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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Cuscurida, Austin, TX (US);
Edward T Marquis, Austin, TX (US);
Wheeler C Crawford, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Chemical Company, White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ; C04B / ; E02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106633 ; 1062871 ; 106634 ; 106900 ; 166292 ; 166293 ; 166266 ;
Abstract
This invention is concerned with a soil stabilization process in which soil particles comprising the soil surfaces to be stabilized are contacted or treated with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal silicate, such as sodium silicate, and a carbonate reactant or gelling agent selected from the group consisting of an alkylene carbonate, such as ethylene carbonate, a polyester polycarbonate and mixtures thereof. This invention also relates to soil stabilized by admixture with (1) an aqueous solution of an alkali metal silicate and (2) the carbonate reactant.