CEMENT-REDUCED CONSTRUCTION COMPOSITION

• Main Authors: SACHSENHAUSER, Bernhard, BANDIERA, Massimo, SCHWESIG, Peter
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.09.2023
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL STONE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; LIME, MAGNESIA; METALLURGY; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

A cement-reduced construction composition comprises a) a cementitious binder comprising one or more calcium silicate mineral phases and one or more calcium aluminate mineral phases, and having a Blaine surface area of at least 3800 cm2/g, in an amount of 180 to 400 kg per m3 of the freshly mixed construction composition; b) a fine material having a Dv90 of less than 200 μm, selected from alkali-activatable binders, rock powders and inorganic pigments, or mixtures thereof, in a total amount of 20 to 200 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of cementitious binder a); c) optionally, an extraneous aluminate source; d) a sulfate source; and e) a polyol in an amount of 0.3 to 2.5 wt.-%, relative to the amount of cementitious binder a). The composition contains available aluminate, calculated as Al(OH)4-, from the calcium aluminate mineral phases plus the optional extraneous aluminate source, per 100 g of cementitious binder a), in a total amount of at least 0.08 mol, if the amount of cementitious binder a) is in the range of 180 to less than 220 kg per m3 of the freshly mixed composition, at least 0.06 mol, if the amount of cementitious binder a) is in the range of 220 to less than 280 kg per m3 of the freshly mixed composition, and at least 0.05 mol, if the amount of cementitious binder a) is 280 kg or more per m3 of the freshly mixed composition; and the molar ratio of total available aluminate to sulfate is 0.4 to 2.0. The construction composition further comprises f) an ettringite formation controller comprising (i) glyoxylic acid, a glyoxylic acid salt and/or a glyoxylic acid derivative; and (ii) at least one of (ii-a) a borate source and (ii-b) a carbonate source, wherein the carbonate source is selected from inorganic carbonates having an aqueous solubility of 0.1 g·L−1 or more, organic carbonates, and mixtures thereof; and g) a co-retarder selected from (g-1) α-hydroxy monocarboxylic acids and salts thereof, (g-2) phosphonic acids and salts thereof, (g-3) polycarboxylic acids and salts thereof, and mixtures thereof. The cement-reduced construction composition is a reduced carbon footprint construction composition and exhibits high early strength, high final strength, sufficient open time, high durability, and reduced shrinkage compared to ordinary Portland cement based mixes. Ingredients of the construction composition are abundantly available.