Chryso®Eclipse

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Chryso®Eclipse controls shrinkage and curling in floors

Chryso®Eclipse is a liquid admixture that dramatically reduces drying shrinkage and the potential for cracking and curling in full or partially restrained concrete flooring and paving.

Chryso®Eclipse products reduce the surface tension of pore water. Indoors or outdoors, on-grade or above, Chryso®Eclipse shuts down shrinking, cracks and curling while increasing durability, lowering maintenance costs and extending structure service life.

What Causes Concrete Shrinkage?

Shrinkage and curling concrete is the result of changes to the moisture of the concrete during the drying process. A balance between the design mix and drying process is needed to produce durable, high strength and crack resistant concrete.

Reduced Shrinkage

Durability

Reduced Costs

Extended Life

Products

ECLIPSE® Floor AN

ECLIPSE® Floor AN is a liquid admixture for concrete that significantly reduces drying shrinkage and the potential for drying shrinkage-induced cracking and curling. Rather than functioning as an expansive agent, ECLIPSE® Floor AN acts by reducing the surface tension of pore water. ECLIPSE® Floor AN is specifically formulated for use in non air-entrained concrete applications. Drying shrinkage of concrete is a complicated phenomenon, widely acknowledged to be the function of several mechanisms. The driving factor causing shrinkage for internal relative humidity in excess of 40% is the surface tension of water. As water-filled pores in the size range of 2.5 to 50 nm (nm or nanometre, is one billionth of a metre) lose moisture, curved menisci are formed and the surface tension of water pulls the walls of the pores. ECLIPSE® Floor AN reduces the surface tension of water, thereby reducing the force pulling in on the walls of the pores – and the resultant shrinkage strain is reduced. ECLIPSE® Floor AN complies with AS 1478.1-2000, Type SN.

Chryso®ECLIPSE FLOOR AN Controls Shrinkage and Curling in Floors


Chryso®ECLIPSE FLOOR AN is a shrinkage reducing liquid admixture specifically designed for use in non air-entrained concrete applications such as indoor slab-on-ground construction.

Chryso®ECLIPSE FLOOR AN  contains no expansive material, but acts chemically to dramatically reduce the primary internal forces that cause drying shrinkage and curling. It can:

  • Enable to increase joint spacings
  • Highly reduce primary internal forces that cause shrinkage and curling
  • Low Maintenance costs over service life of the structure
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