Admixture Standards

BS EN 934-1: 2001 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout; Part 1: Common requirements
BS EN 934-2: 2009 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout; Part 2: Concrete admixtures – Definitions, requirements, conformity, marking and labelling
BS EN 934-3: 2009 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout; Part 3: Admixtures for masonry mortar – Definitions, requirements, conformity, marking and labelling
BS EN 934-4: 2009 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout; Part 4: Admixtures for grout for prestressing tendons – Definitions, requirements, conformity, marking and labelling
BS EN 934-5: 2007 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout; Part 4: Admixtures for sprayed concrete – Definitions, requirements, conformity, marking and labelling
BS EN 934-6: 2006 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout; Sampling, conformity control, evaluation of conformity, marking and labelling.
BS 5075:part 1: 1982 (withdrawn) Concrete Admixtures: Specification for accelerating admixtures, retarding admixtures and water reducing admixtures.
BS 5075:part 2: 1982 (withdrawn) Concrete Admixtures: Specification for air entraining admixtures.
BS 5075:part 3: 1985 (withdrawn) Concrete Admixtures: Specification for superplasticizing admixtures.
BS 4887:part 1: 1986 (withdrawn) Mortar Admixtures: Specification for air entraining (plasticizing) admixtures.
BS 4887:part 2: 1987 (withdrawn) Mortar Admixtures: Specification for set retarding admixtures.
BBS 8443:2005 Specification for establishing the suitability of special purpose concrete admixtures
ASTM C 494 Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete.
BS 6920-1& 2 2000 Suitability of non-metallic products for use in contact with water intended for human consumption with regard to their effect on the quality of the water

Admixture Technology

Chemical Admixtures for Concrete: ACI publication
Water-reducing admixtures in concrete: BRE Information Paper IP 15/00
A Guide to the Selection of Admixtures: Concrete Society TR 18
Cement Admixtures: Use and Application: CAA ISBN 0-582-02099-9
Chemical Admixtures for Concrete: Rixom ISBN 0-419-22520-X
Applications of Admixtures in concrete: Paillere ISBN 0-419-19960-8
Concrete Admixtures Handbook: Ramachandran 0-8155-1379-9
Advanced Concrete Technology – Constituent Materials Newman & Choo, ISBN 0 7506 5103 2.
Superplasticisers & Other Chemical Admixtures: CANMET/ACI Rome 97 ACI SP-173
Lea’s Chemistry of Cement & Concrete: Hewlett ISBN 0-340-56589-6 or 0-470-24416X

Specialist Concreting Applications

Design of High Strength Concrete: Concrete Society TR 49
Polymers in Concrete: Concrete Society TR 39
Underwater Concrete: Concrete Society TR 35
Concrete Industrial Ground Floors: Concrete Society TR 34
Permeability: Concrete Society TR 31
Pumping Concrete: Concrete Society CSO 12
Use of Readymix Concrete: Concrete Society CSO 51
Guidance on specification, mix design and production of concrete for industrial floors: Concrete Society Good Concrete Guide 1
Pumping concrete: Concrete Society Good Concrete Guide 2
Freeze Thaw Resisting Concrete: CIRIA RP 516/3
Concrete for Industrial Floors: Concrete Society: Good Concrete Guide 1
External In-Situ Concrete Paving: Concrete Society TR66
Use of Macro-synthetic-fibre-reinforced Concrete: Concrete Society TR65
Design of Steel-Fibre-Reinforced Concrete: Concrete Society TR63
Self-Compacting Concrete: Concrete Society TR62