The use of silica fume in self-compacting concretes affects the concrete compressive strength and adherence

Self-locating Concrete is a kind of concrete that can be placed under its own weight under its own weight, can be compressed without using a vibrator, it can adapt to the most inaccessible points providing ease of application by throwing air in it. With today's developing technology, the production and use of special concrete types such as self-compacting concrete has become very common and many studies have been made in this direction and many mineral and chemical additives have been developed. In this study, the effects of silica smoke, concrete pressure resistance and adherence effects of mineral admixtures which are the properties of self-compacting concrete were investigated. The effects of silica smoke on the compressive strength and adherence of concrete were supported by experimental study. As a result of the experiment, the optimum silica ratio for compressive strength was obtained as %15. The use of silica fume was not effective in the extraction tests.