Service life is the limiting factor in concrete construction.
Everbeton is a liquid admixture for concrete. It closes the capillaries in the cement matrix mineralogically and keeps out the water that shortens service life.
A structure that stands twice as long gets built once, not twice.
The second build costs everything again: cement, steel, haulage, closure time. Over a hundred years it is the item that grows the most, because it falls due at later prices. Everbeton acts on exactly that, with under one percent of added material.
~50%
less CO2 over a hundred years when service life goes from 50 to 100 years
70–80%
lower total cost across the same period, in nominal terms including inflation
0.9 kg
of Everbeton per 100 kg of cement — that is all the added material it takes
What happens inside the concrete.
01
Reaction
Everbeton reacts with the calcium hydroxide released as Portland cement hydrates.
02
Crystal growth
This forms insoluble calcium silicates. They grow into the capillaries as microcrystals and fill them.
03
Diffusion stays open
Macropores become hydrophobic micropores. The concrete still releases moisture but no longer takes any up.
The reaction happens inside the concrete, not on top of it. There is no layer that can crack or come away.
The same concrete, after years under water pressure.
Conventional watertight concrete on the left, built with Everbeton on the right.
What the concrete can do as a result.
Tight at 7 bar
Tested penetration of no more than 10.3 millimetres under sustained pressure. The standard for watertight concrete allows up to 50 mm.
Protected reinforcement
Without water ingress chlorides never reach the steel. No corrosion, no spalling.
No condensation
The surface stays dry even through sharp swings in temperature.
Hard surface
No dusting and no spalling, even after forty years in service.
Radon tight
Additional protection in areas with elevated radon levels.
Less shrinkage
Lower heat of hydration and a markedly reduced shrinkage value.
The effect has been documented for over sixty years, through independent assessments, test reports and structures that are still standing.
Common questions.
We will look at your project.
Technical clearance, placement notes and specification text. An answer within one working day.
- Phone
- +49 69 000 000
- technik@everbeton.de
- Address
- Ernst-Zindel-Straße 8, 06847 Dessau-Roßlau