The present invention provides an admixture for concrete with an excellent flow retainability over a long time of 120 minutes until the placement of the concrete without loss of strength, and in which a workable time and constructability are obtainable because a suitable setting time is obtained, and in which bleeding is suppressible.

The admixture for concrete comprises a lignin derivative (A), a copolymer having a hydrolysable group (B) and a (meth)acrylic-based viscosity adjusting component (C), wherein the copolymer having the hydrolysable group (B) is a copolymer of at least two monomers consisting of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having hydrolysability (b1) and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a polyalkyleneoxide ether chain (b2).

According to some embodiments, a curable mixture configured to set in the presence of water, wherein the mixture comprises magnesium oxide, a primary cementitious component and at least one accelerant. A proportion by weight of the primary cementitious component is 80% to 120% of a proportion of magnesium oxide by weight.

A manufacturing process of a concrete product includes: (1) extracting calcium from solids as portlandite; (2) forming a cementitious slurry including the portlandite; (3) shaping the cementitious slurry into a structural component; and (4) exposing the structural component to carbon dioxide sourced from a flue gas stream, thereby forming the concrete product.

A manufacturing process of a concrete product includes: (1) extracting calcium from solids as portlandite; (2) forming a cementitious slurry including the portlandite; (3) shaping the cementitious slurry into a structural component; and (4) exposing the structural component to carbon dioxide sourced from a flue gas stream, thereby forming the concrete product.

According to some embodiments, a curable mixture configured to set in the presence of water, wherein the mixture comprises magnesium oxide, a primary cementitious component and at least one accelerant. A proportion by weight of the primary cementitious component is 80% to 120% of a proportion of magnesium oxide by weight.

The present invention aims at providing a composition containing aggregate, binder, and water that can achieve a higher degree of both flowability in the fresh state and a limitation of autogenous shrinkage. A composition of the present invention contains binder, aggregate, and water, wherein the aggregate contains: small-diameter aggregate classified into particle diameters of 300 μm or more and less than 1.18 mm; medium-diameter aggregate classified into particle diameters of 1.18 mm or more and less than 4.75 mm; and large-diameter aggregate classified into particle diameters of 4.75 mm or more and 5 mm or less; wherein a ratio of volume of water to a sum of volume of the binder and volume of aggregate having particle diameters of 5 mm or less is 15% or more and 26% or less, and the small-diameter aggregate, the medium-diameter aggregate, and the large-diameter aggregate each have a BET specific surface area of 0.4 (m.sup.2/g) or less.

A water repellent composition comprising slag and organosiliconate salt characterized in that the concentration of the slag is from 1-5 wt % based on the weight of the plaster and the concentration of organosiliconate salt is from 0.5-2 wt % based on the weight of the plaster.5

Methods including preparing a mixture including a binder composition containing at least one binder and at least one mineral filler, and curing the mixture to produce a material having improved electrical conductivity at 20° C., where at least 20% by weight of the at least one mineral filler is iron-containing slag.

A method for preparing an ettringite binder from an aluminosilicate source, a calcium sulfate source and a calcium hydroxide (or slaked lime, CH) source, the binder including a catalyst and/or an activator. Also the use of the ettringite binder produced by the method for producing cement, masonry cement, mortar, concrete, road binders and/or formulated lime.

A method may include providing a cement composition comprising ground vitrified clay, hydrated lime, and water; and introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation.