Manufactured natural pozzolan, improved manufactured natural pozzolan-based cement and method of making and using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11220459-B2
Application number	US-202016858667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2020
Priority date	Oct 4, 2016
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

The present invention comprises a product. The product comprises a first mineral in particulate form and having a first pozzolanic reactivity and a second mineral in particulate form and having a second pozzolanic reactivity greater than the first reactivity, wherein the surface of at least some of the particles of the first mineral is at least partially covered with particles of the second mineral. A method of making the composition of the present invention is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
combining a first mineral and a second mineral;
wherein the first mineral is in particulate form, has a volume-based average particle size of approximately 15 to approximately 60 μm and has a first pozzolanic reactivity, wherein the first mineral comprises:
a crystalline or amorphous mineral aggregate comprising less than or equal to 25% by weight glass or amorphous content, approximately 5% to approximately 60% by weight Plagioclase Feldspar, 0% to approximately 40% by weight Clinopyroxene, 0% to approximately 30% by weight Amphibole, 0% to approximately 30% by weight other minerals with a minimum of 45% by weight silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ); and

wherein the second mineral is in particulate form and has a second pozzolanic reactivity greater than the first mineral pozzolanic reactivity, wherein the second mineral is Metakaolin having a volume-based average particle size of approximately 0.1 to approximately 10 μm and wherein particles of the second mineral are disposed on the surface of the first mineral.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising combining the first and second minerals with a hydraulic cement.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hydraulic cement is portland cement.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first mineral has a reactivity of less than 100% as measured by ASTM C-618.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second mineral has a reactivity of greater than 100% as measured by ASTM C-618.

6. A method comprising:
combining a first mineral and a second mineral;
wherein the first mineral is in particulate form, has a volume-based average particle size of approximately 15 to approximately 60 μm and has a first pozzolanic reactivity, wherein the first mineral comprises:
a crystalline or amorphous mineral aggregate comprising less than or equal to 25% by weight glass or amorphous content, approximately 5% to approximately 60% by weight Plagioclase Feldspar, 0% to approximately 40% by weight Clinopyroxene, 0% to approximately 30% by weight Amphibole, 0% to approximately 30% by weight other minerals with a minimum of 45% by weight silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ); and

wherein the second mineral is in particulate form and has a second pozzolanic reactivity greater than the first mineral pozzolanic reactivity, wherein the second mineral is silica fume having a volume-based average particle size of approximately 0.1 to approximately 10 μm and wherein particles of the second mineral are disposed on the surface of the first mineral.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising combining the first and second minerals with a hydraulic cement.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the hydraulic cement is portland cement.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first mineral has a reactivity of less than 100% as measured by ASTM C-618.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second mineral has a reactivity of greater than 100% as measured by ASTM C-618.

11. A method comprising:
attaching a second mineral to a first mineral;
wherein the first mineral being in particulate form, has a volume-based average particle size of approximately 15 to approximately 60 μm and has a first pozzolanic reactivity, wherein the first mineral comprises:
a crystalline or amorphous mineral aggregate comprising less than or equal to 25% by weight glass or amorphous content, approximately 5% to approximately 60% by weight Plagioclase Feldspar, 0% to approximately 40% by weight Clinopyroxene, 0% to approximately 30% by weight Amphibole, 0% to approximately 30% by weight other minerals with a minimum of 45% by weight silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ); and

wherein the second mineral being in particulate form and has a second pozzolanic reactivity greater than the first mineral pozzolanic reactivity, wherein the second mineral is aluminosilicate comprising approximately 50% to approximately 80% SiO 2 , approximately 5% to approximately 45% Al 2 O 3 and having a volume-based average particle size of approximately 0.1 to approximately 10 μm and wherein particles of the second mineral are disposed on the surface of the first mineral.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising combining the first and second minerals with a hydraulic cement.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the hydraulic cement is portland cement.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first mineral has a reactivity of less than 100% as measured by ASTM C-618.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second mineral has a reactivity of greater than 100% as measured by ASTM C-618.

Assignees

• Ciuperca Romeo Ilarian

Inventors

• Ciuperca Romeo Ilarian

Classifications

• Y02W30/91

  Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete · CPC title

• C04B2111/00215

  Mortar or concrete mixtures defined by their oxide composition · CPC title

• C04B20/1066

  Oxides, Hydroxides · CPC title

• C04B28/04 Primary

  Portland cements · CPC title

• C04B20/1074

  Silicates, e.g. glass · CPC title