Cellulose ethers modified with superabsorbent polymers Cellulose ethers are modified with crosslinked water-swellable organic polymers (superslurper, crosslinked polyacryl amides). Those compounds are described as water retention aid in tile adhesives, and as additives in spray plasters, wall finishing compounds, tape joint cements, wall paper adhesives, and the like. In tile adhesives this additive improved open time, sag resistance, and bonding strength. Publisher: The Dow Chemical Company, US4487864, 1984 (Equivalent: EP0131090) Cat: Patents: Water retaining additives, water retention agents
Hydrophob modified HEC as additive for An additive for portland cement-based masonry mortar mixes is described which is based on hydrophob modified hydroxyethyl cellulose. Its essential property is a low level of adsorption onto portland cement. Key properties include good water retention even at elevated temperatures, air entrainment, good low-air workability, and flexural bond strength enhancement (meets the requirements of ASTM C 1329 for mortar cements). Its use level is around 0.007%; tradenames are Nexton M20W, M23W and M25W. Publisher: Hercules Inc., 2000. US6068696 (Equivalents: EP1098861, DE69903173) Cat: Patents: Thickener, Rheological Additives
Shrinkage compensating concrete with expansive additive An expansive Portland cement incorporating an expansive additive which is a polymer incorporating a calcium compound reactive with the cement is described. The shrinkage compensating concrete produced is much less likely to crack and is used in slabs and other structural systems where cracking of the concrete is a problem. Publisher: Soroushian et al (Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI), 1996, US5489333 Cat: Patents: Expansive Cements and non-shrinking Mortars
Baerlocher GmbH Additives and additive blends for plastics (especially PVC additives), fatty acids, their derivatives and various metal soaps (also for use in the field of building protection). Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials
Rheological additive for mortars (cellulose ether substitute) A rheological additive especially for tile cements and thermal insulation adhesives. It contains a soluble copolymer of (meth)acrylic acid and (meth)acrylic esters, a dispersant (i.e. calcium lignosulfonate or other superplastizicers), and a dispersion powder. Publisher: Wacker Chemie AG, US20020195025, EP1258464, DE10122629, Dez. 2002 Cat: Patents: Thickener, Rheological Additives
Additive for cementitious compositions An additive for cementitious compositions is provided comprised of a cellulose ether, a starch ether and a polyacrylamide. This additive, when added to cementitious compositions, improves the workability of the resulting cementitious composition when used as a tile grout or mortar. Publisher: Henkel KGaA, 1987, US4654085 Cat: Patents: Thickener, Rheological Additives
Shrinkage-reducing Additive(German) New additives for reducing the shrinkage of building materials containing Portland cement from the group of alkanediols with terminal OH groups. Publisher: Joachim Schulze, Horst Baumgartl, Wacker Chemie AG, 1987, DE3732114, EP0308950 Cat: Patents: Shrinkage-reducing Additives
High Volume Mineral Additive Eco-Cement Report on a high-volume mineral additive (HVMA) cement that has enhanced compressive strength and uses inexpensive materials as mineral additives. [11 pages, 199 kB, PDF] Publisher: in: Cement and Concrete World, Turkey, January-February, 2002, pp. 54-61 Cat: Materials Science: Cements
MAPEI Suisse SA Concrete admixtures: Additives for self-compacting concrete (S.C.C.), hyperplasticisers, superplasticisers, plasticisers, setting and hardening accelerators, retardants, air-entraining agent and foaming admixtures, expansive agents, admixtures for underwater casting, additive to improve pumpability, setting accelerators for shotcrete, form release agents and curing compounds. Cat: Suppliers: Admixtures for Concrete / Mortar
Superfluiding additive for cementitious compositions A mixture of an acrylic superfluidifier, an ammonium salt, at least one surfactant, and possibly an antifoaming additive. Superfluidifiers having an acrylic structure sometimes show an considerable loss of workabilityoccuring already within very short times (5-10 minutes) of prearation of the mortar. This drawback can be overcome by adopting an additive system as described. Publisher: Italcementi S.P.A., EP1082276, WO9955634, 1999, Patent erteilt 24.07.2002 Cat: Patents: Plasticizer, Superplasticizer
