A composition, utility material, and method of making a utility material is disclosed. A composition having an improved setting time may include a plurality of microparticles mixed with a sodium silicate binder and an isocyanate setting agent, where the microparticle composition has a setting time of less than or equal to one hour. A utility material may be a wallboard that includes the composition.

An improved water-resistant gypsum product prepared with a high-viscosity siloxane is provided. A fuel-efficient method for making the product and reducing the amount of siloxane dust released is provided as well.

An improved water-resistant gypsum product prepared with a high-viscosity siloxane is provided. A fuel-efficient method for making the product and reducing the amount of siloxane dust released is provided as well.

An underwater rapid repair material for marine steel structure comprises: 20 to 50 parts by weight of an alkali activation material, 3 to 12 parts by weight of a fast hardening waterborne polymer curing agent, 2 to 8 parts by weight of a fast hardening waterborne polymer precursor, 30 to 100 parts by weight of an aggregate, 1 to 5 parts by weight of an activator and 3 to 20 parts by weight of a water. The underwater rapid repair material provided by the present invention is not dispersed and segregated in water, with an initial setting time as low as 0.5 hours and a final setting time as low as 1.1 hours, after pouring 3 hours, the compressive strength and flexural strength can reach about 60 MPa and 10 MPa respectively, and has high bonding strength to steel and is not easy to fall off after solidification.

The invention relates to the use of a multi-component composition comprising A) a polyol component (A) comprising at least one polyol and water, B) a hardener component (B) comprising at least one polyisocyanate, and C) a solid component (C) comprising a hydraulic binder and one or more aggregates, as an early water resistant construction or repair material for constructing, repairing or refurbishing component parts, wherein the mixed and applied multi-component composition is immersed in water not later than 8 hours, preferably not later than 2 h, after application.

The use as an early water resistant construction or repair material is especially suitable for component parts, which are in contact with water during operation such as offshore wind energy plants or water retaining systems, e.g. pipelines.

The invention relates to aqueous polymer dispersions comprising polymerized units issued from the following monomers with related weight proportions based on 100 parts of weight of a)+b): a) 50 to 90% of a monoethylenically unsaturated non-ionic monomer, b) 10 to 50% of vinyl aromatic monomer or methyl methacrylate, c) 1 to 5% of a hydroxy-containing (meth)acrylate, d) 0.1 to 3% of acid monomer selected from d1) acid monomer selected from monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid monomers and d2) acid monomer selected from phosphorous-based or sulfur-based strong acid monomers or/and their salts, or from the mixtures of d1) and d2), e) 0.001 to 0.5% of chain transfer agent, and f) 0 to 1% one of internal crosslinker bearing at least two copolymerisable ethylenic unsaturations, the polymer having a Tg measured by DSC from 30 to 0 C. and a gel content of 0 to 60%, formed during polymerization.

Biomimetic nacre-toughness cement slurry based on in-situ polymerization of a fluid loss additive, a preparation method and an application thereof are provided. The preparation method includes: dissolving 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid monomer and carboxylic acid monomer in deionized water, adjusting pH to 5.5-6.5, then adding an acrylamide monomer, and uniformly stirring to obtain a monomer solution; adding an initiator and a catalyst into the monomer solution, and then stirring to obtain a pre-polymerization solution; adding cement particles into the pre-polymerization solution under low-speed stirring, and then performing high-speed stirring to obtain the biomimetic nacre-toughness cement slurry. The obtained cement slurry can optimize a microstructure of cement while possessing a well capacity for controlling fluid loss, improve deformation ability and toughness of a cement sheath, and effectively improve brittleness defect of the cement sheath.

The invention relates to a method of stabilizing the bonding agent gelation time in the consolidation of a geological formation in the presence of one or more catalytically active substances, in which method a bonding agent is infiltrated into the formation, a portion of the infiltrated bonding agent is optionally expelled by flushing with a gas or a liquid, and the bonding agent remaining in the formation is cured. the bonding agent comprises a mixture of a) a heterocondensate, obtainable by hydrolysis and condensation of at least one hydrolyzable silicon compound and at least one metal, phosphorus or boron compound, the metal being selected from Al, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ti, Mg, Li, V, Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf, B) at least one organic polymerizable monomer or oligomer comprising a C-C double bond, and C) at least one thermal polymerization initiator without peroxide function.

Disclosed are a dual-scale toughened cement-based composite material and use thereof. The cement-based composite material includes a cementitious material, a polymer monomer, an initiator, a crosslinking agent, and fibers, wherein functional groups of the polymer monomer include a carbon-carbon double bond and a carboxyl group; and the fibers include steel fibers and/or synthetic fibers, the synthetic fibers including one or more selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol fibers, polypropylene fibers, glass fibers, and carbon fibers.

A cementitious composition may include polyvinyl alcohol, high alumina cement, water, a metallic coagent, a peroxide crosslinking initiator, and an organic acid retardant. A molded article may be manufactured from the cementitious composition by preparing a hydrogel pre-polymer blend of saponified polyvinyl alcohol acetate (PVAA) with greater than or equal to approximately 85% saponified PVAA, and water, mixing the hydrogel pre-polymer blend with high alumina cement (HAC) using a high shear mixing process, mixing in a metallic coagent and a peroxide crosslinking initiator, mixing in an organic acid retardant, and hot press molding the mixture.