Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
I've been in the Nagano area for the past few days.
That's because today is this company's year-end party, lol.
It's not *just* that! But, well, since that's pretty much the main reason, I'm off then lol
I've fully recovered from the flu, too!!
But that's beside the point.
We started talking about antifreeze at our office.
To our employees,Antifreeze is useless.He had explained the reason for that.
So, even though I know this, if the general contractor says to use it, I’ll have to use it.
"Not using antifreeze—doesn't that mean completely rejecting everything we've done so far?"
When he said that, I thought, “Yeah, that’s true…” lol
When you think about it, this is part of the efforts we engineers make to prevent freezing.
But is that reallyFew field technicians have verified whether it freezes or not.That's it.
We Japanese don't question the products made by manufacturers.
I think, “Since the manufacturer made it, it must be good!”
Me too. I believe things way too easily, lol.
We tend to think that manufacturers in our civil engineering industry, in particular, are reliable.
I'm not saying they're not competent, but I think there are actually quite a few people on the manufacturer's side who don't really understand it either.
This means that even the manufacturers' salespeople don't fully understand them (the ingredients and how they work).
He said this in particular"Agent"That's the kind of thing, isn't it?
Products containing various additives, such as those that improve fluidity, induce foaming, or delay curing.
From the manufacturer's perspective, we users are practically amateurs, so it's only natural that we don't understand. (After all, chemistry is a different field.)
However,UsageI can conduct the experiment.That's right.
When using antifreeze,
Please prepare test specimens that have not been used at all and test specimens that have been used.
Please try leaving it in the same cold environment. (An environment where it will freeze.)
What will actually happen?
What about the mixing temperature?
The lower the mixing temperature, the lower the strength. The higher the temperature, the higher the strength. (Under freezing conditions)
How about the intensity for one week?
How about the intensity for Week 4?
It doesn't take that much effort. There's a small exam fee, but it's nothing to worry about!
If the experimental results are clear,It can be a reason to use it, and a reason not to use itIt can also be...
Rather than saying it hasn't frozen because it's been in use for a long time, it may actually be that it's a region where it wouldn't freeze even if it weren't in use.
Unless you let go of the preconception that water freezes, you’ll end up using antifreeze forever. (A waste of money?)
I'm not saying that all antifreeze is bad, but,
Since I know that some antifreeze doesn't actually work, I really want everyone to try this experiment.
I’m really looking forward to working with mortar in a super cold place next year, too!
We will be conducting experiments on various types of antifreeze.
Going forward, I’d like to test which antifreeze is most effective.
See you later.
