Manufacturing lightweight aggregate (LWA) by a sintering technique requires a delicate balance among three conditions: forming sufficient amount of molten liquid phase during sintering; reaching an appropriate viscosity for solid-liquid suspension; and emitting sufficient amount of gas that can be entrapped by the liquid phase to form pores. LWAs were made from low-calcium and high-calcium Waste Coal Combustion Ash (W-CCA) including fly ash and bottom ash. A mass fraction of at least 40% liquid phase for fly ash and 50% for bottom ash is required for a successful entrapment of emitted gaseous phases during sintering. Larger pores were observed in the microstructure of LWA samples made using high-calcium W-CCA in comparison to low-calcium W-CCA. This result was mainly attributed to the high-calcium samples forming liquid phases with lower viscosity values and emitting higher amounts of gaseous phase during sintering than did the low-calcium samples. The gaseous phase was generated by hematite reduction and anhydrite decomposition.

An efficient sound-absorbing lightweight aggregate cellular concrete, a method for preparing the same, and an application thereof. The concrete comprises: 85-95 parts by weight of low-carbon sulfur-aluminum-ferric cementitious materials, 5-15 parts by weight of supplementary cementitious material, 0.6-1.5 parts by weight of functional admixture, 20-60 parts by weight of non-sintered lightweight aggregate, 0.35-0.45 parts by weight of water, and 0.5-1.5 L of preformed foam. The non-sintered lightweight aggregate includes cementitious materials, byproduct gypsum, hydrogen peroxide, water, and expanded perlite. A multi-level pore structure is constructed from expanded perlite pores, hydrogen peroxide foaming pores, and physical foaming pores. The material exhibits a noise reduction coefficient 0.80, a bulk density500 kg/m.sup.3, and a flexural strength 1.5 MPa.

A method of preparing an admixture for a plasterboard is disclosed. An admixture prepared by the method and a composition for forming a plasterboard containing the admixture are also disclosed. The method includes sulfonation of polystyrene using sulfuric acid to give an admixture including a sulfonated polystyrene (SPS)-based compound of formula 1 below. The admixture enables regulation of properties of a plasterboard, such as foam size, flowability, and setting time, by regulating a degree of sulfonation (DS) of the SPS-based compound: ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a bio-aggregate based building product comprising a macroporous element formed from a mixture of: a calcium carbonate derived binder and a lignocellulosic bio-aggregate. The macroporous element has an air and/or vapour and/or water open matrix with a microcapillary structure formed by the lignocellulosic bio-aggregate. The porosity of the macroporous element is at least 50% of the bulk volume of the building product. Between 40% and 80% by weight of bio-aggregate granulates forming the lignocellulosic bio-aggregate have a maximum particle size falling within the lower 50% of the particle size range. No more than 5% by weight of bio-aggregate granulates forming the lignocellulosic bio-aggregate have a maximum particle size falling within the upper 20% of the particle size range.

The present application belongs to the technical field of civil and architectural engineering materials, and in particular relates to an environmental and low-carbon foamed lightweight soil prepared by using CO.sub.2 and MgO as raw materials. Raw material compositions of the carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil include, in parts by weight, 10 to 200 parts of MgO, 10 to 100 parts of a filler, 2 to 45 parts of a CO.sub.2 bubble cluster and 20 to 400 parts of water. The present application is made in view of the problems of large carbon emission and serious energy consumption caused by a cement solidification agent used in traditional foamed lightweight soil.

In the present disclosure, a cement board is disclosed. The cement board comprises a core having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and a binder including a pozzolan material and a water-resistant additive, wherein the water-resistant additive is present in an amount of less than 5 wt. % based on the weight of the pozzolan material.

The present invention is proposed to disclose a method for preparing an all-solid waste-based carbonated unburned lightweight aggregate. The method includes the following steps: (1) subjecting an active component type solid waste, a lightweight filling type solid waste, and an alkali activation type solid waste to grinding and mixing to obtain a mixed solid waste powder; and (2) subjecting the mixed solid waste powder and water to granulation to obtain particles, and subjecting the particles to precuring and mineralization curing with CO.sub.2 to obtain the all-solid waste-based carbonated unburned lightweight aggregate. The active component type solid waste includes blast furnace slag, steel slag, or furnace slag. The lightweight filling type solid waste includes fly ash, river silt, or red mud. The alkali activation type solid waste includes carbide slag. In the present invention, all raw materials are selected from solid wastes, the alkali activation type solid waste is used as an alkali activator to replace traditional quicklime, sodium hydroxide, and sodium silicate, and a CO.sub.2 mineralization strengthening technology is used, so that the carbon fixation potential of the solid wastes is fully exerted, natural resources are saved, and the all-solid waste-based carbonated unburned lightweight aggregate prepared has excellent compressive strength.

An adhesive composition, in particular a tile adhesive, includes: a) 10-50 wt. % of a hydraulic binder, b) 20-60 wt. % of lightweight aggregates, c) 10-25 wt. % of a polymer.

The present application belongs to the field of thermal management technology, and discloses a functionalized silica aerogel powder and a preparation method thereof, an aerogel slurry and a preparation method and use thereof. A method for preparing the functionalized silica aerogel powder includes the following steps: (1) modifying halloysite nanotubes with dodecyl methacrylate and pentafluorophenyl methacrylate to obtain modified halloysite nanotubes; (2) preparing a silica sol; (3) adding the modified halloysite nanotubes into the silica sol to prepare a wet gel; and (4) preparing a functionalized silica aerogel powder through the wet gel. Further, the aerogel slurry was prepared using the functionalized silica aerogel powder, and an aerogel thermal insulation blanket was prepared using the aerogel slurry. The aerogel thermal insulation blanket has low thermal conductivity, good mechanical performance, not easy to lose powder, convenient transportation, and can be suitable for thermal management in various scenarios.

Perlite-free, lightweight setting-type joint compounds which comprise calcium sulfate hemihydrate with a dry density of less than 50 lb/ft.sup.3, a foaming agent having a HLB value of at least 10 and preferably comprising an alkylbenzene sulfonic acid having a linear alkyl chain containing 8 to 14 carbons and/or a salt thereof, and a combination of rheology modifiers. Methods for building wallboard assemblies and methods for wall patch and repair projects that include applying the perlite-free, lightweight setting-type joint compounds to a substrate.