Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Product Type
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Ready-to-Use Product Features
- Advantages
- No impact on concrete air content.
- Better control of water reduction and setting times as compared to traditional lignin-based water reducers.
- Synergistic performance of polycarboxylate-based mid-range and high-range water reducers, which includes water reduction, concrete strength and air control.
- In the hardened state, improves the compressive and flexural strengths at all ages of concrete versus traditional lignin-based water reducers.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Compatible Substrates & Surfaces
- Applications & Uses
- Zyla® 630 is used to produce concrete mixes with lower water content (typically 3% to 10% reduction), greater plasticity and higher compressive strengths.
- Zyla® 630 is suitable for normal weight and light weight concrete in ready-mix, precast and prestressed applications.
Technical Details & Test Data
- Finishability
The unique chemistry of Zyla® 630 positively impacts the finishability of concrete by providing a creamier and more homogenous texture, with more uniform bleed rate relative to traditional lignin-based water reducers. The influence of Zyla® 630 on the finishability of lean mixes has been particularly noticeable. Floating and troweling, by machine or hand, imparts a smooth, close tolerance surface.
- Addition Rates
- The addition rate range of 3 to 5 fl.oz/100 lbs (195 to 325 mL/ 100 kg) of cement or cementitious is typical for most applications.
- However addition rates of 2 to 7 fl.oz/100 lbs (130 to 455 mL/100 kg) of cement or cementitious may be used if local testing shows acceptable performance.
- Pretesting is required to determine the appropriate addition rate for desired performance.
- The optimum addition rate depends on the other concrete mixture components, job conditions, and desired performance characteristics.
- Compatibility
Zyla® 630 is compatible with most GCP admixtures as long as they are added separately to the concrete mix, usually through the water holding tank discharge line. In general, it is recommended that Zyla® 630 be added to the concrete mix near the end of the batch sequence for optimum performance. Different sequencing may be used if local testing shows better performance.
Pretesting of the concrete mix should be performed before use, as conditions and materials change in order to assure compatibility, and to optimize dosage rates, addition times in the batch sequencing and concrete performance. For concrete that requires air entrainment, the use of an ASTM C260 air-entraining agent (such as DARAVAIR® or DAREX® product lines) is recommended to provide suitable air void parameters for freeze-thaw resistance.
- Specifications
- Concrete shall be designed in accordance with Standard Recommended Practice for Selecting Proportions for Concrete, ACI 211.
- The water-reducing admixture shall be Zyla® 630, as manufactured by GCP Applied Technologies, or equal. The admixture shall not contain calcium chloride as a functional ingredient. Zyla® 630 will not promote corrosion of reinforcing steel embedded in concrete. It shall be used in strict accordance with the manufacturers’ recommendations. The admixture shall comply with ASTM Designation C494, Type A and D water-reducing admixtures.
- The admixture shall be delivered as a ready-to-use liquid product and shall require no mixing at the batching plant or job site.
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Packaging & Availability
- Zyla® 630 is available in bulk, delivered by metered tank trucks, in totes, and in drums.
- A complete line of accurate, automatic dispensing equipment is available. Zyla® 630 may be introduced to the mix through the water holding tank discharge line. The Zyla product line is formulated to be free of sediment.