KSA Business: Sabic unveils new market solution for Saudi building sector – Gulf Digital News

KSA Business: Sabic unveils new market solution for Saudi building sector – Gulf Digital News

Sabic, a global diversified chemicals company based in Saudi Arabia, has introduced a new market solution, carbon black grade N330, for the kingdom’s building and construction industry to improve the quality of cast-in-place concrete structures that require an early drying process and provide extra strength.

Carbon black is a form of elemental carbon that is manufactured by the controlled vapour-phase pyrolysis and partial combustion of hydrocarbons.

With the inherent advantage of feedstock availability, Sabic introduced five carbon black grades in ASTM 2 and 3 series (N220, N326, N330, N339 and N375) for the first time in GCC.

Premium concrete hollow blocks manufactured with concrete mix produced from Sabic material provide better strength, reduce setting time and improve appearance, said the company in a statement.

The solution showed a reduction in casting time by more than 40% and an increase in strength by 7%.

Sabic carbon black grade N330 provides superior performance when blended in specific proportion with concrete and mixed with other chemicals to suit the manufacturing of pre-cast building blocks that meets the requirement of high compressive strength as per the standards set by Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) and GCC Standardization Organization (GSO).

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