Monthly Archives: June 2019

This article examines how silica fume changes the properties of paste, mortar, and concrete. The effects of silica fume are attributed to physical and chemical mechanisms, both of which are described. Because the results of both the physical and chemical mechanisms are seen in modifications to the paste [...]

Silica fume has historically been available in three fundamental product forms: As-produced, slurried, and Densified. Densified silica fume is created by treating As-produced silica fume to grow the mass density up to a max of about 400 to 720 kg/m3. This increase in mass density is usually accomplished [...]