Hyaloclastite pozzolan, hyaloclastite based cement, hyaloclastite based concrete and method of making and using same

• US 9,828,289 B1
• Filed: 05/15/2017
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Original Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Inventors: Ciuperca, Romeo Ilarian
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Anthony J
• Application Number:
  US15/595,430
• Time in Patent Office: 197 Days
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/14 Minerals of vulcanic origin granite C04B14/048
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 20/008 Micro- or nanosized fillers, e.g. micronised fillers with particle size smaller than that of the hydraulic binder colloidal silica C04B14/062 ; silica fume C04B18/146
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/04 Portland cements
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/18 containing mixtures of the silica-lime type
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 7/12 Natural pozzuolanas; Natural pozzuolana cements; Artificial pozzuolanas or artificial pozzuolana cements other than those obtained from waste or combustion residues, e.g. burned clay; Treating inorganic materials to improve their pozzuolanic characteristics cements containing slag C04B7/14

Abstract

The invention comprises a composition comprising hyaloclastite having a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 μm. The invention also comprises a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 μm. The invention further comprises a cementitious-based material comprising aggregate, a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 μm and water sufficient to hydrate the cementitious material. A method of using the composition of the present invention is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of making a cementitious-based material comprising combining a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 μ

m.

2. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 1, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 20 μ

m.

3. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 1, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 10 μ

m.

4. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 1, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 5 μ

m.

5. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 1, wherein the hydraulic cement comprises portland cement.

6. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 2, wherein the hydraulic cement comprises portland cement.

7. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 3, wherein the hydraulic cement comprises portland cement.

8. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 4, wherein the hydraulic cement comprises portland cement.

9. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 5, wherein the cementitious-based material comprises approximately 50% to approximately 90% by weight portland cement and approximately 10% to approximately 50% by weight hyaloclastite.

10. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 6, wherein the cementitious-based material comprises approximately 50% to approximately 90% by weight portland cement and approximately 10% to approximately 50% by weight hyaloclastite.

11. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 7, wherein the cementitious-based material comprises approximately 50% to approximately 90% by weight portland cement and approximately 10% to approximately 50% by weight hyaloclastite.

12. The method of making a cementitious-based material of claim 8, wherein the cementitious-based material comprises approximately 50% to approximately 90% by weight portland cement and approximately 10% to approximately 50% by weight hyaloclastite.

13. A method comprising grinding hyaloclastite rock such that the ground hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of approximately 40 μ

m.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of approximately 20 μ

m.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of approximately 10 μ

m.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of approximately 5 μ

m.

17. A method comprising:

grinding hyaloclastite rock to form a powder; and

screening the powder with a 325 mesh screen, wherein approximately 80% to approximately 100% by volume of the powder passes through the screen.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein approximately 90% to approximately 100% by volume of the powder passes through the screen.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein approximately 95% to approximately 100% by volume of the powder passes through the screen.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein approximately 95% to approximately 100% by volume of the powder passes through the screen.