Certainteed Gypsum, Inc.

Anirban Ghosh

Robert J Hauber

Gerald Boydston

Isaac K Cherian

Nathan Frailey

Gaurav V Pattarkine

Severine Lamberet

Sergio Centurione

Serigo Centurione

Gerald D Boydston

A composition and process for manufacture thereof used in hybrid inventive building materials comprising Syngenite (KCa(SO).HO) and Struvite-K (KMgPO.6HO). 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.

Struvite-K and syngenite composition for use in building materials

Struvite-K and Syngenite composition for use in building materials

A composition and process for the manufacture thereof for use in a hybrid building material comprising at least in part Syngenite (KCa(SO).HO) and Struvite-K (KMgPO&#xb7;6HO). Specified constituents, including magnesium oxide (MgO), monopotassium phosphate (MKP) and stucco (calcium sulfate hemihydrate) are mixed in predetermined ratios and the reaction proceeds through multiple phases reactions which at times are proceeding simultaneously and in parallel and reaction may even compete with each other for reagents if the Struvite-K reaction is not buffered to slow down the reaction rate). A number of variable factors, such as 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 and specified ratios of Struvite-K and Syngenite may be provided for specified purposes, optimized in respect of stoichiometry to reduce the combined heat of formation to non-destructive levels.

A composition and process for the manufacture thereof for use in a hybrid building material comprising at least in part Syngenite (KCa(SO).HO) and Struvite-K (KMgPO.6HO). Specified constituents, including magnesium oxide (MgO), monopotassium phosphate (MKP) and stucco (calcium sulfate hemihydrate) are mixed in predetermined ratios and the reaction proceeds through multiple phases reactions which at times are proceeding simultaneously and in parallel and reaction may even compete with each other for reagents if the Struvite-K reaction is not buffered to slow down the reaction rate). A number of variable factors, such as 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 and specified ratios of Struvite-K and Syngenite may be provided for specified purposes, optimized in respect of stoichiometry to reduce the combined heat of formation to non-destructive levels.

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Anirban Ghosh