Abstract: A set control composition for cementitious systems comprises a) (a-1) a hydroxy monocarboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and (a-2) optionally, a polycarboxylic acid having a carboxylic acid equivalent weight of 333 or less, or a salt thereof, the carboxylic acid equivalent weight being the molecular weight of the polycarboxylic acid divided by the number of carboxylic acid functional groups, wherein (a-1) contributes at least 90% of the carboxyl groups to the total number of carboxyl groups of (a-1) and (a-2), b) at least one of (b-1) a borate source, and (b-2) a carbonate source, wherein the carbonate source is selected from inorganic carbonates having an aqueous solubility of 0.1 g·L?1 or more at 25° C., and organic carbonates, in a weight ratio of b) to a) in the range of 1.2 to 20, and c) a polyol in a weight ratio of c) to a) in the range of 1.0 to 10.

Abstract: A cement dispersant comprises component i) and at least one of components ii) and iii). Component i) is a naphthalenesulfonic acid polycondensate being obtainable by a condensation reaction of i-1) a naphthalenesulfonic acid, i-2) an alkoxylated hydroxyaryl compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain with 3 to 130 oxyalkylene units, and i-3) formaldehyde, in a weight ratio of i-1):i-2) of 95:5 to 60:40. Component ii) is a phosphorylated polycondensate being obtainable by a condensation reaction of ii-1) an aromatic compound having a phosphate moiety, ii-2) an alkoxylated hydroxyaryl compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain with 3 to 130 oxyalkylene units, and ii-3) formaldehyde, in a weight ratio of ii-1):ii-2) of 2:98 to 40:60. Component iii) is a polycarboxylate ether having a carbon-chain backbone with anionic and/or anionogenic groups and polyoxyalkylene side chains having an average of 3 to 130 oxyalkylene units.

Abstract: A naphthalenesulfonic acid polycondensate is used as a plasticizer in a construction composition comprising sand and at least one cementitious binder. The naphthalenesulfonic acid polycondensate is obtainable by a condensation reaction of i) a naphthalenesulfonic acid, ii) an alkoxylated hydroxyaryl compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain with 3 to 130 oxyalkylene units, and iii) formaldehyde, in a weight ratio of i):ii) of 95:5 to 60:40, preferably 95:5 to 75:25, more preferably 95:5 to 85:15, wherein the sand has a methylene blue value according to DIN EN 933-9 of at least 10 g/kg. The naphthalenesulfonic acid polycondensate is largely clay-insensitive and its dispersibility is independent of the quality of the sand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the process has a first polymerization step as an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of a first monomer composition M.a and a subsequent further polymerization step as an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of a second monomer composition M.b, where the monomers M comprise at least one monomer M0 which is selected from compounds of formula 1, wherein X is Cl, Br or OS(O)2R3, Y is H, Cl, Br, OS(O)2R4, C1-C10-alkyl, or C(?O)OR5, R1 is H or C1-C10-alkyl, R2 is H or C1-C10-alkyl, R3 is C1-C10-alkyl, R4 is C1-C10-alkyl, R5 is C1-C20-alkyl. The invention also relates to an aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable by such a process as well as the use of such dispersions.

Abstract: A cement-reduced construction composition comprises a) a cementitious binder comprising one or more calcium silicate mineral phases and one or more calcium aluminate mineral phases, and having a Blaine surface area of at least 3800 cm2/g; b) a fine material having a Dv90 of less than 200 ?m, selected from alkali-activatable binders, rock powders and inorganic pigments, or mixtures thereof; c) optionally, an extraneous aluminate source; d) a sulfate source; and e) a polyol. The composition contains a controlled amount of available aluminate, calculated as Al(OH)4?, from the calcium aluminate mineral phases plus the optional extraneous aluminate source; and the molar ratio of total available aluminate to sulfate is 0.4 to 2.0. The construction composition further comprises f) an ettringite formation controller and g) a co-retarder.

Abstract: A limestone calcined clay cement construction composition comprises a) a cementitious binder comprising one or more calcium silicate mineral phases and one or more calcium aluminate mineral phases, and having a Blaine surface area of at least 3800 cm2/g; b) a supplementary cementitious material having a Dv90 of less than 200 ?m comprising (b-1) a calcined clay material and (b-2) a carbonate rock powder in a weight ratio of (b-1) to (b-2) in the range of 0.5 to 2; c) optionally, an extraneous aluminate source; d) a sulfate source; and e) a polyol. The composition contains a controlled amount of available aluminate, calculated as Al(OH)4?, from the calcium aluminate mineral phases plus the optional extraneous aluminate source; and the molar ratio of total available aluminate to sulfate is 0.4 to 2.0. The construction composition further comprises f) an ettringite formation controller.

