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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2002
Bruce Boggs, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Douglas Rhodes, Kennesaw, GA (US);
ISG Resources, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
The invention pertains to a method of delaying the set time of cement and to compositions produced therefrom. The set time of hydraulic cement mixtures of fly ash pozzolans, specifically Class C and Class F, and Portland cement can be delayed by controlling the pH of a retarder slurry that is mixed with the dry components of the composition. The pH of the retarder slurry is controlled by balancing the salts therein such that the retarder slurry is acidic, or having a pH less than 7. The slurry activator of the present invention generally includes a pH balancing agent, an acid component, and water. The pH balancing agent can include any basic alkali and alkaline earth metal hydroxide, or a salt of the acid component. The acid component may include a hydroxycarboxylic acid, preferably citric acid. Slower setting mortar and concrete compositions having high strength can be prepared with this hydraulic cement.