Effect of High Dosage of a Set Retarder on the Properties of Fresh and Hardened Concrete

Abstract

The diversity of concreting methods in recent years has led to a demand for long retardation of concrete setting. Conventional research has achieved retardation for up to about 3 days by the addition of a set retarder, but few studies have dealt with concrete that is placable after a much longer period. This paper reports the effects of the set-time limits for superplasticizing and compressive strength of concrete. The use of concrete with long-retarded setting is discussed as well.