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Surfaces more enclosed, uniform and smooth

Goodbye To the efflorescences with the systems Bryten Premium S2C and Filmat AQ 773 of Fuchs

Editorial Interempresas02/06/2014

The efflorescences, so much primary like secondary, are a common problem for the manufacturers of prefabricated of concrete. They produce when the hydroxide of calcium and the hydroxide of present sodium in the concrete go in in contact with water and air. The efflorescences are conditioned, besides, by the composition and quantity of the ingredients that form the concrete, the process of cured and the storage of the same. Although they do not damage the properties of the concrete, yes affect to the aesthetic quality of the product, problem that results costly to resolve.

Fuchs, chord to the norm DIN 52111, has developed two products to delete the problem of the efflorescences:

Bryten Premium S2C, additive that achieves to do a complete hydrofugous treatment and homogéneo in all the concrete, achieving diminish the absorption capilar of the same, and therefore reduce the efflorescences.
Filmat AQ 773, with which achieves a superficial treatment that repels the water and therefore it avoids the efflorescences in the surface of the concrete.

The combination of both products offers a total guarantee of absence of efflorescences.

These two systems Fuchs improve the aesthetics of the elements coloreados, creating surfaces more enclosed, uniform and smooth. His quality is continuous given the greater homogeneity of the mix and the increase of the density. They improve besides the resistances to compressesion and traction so much initial like finals, increasing the resistance to cycles of freezing and thaw. They increase the impermeabilidad, diminishing in this way the coefficient of absorption capilar.

Absorption capilar (g/m²).

These additives provide, besides, greater saving to the manufacturers of prefabricated of concrete when diminishing the defective fraction of a game, generating like this lower returns.

Test Fuchs with the two types of additives:

Pure concrete without additive
Concrete treated with Bryten Premium S2C, achieving avoid the superficial efflorescences.
Concrete treated with Bryten Premium S2C + Filmat AQ 773, achieving avoid any efflorescence.