US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on April 22 for "Concrete composition including nanosilica derived from glass waste" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,044, issued on April 22, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Concrete composition including nanosilica derived from glass waste" was invented by Mohammad Iqbal Khan (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Galal Mohamed Fares (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Yassir Mohammed Abbas (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making high performance concrete, the method may include adding ground glass powder (GP), nanosilica (nS) powder, cement, silica fume, fly ash, and sand to create a homogenized mixture. The method may also include homogenizing the mixture by mixing and adding water and superplasticizer to the...