Use of polypropylene glycol as a shrinkage-reducing additive in dispersion powder compositions for construction materials(German) The invention relates to the use of polypropylene glycol as a shrinkage-reducing additive in dispersion powder compositions for construction materials containing a) a base polymer from the group consisting of vinyl ester polymers, (meth)acrylate and/or styrene (co)polymers and vinyl chloride polymers, and b) either b1) 2 to 20% by weight, based on the base polymer, of polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of 85 to 94 mol % and a Hoppler viscosity of 2 to 40 mPa.s or b2) 2 to 20% by weight, based on the base polymer, of alkali metal salts or alkaline earth metal salts of phenolsulfonic acid-formaldehyde condensation products, and c) 3 to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of polymeric components, of fine antiblocking agents, wherein d) the content of polypropylene glycol is 1 to 20% by weight, based on the base polymer. Publisher: Joachim Schulze, Rainer Figge, Wacker Chemie GmbH, 1994, US5498665 Cat: Patents: Shrinkage-reducing Additives
Multi-functional additive for use in well cementing Cement, sodium silicate, carrageenan suspending agent, sodium polyacrylate, AMPS terpolymer, dispersant (sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde condensate or a sulfonated ketone acetone formaldehyde condensate) and a cellulosic polymer (HEC or CMHEC). Publisher: BJ Services Company (Houston, TX), 2001, US6235809 Cat: Patents: Thickener, Rheological Additives
Aqueous well servicing fluids The fluid loss of aqueous well servicing fluids can be reduced by a cross-linked hydroxyethyl starch (i.e. "Bohramyl CR") and a polymeric component selected from carboxyalkyl cellulose (in which the alkyl has 1 to 3 carbon atoms), xanthan gum and mixtures thereof. The two types of additive interact synergistically.
Publisher: NL Industries Inc., GB2110698, 1983 Cat: Patents: Thickener, Rheological Additives
Additive combination for improving the processing properties of water-containing mixtures of building materials Additive combination for improving the processing properties of water-containing mixtures of building materials: Cellulose ether + polyacrylamide + alkali metal salt or ammonium salt of a crosslinked, ungrafted or starch-grafted polyacrylate + starch ether + salt of an arylsulfonic acid-formaldehyde condensation product or of a sulfonic acid-modified product of the polycondensation of melamine and formaldehyde. Publisher: Hoechst AG, 1994, US5387626 (Equivalent: EP0530768) Cat: Patents: Thickener, Rheological Additives
Byk-Chemie GmbH Acid catalysts for solvent-based and aqueous coating systems. They accelerate the cross-linking of amino resins with resins containing hydroxyl groups. And an additive which increases the conductivity of electrostatically sprayed coatings. Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials
Additive combination for improving the workability of water containing building material mixtures(German) An additive combination containing a) a water-soluble cellulose ether or a derivative, b) polyacrylamide, c) superabsorbent polymer (alkali metal salt or ammonium salt of a crosslinked polyacrylate which may have been grafted with starch), d) starch ether and e) a water-soluble alkali metal salt, alkaline earth metal salt or ammonium salt of arylsulphonic acid/ formaldehyde condensation products or of a sulphonic-acid-modified polycondensation product of melamine and formaldehyde. This additive combination reduces the stickiness of mortars which is caused by cellulose ethers. Publisher: Hoechst AG, 1993. EP0530768 (Equivalent: US5387626) Cat: Patents: Thickener, Rheological Additives
Expansive cement and the method of producing such cement An expansive cement containing, as the expansive additive, a material obtained by burning a raw material comprising calcium oxide, aluminium oxide and calcium sulfate in certain proportions and crushing the burnt product to obtain a particular grain size distribution. The expansive cement of this invention expands during the initial curing period and thereafter substantially maintains the originally expanded shape. Publisher: Minoru Miki, 1970, US3510326 Cat: Patents: Expansive Cements and non-shrinking Mortars
