPANSION PRODUCING ADMIXTURES
MYK SCHOMBURG RANGE OF
ADMIXTURES
• MYK SAVEMIX SP 111 – MODIFIED SNF BASED
ADMIXTURES
• MYK SAVEMIX SP 200 – SNF BASED ADMIXTURES.
• MYK REMICRETE PC 20 – PCE BASED ADMIXTURES
• MYK REMICRETE PC 5 – MODIFIED PCE BASED
ADMIXTURES.
• MYK PROOF WP10 – INTEGRAL WATERPROOFING
ADMIXTURES.
“SPECIAL ADMIXTURES”

CRYSTALLINE BASED
ADMIXTURE
 WATERPROOF SYSTEMS

MYK AQUAFIN ADMIX

MYK SCHOMBURG INTRODUCES

A UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY WHICH
COMBINES THE POWER OF
“WATERPROOFING WITHIN”
MYK SCHOMBURG
INTRODUCES
MYK AQUAFIN ADMIX

Liquid Crystalline Admixture

 MYK AQUAFIN ADMIX
An innovative admixture solution to protect
concrete structures against damaging impacts
of water
 What is MYK AQUAFIN ADMIX?

Liquid admixture for the production of

concrete with a dense structure

MYK AQUAFIN ADMIX is the „trigger“ for a

crystallization process between water,
cement and minerals components of
aggregates
Crystals are „Locked in the concrete
matrix as an integral and solid component.

They even continue to grow when in

contact with water
 BENEFITS

• Integral crystalline for waterproofing

concrete structures “From Within”
• Resists extreme hydrostatic pressure on
positive and negative side
(Permeability tested to Army Corps of Engineers CRD – C – 48-92
up to 200 psi (14 bar) = 460 ft/140 mtr head pressure.

• Permanently active
• Self healing effect in static cracks
• No powder – but liquid. Therefore, easy, safe
and lump-free dosage
 APPLICATION
Main uses:
• Potable water tanks
• Waste water treatment plants
• Tunnels
• Elevator pits
• Precast elements
• Foundations
Everywhere, where
concrete needs to be
waterproof
 The Working Principle

Free lime which is The fibre network

Concrete of day „0“ present in the concrete, permanently expands to all
minerals and cement voids in the concrete matrix
begins to form first solid and thus effectively blocks
crystalline fibres under the pores.
the influence of This period depends, among
Betocrete C-16 and others, on the pore structure
pore water and the availabity of
reaction water.
 A closer look into the concrete

Concrete with 2% of Betocrete C-16 at 28

Control mix days

Magnification into an
air pore
Self-healing of static cracks up
to 0.4 mm

32 x magnification
 MYK AQUAFIN ADMIX and basic
requirements

Concrete Mix Design:

• Optimal grading of aggregates:
balanced proportion of fines and coarse
aggregates (max. 16 mm)
=> optimized particle packaging
• Fly ashes may impair the formation of
crystals
• w/c ratios as low as possible (best
superplasticized concrete)
 Basic Requirements
Concrete Placing:
• Thorough use of vibrators to safeguard
a void-free compaction
• Suitable measures of curing must be taken
to avoid damages on the surface
• A moist environment is needed to maintain
the process of crystal formation, once the
pore water is used up
 Watchpoints
It is observed in India that various Cement brands
have different behavioral patterns
Before using the product ensure Lab Trials are
made with the particular Mix design and ascertain
the behaviour of the product.
Based on above fix mix design
Fly Ash content should not be more than
35%.Consult the Technical Dept for such mixes.
MYK SCHOMBURG