GinShiCel Functional Properties In Building Materials
GinShiCel products function by:
Controlling solutions
Water is one of the most important ingredients in building products. Too much water can lead to cracking, reduced strength and unacceptable performance while not enough water can make proper application of the product virtually impossible. GinShiCel products are designed to retain water in the system so that the right balance of properties is achieved and performance of the building product is optimized. GinShiCel products are cellulose ether based chemistry and provide variety of benefits in a very diverse set of cementious, gypsum or latex-based building products.
Improving workability
By retaining water, GinShiCel products enable the development of structure and body in the building product. This leads to a creamy texture, superb consistency that provides easy application of the building product.
Controlling air content
In many building products such as masonry cement and mortars, plaster, render & stucco systems, the incorporation of small, evenly distributed air bubbles is required. Other applications such as self-leveling compounds require the absence of such air bubbles. Various GinShiCel products are used to regulate such entrained air in the various mortar systems.
Providing Stabilization
The ability to suspend particles and to retain water by GinShiCel products gives such stability to the wet mortar, that over a long period of time, the wet mortar can remain virtually unchanged in consistency, texture, body, and air content. This in turn means that wet mortar will not suffer phase separation or segregation.
Improving pump-ability
By being a lubricant which exhibits cohesive yet shear-thinning properties, GinShiCel enables the production of excellent plasters, renders and shotcretes which can be applied by standard pumping and spraying machinery. The variety of pump-able building products span from self-leveling low viscosity compounds, to higher viscous building materials which will build in viscosity once the pumping action subsides. This allows for minimal pump effort or water loss in application of the building material, as well as excellent placement properties due to the rapid viscosity build-up upon contact with surface.
Reducing sag
With the right product within the GinShiCel product portfolio, it is easy to create a building material which is easy to apply but still have the body and cohesiveness to maintain their position on a vertical or overhead surface. Such building materials may include tile adhesives, thick coat plaster or renders, EIFS elements, and others. Application may be manual or machine based.
Controlling water retention and extending working time
With the high temperature environments or other adverse, it is often difficult to retain the water in a building material long enough for proper application and proper setting. GinShiCel effectively eliminates this problem by its ability to increase the water retention of the wet mortar and thereby giving more working time for the proper application and setting of the building material.
Increasing Strength
By improving the water retention, GinShiCel improves the time required for proper cement hydration and proper crystallization. This in turn increases the strength of the cement and improves performance.
Improving appearance
By retaining enough water to allow the cementious or gypsum binders to fully hydrate, and by slowing the drying/curing process, GinShiCel products very effectively reduces the shrinkage related to such building materials, and thus eliminates cracking associated with shrinkage. By improving the workability and consistency, GinShiCel products makes creating a smooth surface an easy goal. All these characteristics which GinShiCel provides contribute toward achieving a more perfect look.
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