Sodium gluconate also called sodium salt of gluconic acid, is produced pf glucose. sodium gluconate has a wide range of industrial uses. for example, it can be used as concrete admixture, steel surface cleaner, glass bottle cleaner, and electroplating industrial aluminum oxide coloring in the construction, textile printing and dyeing, metal surface treatment, and water treatment industries.
Sodium gluconate can be used as concrete setting retarder to improce the workability and the strength of concrete. whem adding a certain amount of sodium gluconate to cement. it can make the concrete strong and random. And it will delay the initial setting and final setting time of concrete without affecting the strenghth of concrete. As a retarder, it can help reduce the speed at which concrete cures.
