Product Data Sheets

CBA ® Cement Additive

Quality/strength-enhancing additive

Product Description

The CBA ® series of additives is a new concept in grinding aids – significantly different from any previous
GCP product for the cement industry. The difference is that it is a “Grinding Aid Plus”. CBA ® additives offer
all of the benefits of traditional grinding aids, such as increased grinding efficiency and cement flowability. In
addition, they offer a unique ability to improve cement strengths which might otherwise be deficient due to
mechanical, physical or chemical shortcomings. Advantages include reduced cost of production and increased
cement strengths.

Product specifications for the most widely used CBA ® formulations are as follows:

S.G. PH

CBA ® 1102 1.06 (±0.01) 7-9

CBA ® 1104 1.07 (±0.01) 8 - 12

CBA ® 1115 1.10 (±0.01) 6-8

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Specifications for other CBA formulations not shown above are available through GCP Products Field Engineers.

Primary Benefit

The CBA ® series of additives consists of tailor-made formulations to optimize performance and meet
specific requirements at each plant.

The use of CBA ® allows the cement producer to reduce fineness and achieve lower unit power costs
without sacrificing strength. Compared with conventional grinding aids, CBA ® offers unit power savings of
up to 25% with no loss of strength. And the resulting production increases can greatly benefit plants
operating at or near their grinding capacity.

Product Advantages

The chemical action of CBA ® additives decreases the interparticle attraction between cement grains and
increases the rate of hydration of cements. The key advantages of CBA ® additives include:

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Increased grinding efficiency with resulting increased mill output, higher cement fineness and/or reduced
unit power input and grinding costs.
Increased workability (flow) of cement mortars and concretes.
Increased cement flowability and reduced pack set or “silo set” of cements resulting in lower handling
costs and reduced waste.
Increased early and long-term compressive strengths for production of better quality cements.
Reduced cost of cement production through reduced unit grinding costs and through replacement of
clinker with reactive additions such as pozzolans, blast furnace slag and fly ash or with fillers such as
limestone.

CBA ® additives are most effective in enhancing compressive strengths of blended cements using up to 40%
limestone filler.

When cement particle size is not reduced, the addition of CBA ® improves both early and long-term strength
and produces higher quality cement.

Strength increases ranging from 5% to 50% have been demonstrated during plant trials.

Applications of CBA ®

Laboratory mill evaluations of clinker and other additions are recommended to determine initial blend
proportions, grinding efficiency, pack set index, mortar flow, compressive strengths of cements etc. and to
enable GCP to formulate the most effective CBA® product for each condition.

Handling

CBA ® additives are sprayed into the mill’s first compartment or added onto the clinker conveyor belt.
Suitable dispensing pumps with adjustable flow rates should be used for accurate dosing and for optimum
performance.

Addition Rates

CBA ® addition rates of 0.02% to 0.06% by mass of cement are recommended.

The optimum addition rate of CBA ® should be determined in laboratory and cement mill tests.

Dosing Equipment

GCP grinding aids should be accurately proportioned through a calibrated dosing system, suitable for the
cement mill and output required.

GCP can advise on all types of equipment suitable for installation, including manual, semi-automatic,
automatic and computerized systems.

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Compatibility

CBA ® additives, and cements treated with CBA® , are compatible in concrete with all commercial admixtures
such as air entrainers, water reducers, retarders and superplasticizers. The performance of concrete
admixtures and the physical properties of concretes are not adversely affected by the use of CBA ® in
cement production.

Packaging

CBA ® is supplied in 210 L (55 gal) drums. CBA ® may also be supplied in bulk in certain locations. It contains
no flammable materials.

Storage

Protect from freezing. Once frozen, the product should be thawed out slowly and re-mixed thoroughly prior
to use. Shelf life is a minimum of 12 months in manufacturer’s containers.

Technical Services

Field Engineers from GCP are available to assist in laboratory and mill test evaluations of CBA ® . Complete
testing equipment and methods for analyzing mill performance are also available during plant trials.

Typical Performance Data CBA ® 1104

OBJECTIVES A) REPLACEMENT OF 10% CLINKER BY LIMESTONE B) INCREASE STRENGTHS AT SAME LIMESTONE

(LABORATORY TEST) CONTENT (PLANT TEST)

Additive Blank CBA ® 1104 CBA ® 1104 Blank CBA ® 1104 CBA ® 1104

Cement Composition:

Clinker 65% 60% 55% 72% 71% 72%

Gypsum 5% 5% 5% 4% 5% 5%
Limestone 30% 35% 40% 24% 24% 23%

CBA ® Dosage – 0.06% 0.06% – 0.02% 0.04%

Mill 2700 2700 2600 – – –

Revolutions – – – 37.3 36.0 37.6
Mill Production – – – 28.1 28.8 28.1
(t/h) 4070 3950 3980 4380 4410 4160
Power Input 24.5% 14.1% 14.7% 27.0% 17.5% 12.8%
(kWh/t)

Blaine (cm2 /g)

Residues 40
μm

Flow (mm) 111 108 105 114 113 112

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Compressive Strength: (MPa)

1 Day 2.8 3.6 3.1 5.6 8.4 10.5

3 Days 8.7 10.8 9.7 13.4 18.8 19.2

7 Days 12.3 15.8 15.1 18.1 23.5 24.0

28 Days 18.4 23.5 21.8 22.6 27.4 29.3

Typical Performance Data CBA ® 1115

Objective: Compare the efficiency of CBA ® against competitive product (Plant Test)

ADDITIVE: PRODUCT XYZ CBA ® 1115 PRODUCT XYZ CBA ® 1115

Cement Composition

Clinker 86% 86% 86% 86%

Gypsum 5% 5% 5% 5%

Limestone 9% 9% 9% 9%

Additive Dosage 0.20% 0.04% 0.18% 0.04%

Cement Mill # 3 3 4 4
Mill Production (t/h) 13.1 17.2 21.2 28.5

Power Input (kWh/t) 62.8 47.7 38.7 28.5

Blaine (cm2 /g) 4200 3950 3530 3160

Residues 40 µm 7.0 3.4 15.3 12.0

Motar Compressive Strength (MPa):

1 Day 18.3 18.1 12.5 11.5

3 Days 31.2 33.1 26.9 28.2

7 Days 38.8 44.6 34.1 38.2

28 Days 49.1 57.4 45.8 51.7

Concrete Compressive Strength (MPa):

W/C 0.60 0.56 0.62 0.59

Slump (cm) 16 16 17 17

1 Day 9.9 10.2 8.4 8.2

3 Days -- -- -- --
7 Days 26.2 29.4 22.0 25.7

28 Days 32.9 39.1 29.0 32.3

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Last Updated: 2018-11-05

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