Abstract: A cement-reduced construction composition comprises a) a cementitious binder comprising one or more calcium silicate mineral phases and one or more calcium aluminate mineral phases, and having a Blaine surface area of at least 3800 cm2/g, in an amount of 180 to 400 kg per m3 of the freshly mixed construction composition; b) a fine material having a Dv90 of less than 200 ?m, selected from alkali-activatable binders, rock powders and inorganic pigments, or mixtures thereof, in a total amount of 20 to 200 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of cementitious binder a); c) optionally, an extraneous aluminate source; d) a sulfate source; and e) a polyol in an amount of 0.3 to 2.5 wt.-%, relative to the amount of cementitious binder a). The composition contains available aluminate, calculated as Al(OH)4—, from the calcium aluminate mineral phases plus the optional extraneous aluminate source, per 100 g of cementitious binder a), in a total amount of at least 0.

Abstract: A set control composition for cementitious systems comprises a retarder (a) selected from (a-1) polymeric polycarboxylic acids selected from homopolymers and copolymers of ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids; and copolymers of at least one ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one sulfo group containing monomer; and salts thereof, whose milliequivalent number of carboxyl groups is 3.0 meq/g or higher, preferably 3.0 to 17.0 meq/g, and having a molecular weight 25,000 g/mol or less, assuming all the carboxyl groups to be in unneutralized form, (a-2) phosphonic acids and salts thereof, (a-3) low molecular weight polycarboxylic acids and salts thereof, and mixtures thereof, (b) at least one of (b-1) a borate source and (b-2) a carbonate source, wherein the carbonate source is selected from inorganic carbonates having an aqueous solubility of 0.1 g·L?1 or more at 25° C., and organic carbonates, in a weight ratio of b) to a) in the range of 0.

Abstract: A limestone calcined clay cement construction composition comprises a) a cementitious binder comprising one or more calcium silicate mineral phases and one or more calcium aluminate mineral phases, and having a Blaine surface area of at least 3800 cm2/g, in an amount of 180 to 400 kg per m3 of the freshly mixed construction composition; b) a supplementary cementitious material having a Dv90 of less than 200 ?m, in a total amount of 50 to 100 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of cementitious binder a), the supplementary cementitious material comprising (b-1) a calcined clay material and (b-2) a carbonate rock powder in a weight ratio of (b-1) to (b-2) in the range of 0.5 to 2; c) optionally, an extraneous aluminate source; d) a sulfate source; and e) a polyol in an amount of 0.3 to 2.5 wt.-%, relative to the amount of cementitious binder a).

Abstract: A construction composition comprises a) a cementitious binder comprising one or more calcium silicate mineral phases and one or more calcium aluminate mineral phases; b) optionally, an extraneous aluminate source; c) a sulfate source; d) an ettringite formation controller comprising (i) glyoxylic acid, a glyoxylic acid salt and/or a glyoxylic acid derivative; and (ii) at least one of a borate source and a carbonate source, wherein the carbonate source is selected from inorganic carbonates having an aqueous solubility of 0.1 g·L?1 or more, organic carbonates, and mixtures thereof; and e) a polyol in an amount of 0.2 to 2.5 wt.-%, relative to the amount of cementitious binder a). The composition contains 0.05 to 0.2 mol of total available aluminate, calculated as Al(OH)4?, from the calcium aluminate mineral phases plus the optional extraneous aluminate source, per 100 g of cementitious binder a); and the molar ratio of total available aluminate to sulfate is 0.4 to 2.0.

Abstract: A cement-reduced construction composition comprises a) a cementitious binder comprising one or more calcium silicate mineral phases and one or more calcium aluminate mineral phases, and having a Blaine surface area of at least 3800 cm2/g, in an amount of 180 to 400 kg per m3 of the freshly mixed construction composition; b) a fine material having a Dv90 of less than 200 ?m, selected from alkali-activatable binders, rock powders and inorganic pigments, or mixtures thereof, in a total amount of 20 to 200 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of cementitious binder a); c) optionally, an extraneous aluminate source; d) a sulfate source; and e) a polyol in an amount of 0.3 to 2.5 wt.-%, relative to the amount of cementitious binder a). The composition contains available aluminate, calculated as Al(OH)4—, from the calcium aluminate mineral phases plus the optional extraneous aluminate source, per 100 g of cementitious binder a), in a total amount of at least 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the process has a first polymerization step as an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of a first monomer composition M.a and a subsequent further polymerization step as an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of a second monomer composition M.b, where the monomers M comprise at least one monomer M0 which is selected from compounds of formula 1, wherein X is Cl, Br or OS(O)2R3, Y is H, Cl, Br, OS(O)2R4, C1-C10-alkyl, or C(?O)OR5, R1 is H or C1-C10-alkyl, R2 is H or C1-C10-alkyl, R3 is C1-C10-alkyl, R4 is C1-C10-alkyl, R5 is C1-C20-alkyl. The invention also relates to an aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable by such a process as well as the use of such dispersions.