US 7,537,653 B2
Microsilica materials with improved pozzolanic activity
Armando Garcia Luna, Monterrey (Mexico); and Jaime Valenzuela Grado, Chihuahua (Mexico)
Assigned to GCC Technology and Processes S.A., Lausanne (Switzerland)
Appl. No. 10/599,441
PCT Filed Jul. 06, 2005, PCT No. PCT/IB2005/002161
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 28, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/079875, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 03, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. PA/A/2005/001211 (MX), filed on Jan. 31, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0209554 A1, Sep. 13, 2007
Prior Publication US 2009/0064899 A9, Mar. 12, 2009
Int. Cl. C01B 33/18 (2006.01); C01B 33/12 (2006.01); C04B 14/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 106—482  [106/287.34; 423/335] 9 Claims
 
1. A microsilica with pozzolanic activity that comprises silica containing 55 to 90% in weight of cristobalite and tridimite with respect to the total weight of silica, wherein said microsilica has a particle size distribution equal to or less than 40 μm at 98%, wherein said microsilica includes:
   
    Percentage in weight with
    respect to the total weight
  Components of microsilica (%)
   
 
  SiO2 89.08
  Al2O3 1.87
  Fe2O3 0.1
  CaO 3.96
  MgO 0.88
  K2O 0.06
  SO3 0.35.