GB2294687A - Concrete curing admixture - Google Patents
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Abstract
An admixture for use in cementitious compositions which are to be applied in consecutive layers consists essentially of a water-soluble polyalkylene oxide and a superabsorbent material. Optionally (and preferably) also present is a plasticiser or superplasticiser, preferably a polyalkylene oxide-modified styrene-maleic andydride copolymer. The superabsorbent material may be a polyacrylate or a starch-modified polyacrylate.
Description
CONCRETE CURING ADMIXTURES
This invention relates to cementitious compositions, more particularly to cementitious compositions for application to substrates in consecutive layers, and most particularly to those which are applied by spraying, and to admixtures for use therein.
It is often required that a cementitious composition be applied in consecutive layers.
The best known of such applications is the spraying of cementitious compositions such as "shotcrete", wherein a number of individual layers is applied by means of a shotcreting gun. One of the problems frequently encountered in such applications is cracking and shrinkage of the composition and bonding failures at the layer interfaces. The solution to this problem has hitherto been the application to the sprayed composition of a curing agent, that is, a preparation which is sprayed on the surface and which forms a film thereon.
Typical examples include hydrocarbons, fatty acid salts and emulsions of paraffins or microwaxes. Because of the water loss at the surface of sprayed cementitious compositions, this must be done within a very short time of spraying - usually within 15-20 minutes. Moreover, before a further layer can be added, the curing agent must be removed, otherwise it may prevent adequate bonding between adjacent layers of sprayed composition.
Various relatively easily-removable curing agents have been made and marketed, but they still involve the time-consuming work of application and renewal.
It has been proposed that the problems of the art may be overcome by using an internal curing agent which comprises a concrete waterproofing agent (such as a paraffin emulsion) and a water retention agent (such as a superabsorbent or, preferably, a polyalkylene oxide).
In a further development of this approach, it has now been found that the disadvantages of the known curing agents may be at least substantially overcome by the use therein of a particular admixture. There is therefore provided, according to the present invention, an admixture for use in cementitious compositions which are to be applied in consecutive layers, consisting essentially of a water-soluble polyalkylene oxide and a superabsorbent material, the admixture optionally containing a superplasticiser which does not interact with polyalkylene oxide.
The water-soluble polyalkylene oxide for use in the invention is an unmodified material; it is thus different from the modified materials which can be used as superabsorbents, as hereinunder described. It has a molecular weight (viscosity average) of from 100,000-8,000,000, preferably from 2,000,000-5,000,000. The requirement that the polyalkylene oxide be water-soluble means that it must comprise a high proportion of ethylene oxide. The preferred material is a polyethylene oxide. Typical commercial products useful in the marking of this invention may be found in the "Polyox" (trade mark) range of Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Company, Inc. It is possible and permissible to use more than one such polyalkylene oxide in a composition according to the invention.
By "superabsorbent" is meant a material which is capable of absorbing and holding a very large quantity of water (typically from several hundred to one thousand times its own weight). Such materials have been widely used in diapers and in incontinence and sanitary pads, and are now found in an increasing number of industrial, agricultural and medical applications. Such materials have also been recommended for use in the construction industry, for example, as anti-water flooding agents in tunnel building.
Superabsorbents may be prepared, for example, by modifying various types of basic polymer which themselves are not inherently superabsorbents, for example, polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene oxide types. However, the preferred types are polyacrylates and starch-modified polyacrylates. Materials of this type are commercially available, for example, the "Sanwet" (trade mark) materials of Sanyo Chemical Industries, Tokyo, Japan and Hoechst AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Again, it is possible and permissible to use more than one such superabsorbent.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the admixture additionally contains at least one superplasticizer which does not interact with the polyalkylene oxide hereinabove described.
The interaction between polyalkylene oxide and certain superplasticisers (particularly ss- naphthalene sulphonate-formaldehyde condensate (BNS)) has been proposed for use, for example, in cementitious compositions where a rapid decrease in slump is desired, this being achieved by adding the polyalkylene oxide to the initial mix (with high slump) and the BNS later (when low slump is desired). There are many superplasticizers which are suitable for use in this invention. Details of suitable materials may be found in standard texts such as "Concrete Admixtures Handbook", ed. Ramachandran (Noyes, 1984), the details of which are incorporated herein by reference. Examples include lignosulphonates and sulphonated melamine-formaldehyde condensates.
