Construction chemicals: Relationships
Every element and industry that Construction chemicals is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.
- Cement: Construction chemicals and cement are used together: admixtures are dosed into cement-based concrete to cut water and cement, grinding aids go into cement itself, and many tile adhesives and repair mortars are cement-based products. Their makers share the same construction demand, and admixtures are one of the main tools for lowering cement, and so CO2, per cubic metre of concrete. (researched)
- Construction and infrastructure: Construction chemicals are a small dose with a large effect: admixtures added at well under 2% of cement weight decide how concrete flows, sets and lasts, so their makers' volumes rise and fall with building and infrastructure activity. (researched)
- Building materials: Building materials depends on construction chemicals.
- Crude oil: Crude oil is a raw material for construction chemicals.
- Data centres and cloud: Data centres and cloud depends on construction chemicals.
- Ethylene oxide: Their prices have moved together.
- Gypsum: Their prices have moved together.
- Hospitality and tourism: Hospitality and tourism depends on construction chemicals.
- Hydropower dams: Their prices have moved together.
- Paints and coatings: Their prices have moved together.
- Public administration, defence and security: Public administration, defence and security depends on construction chemicals.
- Real estate: Real estate depends on construction chemicals.
- Sand & gravel: Their prices have moved together.
- Water and sanitation: Water and sanitation depends on construction chemicals.
- Wholesale and retail trade: Wholesale and retail trade depends on construction chemicals.