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US 2016/0280602 A1Published application
Hygroscopic Cementitious Materials
OwnerStewart Kriegsteininventor
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Abstract
A method is disclosed. The method includes providing a cementitious material, the cementitious material including an absorbing material. The method also includes absorbing a fluid into the absorbing material during hydration of the cementitious material. The method further includes retaining the fluid in the absorbing material after hydration of the cementitious material.
Claims20
1-20. (canceled)
A cementitious composition comprising:
- a concrete material;
- and
- an absorbing material dispersed throughout the concrete material, the absorbing material comprising a plurality of hollow, tubular-shaped fibers that convey a fluid through an inside of the hollow, tubular-shaped fibers, such that a plurality of passageways extends through the concrete material.
A method comprising:
- providing a cementitious composition comprising an absorbing material dispersed throughout the cementitious composition, the absorbing material comprising a plurality of hollow, tubular-shaped fibers that are adapted to convey a fluid therethrough, such that a plurality of passageways extends through the cementitious composition;
- causing the fluid to contact the cementitious material;
- wherein the fluid is absorbed by and retained in the absorbing material after the fluid has come in contact with the cementitious material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.