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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2021
Applicant:
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
Zhihui Sun, Louisville, KY (US);
Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Louisville, KY (US);
Chengqing Qi, Overland Park, KS (US);
Assignee:
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 18/24 (2006.01); C04B 28/04 (2006.01); C04B 18/14 (2006.01); C04B 18/02 (2006.01); C04B 28/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 18/248 (2013.01); C04B 18/021 (2013.01); C04B 18/146 (2013.01); C04B 28/04 (2013.01); C04B 28/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A concrete mixture is provided. The mixture includes cement powder, a plant biomaterial in a solid form, wherein the plant biomaterial does not comprise ash, and concrete aggregate, wherein a ratio of cement powder to the biomaterial ranges from 10:1 to 100:1. Methods of controlling concrete setting by adding a plant biomaterial in a solid form to a concrete mixture are also provided.