Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method to produce grade road base material using recycled oilfield waste, called “oil and gas waste,” and aggregate waste and a novel road base material. Hydration and mixing of the waste materials along with a binder, will achieve an irreversible pozzolanic chemical reaction necessary for stabilization into a road base. An asphalt emulsifier may be included in the binder to manufacture asphalt stabilized road base. The entire method is a cold batch process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method to produce grade road base material using recycled oilfield waste, called “oil and gas waste,” more specifically, drilling waste and aggregate and a novel road base material. Hydration and mixing of the waste materials along with a binder, will achieve an irreversible pozzolanic chemical reaction necessary for stabilization into a road base. An asphalt emulsifier may be included in the binder to manufacture asphalt stabilized road base. The entire method is a cold batch process.

Abstract: The present invention provides improved cement compositions comprising hydraulic cement, silica hydrophobicized with a mixture of organosilicon compounds and water.

Abstract: A backerboard sheet is for moist areas and includes a core having opposing first and second major surfaces, at least one moisture-resistant face layer on at least one of the first and second major surfaces of the core; and wherein the core includes aerated concrete. The provision of aerated concrete for the core provides many key advantages over conventional backerboard sheets, such as gypsum greenboard or cementitious backerboard, for example. The at least one moisture-resistant face layer may include fibers, such as arranged in a woven mesh. The fibers may include at least one of glass, plastic, and metal. In addition, the at least one moisture-resistant face layer may further include a moisture-resistant material incorporating the fibers, such as a suitable resin, for example.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method to produce grade road base material using recycled oilfield waste, called “oil and gas waste,” and aggregate waste and a novel road base material. Hydration and mixing of the waste materials along with a binder, will achieve an irreversible pozzolanic chemical reaction necessary for stabilization into a road base. An asphalt emulsifier may be included in the binder to manufacture asphalt stabilized road base. The entire method is a cold batch process.

Abstract: The invention concerns an aqueous bitumen emulsion, consisting of the following constituents expressed in weight percentages of the emulsion total weight: 50% to 70% of bitumen; 0.5% to 10% of surfactant; 0% to 5% of thickening agent; 0% to 1% of antifoaming agent; a sufficient quantity of water to make up 100%. Said emulsion is characterised in that the surfactant consists of at least a surfactant selected among the group consisting of an ethylene oxide and a propylene oxide copolymer, with PO/EO ratio ranging between 1.5 and 10, an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated epoxidized surfactant, and a polyvinyl alcohol having molecular mass ranging between 10000 and 150000. The invention also concerns the method for obtaining said emulsions, the compositions containing them, and the use of said bitumen emulsions for the formulation of compositions comprising a hydraulic or organic binder, and/or a mineral or organic filler.

Abstract: A method is described for making concrete mixture by blending new batch cement and fly ash with recycled concrete material (curb & gutter, sidewalk, brick, block, asphalt & various other concrete items). This new process will enable discarded concrete materials to be reused as a valuable product.

Abstract: Compound binder comprising an aqueous emulsion of at least one hydrocarbon binder and, at least one hydraulic binder, which also contains at least one adjuvant intended to control the rate of setting of the hydraulic binder in order to obtain a liquid product with a viscosity of less than 1 Pa.s.

Abstract: A cementitious composition comprising 0.1 to about 7.5 percent by weight of a solid residual oxidation product from the combustion of an aqueous emulsion of a naturally occurring asphalt from the Orinoco Belt of Venezuela which contains from about 100 to about 1500 ppm by weight of magnesium in the form of a water soluble magnesium salt, which product from the combustion contains magnesium sulfate present in the amount of from about 0.05 to about 4 percent by weight of the cementitious composition and from about 92.5 to about 99.95 percent by weight of a hydraulic silicate cement material.

Abstract: Compound binder comprising an aqueous emulsion of at least one hydrocarbon binder and, at least one hydraulic binder, which also contains at least one adjuvant intended to control the rate of setting of the hydraulic binder in order to obtain a liquid product with a viscosity of less than 1 Pa.multidot.s.

Abstract: Bituminous compositions of enhanced physical/performance properties comprising an oxidation product of a naturally occurring asphalt from the Orinoco Belt of Venezuela and the bitumen base material, and methods for their preparation.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing a water-soluble sulphonated dispersant from a petroleum hydrocracking residue comprising: contacting a petroleum hydrocracking residue boiling above 524.degree. C. with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphur trioxide to form a sulphonated mixture containing water soluble and water insoluble products, and separating the water soluble sulphonated product from the mixture. The mixture of water soluble and water insoluble sulphonated products is neutralized with alkali and evaporated to dryness, after which the dried mixture is extracted with alcohol to leave a water soluble product. The product can be used as a water reducer or superplasticizer in concrete.

Abstract: Asbestos-free asphalt cold application roofing compositions are made available through the controlled utilization of fly ash.

Abstract: Manufactured aggregates and/or composites having incorporated therein an asphaltic oxidation product.

