Building Industry

Several lithium salts such as lithium carbonate, lithium sulfate and lithium hydroxide are used as additives for fast setting cements, floor screeds, joint sealing mortars, and cement based adhesives. These lithium compounds accelerate the setting and hardening of aqueous binding systems based on high alumina cement. This is of particular importance when other additives used in formulations have the disadvantage of retarding the hardening process below the actual required properties.