Interlocking concrete block having a glow surface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12060306-B1
Application number	US-202418623346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 1, 2024
Priority date	Oct 4, 2018
Publication date	Aug 13, 2024
Grant date	Aug 13, 2024

Abstract

Luminescent concrete compositions containing cement, fine aggregates such as sand, and a phosphor such as strontium aluminate. Glow-in-the-dark concrete products made therefrom and methods of producing such concrete products are also specified. The glow-in-the-dark concrete products demonstrate good mechanical strength (e.g. compressive strength) and skid resistance. The addition of phosphorescent strontium aluminate provides luminance that persists for up to 10 hours to the concrete products.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An interlocking concrete block having a glow surface, comprising:
a base concrete block having a rectangle cuboid shape, and
a cured luminescent concrete layer,
wherein at least a portion of a surface a single side of the base concrete block is coated with the cured luminescent concrete layer, wherein the cured luminescent concrete layer comprises a cured luminescent concrete and has a skid resistance value of 100-150; and
wherein the cured luminescent concrete comprises:
a cement;
a fine aggregate comprising sand; and
phosphorescent aluminate particles,
wherein a weight ratio of the phosphorescent aluminate particles to the fine aggregate is in the range of 1:2 to 1:20; and
wherein the cured luminescent concrete has an intensity of glow of 2-15 candelas per square meter for a period of 0.1-10 hours upon excitation with sun light for 2-20 minutes.

2. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 1 , wherein the phosphorescent aluminate particles comprise a rare earth element doped strontium aluminate.

3. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 2 , wherein the rare earth element is at least one selected from the group consisting of cerium, dysprosium, europium, and neodymium.

4. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 3 , wherein the rare earth element doped strontium aluminate further comprises a promoter selected from the group consisting of boron, lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, barium, chromium, and manganese.

5. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 1 , wherein the phosphorescent strontium aluminate particles have an average particle size of 1-15 μm.

6. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 1 , wherein the cured luminescent concrete layer has a thickness of 1-20 mm, and wherein a thickness ratio of the cured luminescent concrete layer to the base concrete block is in the range of 0.02:1 to 0.2:1.

7. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 1 , wherein the base concrete block comprises a cured form of a concrete slurry comprising cement, a fine aggregate comprising sand, a coarse aggregate comprising limestone, and water, and which is devoid of phosphorescent aluminate particles.

8. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 7 , wherein the cement is an ordinary Portland cement.

9. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 7 , wherein the limestone has an average particle size of 2-15 mm, a bulk specific gravity of 2.0-3.0, and a water absorption of 1.0%-3.0%.

10. The glow-in-the-dark concrete block of claim 1 , which has a compressive strength of 43-50 MPa according to ASTM C936/C936M.

Assignees

• Univ Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal

Inventors

• Saleem Muhammad
• Blaisi Nawaf Isam Ahmed

Classifications

• C04B14/303

  Alumina · CPC title

• C04B2111/807

  Luminescent or fluorescent materials · CPC title

• C04B2103/54

  Pigments; Dyes · CPC title

• C04B41/68

  Silicic acid; Silicates · CPC title

• C04B41/009

  characterised by the material treated · CPC title