When cold water or ice block(utilizing chilled mixing water) is used to

accomplish the control of cement tempreture during hydration

reaction. Ice water or chilled water slows the cement hydration
reaction. To ensure that the tempreture are not too high in hot
weather, to allow proper strentgth development and durability of the
concrete.
By using chilled mixing water or mixing water with ice, can slow the
hydration process down so that it can successfully cure. He quantiy of
chilled water should not exceed the mixing water requirment and the
maximum reduction in concrete temperature that can be obtained is
approximately 10°F and for ice water is 20°F.
Ice has two ways of cooling effects. First, it draws heat from the
concrete for melting of ice, then the resulting water at 32°F provides
containing cooling capacity. Considrt this, if the tempreture of the
concrete during hydration is too high, it will cause lower durability. The
concrete will have high early strength but will gain less strength in the
later stage.