Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Concrete mix for electromagnetic wave/pulse shielding
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Application No.: US14607594Application Date: 2015-01-28
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Publication No.: US09278887B1Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Christopher Tuan , Lim Nguyen
- Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- Applicant Address: US NE Lincoln
- Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- Current Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- Current Assignee Address: US NE Lincoln
- Agency: Advent, LLP
- Agent Tyson B. Benson
- Main IPC: C04B14/22
- IPC: C04B14/22 ; C04B14/24 ; C04B14/48 ; C04B14/02 ; C04B40/00 ; H01B1/16

Abstract:
Conductive concrete mixtures are described that are configured to provide EMP shielding and reflect and/or absorb, for instance, EM waves propagating through the conductive concrete mixture. The conductive concrete mixtures include cement, aggregate, water, metallic conductive material, and conductive carbon particles and/or magnetic material. The conductive material may include steel fibers, and the magnetic material may include taconite aggregate. The conductive concrete mixture may also include graphite powder, silica fume, and/or other supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). The conductive carbon particles may comprise from about zero to twenty-five percent (0-25%) of the conductive concrete mixture by weight and/or the magnetic material may comprise from about zero to fifty percent (0-50%) of the conductive concrete mixture by weight.
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