Chemicals for Construction & Concrete in Malaysia
ChemTrade supplies 114 products into construction & concrete in Malaysia. Each listing carries typical specifications, packing and availability.

| Product | Used for |
|---|---|
| 2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate | Monomer for elastomeric roof and wall coating polymers, acrylic sealants and flexible construction adhesives that have to move with the substrate. |
| Acrylic Emulsion | Used in cement and mortar modification, construction adhesives and waterproofing membrane formulations. |
| Aluminium Oxide | Refractory castables, kiln furniture and furnace linings that have to keep their strength at furnace temperature. |
| Aluminium Stearate | Integral water repellent in cement, mortar, render, gypsum plaster and dry-mix products, where the hydrophobic soap reduces capillary water uptake in the set material. |
| Aluminium Sulphate | Accelerator and waterproofing additive in selected cement, concrete and shotcrete formulations that call for aluminium sulphate. |
| Aluminium Trihydrate | Filler in solid-surface, cultured-marble and related mineral-filled composites that need white ATH powder with a defined particle size range. |
| Ammonium Polyphosphate | Fire-protective coating and intumescent systems for structural steel, boards and building products where APP-based formulations are specified. |
| Antifoam | Powder antifoam for dry mortar, cementitious mixes and gypsum-based products where entrained air and foam need to be controlled. |
| Ball Clay | Wall and floor tile bodies, where ball clay controls plasticity, pressing behaviour and unfired strength through the forming and drying stages. |
| Barium Carbonate | Brick and clay products where barium carbonate helps control scumming from soluble sulphates during drying and firing. |
| Bentonite | Support slurry for bored piling and diaphragm walls, and grouting and cutoff walls where low permeability is the requirement. |
| Borax | Borate input for selected glass fibre, insulation and other borosilicate-based construction materials. |
| Boric Acid | Timber preservation for structural and joinery timber, helping protect against fungal decay and insect attack in treatment formulations. |
| Brominated Flame Retardant | Used in selected polymer insulation-board formulations where a brominated flame retardant system is specified. |
| Butyl Acrylate | Feedstock for construction adhesive, waterproofing and elastomeric coating polymers that need a flexible acrylic backbone with outdoor durability. |
| Butyl Rubber | Roofing membranes, tank and pond linings and waterproofing compounds where a weather-resistant, low-permeability elastomer is specified. |
| Calcium Acetate | Concrete and mortar additive work where an acetate salt is specified to influence set behaviour or act as a calcium source in the mix design. |
| Calcium Carbide | Site and fabrication-yard gas cutting of structural steel, plate and pipe, and demolition torch work where cylinder logistics favour generating acetylene locally. |
| Calcium Carbonate | Filler and mineral component in dry-mix products, renders, adhesives and related construction formulations that specify ground calcium carbonate rather than coarse limestone aggregate. |
| Calcium Chloride | Set acceleration in concrete and cement systems, and dust suppression on unpaved surfaces and worksites where calcium chloride is specified in the admixture or treatment programme. |
| Calcium Formate | Cement additive and setting accelerator in dry-mix mortar, tile adhesive, concrete admixtures and related construction systems where calcium formate supports early strength development and controlled set. |
| Calcium Lignosulphonate | Water-reducing and plasticising component blended into concrete admixture packages, and a dispersant in gypsum, plaster and cementitious slurries. Behaviour shifts with cement, dosage and grade, so trials settle the dose. |
| Calcium Nitrate | Concrete set accelerator and cold-weather admixture ingredient where a calcium nitrate grade is specified by the mix design. |
| Calcium Stearate | Water repellent and hydrophobic additive in gypsum board, plasters, cement, mortar, joint compound and dry-mix systems. |
| Calcium Sulphate | Gypsum dihydrate and plaster of Paris hemihydrate for plaster systems, moulds, casting compounds and related dry construction materials. This is not lime plaster or hydrated lime. |
| Carbon Black | Colouring concrete, pavers and roof tiles, and pigmenting bitumen and sealants. |
| Chlorinated Polyethylene | Chlorinated polyethylene is used in roofing and waterproofing membrane compounds that require a flexible polymer component. |
