{"id":1432,"date":"2026-05-30T20:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfc.codev-eg.com\/?page_id=1432"},"modified":"2026-05-31T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:05:39","slug":"admixtures-for-mortar-concrete","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cfc.codev-eg.com\/ru\/products\/construction-chemicals\/admixtures-for-mortar-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"Admixtures for Mortar & Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Division 02 \u2014 Construction \/ Admixtures\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Concrete and mortar admixtures are chemical additives incorporated into the mix at the batching stage to modify workability, setting time, strength development, durability, and permeability \u2014 allowing engineers to tailor fresh and hardened concrete performance to specific structural and site conditions.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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CFC Egypt's EGYMIX admixture range covers the full spectrum of concrete chemistry needs: polycarboxylate-based superplasticisers for high-performance and self-compacting concrete, naphthalene-based plasticisers for general-purpose ready-mix, lignosulphonate retarders for extended workability in Egypt's hot climate, set accelerators for early-strength applications, integral waterproofing admixtures for water-retaining structures, and expanding admixtures for precision grout work. All products are manufactured at our Sadat City facility to consistent quality standards.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Admixtures for mortar and concrete span five functional groups, each addressing a distinct performance requirement from fresh-mix workability through to long-term durability.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Plasticisers & Superplasticisers\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Water-reducing admixtures that improve workability without increasing the water-cement ratio. Standard plasticisers (EGYMIX F series) offer 5\u201315% water reduction; superplasticisers (EGYMIX G series) achieve 15\u201330% reduction, enabling high-strength and self-compacting concrete at low w\/c ratios. Polycarboxylate ether (PCE) and naphthalene sulphonate formulations are available.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Setting retarders extend the workable life of concrete in high ambient temperatures \u2014 critical on Egyptian and MENA sites where air temperatures routinely exceed 35 \u00b0C during pours. The EGYMIX D series delays initial set, reducing the risk of cold joints in large pours and giving placing crews sufficient time to finish and compact the concrete properly before stiffening begins.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Accelerating admixtures speed up cement hydration, shortening the time to initial set and increasing early compressive strength. They are used in repair mortars where traffic or load must be restored quickly, in precast production to accelerate demoulding, and in cold-weather concreting where low temperatures slow hydration. Non-chloride accelerators are used where reinforcement corrosion risk must be avoided.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Integral waterproofing admixtures (EGYMIX WP) are blended into the mix to reduce capillary porosity and block water migration under hydrostatic pressure. Unlike surface-applied membranes, they protect the full concrete cross-section, making them the preferred solution for water-retaining structures, basements, tunnels, and marine applications where the concrete itself must serve as the primary water barrier.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Expanding admixtures (EGYPAND series) compensate for shrinkage in grouts, repair mortars, and structural connections, ensuring crack-free, fully bonded fills. Fibre admixtures \u2014 polypropylene (EGYFIBER) and glass fibre (EGYGLASS FIBER) \u2014 are dispersed through the mix to control plastic shrinkage cracking, improve impact resistance, and reduce crack widths in slabs, walls, and shotcrete.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Concrete admixtures are specified across virtually every segment of civil and structural construction. The following applications represent the highest-volume uses of admixture technology in the Egyptian and regional market.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Ready-mix plants rely on plasticisers and superplasticisers to deliver specified slump at the point of discharge, compensating for water absorbed by aggregate and for slump loss during transit in hot weather. Retarders extend the open time window, ensuring that concrete placed at the far end of a long pour remains workable and does not develop cold joints. EGYMIX G and D products are directly suited to ready-mix batching.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Precast factories demand consistent, high early-strength concrete for rapid mould turnover. Superplasticisers allow very low water-cement ratios that deliver 28-day strengths of 50 MPa and above; combined with accelerators, they enable demoulding within hours of casting. CFC Egypt admixtures support precast applications including bridge beams, hollow-core slabs, drainage elements, and fa\u00e7ade panels.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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High-performance concrete (HPC) with compressive strengths above 60 MPa requires precise water reduction and low water-cement ratios that are only achievable with polycarboxylate superplasticisers. The EGYMIX G 700-series products are designed for HPC mix designs used in high-rise cores, bridge decks, and transfer slabs where design strength, durability, and crack resistance are all critical.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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In Egypt and across MENA, summer ambient temperatures above 40 \u00b0C can reduce concrete workable life to under 30 minutes without chemical intervention. Retarders from the EGYMIX D range extend initial set time to allow controlled placement in raft foundations, mat slabs, and large walls where continuous pours must be completed over several hours to avoid cold joints and ensure monolithic structural behaviour.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Tanks, reservoirs, basements, and tunnels require concrete that resists water penetration under sustained hydrostatic pressure. Integral waterproofing admixtures (EGYMIX WP) are incorporated at the mixing stage to produce dense, low-permeability concrete that retains its waterproofing performance throughout the structure's service life, independent of surface condition or future maintenance cycles.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The full EGYMIX range \u2014 superplasticisers, plasticisers, retarders, expanding admixtures, waterproofing admixtures, and fibres \u2014 all manufactured in Sadat City, Egypt.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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