A preferred class of superplasticizers is that based on styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers ("SMA"). Such superplasticizers have been reported in the patent literature and elsewhere.
Any such SMA-based superplasticizer will work in an admixture according to the present invention, but especially preferred SMAs are styrene-maleic anhydride-derived copolymers in free acid or salt form which are selected from the group consisting of those having the following types and numbers of monomer units:
in which R is an C2 6alkylene radical
R, is a C, 20alkyl-, C6 gcycloalkyl- or phenyl group,
x, y and z are numbers from 0.01 to 100
m is a number from 1 to 100 and
n is a number from 10 to 100 with the provisos, that i) the ratio of x to (y + z) is from 1:10 to 10:1 inclusive, ii) the ratio of z:y is from 3:1 to 100:1 and iii) m + n = 15-100 and those having the following types and numbers of monomer units::
in which M is hydrogen, a cation or the residue of a hydrophobic polyalkylene glycol or polysiloxane, Rl, m and n are as hereinabove defined, x, y and z are numbers from 1 to 100 with the provisos that i) the ratio of x to (y + z) is from 1:10 to 10:1 inclusive, ii) the ratio of z:y is from 5:1 to 100:1 and iii) m + n = 15-100.
These SMA copolymers are described in United States Patent 5,158,916 and French
Published Application 2 671 090 the contents whereof are incorporated herein by reference.
The cation M may be chosen from a wide variety of materials but preferably is chosen from alkali and alkaline earth metals (especially sodium, potassium and calcium) and alkanolamines.
The relative proportions of polyalkylene oxide and superabsorbent are
polyalkylene oxide 0.01-5% solids by weight
superabsorbent 0.01-10%
In the preferred case where SMA polymer is present, the relative proportions of the three ingredients of an admixture according to the invention are
SMA 5-60% solids by weight
polyalkylene oxide 0.01-2%
superabsorbent 0.01-5% the more preferred composition range being
SMA 10-30%
polyalkylene oxide 0.2-1.0%
superabsorbent 0.1-0.5% In addition to these ingredients, a commercial admixture contains water, the water comprising from 40 to 99.98%, preferably from 65 to 90% by weight of the admixture.
The admixture is made by blending the ingredients with an appropriate quantity of water. The operation is straightforward and may be carried out by conventional machinery.
It is sometimes useful to use, in addition to the abovementioned ingredients, a solvent for the polyalkylene oxide. A typical example is a low molecular weight polyethylene glycol (MW typically around 500), used in a proportion of up to 10% by weight of the three ingredients. For the purposes of this invention, it is considered to be part of the polyalkylene oxide. In all cases, the storage stability of the admixture is very good.
The admixture may additionally contain other conventional ingredients of the type usually found in cementitious compositions, these being present in art-recognised quantities and performing their usual functions.
The admixture is used in cementitious compositions at a rate of 0.05-5.0% (by weight liquid admixture on cement). Cementitious compositions comprising and admixture according to the present invention exhibit enhanced properties. For example, there is enhanced bonding between applied layers. This is true of all applications where the compositions are applied in layers, but it is especially good in "wet" process shotcreting, where the cementitious composition is mixed with the mixing water prior to pumping and spraying. The admixture is added at this stage. The invention therefore provides a process of forming a cementitious coating on a substrate, comprising the steps of preparing a hydraulic cementitious mix and applying it to the substrate in consecutive layers, there being incorporated into the mix an admixture as hereinabove described.The invention also provides a solid article (the use of which term includes, among others, a coating on a substrate and a slab (whether free-standing or in situ on a supporting surface)) made of a solidified cementitious composition which comprises an admixture as hereinabove described. The article is preferably layered, that is, built up of individual, consecutivelyapplied layers of cementitious composition.
The invention is further described with reference to the following non-limiting example.
