More and more water-based polymers have been used widely in concrete field due to considerable understanding to the relations between structures and properties of materials. This article summaries the applications of water-based polymers used as concrete admixtures

such as water ruducers

air entraining agent

viscosity-enhancing admixture and shrinkage-reducing agent and so on. And also reviews the types

action mechanism

properties and applications of water-based polymers used in polymer-modified concrete or mortar. We hope that more and more chemical and materials researchers devote themselves to the study of concrete materials

and promote rapid development of concrete field.