Review of the Effect of Grinding Aids and Admixtures on the Performance of Cements
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Date
2023-11
Authors
Muthengia, Jackson Wachira
Munyao, Onesmus Mulwa
Mutitu, Daniel Karanja
Musyoki, David Munyao
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Hindawi
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Grinding aids (GAs) are polar chemicals introduced in cement mills in either liquid or powder form to improve on mill grindability
efficiency. Studies have shown that some GAs not only help in grinding efficiency but also play vital roles in improving the product
particle size distribution, product ability to flow in the mill, grinding energy reduction, and improvement on the separator
efficiency. This review investigated the impacts of the GAs on the performance of some properties of cement when used as either
mortar and/or concrete. The influence of the GAs incorporation in cement grinding on properties such as workability and setting
times of the placed concrete and/or mortar has been covered in this review. The performance of GAs on ordinary portland cement
(OPC) and blended cements with other supplementary cementitious materials such as pozzolana, fly ash, and slag has also been
discussed. This is in view to tapping the maximum benefits of using GAs in cement production and use. This review work
established that GAs have a positive influence on mill performance when properly applied. It further established that blended
cements work better when dosed with additives such as GAs and/or quality improvers when compared to OPC. The review work
demonstrated that some superplasticizers help in lowering the water demand in highly blended pozzolanic-based cements. The
review finally recommended that the future course of action in the production of blended cements should apply GAs. This is in
order to help produce highly replaced blended cements that are sustainable.
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Nthiga Njiru, E., Wachira Muthengia, J., Mulwa Munyao, O., Karanja Mutitu, D., & Munyao Musyoki, D. (2023). Review of the Effect of Grinding Aids and Admixtures on the Performance of Cements. Advances in Civil Engineering, 2023, 1-9.