A solid product of a lignin-containing composition can have high dispersibility and heat stability; a solid product of a high performance lignin derivative can be used as a dispersing agent, useful at a construction site, with a concrete, and/or as a premix mixed with a hydraulic composition. A composition can serve as a dispersing agent capable of providing various substances to be dispersed with a thickening property and of enhancing the properties thereof, regardless of the use thereof such as for a hydraulic composition, dye, inorganic or organic pigment, coal-water slurry, agricultural chemical, ceramic, and/or oil drilling mud. The composition includes a lignin sulfonic acid-based compound and a water-soluble compound, or includes a lignin derivative that is a reaction product of a lignin sulfonic acid-based compound with an aromatic water-soluble compound and that satisfies prescribed conditions; and the composition may be a granular product or a liquid product.

Geopolymer cement slurries, cured geopolymer cements, and methods of making cured geopolymer cement and methods of using geopolymer cement slurries are provided. The geopolymer cement slurry comprises Saudi Arabian volcanic ash, an aqueous solution, Na.sub.2SiO.sub.3, NaOH, and a resin. The Saudi Arabian volcanic ash comprises SO.sub.3, CaO, SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, MgO, and K.sub.2O.

The present disclosure provides for binder compositions comprising cellulose ethers, as well as insulation articles and products comprising the same.

The present disclosure provides for binder compositions comprising cellulose ethers, as well as insulation articles and products comprising the same.

A waterproofing agent for concrete includes: 1-60 parts by weight of ferric ions; 1-60 parts by weight of carboxylate ions; 1-40 parts by weight of 8-hydroxyquinoline; and 1-50 parts by weight of pyrosulfate ions.

Provided is a concrete hardener composition. The concrete hardener composition includes a sodium silicate compound, an acid compound and a balance amount of solvent. The sodium silicate compound includes sodium silicate or a mixture of sodium silicate and sodium methylsilicate. The acid compound includes acetic acid, glycolic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, tartaric acid, nitric acid, boric acid or a combination thereof. The solvent includes water or a mixed solution of water and polyol. Based on the total weight of the concrete hardener composition, the content of silicon is between 5 wt % and 15 wt %, and the content of the acid compound is between 2 wt % and 30 wt %.

Design and construction method for improving an expansive soil embankment using phosphogypsum and microbes, including the following steps: (1) placing Bacillus pasteurii into a culture medium to prepare a microbial solution, and mixing urea and calcium chloride with water to prepare a cementing fluid; (2) mixing and stirring a mixture, the microbial solution and water, adding the cementing solution well, and mixing the cementing fluid with water to prepare an improved mixture; and (3) leveling and compacting original ground, laying geomembranes, the improved mixture, and geogrids, laying a last layer of geomembrane on the top surface of the embankment after pavement of the embankment, and paving a roadbed. The design and construction method can meet construction requirements of highway embankment projects and roadbed projects of first-grade and other grades of roads, and consume solid waste phosphogypsum.

Sealing composition for plugging and abandoning a wellbore and methods of plugging and abandoning a wellbore are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for plugging and abandoning a wellbore may include introducing a sealing composition into a wellbore and curing the sealing composition to form a plug. The sealing composition may include from 1 weight percent to 20 weight percent of a curing agent, based on the total weight of the composition, and from 20 weight percent to 97 weight percent of an epoxy resin system, based on the total weight of the composition. The epoxy resin system may include an epoxy resin having the formula (OC.sub.2H.sub.3)—CH.sub.2—O—R.sup.1—O—CH.sub.2—(C.sub.2H.sub.3O), where R.sup.1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and a reactive diluent having the formula R—O—CH.sub.2—(C.sub.2H.sub.3O), where R is a hydrocarbyl having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms.

A set control composition for cementitious systems comprises (a) an amine-glyoxylic acid condensate, and (b) at least one of (i) a borate source and (ii) a carbonate source. The carbonate source is selected from inorganic carbonates having an aqueous solubility of 0.1 gL.sup.−1 or more, and organic carbonates. The set control composition improves workability of cementitious systems for prolonged periods of time without compromising early compressive strength. Due to the retarding action of the set control composition, the dosage of dispersant(s) necessary to obtain a desired flowability of the cementitious system can be reduced.

Bitumen which is solid at ambient temperature, in the form of granules including a core made of a first bituminous material and a coating layer made of a second bituminous material, in which: the first bituminous material includes at least one bitumen base and the second bituminous material includes: at least one bitumen base and at least one chemical additive chosen from: an organic compound, a viscosifying compound, a paraffin, a polyphosphoric acid and mixtures thereof; or at least one pitch having a ring-and-ball softening point (RBSP) greater than or equal to 80° C., it being understood that the RBSP is measured according to the EN 1427 standard; or a mixture of these materials.