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BASF uses its innovative know-how to deliver high performance products to customers in the construction chemicals industry. With its building blocks and additives for concrete admixtures BASF helps its customers meet the increasing requirements of the construction market.

To achieve outstanding formulations, advanced workability and physical properties you need partners with in-depth know-how of building elements, systems as well as raw materials. Our competencies on emulsifying, dispersing or foam control are key to several applications in constructions. Our additives for concrete admixtures are used as shrinkage reducers, air entraining agents, defoamers or superplasticizer raw materials.

In addition to our broad portfolio of existing products, BASF can also support customers to choose suitable products that fit customer-specific requirements, based on its deep and broad technical know-how.

Product Application
Concrete additives
Our broad portfolio offers air-entrainers, shrinkage reducers, defoamers, and raw materials for producing superplasticizers. We provide additives to support our customers in formulating concrete additives. Our surfactant portfolio offers various alternatives for foaming and defoaming properties with different characteristics. Our very low VOC shrinkage reducer enhances customersā€™ products to meet market requirements. Polyacrylates, MPEGs, and reactive PEGs provide possibilities for our customers to produce superplasticizers through different production routes.
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Product Application 
Ceramics
We offer effective and compatible additives for ceramic body preparation, glazing, mechanical strength enhancement, and finishing. Additives in the ceramic industry are materials incorporated into ceramic formulations to enhance their properties and performance during the production process. Our additives play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and efficiency of ceramic manufacturing.




 
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Product Application 
Construction resin additives
Construction resin additives are used as formulation constituents in construction formulations like flooring, coatings, waterproofing, sealants and adhesives as well as building blocks for the synthesis of the underlying construction resins. Our additives play a crucial role in polymers dispersions but also in solvent-based or total solid resins.





 
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Product Application
Bitumen additives
 
Bitumen additives are materials added to bitumen to enhance its performance in road construction and other infrastructure applications. These additives improve properties like durability, flexibility, resistance to deformation, and environmental performance. We provide additives for road construction asphalt and waterproofing (bitumen emulsions) applications to support more sustainable road construction and maintenance.
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Product Application
Underground construction additives
Underground construction refers to the construction of underground tunnels, shafts, chambers, and mines. Our broad range of products includes foaming agents that help reduce friction between the soil and the TBM cutterhead, improve soil plasticity and flow, and stabilize loose or sandy soils during excavation. Beyond surfactants we offer polymers for dispersions of fines, additives for ground consolidation e.g. water glass.
 
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Product Application
Grouting additives
 
We offer additives for grout mixtures such as air entrainers, defoamers, dispersants or shrinkage reducers to enhance the performance in applications such as foundations, screeds, sealants, adhesives, tile grouts, etc.





 
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Functionalities in Construction

Functionalities 
Dispersing
Solid particles dispersed in water tend to re-agglomerate if particle-particle repulsion is insufficient. This spontaneous process, known as flocculation, leads to instability in dispersions.
Dispersing agents prevent flocculation by stabilizing solid-liquid systems.

Our products enable high-concentration dispersions, extended stability, and compatibility with diverse chemical additives across industries.

 
Functionalities
Surface Modification
Our products modify surface characteristics to enhance performance in downstream applications. They improve coating adhesion, increase hydrophobicity for easier rinsing, adjust surface friction, and reduce corrosion.


 
Functionalities
Foam Control
Foam can be either beneficial or disruptive, depending on the application. In some processes, stable foam is required; in others, it impairs efficiency and product quality. Drawing on extensive experience, we offer solutions that ensure optimal foam control tailored to your process needs.




 
Functionalities
Solvency
Solvents must meet increasingly stringent environmental, health, and safety standards while maintaining high performance, quality, and workability. Through advanced technological expertise and ongoing research, BASF develops solutions that adapt to evolving customer requirements.

Our solvent portfolio covers a broad range of chemical classes, including fatty alcohols, dimethylamides, methyl esters, and alkyl esters. Structural variationsā€”such as saturated vs. unsaturated and linear vs. branched carbon chainsā€”enable tailored solvency options for diverse applications.
Functionalities 
Emulsifying
Emulsifiers are used to create and stabilize mixtures of two or more immiscible liquids. They are surface-active substances composed of hydrophilic and lipophilic segments, reducing coalescence and stabilizing droplet formation.

The choice of emulsifier depends on the emulsion type and desired performance characteristics.

 
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