| Chlorocresol | Preservation of compatible concrete and construction admixture formulations. |
| Chromic Acid | Component of timber preservation chemistry used on treated structural and outdoor lumber, supplied against the treatment formulation in use. |
| Chromium Oxide Green | Colouring of concrete products, roof tiles, ceramics and glazes where chromium oxide green is specified. |
| Coal Tar Oil | Timber and pole treating, and binder or blending duty in road surfacing and roofing products that specify a tar-based oil. Supply is subject to applicable requirements. |
| Copper Chloride | Copper component in timber preservative formulations where a soluble copper(II) salt is called for by the treatment specification. |
| DDAC | Wood-preservation and related building-product formulations that use didecyldimethylammonium chloride as the quaternary active. |
| Diglycolamine | Intermediate for selected cement grinding-aid formulations where diglycolamine is specified. |
| Diisononyl Phthalate | Vinyl flooring, wall covering, waterproofing membrane and building cable compounds, where low volatile loss matters over a long installed life. |
| Dipropylene Glycol Dibenzoate | Used in selected sealant and caulk formulations where tack, green strength and plasticisation are formulation priorities. |
| Dolomite | Mineral filler and aggregate component in selected construction mixes, renders and related mineral formulations where a calcium-magnesium carbonate is specified rather than pure limestone. |
| Epoxidised Soya Bean Oil | Additive in PVC flooring, wall covering, roofing membrane and profile compounds that need heat stability through calendering or extrusion and retained flexibility afterwards. |
| Epoxy Resin | Civil-engineering repair mortars, bonding systems and selected structural or protective applications on concrete and related substrates. |
| Ferrous Sulphate | Chromate-reducing additive in cement and related construction materials when the formulation calls for ferrous sulphate. |
| Fly Ash | Supplementary cementitious material in concrete, precast and ready-mix; cement blending and clinker replacement; grouting, soil stabilisation, structural fill, autoclaved aerated concrete, lightweight block, brick and paving products, and controlled low-strength or flowable fill. |
| Formalin | Process chemical for plywood, particleboard and related wood-panel bonding systems that use formaldehyde-based resins prepared from formalin. |
| Furfuryl Alcohol | Furan cements, mortars, grouts and acid-brick jointing compounds for chemical-resistant flooring, sumps, trenches and process-area civil work. |
| Gum Rosin | Binder or resin component in road-marking and other construction formulations that need a thermoplastic natural resin base. |
| HEUR Thickener | Associative thickening in compatible construction dispersions where the required shear profile is established by formulation testing. |
| Hexylene Glycol | Additive in cement, gypsum and mortar packages where a diol is specified to modify grinding, set or workability behaviour. |
| HPMC | Water retention and open time in cement tile adhesive, render, skim coat, wall putty and self-levelling compound. The largest use by tonnage here. |
| Hydrated Lime | Lime mortar, render and plaster, and drying and stabilising soft subgrade before road pavement work. |
| Hydraulic Oil | Mobile and stationary construction equipment hydraulics, including earthmoving plant, where grade selection follows OEM viscosity and temperature guidance. |
| Hydrocarbon Resin | Used in road-marking materials and as a modifier in selected bitumen-based formulations. |
| Hydrochloric Acid | Etching concrete before coating, cleaning brick and tile, and removing excess mortar. This is the work still ordered as muriatic acid. |
| Hydroxyethyl Cellulose | Selected grades provide viscosity, water retention and workability in cementitious mortars, gypsum plaster, joint compounds and related dry-mix systems. Compatibility and dosage should be checked in the formulation. |
| Hydroxypropyl Starch Ether | Used in tile adhesives, wall putty, skim coats, renders, plasters, self-levelling compounds and gypsum-based dry-mix products. |
| Iron Oxide Pigment | Integral colour for concrete pavers, blocks, roof tiles, precast elements and coloured cement where lightfast iron oxide shades are preferred for outdoor exposure. |
| Kerosene | Site maintenance solvent, equipment cleaning and selected construction-chemical blends that call for industrial kerosene. |
| Linseed Oil | Timber treatment and concrete or masonry sealing, where the oil soaks in and cures to reduce water uptake on joinery, formwork and hard surfaces. |
