Showa Denko K.k.

Takanori Futami

Tetsuhiko Yamaguchi

Hirotaka Tagoshi

A high-flow concrete additive comprises a polymer of 10-100 wt % of an N-vinylacetamide, 0-50 wt % of a compound CH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sup.3 X.sup.1 R.sup.4 SO.sub.3 X.sup.2 wherein R.sup.3 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.4 is alkylene of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X.sup.1 is CONH or COO, and X.sup.2 is hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium salt or organic ammonium salt, and 0-40 wt % of a compound CH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sup.5 X.sup.3 wherein R.sup.5 is hydrogen or methyl and X.sup.3 is CN, COOR.sup.6, CONH.sub.2, CONHR.sup.7, CONR.sup.8 R.sup.9, COR.sup.10, OCOR.sup.11 or OR.sup.12, in which R.sup.6 is hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium salt, organic ammonium salt or alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sup.10, R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 are alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

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