US 12,459,866 B2
Boron doped cement and concrete
Christopher C. Ferraro, Gainesville, FL (US); Jerry M. Paris, Gainesville, FL (US); James E. Baciak, Gainesville, FL (US); Kyle A. Riding, Gainesville, FL (US); Ashish D. Patel, Gainesville, FL (US); David B. Scott, Charlotte, NC (US); and Eric R. Giannini, La Crosse, WI (US)
Assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation, INC., Gainesville, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/919,692
Filed by University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US); RJ LEE GROUP, INC., Monroeville, PA (US); and ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/028144
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/169472, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,348, filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,393, filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0167025 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. C04B 22/00 (2006.01); C04B 20/10 (2006.01); C04B 111/00 (2006.01)
CPC C04B 22/0013 (2013.01) [C04B 20/1055 (2013.01); C04B 2111/00862 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A concrete composition comprising: a cement paste, a fine aggregate, a coarse aggregate, and an admixture, wherein the admixture is selected from a mineral admixture and a liquid admixture, wherein the mineral admixture, the liquid admixture, or both comprise boron particles, wherein the boron particles comprise a boron compound, wherein the boron particles are dispersed homogeneously in the concrete composition, wherein the boron compound is one of the following: 1) an organoboron compound; 2) a borate ester or their hydrated form; or 3) an ionic borohydride.