A packaged additive for preparing a cementitious composition comprises a water-soluble paper container and at least one non-liquid additive packaged within the water-soluble paper container. A kit for preparing a hardenable cementitious composition comprises the packaged additive and a separate packaged base cementitious material. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a hardenable cementitious composition using the packaged additive and separate base cementitious material components of the kit, and a method for repairing a flaw in a cementitious structure using the hardenable cementitious composition prepared with the packaged additive and the separate base cementitious material.

A packaged additive for preparing a cementitious composition comprises a water-soluble paper container and at least one non-liquid additive packaged within the water-soluble paper container. A kit for preparing a hardenable cementitious composition comprises the packaged additive and a separate packaged base cementitious material. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a hardenable cementitious composition using the packaged additive and separate base cementitious material components of the kit, and a method for repairing a flaw in a cementitious structure using the hardenable cementitious composition prepared with the packaged additive and the separate base cementitious material.

The present invention discloses an optimized preparation method of a carbonization-based lightweight CO.sub.2 foamed cement-based material, and belongs to the field of geotechnical engineering materials. The preparation method includes: step S1: pre-screening existing common cement-based foaming agents and foam stabilizers; step S2: preparing a water-based carbon dioxide foam; step S3: preparing a cement slurry, and mixing the water-based carbon dioxide foam with the cement slurry to prepare a lightweight CO.sub.2 foamed cement-based material; step S4: selecting foaming agents of different types and different concentrations and foam stabilizers of different types and different concentrations to prepare slurries, subjecting the slurries to slurry performance tests, and selecting the optimal ones; step S5: optimizing initial water-to-cement ratio and foam-to-slurry ratio parameters; and step S6: optimizing a gas-filling volume parameter (water pump speed).

A method for the continuous production of a mineral foam of which the density in the dry state (d) is from 40 to 600 kg/m.sup.3, includes (i) mixing cement; a water reducing agent; 0.5 to 10%, % by weight with respect to the total weight of cement, of ultrafine particles having a liquid-solid contact angle comprised from 30° to 140°, and of which the D50 is from 10 to 600 nm; water, with a water/cement weight ratio from 0.3 to 2.5; (ii) adding to the mixture from 0.5 to 10% of a pore-forming agent, % by weight with respect to the weight of cement; (iii) applying the mixture obtained at step (ii) on a support; (iv) leaving the mixture to expand on the support.

A foaming agent, more particularly for the foaming of a building material/binder paste for producing pory lightweight-construction and insulating materials, is improved in terms of its stability and usefulness at relatively low outdoor temperatures. The foaming agent in the form of an aqueous-organic solution comprises or consists to an extent of at least 85 wt % of the following constituents: a) a surfactant component which comprises at least one foam-forming ionic surfactant, b) a fatty alcohol component which comprises at least one fatty alcohol and at least one ethoxylated fatty alcohol in a FA/FAEO mixing ratio of 95:5 to 0:100, c) a glycol component which comprises at least one constituent of the group of alkyl glycols, alkylene glycols up to C6 alkyl, diglycols, especially alkyl diglycols and diglycol ethers, and water.

A system and method for disposing carbon dioxide is disclosed. The system includes a foam generator that generates a plurality of disposable foam vessels from a polymer based solution mixed with water and captured carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The plurality of disposable foam vessels contains an amount of carbon dioxide. The plurality of disposable foam vessels is mixed in a cementitious material with a set of mixers. In a preferred embodiment, the set of mixers is a concrete mixing plant. During the curing process of the cementitious material the plurality of disposable foam vessels dissipates allowing for a timely release of CO.sub.2 to chemically react with the surrounding cementitious material. This irreversible chemistry change permanently disposes of the carbon dioxide.

A geopolymer foam composition, an article comprising a geopolymer foam composition, methods for making a geopolymer foam composition, and uses of a geopolymer foam composition.

Use of a geopolymer in a coating composition for a building construction component, a coated component for use in building construction wherein the coating comprises a geopolymer, a method of coating a component comprising applying a curable geopolymer mixture to a surface of the component and curing the mixture to form a cured geopolymer coating, and the use of a geo polymer as a mortar.

A system and associated methods for processing unhardened concrete are disclosed. It at least one embodiment, the system for processing unhardened concrete includes a means to estimate a quantity of returned concrete; a foam adder to add foam to the quantity of returned concrete; a mixer to mix the added foam and returned concrete together to create treated concrete; a discharger to discharge the treated concrete; a discharge area configured in which to allow the treated concrete to set and harden; a converter to convert the hardened treated concrete into a particulate or aggregate form; and a user to determine the specific utilization of the particulate or aggregate form loose material.

A container, that includes a transparent portion, which reveals an interior portion of the container, an access aperture communicating with the interior portion of the container, and a lid adjacent the access aperture. A first liquid component is placed into the interior portion. A second liquid component is poured into the interior portion. The lid of the container is closed to fully enclose the first and second liquid components. The components are agitated until the first and second liquid components are a mixture of uniform color, without an appearance of marbling and swirling, when viewed through the transparent portion of the container. The lid is opened to expose the mixture of uniform color. The mixture of uniform color is poured from the container into a receiving structure. The mixture of uniform color is transformed into a closed-cell polyurethane structure within the receiving structure.