| CPC C04B 40/0039 (2013.01) [C04B 14/062 (2013.01); C04B 24/163 (2013.01); C04B 2103/0062 (2013.01); C04B 2103/44 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for making an aqueous admixture composition for cementitious compositions comprising:
combining together particles of an additive selected from polymeric microspheres and zirconia silica fume, a polymer thickener, and water to form a mixture, wherein the polymer thickener comprises a non-cellulosic, acid group-containing, cross-linked emulsion copolymer of an acid and an ester; and
neutralizing at a least a portion of the acid groups of the polymer thickener to activate the thickening of the thickener,
wherein said particles of said additive are stabilized against agglomeration by said activated thickener.
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