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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
W Wayne Freed, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Assignee:
Synthetic Industries, Inc., Chickamauga, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K / ; C08K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523122 ; 524-5 ; 424 7809 ; 424404 ;
Abstract
A fiber-reinforced concrete-like material product includes a plurality of fibers containing an effective amount of at least one antimicrobial agent to inhibit organisms and protect the concrete from biological attack. Preferably, the antimicrobial agents are added to the fibers prior to the fibers being dispersed in the concrete. Such a concrete product containing antimicrobial-enhanced fibers simultaneously inhibits organisms from biological attack, reduces plastic shrinkage cracking of the concrete and improve post-peak flexural strength of the concrete.