The following materials are blended together: styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer 19.80 parts poly(ethylene glycol) MW 5002 1.68 poly(ethylene oxide) MW 4,000,0003 0.56 superabsorbent material4 0.28 water 77.68 1 copolymer as prepared in Example 15 of French Published Application 2 671 090 2 MPEG 500 ex Hoechst 3 WSR 301 ex Union Carbide 4 "Sanwet" (trade mark) IM 5000 S
The superabsorbent is first mixed with water and the SMA is then added and mixed in until homogeneous. The polyethylene oxide and glycol are then added and mixed until homogeneous.
The admixture prepared as described hereinabove is tested in mortar and concrete mixtures as follows:
Mortar mixture: 3/4 by weight fine sand (DIN standard), /4 ordinary portland cement
Concrete mixture: 79% by weight aggregate (0-8mm, 60% fines 0-4mm, 40% 4-8mm) 21% ordinary portland cement
The dosages and results are given in the following table; Tests Nos. 14 are mortars, Tests
Nos. 5-10 are concretes.
Test No. dosage of W/C flow 2 bonding compressive
admixture1 ratio (cm) strength3 strength4
(28 day) (28 day) o5 0.5 16 0.35 2 1.5 0.5 16.8 2.00 3 1.56 0.5 16.0 1.63 4 1.57 0.5 15.3 1.49 5* 1.0 0.58 47.0 1.00 20.4 6 1.5 0.54 47.0 2.07 24.3 7 1.08 0.56 42.0 1.45 24.0 8 1.58 0.54 42.0 1.94 23.8
* no SMA plasticiser is used in this example
1 by weight on cement
2 measured according to test method DIN 18 555
3 units N/mmz; measured according to test method ZTV-SIB 90
4 units N/mm2; measured according to test method DIN 1048, performed on 10cm.
tall x 10cm. diam. concrete cylinders cut from a solid slab of concrete 20cm.
thick
5 1.5% of a 20% (wt.) aqueous solution of the abovementioned styrene-maleic
anhydride copolymer is added
6 in this example, the proportion of superabsorbent present in the admixture is
reduced by 10%
7 in this example, the proportion of superabsorbent present in the admixture is
reduced by 50%
8 in these examples, the SMA content of the admixture is reduced by 25%
It can be seen that the compositions according to the invention are appreciably better than those which are not. The increase in bonding strength is particularly noticeable. In addition, the surface appearance of the concrete looked very homogeneous and there was less tendency to crack formation.
Claims (9)
1. A cementitious composition curing admixture, consisting essentially of a water
soluble polyalkylene oxide and a superabsorbent material, the admixture optionally
additionally containing a superplasticiser which does not interact with polyalkylene
oxide
2. A cementitious composition curing admixture according to claim 1, wherein the
polyalkylene oxide has a viscosity average molecular weight of from 100,000 to
8,000,000, preferably from 2,000,000 to 5,000,000.
3. A cementitious composition curing admixture according to claim 1 or claim 2,
wherein the superabsorbent material is selected from the group consisting of
polyacrylates and starch-modified polyacrylates.
4. A cementitious composition curing admixture according to any one of claims 1 to
3, wherein the relative proportions of polyalkylene oxide and superabsorbent are
polyalkylene oxide 0.01-5% solids by weight
superabsorbent 0.01-10%
5. A cementitious composition curing admixture according to any one of claims 1 to
3, wherein the admixture additionally comprises at least one superplasticizer which
does not react with the polyalkylene oxide of the admixture.
6. A cementitious composition curing admixture according to claim 5, wherein the
superplasticizer is based on styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer.
7. A cementitious composition curing admixture according to claim 6, wherein the
relative proportions of ingredients in the admixture are
SMA 5-60% solids by weight
polyalkylene oxide 0.01-2%
superabsorbent 0.01-5%
the preferred composition range being
SMA 10-30%
polyalkylene oxide 0.2-1.0%
superabsorbent 0.1-0.5%
8. A process of forming a cementitious coating on a substrate, comprising the steps
of preparing a hydraulic cementitious mix and applying it to the substrate in
consecutive layers, there being incorporated into the mix an admixture according
to any one of claims 1 to 7.
9. A solid article made of a solidified cementitious composition which comprises an
admixture according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
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