| Lithium Carbonate | Set accelerator and lithium source in selected cement, mortar and rapid-hardening construction formulations. |
| Lithopone | White pigment in wall putty, skim coat, tile grout, joint compound and cement-based decorative mixes, where whiteness is needed at filler economics. |
| Magnesium Carbonate | Component of high-temperature insulation and refractory precursor systems that convert to magnesia in service. |
| Magnesium Chloride | Magnesium oxychloride (Sorel) cement and related magnesia cement systems, and dust suppression on unpaved surfaces and worksites where magnesium chloride is named in the treatment programme. |
| Magnesium Oxide | The magnesium source in oxysulfate and oxychloride cement systems, and the raw powder behind magnesia board and flooring compounds. |
| Manganese Dioxide | Dark brown to black colourant for facing bricks, roof tiles and concrete products where the tone is developed in the fired or cured body. |
| Melamine | Resin feedstock for high-pressure decorative laminates, impregnated papers, flooring surfaces, furniture panels and wood-panel adhesive systems. |
| Methacrylic Acid | Acid monomer for polycarboxylate ether admixture polymers used as concrete superplasticisers and water reducers. |
| Methyl Cellulose | Water-retention agent and workability aid in tile adhesive, cement render, gypsum plaster, skim coat and self-levelling compounds, holding mixing water in the mortar long enough for it to cure against an absorbent substrate. |
| Methyl Diethanolamine | Component in cement grinding aids and concrete admixture packages that use alkanolamines to support grinding efficiency or set control. |
| Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide | Initiator used in selected resin-based construction components where the resin supplier specifies MEKP and a defined reactivity profile. |
| Methyl Methacrylate | Reactive component in MMA-based flooring and resin systems, and in artificial marble or solid-surface casting formulations. |
| Mimosa Extract | Binder and resin formulations that call for a defined vegetable tannin extract rather than herbal mimosa powder. |
| Molasses | Component in selected concrete admixture and set-retarder formulations where a molasses-based retarding agent is used. |
| Monoisopropanolamine | Used as a component in cement grinding-aid formulations where the specified alkanolamine is required. |
| Naphthalene | Feedstock for naphthalene sulphonate formaldehyde condensate used in concrete superplasticisers and related admixture systems. State the intended condensate route and grade targets with the enquiry. |
| Organoclay | Used for rheology and anti-sag control in compatible adhesive, sealant and mastic formulations. |
| Perlite | Lightweight aggregate for insulating concrete, screeds, plasters and boards, reducing dead load while keeping the mix non-combustible. |
| Phenolphthalein | Phenolphthalein spray or solution for concrete carbonation-depth testing on site and in construction materials laboratories. |
| Phthalic Anhydride | Upstream raw material for the polyester resins and composite laminates used in tanks, panels, gratings and marine or construction mouldings. |
| Polyamide Resin | Curing agent in epoxy floor, tank lining, marine and maintenance coating systems formulated for flexibility and moisture tolerance. |
| Polyisobutylene | Insulating-glass and construction sealant formulations that rely on the low moisture and gas transmission of medium and high molecular weight grades. |
| Polymer | Polymer additives and binders in concrete admixtures, sealants, grouts and insulation-related formulations. |
| Polymeric MDI | Rigid insulation panels, cold-room foam, spray polyurethane foam and related building-envelope systems where polymeric MDI is the isocyanate side of the polyol formulation. |
| Polyphosphoric Acid | Bitumen and asphalt modifier for road paving and related binders, used to raise softening point and improve rutting resistance when the bitumen grade and dosage are specified by the contractor or binder formulators. |
| Polyvinyl Alcohol | Binder and rheology aid in selected dry-mix mortars, putties, ceramic binders and related construction formulations. Send the mix type and performance target so the hydrolysis and viscosity grade can be matched. |
| Potassium Acetate | Concrete work where an acetate salt is used as a set-controlling or freeze-protection additive rather than a chloride, which avoids adding chloride to reinforced sections. |
| Potassium Silicate | Concrete densifier, hardener and sealer formulations that react with calcium compounds in cementitious surfaces to reduce porosity and dusting. |
| Potato Starch | Fluid-loss control and rheology aid in selected construction mixes and related technical systems when a potato starch grade is specified. |
