Plaster composition and method of making same
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a plaster composition that includes calcined gypsum and a naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer having a weight average molecular weight from about 17,000 to about 47,000. The present invention also provides a method of forming a plaster composition that includes belending calcined gypsum and a naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer having a weight average molecular weight from about 17,000 to about 47,000 together to form a dry blend and contacting the dry blend with water to form a hardenable aqueous slurry.
1. A plaster composition comprising:
calcined gypsum; and
a naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer having a weight average molecular weight from about 17,000 to about 47,000.
2. The plaster composition according to claim 1 wherein the aldehyde in the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer is selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, and gluteraldehyde.
3. The plaster composition according to claim 1 wherein the calcined gypsum and the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer are dry-blended together.
4. The plaster composition wherein the aldehyde in the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer is formaldehyde.
5. The plaster composition according to claim 4 wherein the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer is a sodium salt.
6. The plaster composition according to claim 4 wherein the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer is a calcium salt.
7. A method of forming a plaster composition comprising:
blending calcined gypsum and a naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer having a weight average molecular weight from about 17,000 to about 47,000 together to form a dry blend; and
contacting the dry blend with water to form a hardenable aqueous slurry.
8. The method of forming a plaster composition according to claim 7 wherein the aldehyde in the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer is selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, and gluteraldehyde.
9. The method of forming a plaster composition according to claim 7 wherein the calcined gypsum and the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer are dry-blended together.
10. The method of forming a plaster composition according to claim 7 wherein the aldehyde in the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer is formaldehyde.
11. The method of forming a plaster composition according to claim 10 wherein the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer is a sodium salt.
12. The method of forming a plaster composition according to claim 10 wherein the naphthalene sulfonate-aldehyde condensate alkali salt polymer is a calcium salt.