Modification of Mixing Fluid for Cement Systems

The paper focuses on mixing fluids for cement systems, which are mostly water and aqueous salt solutions playing a major role in the formation of the final structure and properties of hydrated cement. It is technologically and economically feasible to perform the property control of the cement system via treating the mixing fluid with chemical, physicochemical, and physical methods. Water is the best sensor among known substances, which can response even to insignificant changes in the environment. This paper considers different methods of activating the mixing fluid such as mechanical, acoustic, thermal, electrophysical, electrochemical, and combined external influences. The correlation is identified between the mixing fluid modification parameters, hydration processes, and structure formation of cement systems.