Provided are a bubble-containing gypsum slurry and a method for producing the same, whereby, in bubble-containing gypsum slurries of the same specific gravity, a bubble size in the gypsum slurry can be increased with a small amount of a foaming component.

A bubble-containing gypsum slurry containing, a hydraulic powder containing gypsum, water, the following component (A1), optionally the following component (A2), and the following component (B), component (A1): an alkyl or alkenyl sulfate or a salt thereof, component (A2): one or more selected from surfactants other than component (A1), and component (B): a nonionic compound with a Log P of 0 or more and 3.0 or less, wherein a mass ratio of a content of component (B) to a total content of components (A1) and (A2), (B)/[(A1)+(A2)], is 0.05 or more and 0.5 or less.

There is provided a cementitious product comprising cementitious material, the cementitious product further comprising stone wool objects, said stone wool objects comprising stone wool fibres, wherein a portion of the stone wool fibres have a longest dimension greater than 250 m. In this way, there is provided a cementitious product with improved fire performance.

There is provided a cementitious product comprising cementitious material, the cementitious product further comprising stone wool objects, said stone wool objects comprising stone wool fibres, wherein a portion of the stone wool fibres have a longest dimension greater than 250 m. In this way, there is provided a cementitious product with improved fire performance.

A material composition for use in construction includes calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH), calcium carbonate (CC) powder, hydrophobic dispersible polymer, and a retarder comprising modified amino acid. Further, a method of using material composition in one or more construction activities includes adding the material composition to water in a mixer, the material composition comprises calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH), calcium carbonate (CC) powder, hydrophobic dispersible polymer, and a retarder comprising modified amino acid. The method further includes blending the material composition with water in the mixer for a predetermined amount of time to produce a jointing compound having a predetermined consistency and workability.

The description relates to reducing hydrochloric acid in cement kilns. In one aspect, an aqueous copper-based chloride remediator is introduced into contact with combustion gases from a cement kiln. Injection is made into a defined introduction zone under conditions effective for HCl emissions control wherein the temperature is within the range of from 300 F. to 800 F., preferably from 550 F. to 750 F. The resulting gases are discharged from the defined zone following sufficient reaction time to reduce the HCl concentration in the gases.

A novel process for treatment of low quality or brackish water that allows increased recovery of high quality water, recovers commodity minerals and reduces the volume of water and mass of solids that are disposed from the process.

A grout composition includes a grout binder comprising calcium sulfate, the grout binder constituting from about 25.0 weight percent to about 99.0 weight percent of the grout composition, and at least one thermal conductivity additive comprising graphite. A grout formed from the grout composition has a thermal conductivity greater than about 1.0 W/m.Math.K. Related grout slurries formed from the grout composition, grouts, and methods of grouting a wellbore are also disclosed.

A grout composition includes a grout binder comprising calcium sulfate, the grout binder constituting from about 25.0 weight percent to about 99.0 weight percent of the grout composition, and at least one thermal conductivity additive comprising graphite. A grout formed from the grout composition has a thermal conductivity greater than about 1.0 W/m.Math.K. Related grout slurries formed from the grout composition, grouts, and methods of grouting a wellbore are also disclosed.

A drying-type joint compound and related methods, the drying-type joint compound having a lowered friction coefficient and formulated with chloride-containing flue-gas-desulfurization (FGD) gypsum powder having the median particle size (D50) of at least about 20 m, preferably the chloride-containing FGD gypsum powder having a D10 greater than 5 m, wherein the drying-type joint compound further comprises a binder; one or more clays; a cellulosic thickener; and an additive.

A grout composition includes a grout binder comprising calcium sulfate, the grout binder constituting from about 25.0 weight percent to about 99.0 weight percent of the grout composition, and at least one thermal conductivity additive comprising graphite. A grout formed from the grout composition has a thermal conductivity greater than about 1.0 W/m.Math.K. Related grout slurries formed from the grout composition, grouts, and methods of grouting a wellbore are also disclosed.