A blend of a water-soluble cellulose ether and a water-swellable polymer An additive especially for use in tile adhesives: A cellulose ether (MC, MHPC) and a water-insoluble, but water-swellable polymer are mixed (rati about 1:1). The water-swellable polymer may be a methyl cellulose with low methoxyl-content (17-23% OCH3) or an unneutralized polyacrylic acid (lightly crosslinked, i.e. Carbopol 934). The sag resistance of the additives has been tested in tile adhesive formulations. Publisher: The Dow Chemical Company, EP0327351, 1989 (Equivalent: US4846889) Cat: Patents: Thickener, Rheological Additives
Shrinkage-Reducing Admixtures and Early Age Desiccation in Cement Pastes and Mortars Informations about the effects of a shrinkage-reducing additive (SRA) on cement pastes and mortars. Report on fundamental studies of the early-age desiccation of cement-based materials with and without a SRA ('Eclipse SRA' from Grace). Besides an abstract the fulltext is available as PDF (12 pages, 1,9 MB). [Product Informations for 'Eclipse': http://www.na.graceconstruction.com/concrete/download/EC-1_3.pdf] Publisher: D.P. Bentz et al, Nachdruck aus: Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 31, No. 7, 1075-1085, July 2001 Cat: Materials Science: Shrinkage-reducing Additives
Sag-resistance for tile cements - additive based on polyacryl amide Long-chain organic polymers having a Flocculation Index of less than 0.5 are described as thickening agents for cementitious systems: Polyacrylamides, starch ethers, sodium CMC, polyethylen oxides. (Includes the description of a "Flocculation Index Test Method" for organic polymers.) Publisher: Tile Council of America Inc., 1977, US4021257 Cat: Patents: Polyacryl amide-based thickeners
Hydration enhancing additives The gypsum accelerator is calcium sulfate dihydrate and may optionally be ground with a sugar, a starch and/or boric acid. Combinations of this accelerator with a bisulfate salt show a synergistic effect (the combination gives faster set rates than each component used seperatly). Publisher: United States Gypsum Comp. 2002, US6409823, WO0147828, EP1161404 Cat: Patents: Gypsum Set Accelerators
BYK-Cera BV Specialist on wax additives for the paints and printing inks industries: Wax dispersions, water-based and solvent-based (isopropanol). Also micronized waxes (PTFE and polypropylene). Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials: Coating Additives
Münzing Chemie GmbH Additives for liquid systems like paints lacquers, printing inks, adhesives, and other related systems: Defoamers, wetting and dispersing agents, levelling agents, rheology modifiers, emulsifiers. Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials: Coating Additives
De-aerator for concrete(German) The invention relates to an improvement in the composition of lime, cement, concrete and mortar additives for the use of a novel physiologically acceptable deaerator system whereby it is possible to increase long-term solidity, even in constructions which can only be created in a complicated manner, avoiding disadvantageous consequences for the environment. According to the invention, tributylphosphate - which is unstable and which was previously used in an unsatisfactory manner as a deaerator - can be replaced by receptor-combined fatty alcohols, acids or esters or derivatives thereof, whereby physiological and ecological aspects can be taken into account in a more significant manner, in addition to increasing the physical constructive properties of the concrete and mortar to be treated. A combination of currently known standard-type concrete and mortar additives, polymer agents and derivatives thereof makes it possible to provide a novel deaerator. Publisher: MIG Material Innovative Gesellschaft mbH, 2002. DE10132745 (Equivalent: WO02090285) Cat: Patents
Progiven S.A.S. Manufacturer of additives aimed at protecting waterborne industrial materials from aggressions such as bacteria, fungi, algae and insects. Offers a full range of preservatives for use in various industries such as paint and coatings, adhesives, and building industry (concrete admixtures, sealing mastics). Located in France. Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials: Preservatives, Biocides (Algicides, Fungicides, Bactericides)
