# US 5,341,881 A · Cement set retarding additives, compositions and methods

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- Number: US 5,341,881 A
- Document ID: US5341881A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/004,325
- Filed: 1993-01-14
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1993-01-14
- Assignees: Halliburton Company
- Inventors: Klein A. Rodrigues
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5341881A

## CPC

- C09K 8/46: containing inorganic binders, e.g. Portland cement
- C04B 24/2652: {Nitrogen containing polymers, e.g. polyacrylamides, polyacrylonitriles}
- C09K: MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- C04B: LIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE {(roofing granules E04D7/005)}; CERAMICS (devitrified glass-ceramics C03C10/00); REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

## Abstract

Cement set retarding additives, set retarded hydraulic cement compositions and methods of using the cement compositions for cementing zones in wells are provided. The set retarding additives are copolymers containing monomer units formed from a first monomer of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and a second monomer of acrylamide or a derivative of acrylamide.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of cementing a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore comprising the steps of:
forming a pumpable set retarded cement composition comprised of hydraulic cement, sufficient water to form a pumpable slurry and a set retarding additive comprising a copolymer consisting essentially of monomer units formed from a first monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid and a second monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, methacrylamide, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, N-methyl-acrylamide, N-isopropylacrylamide and N-(hydroxymethyl) acrylamide;
pumping said composition into said zone by way of said well bore; and
allowing said cement composition to set.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said first monomer of said set retarding additive is acrylic acid.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2 wherein said second monomer of said set retarding additive is selected from the group consisting of acrylamide and N,N-dimethylacrylamide.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said monomer units of said set retarding additive formed from said first monomer are present in said copolymer in an amount in the range of from about 10 mole % to about 55 mole %.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said first monomer of said set retarding additive is acrylic acid, said second monomer is N,N-dimethylacrylamide and said monomer units formed from said first monomer are present in said copolymer in an amount in the range of from about 40 mole % to about 50 mole %.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5 wherein said hydraulic cement is Portland cement.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein said set retarder is present in said cement composition in an amount in the range of from about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight of cement therein.

### Claim 8 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19 wherein said water is present in said composition in an amount in the range of from about 30% to about 60% by weight of cement therein.