Provided herein is an asphalt binder composition, and more particularly, an amine-containing asphalt binder composition capable of improving mixability between an asphalt binder and an aggregate, and compactibility and water resistance of an asphalt paving mixture. More particularly, the present invention relates to an asphalt binder composition capable of being used in hot mix asphalt for improving workability and/or stripping-resistance, warm-mix asphalt, recycling of reclaimed asphalt pavement, or the like.

The present invention relates to very high workable yet controllable concrete mix design, admixture composition, and process for placing concrete. The mix design relates to particular aggregate/cement ratios and types which are characteristic of ready mix concrete (RMC), which provide high fluidity reminiscent of self-consolidating concrete (SCC), and which provides advantages over both RMC and SCC in terms of ease and speed in placement and finishability at the construction site placement zone, regardless of whether into a horizontal formwork (e.g., for slabs, floors) or into vertical formwork (e.g., for blocks, walls, columns, etc.), without loss of control and without generating high risks of segregation even when small amounts of water are added at the size to facilitate finishing of the concrete surface. An inventive admixture combination which enables this unique design involves two different polycarboxylate comb polymers in combination with two specific viscosity modifying agents, and this combination provides highly workable concrete to be placed in a controlled, efficient manner.

A polymer-modified cementitious composition comprising a specific aqueous polymer dispersion and a cementitious material, and such polymer-modified cementitious composition having low ammonia release and providing coating membranes made therefrom with balanced tensile strength and elongation at break.

A wall compound for use in all applications and particularly well-suited for joining adjacent wallboards. The compound includes a latex resin, a thickener, fibers, and a filler material. In some embodiments, the repair compound is configured to exhibit at least one of yield stress and pseudoplastic-type behavior. In some embodiments, the compound includes hydrophobic and hydrophilic fibers of different morphologies. In some embodiments, the wall compound includes one or more associative thickeners.

Techniques of forming a foamed insulation material from gypsum waste are disclosed herein. One example technique includes mechanically comminuting the gypsum waste from an original size into particles of gypsum at a target size smaller than the original size and mixing the particles of the gypsum with a binder to form a mixture of particles and binder. The binder is configured to bind the particles of gypsum upon hydration. The example technique can further include performing air entrainment on the mixture until a foam is formed from the mixture having the particles of gypsum and binder. The foam has water that causes the binder to bind the particles of gypsum. The example technique can then include removing moisture from the mixture with the formed foam to form a foamed insulation material from the particles of gypsum.

Techniques of forming a foamed insulation material from gypsum waste are disclosed herein. One example technique includes mechanically comminuting the gypsum waste from an original size into particles of gypsum at a target size smaller than the original size and mixing the particles of the gypsum with a binder to form a mixture of particles and binder. The binder is configured to bind the particles of gypsum upon hydration. The example technique can further include performing air entrainment on the mixture until a foam is formed from the mixture having the particles of gypsum and binder. The foam has water that causes the binder to bind the particles of gypsum. The example technique can then include removing moisture from the mixture with the formed foam to form a foamed insulation material from the particles of gypsum.

Cementitious compositions include: a) 4-80 wt.-%, preferably 26-75 wt.-%, especially 30-66 wt.-% of a cementitious binder, especially of Ordinary Portland Cement, b) 5-95 wt.-%, preferably 20-73 wt.-% more preferably 33-66 wt.-%, of aluminum oxide, and c) 1-15 wt.-% preferably 2-10 wt.-%, more preferably 3-6 wt.-% of fibers. Such cementitious compositions have a very high strength and are used for example for concrete repair or as grouting materials.

Cementitious compositions include: a) 4-80 wt.-%, preferably 26-75 wt.-%, especially 30-66 wt.-% of a cementitious binder, especially of Ordinary Portland Cement, b) 5-95 wt.-%, preferably 20-73 wt.-% more preferably 33-66 wt.-%, of aluminum oxide, and c) 1-15 wt.-% preferably 2-10 wt.-%, more preferably 3-6 wt.-% of fibers. Such cementitious compositions have a very high strength and are used for example for concrete repair or as grouting materials.

The present invention relates to a layered formed sheet comprising two or more formed sheets each formed from a curable composition comprising (A) an aluminosilicate source, (B) an alkaline metal hydroxide, (C) cellulose-based fibers and (D) alkali-resistant fibers other than cellulose-based fibers, in which the aluminosilicate source (A) comprises a blast furnace slag, and the content of a blast furnace slag having a specific surface area of 1000 cm.sup.2/g or more and 9000 cm.sup.2/g or less is more than 55% by mass and 90% by mass or less related to a total solid content in the curable composition.

The present invention relates to a layered formed sheet comprising two or more formed sheets each formed from a curable composition comprising (A) an aluminosilicate source, (B) an alkaline metal hydroxide, (C) cellulose-based fibers and (D) alkali-resistant fibers other than cellulose-based fibers, in which the aluminosilicate source (A) comprises a blast furnace slag, and the content of a blast furnace slag having a specific surface area of 1000 cm.sup.2/g or more and 9000 cm.sup.2/g or less is more than 55% by mass and 90% by mass or less related to a total solid content in the curable composition.