Dry mixtures based on aluminate cements for self-leveling floors

Abstract

In this study the results of the structure, shrinkage and physical and mechanical properties of concrete obtained from dry mixes on the base of aluminate cements for self-leveling floors are presented. Principle possibility of obtaining unshrinkable concretes with the formation of ettringite using aluminate cement, gypsum and modern superplasticizers. Studies of free shrinkage of mixed binder showed that binder can be attribute to binders with compensated shrinkage. Cracking resistance of the composition is provided by the fact that the vast expansion in the initial stage of curing and shrinkage of the final stage is in 5…10 times lower than these values for gypsum and portland cement.