A strengthening concrete admixture for the production of high-strength concrete products is provided. The strengthening concrete admixture comprises water; a set retarder comprising a salt of gluconic acid; one or more set accelerators; one or more hardening accelerators; and at least one stabilizing agent. Incorporation of the strengthening admixture in a cement mixture enhances both early and late age strength development and allows for sustainable and more energy efficient construction practices.

The present invention relates to a composition for manufacturing methylene malonate cementitious hybrid systems. Particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising at least one methylene malonate monomer (A), at least one methylene malonate polymer (B), at least one acidic stabilizer (C), and cement (D), to the preparation thereof, and to the use of the composition in construction, particularly as a surface protection material, a structural consolidation material or as a material used in underground constructions.

The present invention relates to a composition for manufacturing methylene malonate cementitious hybrid systems. Particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising at least one methylene malonate monomer (A), at least one methylene malonate polymer (B), at least one acidic stabilizer (C), and cement (D), to the preparation thereof, and to the use of the composition in construction, particularly as a surface protection material, a structural consolidation material or as a material used in underground constructions.

A combination of retarders and regulators for hydration reaction of cementitious binders including clinkers based on Ye'elimite. Set retarders are calcium complexing agents, consisting of sugar acids, sugars, sugar alcohols, hydroxycarboxylic acids, phosphates, phosphonates, borates and amines. Regulator general formula (I) is

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where M is H, NH.sub.4 or chosen from monovalent or divalent metal of groups Ia, IIa, IIIa, Ib, IIb, IVb, VIb, VIIb or VIIIb of periodic table of elements, where M is a divalent metal, a second equivalent of R—SO.sub.3 is present, and M is chosen from group consisting of H, NH.sub.4, Li, Na, K, MgX, CaX, or NiX with X═RSO.sub.3, and R is chosen from H, NH.sub.2, OH or from hydrocarbon chain with 1-18 C atoms which may be substituted by N and/or O and/or which may be linear or branched and/or which contain one or more unsaturated bonds and/or cycloaliphatic and/or aromatic moieties.

A method for controlling loss circulation in a subterranean formation. The method includes circulating in a wellbore a nanosilica drilling fluid having a pH in a range of from about 8 to about 11 and a gel pH of less than 8, where the nanosilica drilling fluid includes an aqueous-based drilling mud and an alkaline nanosilica dispersion. The method also includes introducing into the nanosilica drilling fluid an amount of a chemical activator sufficient to produce a convertible drilling mud where the chemical activator is an acid and the pH of the convertible drilling mud is less than the gel pH. The method also includes allowing the convertible drilling mud to convert into the solid gel lost circulation material. A convertible drilling mud operable to convert into a solid gel lost circulation material is also provided.

A method for controlling loss circulation in a subterranean formation. The method includes circulating in a wellbore a nanosilica drilling fluid having a pH in a range of from about 8 to about 11 and a gel pH of less than 8, where the nanosilica drilling fluid includes an aqueous-based drilling mud and an alkaline nanosilica dispersion. The method also includes introducing into the nanosilica drilling fluid an amount of a chemical activator sufficient to produce a convertible drilling mud where the chemical activator is an acid and the pH of the convertible drilling mud is less than the gel pH. The method also includes allowing the convertible drilling mud to convert into the solid gel lost circulation material. A convertible drilling mud operable to convert into a solid gel lost circulation material is also provided.

A composition and process for manufacture thereof used in hybrid inventive building materials comprising Syngenite (K.sub.2Ca(SO.sub.4).sub.2.H.sub.2O) and Struvite-K (KMgPO.sub.4.6H.sub.2O). Starting constituents include magnesium oxide (MgO), monopotassium phosphate (MKP) and stucco (calcium sulfate hemihydrate), mixed in predetermined ratios, cause reactions to proceed through multiple phases, which reactions variously are proceeding simultaneously and in parallel. Variables, e.g., water temperature, pH, mixing times and rates, have been found to affect resultant reaction products. Preferred ratios of chemical constituents and manufacturing parameters, including predetermined weight percent and specified ratios of Struvite-K and Syngenite are provided for building products used for specified purposes. Reactions are optimized in stoichiometry and additives to reduce the combined heat of formation to non-destructive levels. Various additives help control and guide reactions. Building products, such as board panels, include the resultant composition. A significant amount of the composition is disposed adjacent a building panel face.

A composition and process for manufacture thereof used in hybrid inventive building materials comprising Syngenite (K.sub.2Ca(SO.sub.4).sub.2.H.sub.2O) and Struvite-K (KMgPO.sub.4.6H.sub.2O). Starting constituents include magnesium oxide (MgO), monopotassium phosphate (MKP) and stucco (calcium sulfate hemihydrate), mixed in predetermined ratios, cause reactions to proceed through multiple phases, which reactions variously are proceeding simultaneously and in parallel. Variables, e.g., water temperature, pH, mixing times and rates, have been found to affect resultant reaction products. Preferred ratios of chemical constituents and manufacturing parameters, including predetermined weight percent and specified ratios of Struvite-K and Syngenite are provided for building products used for specified purposes. Reactions are optimized in stoichiometry and additives to reduce the combined heat of formation to non-destructive levels. Various additives help control and guide reactions. Building products, such as board panels, include the resultant composition. A significant amount of the composition is disposed adjacent a building panel face.

A method for subsurface sequestration of carbon in a subterranean zone includes forming a fluid-filled volume in the subterranean zone by injecting an aqueous into the subterranean zone and injecting a mixture comprising silicate nanoparticles suspended in an acidic solution having a pH of less than 4. Carbon in the form of carbon dioxide is injected into the fluid-filled volume such that a least a portion of the carbon is sequestered by precipitation of carbonate minerals. At least a portion of the carbonate minerals are formed from reaction of metal cations with bicarbonate formed from the carbon dioxide, and least a portion of the metal cations are a product of decomposition of the silicate nanoparticles in the acidic solution.

A method for subsurface sequestration of carbon in a subterranean zone includes forming a fluid-filled volume in the subterranean zone by injecting an aqueous into the subterranean zone and injecting a mixture comprising silicate nanoparticles suspended in an acidic solution having a pH of less than 4. Carbon in the form of carbon dioxide is injected into the fluid-filled volume such that a least a portion of the carbon is sequestered by precipitation of carbonate minerals. At least a portion of the carbonate minerals are formed from reaction of metal cations with bicarbonate formed from the carbon dioxide, and least a portion of the metal cations are a product of decomposition of the silicate nanoparticles in the acidic solution.