eTools 

As part of BASF's commitment to the construction industry, we have developed a series of electronic tools designed to educate and aid the engineering community in selecting the appropriate admixture products for projects and conditions they specify.

BASF offers the following eTools along with downloadable program files and training manuals, where available. Please contact your local sales representative if there is a specific eTool you would like to use. For questions or technical support on our eTools, please call 1-800-628-9990.


Shrinkage and Joint Spacing Estimator

BASF's Shrinkage and Joint Spacing Estimator helps the user understand the relationship between drying shrinkage of concrete and control joint spacing for interior slab-on-ground applications.The Shrinkage and Joint Spacing Estimator program asks the user to supply project and environmental inputs (including joint spacing) for the project. The program will develop a shrinkage specification containing a maximum permissible 28-day drying shrinkage value for the selected joint spacing for a given project. In addition, the program will allow the user to adjust the level of shrinkage and show the corresponding change in joint spacing. The output from the BASF's Shrinkage and Joint Spacing Estimator is based upon a theoretical mathematical analysis of the inputs.



RCP Estimator

BASF's Rapid Chloride Permeability (RCP) Estimator simplifies and facilitates the proportioning of concrete mixtures for projects with rapid chloride permeability coulomb specifications.The RCP program is used to estimate the RCP coulomb value of a concrete mixture based upon the ingredients and test age that are entered by the user. The program further provides a range to account for inherent differences in local materials, and specifically accounts for the potential effect of calcium nitrite if such a corrosion inhibitor is used in the mixture.



Chloride Ion Estimator

BASF's Chloride Ion Content Estimator simplifies and facilitates the proportioning of concrete mixtures for projects with chloride ion content specifications alone or combined rapid chloride permeability. The chloride ion content of fresh concrete containing BASF admixtures is computed based upon the ingredients of the mixture that are entered by the user. The result is expressed either in mass-per-volume units or as a percent, and compared to the ACI 318 Building Code chloride limits for reinforced and prestressed concrete.


Life-365 with Manual

LIFE-365 is a standardized service life and life cycle cost model developed by a consortium established under the American Concrete Institute's Strategic Development Council. The program calculates service life and life cycle costs of structures when exposed to different environmental and chemical influences.

Corrosion-induced damage can often be avoided through the use of corrosion protection systems such as low-permeability (high performance) concretes, corrosion-inhibiting admixtures, epoxy-coated steel reinforcement, corrosion-resistant steel or non-ferrous reinforcement, application of waterproofing membranes or sealants, cathodic protection, or combinations of the above methods and materials. Each of these strategies has technical merits and costs, and the challenge is to select the proper combination of protection methods, at an acceptable cost, to achieve the desired result.

The LIFE-365 program can be used to predict the time to the onset of corrosion and the time for corrosion to reach an unacceptable level. It can then estimate costs over the entire design life of the structure, including initial construction costs and predicted repair costs.

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