Abstract: Disclosed is a low-viscosity cement composition, useful in the field of oil drilling, comprising cement, water and an additive obtained by salifying into the alkali-metal, alkali-earth metal, or ammonium salt, the sulphonated and oxidated products derived from the reaction between sulphur trioxide and cookery tar or sulphur trioxide and fuel oil from steam cracking; the cement composition is endowed with improved rheological characteristics such as a low-viscosity value without substantial changes in the pumping times, even at high temperatures and pressures.

Abstract: The invention provides a fiber-reinforced rubber asphalt concrete composition suitable for paving applications and a method of making the composition. Also provided is a method for converting a conventional asphalt plant to one capable of producing the fiber-reinforced rubber asphalt concrete composition of the invention and an apparatus suitable for doing same.

Abstract: A process for preparing a sulfonated dispersant from a petroleum asphalt fraction, comprising:establishing contact between the asphalt fraction dissolved in an inert solvent and liquid or gaseous sulfur trioxide at a temperature equal to or less than 60.degree. C., to obtain a sulfonated asphalt fraction;salifying the sulfonated asphalt fraction thus obtained by contact with an aqueous solution of a hydroxide of an alkaline metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium and recovering the sulfonated salt from the reaction mixture.This process provides water-soluble sulfonated salts of petroleum asphalt fractions, which can be used as fluidifying and stabilizing agents for aqueous dispersions of solids, such as aqueous dispersions of coal or cement.

Abstract: A tag is added to an asphalt additive, typically an anti-stripping agent. The additive dye is mixed with other components of an asphalt composition and melt processed at 300.degree. F. (149.degree. C.) or above to produce an asphalt composition. Presence of the tag to identify presence of the additive is performed by dissolving the asphalt portion of the composition in a water-immiscible solvent and then extracting the tag in an acidic aqueous solution and developing a color with a diazo compound.

Abstract: Improved cementitious compositions having increased flexural, tensile and shear-bond strength, increased wear resistance, decreased water permeability and enhanced workability than previous cement compositions, which are prepared with water treated with an emulsified tar component, and preferably a residual amount of sodium tripolyphosphate, are provided. Methods of forming shaped articles therefrom are also provided.

Abstract: Improved cementitious compositions having increased flexural, tensile and shear-bond strength, increased wear resistance, decreased water permeability and enhanced workability than previous cement compositions, which are prepared with water treated with an emulsified tar component, and preferably a residual amount of sodium tripolyphosphate, are provided. Methods of forming shaped articles therefrom are also provided.

Abstract: A polymer-modified bitumen (PmB) having improved elastic restoration and having a content of 0.5-20 wt. % of polymer components which polymer components are comprised to the extent of at least 20 wt. % of polyalkyl (meth)acrylates having molecular weights greater than 30,000, said polyalkyl (meth)acrylate being comprised of 50-99.8 wt. % of alkyl (meth)acrylates having alkyl groups of 8-26 C atoms, 0.1-2.8 wt. % of polymerizable carboxylic acids, 0.1-2.8 wt. % of polymerizable basic nitrogen compounds; and 0-49.8 wt. % of one or more other polymerizable compounds each having not more than one polymerizable double bond.

Abstract: A polymer-modified bitumen (PmB) having improved elastic restoration prepared by blending from 0.5-20 wt. % of a polymer material in bitumen, said polymer additive, which may be comprised of various polymers, being comprised of from 20-100 wt. % of a polyalkyl (meth)acrylate comprising monomer units as follows:50-100 wt. % of alkyl (meth)acrylates containing alkyl groups of 8-26 C atoms;0-30 wt. % of alkyl (meth)acrylates containing alkyl groups of 1-7 C atoms; and0-20 wt. % of other monomers, optionally containing functional groups;and said polymer having a molecular weight Mw>1,000,000, corresponding to a viscosity number .eta..sub.sp /c>120 ml/g as measured in chloroform at 20.degree. C.

Abstract: Finely divided aerated concrete is added as a stabilising additive to composite bituminous material for the production of cast and rolled asphalt. This additive, which is preferably applied in a quantity of 0.3% to 10% by weight, is not inferior to known additives, and is superior to many of them, but is inexpensive as compared with known additives.

Abstract: An additive for, a method of adding thereof to uncured mixes for and resulting cured cement-type concreations such as cured embodiments of concrete, marcadam, and roof-top shingles each exhibiting improved heat and freeze-thaw durability resulting from reduced efflorescence and stability against sun ultraviolet light exposure.

Abstract: Parts subject to wear, which come into contact with metal melts, are formed with a hydraulically setting high-alumina refractory concrete having a compression strength when cold, measured on dried crude product, of at least 400 kp/cm.sup.2. The compression strength is at least 700 kp/cm.sup.2 after firing at 1400.degree. C. The refractory concrete has a dimensional stability at 1400.degree. C. of at least plus or minus 0.2%. The refractory concrete contains corundum and active alumina as aggregates, an alumina .[.concrete.]. .Iadd.cement .Iaddend.containing less than 22% lime and, as required, a thinning agent. Up to 5% of the aggregates can be replaced by a spinel-forming substance preferably MgO or MgO-yielding compounds; or up to 5% of the aggregates can be replaced by carbon black, pitch or graphite; or up to 7% of the aggregates can be replaced by chromium oxide. Aggregates under 0.5 mm can be present in the refractory concrete as round grains.