The high cost of silane and siloxane based water repellent agents limits their large scale applications in concrete. In the present work, a low cost waterborne stearic acid emulsion (SAE) was introduced to improve the water repellent properties and corrosion resistance of cement mortar (CM).

Hydrophobic cement-based materials, with their excellent waterproof performance, hold significant application value in humid, coastal, and cold environments. This study employed stearic acid (STA, CH3(CH2)16COOH) as a hydrophobic agent dissolved in anhydrous ethanol using ultrasonication to create an STA–ethanol solution.

This paper addresses the influence of Stearic Acid (SA) on setting time and compressive strength of cement mortar. Till now, researcher used SA as an grinding

Different contents of stearic acid were added to mixtures, and the influences of stearic acid as grinding aids on portland cement performances, including specific surface, compressive...

This study aims to optimize the properties of concrete containing marble dust and stearic acid to produce eco-friendly and self-cleaning concrete. Stearic acid induces a self-cleaning...