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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation, a Division of Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc., Ruston, LA (US);
Inventor:
Henry E. Cardenas, Ruston, LA (US);
Assignee:
LOUISIANA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, Ruston, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/447 (2006.01); C04B 41/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 41/4564 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for strengthening cementitious concrete by placing a nanoparticle carrier liquid in contact with a first surface of a concrete section and inducing a current across the concrete section at sufficient magnitude and for sufficient time that nanoparticles in the nanoparticle carrier liquid migrate through a significant depth of the concrete section.