Shaving cream is just like foaming agent. Will chemicals contained in shaving cream affect hydration of cement? Low cost shaving cream or shampoo can be experimented for determining their effect on workability, compressive strength of concrete.
Yes, so many studies have been done in University of Houston on using that material in to concrete
Check this auther publications
http://www.cive.uh.edu/faculty/vipulanandan
The key characteristic of a foam to use in concrete is stability. If the foam is of the rapidly decaying type, then it is no good. Also, temperature and pH stability are also important.
Mohannad Husain Al-Sherrawi is totally right.
It depends on the composition of the liquid. And what is the expectation? Should it work as plasticizer or sealing admixture?
Some detergents (fabric softeners) may contain silanes, etc.
Hello, sodium sulfates is the main constituents in shampoo or other detergent. We should take attention about its dosage if we think increasing some other characteristics of concrete.
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