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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Richard Jones, Cornwall, GB;
Assignee:
ECC International Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405128 ; 1062 / ; 405128 ; 502 84 ; 588252 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a method for immobilizing an oily or non-polar substance in a concrete matrix comprising the following steps: (a) absorbing the said oily or non-polar substance into a calcined clay mineral; (b) incorporating the calcined clay mineral and absorbed oily or non-polar substance formed in step (i) in a hardenable concrete mix; and (c) permitting the resultant concrete mix to harden.