摘要 |
Hydraulically reactive particles having a hydraulically reactive shell integrally formed over an inorganic nonreactive interior portion. The reactive shell is formed so that a chemical bond exists between the reactive shell and the surface of the aggregate particles. The reactive shell can be formed by heating aggregate substrate particles coated with a complementary reactant that includes a component of a hydraulically settable binder that, when fused with the components found in surface of the aggregate substrate particles, will yield a desired hydraulically settable binder. The complementary reactant can be in the form of a particulate, a liquid, or superheated plasma. This process results in the reactive shell being composed of, for example, a hydraulic cement material that can react with water. |