“SILICA WHITE” is a pure white fine powder and the finished concrete has a good light texture while concrete with conventional waterproof agent has darker color.
Concrete with “SILICA WHITE” has good viscosity and waterproofing effect. It has shiny, smooth surface with little color unevenness.
Because “SILICA WHITE” is a very fine powder with large proportion of Silica, it has better waterproof effect than conventional admixture and it is not necessary to add water repellant. Conventional waterproof repellant has only a few years of effect but 「SILICA WHITE」 enhances the durability and the good appearance of the finished concrete by its semi-permanent waterproof effect.
From the above, “SILICA WHITE” has been adopted for exposed concrete and underground constructions with good results.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF “SILICA WHITE” FOR CONCRETE
SKELETON WATER PROOF STRUCTURE
Silica, main component of 「SILICA WHITE」, reacts with the calcium hydroxide in cement water produced through the hydration reaction to produce binding gel on cement particles (Pozzolanic reaction) which provides semipermanental water-tightness and enables to make single wall finish for basement.
Prevention of efflorescence
“SILICA WHITE” keeps calcium hydroxide, possible cause of efflorescence, inside the finished concrete to prevent the efflorescence.
IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO SALT AND CHEMICAL ATTACK
The addition of “SILICA WHITE” improves density and acid resistance of concrete. As the result, movement of chloride ions through the concrete is controlled resulting in corrosion prevention of concrete inside and reinforcing bars.
HIGH ABRASION RESISTANCE
Because “SILICA WHITE” is very fine powder, it fills the voids between cement particles (micro-filler effect) and the concrete has very high abrasion resistance raising no concrete dust. Compressive strength can be improved 34% or more.
BLEEDING PREVENTION
Pozzolanic reaction starts actively at early stage with “SILICA WHITE” added concrete, inside of concrete gets tight quickly absorbing surplus water. It can dramatically minimize cracking of finished concrete.
FREEZE-THAW STABILITY
Concrete with “SILICA WHITE” has exceedingly small pore size and thus freezing temperature inside the pores is lower than ordinary concrete. This leads to better freeze-thaw stability.
SEGREGATION RESISTANCE
“SILICA WHITE” strongly binds each ingredient and segregation resistance of the finished concrete is improved.
BETTER COST PERFORMANCE
“SILICA WHITE” is very inexpensive. You can save at most 58% cost compared to existing products on the market.
ABOUT POZZOLANIC REACTION
Silica, main component of “SILICA WHITE”, quickly reacts with the calcium hydroxide in cement water to produce binding gel on cement particles which locks in calcium hydrate that can cause water penetration and simultaneously fills the voids between concrete particles. This leads to watertight impermeable concrete.