Majority of people even call concrete in combination with Foaming Agent as foamed concrete, reduced density concrete and even lightweight concrete.

1. Categories of Concrete Foaming Agent used to Form Cellular Concrete
In the recent few years, majority of manufacturing and construction companies have
involved in production of cellular concrete and different types of foaming agents. Majority of
people even call concrete in combination with Foaming Agent as foamed concrete, reduced
density concrete and even lightweight concrete. Professionals mostly produce these types of
lightweight concrete by pouring of externally generated foam in to a slurry mixture of
concrete.
Small Overview of Cellular Concrete
Cellular concrete is somewhat different from AAC i.e. Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. People
produce this type of concrete with the help of chemical reaction in between calcium
hydroxide and aluminum powder present within the entire slurry mixture. The entire
chemical reaction will produce hydrogen gas capable of infusing with the help of concrete as
it sets up the mold in accurate way as possible. Generally, you have to cut a material bock
into slabs before you should put precast parts into heated autoclave for curing process via
application of Concrete Foaming Agent. Whenever people go for autoclave curing
process, they cure AAC under heat and pressure for minimum 8 to maximum 12 hours.
Since AAC undergoes for complete curing process, they simply refer them as aerated
concrete.
Categories of Concrete Foaming Agents
Reputable companies involved in production of foamed concrete have even categorized
concrete foaming agents into two different categories. In the first category, you will find
different types of protein-based agents referred as byproducts of animals. However, the
main problem with this type of agent is that people mostly face problem with shelf life and
odor. Therefore, in the recent few years, experts related to manufacturing and construction
sector have introduced CLC Concrete Foaming Agent, which solely based on various
types of synthetic materials.
In this case, you will find that base building blocks have been derived from petroleum,
which is more or less similar to base building blocks found in different types of products, like
for instance detergents, shampoos, car washing chemicals and many more. However, base
building block in this case is that additive structure, used in different types of formulations,
which keep them apart from other types of common materials. Additive structure and
chemicals used for foaming agents will affect foam life, bubble size and even toughness of
the foam. In case of finished cellular concrete, additive structure will affect some important
properties, like for instance shrinkage at the time of set-up and curing process, compressive
strength, stability in the pumping process, uniform aggregate dispersion, practical lift
thickness and even desired level of compatibility with admixtures.