HEC Cellulose - High-Quality Hydroxyethyl Cellulose for Your Applications
HEMC can be used as a highly efficient water retention agent, adhesives and film-forming agent, stabilizer, etc.
HPMC has thickening ability, salt resistance, low ash powder, pH stability, water retention, dimensional stability, excellent film forming, and a wide range of enzyme resistance, dispersion and adhesion.
The experimental results show that the addition of HP cellulose has an obvious retarding effect on the mortar mixture, and the setting time of mortar is prolonged with the increase of HP cellulose content. Under the same hp cellulose content, the setting time of mortar formed under water is longer than that formed in air. When measured in water, the setting time of mortar mixed with HP cellulose is 6~18 h delayed in initial setting and 6~22 h delayed in final setting compared with the blank sample. Therefore, HP cellulose should be combined with early strength agent.
Generally, three principle working mechanisms for water retention can come into place whenever a cement paste is subject to filtration on a substrate. These potential mechanisms have been proposed in earlier works by Desbrières and are as follows [20], [21]: (a) Water retention as a result of increased viscosity: increased dynamic filtrate viscosity can decelerate the filtration rate. (b) Water retention as a result of adsorption: anionic polymers may adsorb onto hydrating cement particles and obstruct filter cake pores either by polymer segments which freely protrude into the pore space or even bridge cement particles. Through this mechanism, filter cake permeability is reduced. (c) Water retention as a result of physical pore plugging: polymers may plug pores in the cementitious matrix through formation of polymer films (e.g. latexes), or through large polymer associates which form a 3D network, or through simple swelling and expansion caused by the uptake of an enormous amount of water into the inner sphere and hydrate shells of polymers. This process leads to the formation of large microgel particles. Through this mechanism, a large portion of the mixing water is physically bound and cannot leak-off into a porous substrate. The enormous water-binding capacity of polysaccharides has been described in an earlier study. By using a sorption balance and a microcalorimeter it was found that at the saturation level, neutral polysaccharides (amylose and amylopectin) can bind up to four water molecules per anhydroglucose unit [22].
(Brookfield, mPa.s, 2%)