Patent ID: 6136430
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: C04B,Y02W,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of protecting deicing salt from erosive elements, which deicing salt is stored outdoors in bulk mounds or piles, the method comprising covering the salt with a cementitious composition to provide a cured cementitious cover for the salt, the cured cover having a thickness which is effective for maintaining the integrity of the salt mound for at least a year when exposed to outdoor elements and which cementitious composition after curing provides the cured cementitious cover which is effective for minimizing passage of moisture to the salt for at least one year, the cured cementitious composition comprising cured cement, sand and a water resistant additive in an amount effective for increasing the water resistance of the cured cementitious composition, the sand having a particle size of not more than about 10 U.S. standard mesh.