Abstract: A fluidizing admixture for use with sprayable cementitious compostions, the admixture consists of 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid and at least one selected polymer derived from ethylenically-unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids. Citric acid may optionally be present. The admixture has good fluidizing properties and outstanding shelf-life.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a settable mixture comprising (i) a water absorbing composition and (ii) an aqueous emulsion of organic polymer or (iii) dispersible organic polymer, wherein the water absorbing composition (i) contains inorganic ingredients which are capable to react with water and the water absorbing composition (i) contains at least 13 weight % lime and at least 5 weight % of a cementitious composition of which components form ettringite during the absorption of water and wherein the amount of the aqueous emulsion of organic polymer (ii) in relation to (i) is such as to provide a ratio of combined weight of polymer solids to combined weight of ingredients which are capable to react with water of from 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably 1:1 to 4:1 and wherein the amount of dispersible organic polymer (iii) in relation to (i) is such as to give a ratio of combined weight of polymers to combined weight of ingredients which are capable to react with water of from 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably 1:1 to 4:1.

Abstract: A fluidising admixture for use with sprayable cementitious compostions, the admixture consists of 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid and at least one selected polymer derived from ethylenically-unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids. Citric acid may optionally be present. The admixture has good fluidising properties and outstanding shelf-life.

Abstract: A fluidising admixture for use with sprayable cementitious compostions, the admixture consists of 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid and at least one selected polymer derived from ethylenically-unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids. Citric acid may optionally be present. The admixture has good fluidising properties and outstanding shelf-life.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a settable mixture comprising (i) a water absorbing composition and (ii) an aqueous emulsion of organic polymer or (iii) dispersible organic polymer, wherein the water absorbing composition (i) contains inorganic ingredients which are capable to react with water and the water absorbing composition (i) contains at least 13 weight % lime and at least 5 weight % of a cementitious composition of which components form ettringite during the absorption of water and wherein the amount of the aqueous emulsion of organic polymer (ii) in relation to (i) is such as to provide a ratio of combined weight of polymer solids to combined weight of ingredients which are capable to react with water of from 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably 1:1 to 4:1 and wherein the amount of dispersible organic polymer (iii) in relation to (i) is such as to give a ratio of combined weight of polymers to combined weight of ingredients which are capable to react with water of from 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably 1:1 to 4:1.

Abstract: A composition for improving the properties of a cementitious composition comprises a fluid blend of at least one polyalkylene oxide, at least one aqueous paraffin emulsion, at least one siloxane and, if necessary for fluidity, water.

Abstract: A process of providing a waterproof concrete structure comprising the steps of (a) providing a layer of a concrete composition on a support; (b) spraying on to this concrete composition a waterproofing layer; and (c) applying to the waterproofing layer a further layer of a concrete composition; characterized in that the waterproofing layer is provided by a composition which comprises an aqueous dispersion of coalescable particles of thermoplastic polymer. The method is useful in the waterproofing of tunnel linings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a random styrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) copolymer in free acid or salt form wherein the copolymer has the following types and numbers of monomer units ##STR1## in which M is selected from hydrogen, a cation and a residue of a hydrophobic polyalkylene glycol or polysiloxane, R is the residue of methylpoly(ethylene)glycol of molecular weight (weight-average) 900-2000, x=0.35-0.75 and y=0.25-0.65. These copolymers are particularly useful as superplasticizers in cementitious compositions such as concretes and mortars.

Abstract: A method for coating a substrate with a cementitious composition by spraying, comprising the addition to the initial cementitious mix one of a .beta.-naphthalene sulphonate-formaldehyde condensate and a water-soluble poly(alkylene oxide) of molecular weight from 100,000-8,000,000, the other being added at the spraying nozzle, there being additionally added at the nozzle (preferably as a single component with the other nozzle-added material) an accelerator selected from aluminium sulphate, aluminium hydroxide and aluminium hydroxysulphate. In a preferred embodiment, the material added at the nozzle also contains a superplasticiser.

Abstract: The fluidity characteristics of cementitious compositions may be rapidly altered by the addition thereto of an aqueous dispersion of at least one comb polymer which comprises carboxylic moieties. The invention works especially well when the polymer is combined with an accelerator which is at least one of aluminium hydroxide or aluminium hydroxysulphate.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each A, independently, is a ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halo, C.sub.1-4 alkyl or C.sub.1-4 alkoxy,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halo, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, --NHCONH.sub.2 or --NHCOC.sub.1-4 alkyl,R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methoxy, andm is 0, 1 or 2,each B, independently, is a radical of a diazo or coupling component, and a and each b, independently, are 0 or 1,and metal complexes thereof, which compounds or complexes are in free acid or salt form, and mixtures thereof with a compound of the formula ##STR3## or a metal complex thereof, wherein A and b are as defined above and D is a radical of a diazo or coupling component of the benzene or 1-naphthalene series are useful for dyeing and printing hydroxy group- or nitrogen-containing organic substrates, especially cellulose fibre-containing textiles (e.g., cotton), paper and leather.

Abstract: Metal-free monoazo and disazo compounds of the formulaCH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--SO.sub.2 --W.sub.1 --D--N.dbd.N--K--(W.sub.2 --Z).sub.n,1:1 and 1:2 metal complexes of such metallizable metal-free compounds and acid addition salts of such metal-free compounds and 1:1 and 1:2 metal complexes, whereinD is the radical of a diazo component of the benzene, naphthalene or tetrahydronaphthalene series,K is the radical of a coupling component of the benzene, naphthalene, pyrazol-5-one, pyridine, pyridone, barbituric acid, quinoline, isoquinoline, benzeneazobenzene, benzeneazonaphthalene, naphthaleneazobenzene, naphthaleneazonaphthalene, tetrahydronaphthaleneazobenzene, tetrahydronaphthaleneazonaphthalene or acetoacetamide series,W.sub.1 is a direct bond or a divalent bridging radical,each W.sub.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl,Hal is halogen,R.sub.2 is ##STR2## --SO.sub.2 C.sub.1-4 alkyl, --SO.sub.2 NR.sub.8 R.sub.9 or --NHCOOR.sub.10,R.sub.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl or C.sub.1-4 alkoxy,R.sub.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl,R.sub.5 is hydrogen; C.sub.1-4 alkyl; cyclohexyl; cyclohexyl substituted by one to three C.sub.1-4 alkyl groups; phenyl or phenyl substituted by one or two substituents selected from halo, C.sub.1-4 alkyl and C.sub.1-4 alkoxy,R.sub.6 is hydrogen or hydroxy, with the proviso that R.sub.6 is hydrogen when R.sub.2 is --NHCOOR.sub.10,R.sub.7 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl or C.sub.1-4 alkoxy,each of R.sub.8 and R.sub.9, independently, is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.2-4 hydroxyalkyl, cyclohexyl; or phenyl or phenyl substituted by one or two substituents selected from halo, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, sulfo and carboxy, with the proviso that not more than one of R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 is cyclohexyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl,R.sub.