Ready Mix Concrete - Concrete Accelerator
Our convenient concrete additives, liquid and dry calcium chloride, have been a mainstay in Ready Mix concrete operations for decades. Because calcium chloride acts as a concrete accelerator, the following benefits are derived.
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- Calcium chloride is the most effective concrete accelerator.
- Reduce set time by two thirds.
- Improves workability, less water required.
- Improves strength of air entrained concrete.
- Reduces bleeding.
- We produce better quality concrete faster.
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Refer to the next page for guidelines on the use of calcium chloride in Portland cement concrete. For more information, visit our web site at
Figure 1. Set Time Reduction with CaCI2 Addition1
Figure 2. Concrete Hardening Rate with CaCI2 Addition1
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- 1 "Effect of Calcium Chloride on Portland Cements and Concretes." Paul Rapp, Proceedings, Fourteenth Annual Meeting, Highway Research Board, (1934)
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- 2 "Measuring the Rate of Hardening of Concrete by Bond Pullout Pins." T.M. Kelly and D.E. Bryant, Proceedings, ASTM, Volume 57, (1957)
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