A process of preparing a concrete mixture includes the following steps: (a) providing a nano-sized non-sand silica and water; (b) mixing the non-sand silica with the water to form a silica-water mixture; (c) mixing an acid into the silica-water mixture to form a treated water; (d) mixing Portland cement and the treated water for a time sufficient to wet the Portland cement with the treated water to form a Portland/treated-water mixture; (e) mixing aggregate and the Portland-treated-water mixture to form an uncured concrete; and (f) allowing the uncured concrete to cure to form a cured concrete.

It discloses cement grinding aids prepared with waste antifreeze which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 20-75 parts of pretreated waste antifreeze, 5-40 parts of alkanolamine, 1-5 parts of acid solution, 3-12 parts of saccharide and 15-50 parts of water. The pretreated waste antifreeze is prepared by adding an alkaline solution into waste antifreeze to regulate the pH value, adding a flocculant, and stirring and standing; separating upper-layer oil, and then filtering to remove flocculent precipitates, thus obtaining a clear mixed solution.

It discloses cement grinding aids prepared with waste antifreeze which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 20-75 parts of pretreated waste antifreeze, 5-40 parts of alkanolamine, 1-5 parts of acid solution, 3-12 parts of saccharide and 15-50 parts of water. The pretreated waste antifreeze is prepared by adding an alkaline solution into waste antifreeze to regulate the pH value, adding a flocculant, and stirring and standing; separating upper-layer oil, and then filtering to remove flocculent precipitates, thus obtaining a clear mixed solution.

Methods, compositions, and systems for cementing are included. The method comprises providing an extended-life cement composition comprising calcium-aluminate cement, water, a cement set retarder, and a delayed-release cement set activator. The method further comprises introducing the extended-life cement composition into a subterranean formation and allowing the extended-life cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. The extended-life cement composition has a thickening time of about two hours or longer.

It discloses cement grinding aids prepared with waste antifreeze which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 20-75 parts of pretreated waste antifreeze, 5-40 parts of alkanolamine, 1-5 parts of acid solution, 3-12 parts of saccharide and 15-50 parts of water. The pretreated waste antifreeze is prepared by adding an alkaline solution into waste antifreeze to regulate the pH value, adding a flocculant, and stirring and standing; separating upper-layer oil, and then filtering to remove flocculent precipitates, thus obtaining a clear mixed solution.

It discloses cement grinding aids prepared with waste antifreeze which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 20-75 parts of pretreated waste antifreeze, 5-40 parts of alkanolamine, 1-5 parts of acid solution, 3-12 parts of saccharide and 15-50 parts of water. The pretreated waste antifreeze is prepared by adding an alkaline solution into waste antifreeze to regulate the pH value, adding a flocculant, and stirring and standing; separating upper-layer oil, and then filtering to remove flocculent precipitates, thus obtaining a clear mixed solution.

The present invention is directed to gypsum panels with controlled intumescence and a method of making such gypsum panels. In one embodiment, the gypsum panel comprises a gypsum core, a first facing material, and a second facing material. The gypsum panel comprises a fire resistance composition. The fire resistance composition and/or any components thereof may be milled. The methods of the present invention are directed to making the aforementioned gypsum panels.

The present invention is directed to a gypsum panel with enhanced fire resistance properties and a method of making such gypsum panel. In one embodiment, the gypsum panel comprises a gypsum core, a fire resistance composition, a first facing material, and a second facing material. The fire resistance composition may include phosphorus, nitrogen, boron, or a combination thereof. The weight ratio of phosphorus to nitrogen may be 40-95:0-50. The weight ratio of phosphorus to boron may be 40-95:0-10. The methods of the present invention are directed to making the aforementioned gypsum panels.

Boric acid is used as an adjuvant for the liquid catalyst used to cure furan-based binder systems for forming a foundry mold in a warm box process. The binder system comprises furfuryl alcohol, a furan resin, and a furan monomer or oligomer containing at least two terminal hydroxymethyl groups. The binder system also comprises a latent acid curing catalyst and the boric acid. The boric acid improves tensile strength of the foundry mix as well as through cure of the binder.

Wellbore synthesis techniques are disclosed suitable for use in geothermal applications. Embodiments are provided where open hole drilled wellbores are sealed while drilling to form an impervious layer at the wellbore/formation interface. The techniques may be chemical, thermal, mechanical, biological and are fully intended to irreversibly damage the formation in terms of the permeability thereof. With the permeability negated, the wellbore may be used to create a closed loop surface to surface geothermal well operable in the absence of well casing for maximizing thermal transfer to a circulating working fluid. Formulations for the working and drilling fluids are disclosed.