This present invention relates to compositions to improve concrete using biochemical-producing microbes and/or byproducts synthesized by the microbes. The invention also relates to methods for enhancing the performance of the concrete with said microbial strains and/or their byproducts.

A glass/quartz composite structure comprises quartz grit (and/or nan-glass crystals), quartz powder and glass grit wherein the glass grit is in an amount greater than any other single material by weight of the composite structure (e.g. a combined weight of the quartz grit, quartz powder, glass grit, resin, and coupling agent). Natural stone components, which may include the quartz grit and quartz powder, may be in an amount greater than 30% by weight of the composite structure. The structure may be formed into a 1.2-1.5 cm thick slab for countertops using standard cabinet perimeter support. The slab may be made by mixing the quartz grit, quartz powder, glass grit, and binding resin, pouring the mixture in a mold, and compacting the mixture in the mold. Specific natural mineral components, decorative chips, and/or wet mixture pieces may be added to the composite structure to provide aesthetics of specific natural stones.

A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure including: a dry mixing step of dry-mixing raw materials to form the honeycomb structure by a batch treatment, a wet mixing step of adding a liquid including at least one selected from the group consisting of water, a surfactant, a lubricant and a plasticizer to a dry mixture obtained in the dry mixing step, to perform wet mixing, a kneading step of kneading a wet mixture obtained in the wet mixing step, and a forming step of extruding a forming material prepared in the kneading step, wherein in the dry mixing step, a used forming material passed through the forming step is added as a part of the raw material, to perform dry mixing, and the kneading step includes a liquid re-adding step of further adding the liquid in a process of kneading the wet mixture.

A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure including: a dry mixing step of dry-mixing raw materials to form the honeycomb structure by a batch treatment, a wet mixing step of adding a liquid including at least one selected from the group consisting of water, a surfactant, a lubricant and a plasticizer to a dry mixture obtained in the dry mixing step, to perform wet mixing, a kneading step of kneading a wet mixture obtained in the wet mixing step, and a forming step of extruding a forming material prepared in the kneading step, wherein in the dry mixing step, a used forming material passed through the forming step is added as a part of the raw material, to perform dry mixing, and the kneading step includes a liquid re-adding step of further adding the liquid in a process of kneading the wet mixture.

Disclosed in the present invention is a building with integral thermal insulation and heat shielding, in the technical field of construction engineering. The problem to be solved is to provide a building with integral thermal insulation and heat shielding, and the solution employed is as follows: a building with integral thermal insulation and heat shielding, which at least uses one of an inorganic thermal insulation structural layer and an inorganic thermal insulation layer; the inorganic thermal insulation structural layer is formed of one of, or a combination of both of, inorganic, thermally-insulating, heat-shielding and load-bearing concrete and inorganic, thermally-insulating, load-bearing building blocks; the inorganic, thermally-insulating, heat-shielding and load-bearing concrete has the following components in weight proportions: concrete composite light aggregate blending material: cement:sand:stone:ceramsite:fly ash:water:concrete admixture=(6−225):(200-800):(300-700):(500-1600):(150-650):(10-600):(80-400):(0.1-200). The present invention can be widely applied to the technical field of construction.

Fresh concrete which contains in 1 m3 50 to 300 kg of water, 135 to 400 kg of cement or 135 to 600 kg of a mixture of cement and at least one substituent thereof, 10 to 150 kg of finely ground brick, ceramic, mixed or concrete recyclate having a particle size of 5 to 250 microns and a specific surface of 300 to 1500 m2/kg or 10 to 150 kg of a mixture of finely ground brick, ceramic, mixed or concrete recyclate having a particle size of 5 to 250 microns and a specific surface of 300 to 1500 m2/kg and microsilica and/or at least one substituent thereof, with a content of finely ground recyclate in this combination of at least 10% by weight, and 1000 to 2300 kg of aggregate.

Fresh concrete which contains in 1 m3 50 to 300 kg of water, 135 to 400 kg of cement or 135 to 600 kg of a mixture of cement and at least one substituent thereof, 10 to 150 kg of finely ground brick, ceramic, mixed or concrete recyclate having a particle size of 5 to 250 microns and a specific surface of 300 to 1500 m2/kg or 10 to 150 kg of a mixture of finely ground brick, ceramic, mixed or concrete recyclate having a particle size of 5 to 250 microns and a specific surface of 300 to 1500 m2/kg and microsilica and/or at least one substituent thereof, with a content of finely ground recyclate in this combination of at least 10% by weight, and 1000 to 2300 kg of aggregate.

Concrete may be melted to form a glass product. Methods and batch compositions including concrete may be used to produce amorphous silica materials including, but not limited to, glass, container glass, fiber glass, glass bead, glass spheres, sheet or plate glass, glass aggregate, glass sand, abrasives, proppants, foamed glass, and manufactured glass articles. The initial processing steps include preparing a melt batch comprising concrete and, optionally, other components, melting the melt batch, and cooling the melted melt batch. Further processing steps may be utilized to produce the glass article.

Concrete may be melted to form a glass product. Methods and batch compositions including concrete may be used to produce amorphous silica materials including, but not limited to, glass, container glass, fiber glass, glass bead, glass spheres, sheet or plate glass, glass aggregate, glass sand, abrasives, proppants, foamed glass, and manufactured glass articles. The initial processing steps include preparing a melt batch comprising concrete and, optionally, other components, melting the melt batch, and cooling the melted melt batch. Further processing steps may be utilized to produce the glass article.

Method for the production of granular materials designed to be used as aggregates and fillers in a mix containing a binder for the manufacture of articles in slab or block form. The method comprises a step of melting a mixture of selected minerals having a specific chemical composition, a step of casting the molten material, a step of cooling the cast material until a predetermined temperature is reached and a step of crushing and/or grinding the cooled material to obtain granular materials having a selected particle size and suitable for use as aggregates or fillers in the mix for the manufacture of articles in slab or block form. Moreover, the method comprises, upstream of the melting step, a step for recovery and collection of the manufacturing waste of other previously manufactured articles. The manufacturing waste is designed to compose at least partially the mixture of selected minerals. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing articles in slab or block form from a mix containing the aggregates and the fillers and a binder.