| Propylene Carbonate | Component or process aid in selected concrete admixture and construction chemical formulations that specify propylene carbonate. |
| PVC Processing Aid | Processing-aid selection for PVC pipe, fittings, window profiles, sheet, foam board and foam-profile compounds. |
| Quaternium-18 | Cationic additive enquiries for selected asphalt and emulsion formulations where quaternium-18 is specified. |
| Quicklime | Soil stabilisation of wet or weak subgrades, and the lime source for mortars, renders and autoclaved building products where unslaked feed is specified. |
| SBR Latex | SBR latex is used as a bonding agent and cement or mortar modifier in tile adhesives, repair mortars, screed primers, render and waterproofing slurries, improving adhesion, flexural strength and water resistance. |
| Silica Flour | Filler in tile adhesives, grouts, self-levelling compounds, repair mortars and other cementitious formulations. |
| Silica Sand | Construction mortars, tile adhesives, grouts, renders and related mineral mixes that specify a clean, sized silica sand fraction rather than ordinary building sand. |
| Silicon Carbide | Refractory mixes, kiln furniture, crucibles and high-temperature ceramic components that rely on SiC hardness and thermal stability. |
| Silicone Emulsion | Water-repellent treatments and admixture formulation for cementitious products and masonry systems. |
| Sodium Aluminate | Set accelerator and component in cement, mortar, shotcrete and self-levelling systems, where the aluminate shortens setting time and supports early strength development. |
| Sodium Formate | Chloride-free set accelerator and antifreeze admixture component for cement, mortar and concrete where chloride-bearing accelerators are not permitted. |
| Sodium Gluconate | Set retarder and water-reducing concrete admixture. Gluconate chelates cement minerals to extend workable time and support placement of ready-mix and site concrete in hot or long-haul conditions. |
| Sodium Lauryl Sulphate | Foaming and wetting agent in concrete admixtures and in cellular or foamed concrete. |
| Sodium Lignosulphonate | Water-reducing and plasticising component in concrete admixtures; dispersant in cementitious systems, gypsum boards and plaster formulations where improved workability and slurry control are required. |
| Sodium Metasilicate | Dry component of cementitious grouts and sealers, and a set accelerator where the mix is blended on site as a powder. |
| Sodium Naphthalene Sulphonate | Naphthalene-based superplasticiser and high-range water-reducing component for concrete admixture formulations. |
| Sodium Silicate | Soil stabilisation and grouting, and surface treatment of concrete floors where the silicate reacts with free lime to harden and seal them. |
| Sodium Silicofluoride | Active salt in concrete hardening and floor dustproofing treatments that react into the surface, and in timber preservative formulations for structural and joinery timber. |
| Sulphur Powder | Component in selected asphalt, construction material and related technical formulations where elemental sulphur powder is specified. |
| Tallow Amine Ethoxylate | Used in selected bitumen emulsifier and asphalt anti-stripping additive formulations. |
| Tallow Diamine | Used in asphalt and bitumen anti-stripping and adhesion-promoter formulations. |
| Tetraethylenepentamine | Used in adhesion-promoter chemistries for asphalt and bitumen formulations. |
| Transformer Oil | Transformer commissioning and installation work on buildings and infrastructure projects, and top-up volumes held by electrical contractors during testing. |
| Tributyl Phosphate | Defoaming additive in concrete admixtures, grouts and cementitious slurries, where entrained air has to be knocked down without disturbing the rest of the admixture package. |
| Triisopropanolamine | Triisopropanolamine is used in cement grinding-aid and concrete-admixture formulations, with TIPA 85 commonly selected for liquid dosing. |
| Vinyl Acetate Monomer | Feedstock for polymer emulsions used in construction adhesives, sealants and selected cement-modification systems. |
| Xylenol Orange | Used in cement and mineral analysis methods that specify xylenol orange as the colour indicator. |
| Zinc Ingot | Upstream metal behind galvanised structural steel, sheet, roofing and fabricated sections that rely on a zinc coating for corrosion life. |
| Zinc Phosphate | Structural steelwork, bridge and building primer systems, and shop primers applied before fabrication, where the coating specification names a phosphate pigment. |
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