Improve Resiliency of Building Materials with LUDOX®

The demand for resilient products from consumers of building materials has increased drastically over the last decade.  In order to stay competitive, producers of building materials like concrete, coatings, adhesives, and sealants need to innovate to improve resiliency of their products while also reducing costs.  Formulating with  LUDOX® colloidal silica provides end products with improved strength and consistency that boost productivity and reduce cost.

Traditionally silica fume has been used as a pozzolanic rheology modifier and binder in sprayable concrete.  LUDOX® colloidal silica offers a number of benefit over silica fume when used as a concrete bonding agent.  LUDOX® densifies concrete and imparts shotcrete with better cohesive strength than silica fume thus improving sprayability, increasing layer thickness, and reducing rebound.  LUDOX® also reduces setting time when compared to silica fume due to a higher surface area and faster hydration.  Because it is an aqueous dispersion, LUDOX® can be easily dispersed in concrete without generating any hazardous dust and reduces mixing time and the risk of agglomeration.