Abstract: Shaped articles made from expanded minerals, otained by using a mineral binder system composed either of calcium aluminate and aluminum phosphate or of waterglass and a catalyst to consolidate an expanded mineral which has been rendered hydrophobic and wherein the expanded mineral is rendered hydrophobic by means of an organosiloxane.

Abstract: Shaped articles made from expanded minerals obtained by treating a mixture of a hydrophobized expanded mineral and a calcium aluminate with an aqueous solution of aluminum phosphate, and subsequently consolidating it under the action of pressure and heat; the expanded mineral having been hydrophobized with a hydrophobizing agent consisting substantially of(a) a fatty amine of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, preferably C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkenyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkylphenyl, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl, phenyl or benzyl, and n is a number of from 0 to 4;(b) a fatty acid of the formulaR.sub.5 CO(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.m OHor a fatty alcohol of the formulaR.sub.6 (OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.m OHin which R.sub.5 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, preferably C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or -alkenyl, R.sub.6 is C.sub.9 -C.sub.23 -alkyl, preferably C.sub.15 -C.sub.

Abstract: A water-repellent gypsum mortar contains an agent conferring hydrophobic properties, which is composed of (a) a fatty amine of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkenyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkylphenyl, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -hydroxyalkyl, phenyl, benzyl or a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H and n is a number from 0 to 4,(b) a low-molecular acid and(c) an alkali metal siliconate.

Abstract: Shaped articles made from expanded minerals, obtained by solidification of a mixture of water glass, catalyst and an expanded mineral pretreated with a hydrophobizing agent which comprises substantially(a) a fatty amine of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.22, preferably C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or -alkenyl, or C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkylphenyl, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or -alkenyl, phenyl or benzyl, and n is a number of from 0 to 4:(b) a fatty acid of the formulaR.sub.5 CO (OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.m OHor a fatty alcohol of the formulaR.sub.6 (OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.m OHin which formulae R.sub.5 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.22, preferably C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or -alkenyl, R.sub.6 is C.sub.9 -C.sub.23, preferably C.sub.15 -C.sub.23 -alkyl or -alkenyl, and m is a number of from 0 to 2; and(c) a low molecular weight acid.

Abstract: Filler slurries with a content of 0.1 to 5% by weight of a compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen or methyl, R.sub.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkenyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkylphenyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -hydroxyalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -epoxyalkyl, benzyl or a group of the formula ##STR2## X, Y and Z together are a number from 1 to 20, and A means an anion.