Disclosed are biopolymeric and biologically active mortars suitable for use in providing building materials having enhanced physical properties. Further disclosed are methods for making and using the disclosed materials.

Disclosed are biopolymeric and biologically active mortars suitable for use in providing building materials having enhanced physical properties. Further disclosed are methods for making and using the disclosed materials.

The invention relates to a formulation of a low carbon construction binder including, in a dehydrated form, a raw clay matrix and a deflocculating agent. It also relates to a construction binder, a method of preparing this construction binder, as well as a construction material comprising the construction binder according to the invention.

A pillar shaped honeycomb structure including pillar shaped honeycomb segments joined together via joining material layers, wherein each of the pillar shaped honeycomb segment includes: an outer peripheral wall; and a porous partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from one end face to other end face to form a flow path, and wherein a metal member is embedded in each of the joining material layer.

A pillar shaped honeycomb structure including pillar shaped honeycomb segments joined together via joining material layers, wherein each of the pillar shaped honeycomb segment includes: an outer peripheral wall; and a porous partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from one end face to other end face to form a flow path, and wherein a metal member is embedded in each of the joining material layer.

Novel binder compositions have been discovered that offer an alternative to Portland Cement and reduced carbon dioxide footprint. The compositions typically include the reaction product of a mixture of fly ash, calcium oxide, nanosilica, water, and an effective amount of an activator. The 7, 14, and/or 28 day compressive strength may be at least about 15 MPa or more in some embodiments.

A refractory composition including refractory aggregate, one or more matrix components, and silicate-coated set accelerator particles. The silicate-coated set accelerator particles can include one more of silicate-coated calcium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium chloride, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate and calcium sulfate. Suitable silicate coatings include sodium silicate, potassium silicate, lithium silicate and mixtures thereof. A method of recovering an aged refractory composition, a settable composition and a method of manufacturing silicate-coated calcium hydroxide particles are also provided.

A concrete crack repair material based on nano materials includes raw materials as follows: seaweed, sulphoaluminate cement, natural sand, nano-silica fume, calcium formate, fly ash, anhydrous calcium sulphoaluminate, a polyester fiber, a water reducing agent, a corrosion inhibitor and water. By reasonably selecting the raw materials of the concrete crack repair material and making a reasonable ratio of the raw materials, the concrete crack repair material is obtained with excellent performance such as good compressive strength, bending strength and bond strength, and excellent impermeability and frost resistance. The concrete crack repair material can be used for the concrete crack repair in the marine environment, which has very important application values.

The invention relates to the use of feldspar granules with a particular combination of oxide constituents in the manufacture of artificial agglomerate stone materials and to the agglomerate stone materials resulting thereof.

A composition consisting essentially of (a) 1 to 30% by weight of a 1 to 90% by weight aqueous phosphoric acid and/or a hydrogen phosphate; (b) 1 to 40% by weight of a compound selected from the group of oxides, hydroxides and oxide hydrates of magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc and copper; (c) 40 to 95% by weight of a particulate filler selected from the group of glass; mono-, oligo- and polyphosphates of magnesium, calcium, barium and aluminium; calcium sulphate; barium sulphate; simple and complex silicates; simple and complex aluminates; simple and complex titanates; simple and complex zirconates; zirconium dioxide; titanium dioxide, aluminium oxide; silicon oxide; silicon carbide; aluminium nitride; boron nitride and silicon nitride; (d) 1 to 10% by weight of an urea compound selected from the group consisting of imidazolidine-2-on, allantoin and imidazolidinyl urea; and (e) 0 to 15% by weight of a component differing from (a) to (d).