A process for providing inorganic polymer ceramic-like materials. The process comprises providing a first material which comprises at least one non-oxide ceramic powder, and, at least one metal oxide, and providing a second material which comprises a caustic slurry composed of alkaline water and a solvent, and, combining the materials with stirring. There is also provided a composition of matter provided by the above-mentioned process which is a chemically bonded ceramic polymer comprising metal oxide and non-oxide ceramic bonds.

Compositions may include a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), wherein a total number of guaiacyl groups is 2 to 10. The compositions may further include an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water. Cement slurries may include a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant including a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water, wherein a total number of guaiacyl groups in the chemical structure (I) is 2 to 10. The cement slurries may further include a cement and water. Methods may include introducing a cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the cement slurry comprises a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant, a cement, and water, and allowing the cement slurry to set to a concrete in a downhole zone of interest.

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Compositions may include a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), wherein a total number of guaiacyl groups is 2 to 10. The compositions may further include an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water. Cement slurries may include a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant including a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water, wherein a total number of guaiacyl groups in the chemical structure (I) is 2 to 10. The cement slurries may further include a cement and water. Methods may include introducing a cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the cement slurry comprises a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant, a cement, and water, and allowing the cement slurry to set to a concrete in a downhole zone of interest.

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Compositions may include a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), wherein a total number of syringyl groups is 2 to 10. The compositions may further include an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water. Cement slurries may include a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant including a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water, wherein a total number of syringyl groups in the chemical structure (I) is 2 to 10. The cement slurries may further include a cement and water. Methods may include introducing a cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the cement slurry comprises a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant, a cement, and water, and allowing the cement slurry to set to a concrete in a downhole zone of interest.

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Compositions may include a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), wherein a total number of syringyl groups is 2 to 10. The compositions may further include an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water. Cement slurries may include a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant including a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water, wherein a total number of syringyl groups in the chemical structure (I) is 2 to 10. The cement slurries may further include a cement and water. Methods may include introducing a cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the cement slurry comprises a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant, a cement, and water, and allowing the cement slurry to set to a concrete in a downhole zone of interest.

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Accelerators and binders including steelmaking slag and their use in construction materials, wherein the accelerators for the reaction of steelmaking slag with water are being selected from the group consisting of alkanolamines, reducing agents, sugars, sugar acids, carboxylic acids or their salts, amino acids or their salts, sulfamic acid, glyoxal, acetylacetone, pyrocatechol, nitrilotri(methylphosphonic acid), etidronic acid, mineral salts, or mixtures thereof.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing control agents for applications in the petroleum field, where a polymer bearing OH, amine and/or amide functions, which is in the form of a divided solid, is reacted with at least one crosslinking agent bearing at least two R groups capable of reacting with the OH, amine or amide groups, under conditions where said polymer remains in solid form and where said crosslinking agent is at least partly in vapor form, The invention also relates to the control agents obtained in solid form according to this process, and also to the mixtures of these solid agents with other additives, which can be used in particular for the preparation of cement grout for oil extraction.

A process for hydrophobization of concrete or mortar using an aqueous dispersion containing an alkylketene dimer, at least one emulsifier and a condensation product of phenol sulfonic acid and formaldehyde, naphthalene sulfonic acid and formaldehyde, or naphthalene sulfonic acid, phenol, formaldehyde and urea; and the concrete or mortar obtainable by the process. The process allows effective mass and surface hydrophobization of concrete.

A process for hydrophobization of concrete or mortar using an aqueous dispersion containing an alkylketene dimer, at least one emulsifier and a condensation product of phenol sulfonic acid and formaldehyde, naphthalene sulfonic acid and formaldehyde, or naphthalene sulfonic acid, phenol, formaldehyde and urea; and the concrete or mortar obtainable by the process. The process allows effective mass and surface hydrophobization of concrete.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a gypsum-containing foamed prefabricated building material and to a gypsum-containing foamed prefabricated building material.