Costar Retarder 120 (SNF Based) is an admixture designed to extend the setting time of cementitious
materials, offering unmatched control over hydration in challenging conditions (Hot Weather conditions).
This retarder ensures superior workability, enhanced durability, and optimal performance in construction
applications.
Features
- Â Precisely regulates the hydration process, enabling extended workability in hot climates or complex projects.
- Enhances workability, air entrainment, and pumping properties of the concrete.
- Works seamlessly with a wide range of cement types and supplementary cementitious materials.
- Protects reinforcement steel from harmful water-borne attack.
- Reduces shrinkage and cracking, ensuring the long-term strength of structures.
- Contains low VOCs and is free of harmful chemicals, making it environmentally responsible.
- Chloride-free, making it safe for use in pre-stressed and reinforced concrete.
- It is used to control the hydration in Hot Weathering conditions.
- It enhances the effectiveness of the water content in a concrete mix.
- Can be utilized for use in reducing, effectively, the concrete permeability, thereby minimizing water
penetration.
USES
- Costar Retarder 120 is Ideal for projects requiring long transportation times or intricate placement
methods. - Costar Retarder 120 is utilized in the production of high-performance concrete with extended
setting requirements.