Arenesulfonic acids as additives for portland cement(German) Arenesulfonic acids could be used as accelerators or retarders due to addition of different concentrations to ordinary portland cement (OPC) pastes. The study focuses on the mechanism. With an English abstract. Publisher: Stefan Andreas Stöber, Dissertation, 1999 Cat: Materials Science: Cements
Properties of Ultra High Strength Cement Influence of reactive silica additives (silica fume, natural microsilica, and metakaolin) on high performance cements. [13 pages, 284 kB, PDF] Publisher: Konstantin Sobolev, Svetlana Soboleva. University of Lefke, Turkey Cat: Materials Science: Cements
Workability Investigation on workability of SCC: Effects of aggregate size, additives and admixtures. [56 pages, 478 kB, PDF] Publisher: Örjan Petersson, Swedish Cement and Concrete Research Institute, 1999 Cat: Application Technology: Self-compacting Concrete
The Lubrizol Corporation Rheology control additives for architectural paints, plastisols and organosols, heavy maintenance, general industrial and automotive coatings (Ircothix, Ircogel). Furthermore thickening agents based on montmorillonite clay (Hectone). Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials: Rheological Additives
GCI Lime Mortars and Plasters Bibliography The literature assembled in this bibliography includes articles and monographs on analytical techniques, case studies of materials from specific historic contexts, studies of conservation treatments, historical production and application materials and techniques, the parameters and effects of variations in the production process of lime mortars
(calcining, slaking, binders and aggregates, additives, application, drying and
carbonation), the chemistry and mineralogy of calcium hydroxide and calcium
carbonates, the formation of compounds and reaction sequences in other classes of mortars
(pozzolanics, natural hydraulic cements and ordinary portland cement). March 2003. [195 pages, 1.6 MB, PDF] Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute (USA) Cat: Materials Science: Mortars
Byk-Chemie GmbH Surface-active additives based on silicones, acrylates, and fluorosurfactants. They improve surface properties and substrate wetting in solvent-based, solvent-free and aqueous coatings. Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials: Coating Additives
Polysuccinimide and polyaspartate as additives to cementitious materials It is reported that polysuccinimide may be added to cementitious materials for the purposes of improving flowability during mixing, decreasing slump loss during transport and placement, and that it may provide extra strength upon hardening of the cementitious material. (In the aqueous environment of freshly mixed cementitious materials, polysuccinimide is converted to polyaspartate.) Publisher: University of South Alabama; MBT Holding AG, US5908885, 1999 Cat: Patents: Plasticizer, Superplasticizer
BYK-Chemie GmbH Wetting and dispersing additives for pigments and fillers, additives to improve the surface slip, flow and substrate wetting, defoamers and air release agents, viscosity depressants, rheological additives. Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials: Coating Additives
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG Wide range of coatings additives: Air entraining agents, conductivity improvers, corrosion inhibitors, defoamers, open time extenders, plasticisers, preservatives, release agents for strippable coatings, rheology modifiers, solvents, surface additives, wetting and dispersing agents. Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials: Coating Additives
Hanse Chemie GmbH Base materials for sealants (one-part silicone and hybrid sealants) and 2-part silicone formulations. Polyurethane prepolymers used to produce adhesives, casting resins, sealants and elastomers. Combination products of silanes or silicones with non-silicone reaction resins as raw materials and additives for mold making compounds, as well as for adhesives and casting resins in the electrical and electronic industry. Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials
The Lubrizol Corporation A variety of additives for coatings, a line of corrosion inhibitors and rust preventative technologies used in metalworking fluids, coatings, grease, lubricants, refrigerants. Furthermore lines of ink additives, metalworking additives (especially additives for lubricating oils) and oilfield products. Cat: Suppliers of Raw Materials: Coating Additives