Shaped articles made from expanded minerals

Abstract

Shaped articles made from expanded minerals obtained by treating a mixture of a hydrophobized expanded mineral and a calcium aluminate with an aqueous solution of aluminum phosphate, and subsequently consolidating it under the action of pressure and heat; the expanded mineral having been hydrophobized with a hydrophobizing agent consisting substantially of (a) a fatty amine of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, preferably C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkenyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkylphenyl, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl, phenyl or benzyl, and n is a number of from 0 to 4; (b) a fatty acid of the formula R.sub.5 CO(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.m OH or a fatty alcohol of the formula R.sub.6 (OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.m OH in which R.sub.5 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, preferably C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or -alkenyl, R.sub.6 is C.sub.9 -C.sub.23 -alkyl, preferably C.sub.15 -C.sub.23 -alkyl or -alkenyl, and m is a number of from 0 to 2; and (c) a low molecular weight acid.

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