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MEDARETARD RPF
Setting retarder – Plasticizer for concrete

DESCRIPTION USE
MEDARETARD RPF is a setting retarder for MEDARETARD RPF is used for :
concrete which has also a plasticizing action. • Concrete application at high temperatures
It is compatible with all cement types. • Concrete carried over long distances
• Pumped concrete
CHARACTERISTICS • Massive concrete
• Ready to use concrete
Delivery form ............................................... Liquid
Color ........................................................... Brown
DOSAGE
Density ............................................... 1.10 ± 0.01
pH ......................................................... 5.3 ± 0.1 The dosage rate of MEDARETARD RPF is
Chlorine content ........................................... < 1g/l determined according to the desired degree of
retardation. It will also depend on temperature and
PROPERTIES concrete composition.
The dosage rate can vary from 0.5% to 1.5% of the
MEDARETARD RPF acts on the concrete by cement weight (that is 0.45 to 1.35 liters per 100kg of
slowing down and reducing the release of heat due cement) for a retard of 1 to 5 hours.
to the hydration of cement. Make preliminary tests in order to determine the
Thanks to its action, MEDARETARD RPF allows: correct dosage rate.
On freshly-mixed concrete:
- to delay the beginning of setting of the concrete DIRECTIONS FOR USE
- to reduce the segregation and sweating
- to improve the fluidity and the workability of the MEDARETARD RPF must be diluted into mixing
concrete water and added to the concrete when it has already
- to reduce the quantity of necessary mixing water received 50 to 70% of the mixing water.
Do not use at temperatures below 5°C.
On hardened concrete:
- to increase compactness and impermeability
PACKAGING AND STORAGE
- to increase the mechanical strengths
- to decrease shrinking and crackings MEDARETARD RPF is packaged in 60 kg and 250
kg drums.
Measured set times and strengths
Keep closed and away from freezing and heat.
Compressive
Set
strength
Time Shelf life is one year in original package.
(bars)
Start End 7 days 28 days
Control 1h58 3h40 186 390
Mix
TEST DATA
Concrete MEDARETARD RPF complies to French Standards
with 1 % of 3h58 5h56 230 390 NF 18 337 and NF 18 333. Tests carried out in April
RPF 2000 by independent laboratory

The information given in this data sheet is based on our knowledge and our experiment to date. They are given for indication.
It belongs to the customer to ensure that this product suits to the intended usage.

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