Objective Concrete is the main construction material and any improvement in its properties or performance will have a large economic impact. The most important problems associated with concrete are its durability and incompatibility of constituent materials. The durability problem is due to too much water in the concrete blend; this can be solved using an admixture that retains good workability at lower water content. This demands a good superplasticizer, SP, that is adapted to the chemistry of the system. In this project we will investigate the structure-function relation of SPs in concrete leading to: (i) an understanding of how SPs work and (ii) new tailored SPs ready for exploitation. This increases the possibility to incorporate industrial by-products and recycled concrete within the concrete with large environmental benefits. The project is very important to keep Europe at a leading position in the production of SPs. Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator YKI - INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE CHEMISTRY Address Drottning kristinas vaeg 45 114 86 Stockholm Sweden See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BORREGAARD INDUSTRIES LIMITED Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hjalmar wessels v. 1701 Sarpsborg See on map CASTLE CEMENT LIMITED GB EU contribution € 0,00 Address Park square, 3160 solihull parkway birmingham busi B37 7YN Birmingham See on map ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue vauquelin 10 75005 Paris See on map Heriot-Watt University GB EU contribution € 0,00 Address Riccarton, lord balerno building EH14 4AS Edinburgh See on map SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Zugerstrasse 50 Baar See on map Links Website Opens in new window SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mx-d, ecublens 1015 Lausanne See on map
