Abstract: A method of enhancing the dispersibility of alpha-alumina monohydrate wherein there is formed a mixture of an alpha-alumnina monohydrate, water, and a dispersibility enhancer comprising an effective amount of a monobasic acid, a salt selected from the group consisting of salts having the formula MX wherein M is a polyvalent metal cation constituent for which the solubility product KSP of the corresponding metal hydroxide is less than 10−20 and wherein X is an anion constituent derived from a monovalent acid having an ionization constant KA greater than 10+1 and certain phosphorus and antimony chlorides, followed by drying the mixture, without aging, to produce a dried, alpha-alumina monohydrate having advanced water dispersibility.

Abstract: An antioxidant composition comprising at least one compound having the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a is from 1 to 3, R3 is a linear alkyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms, and R4 is a linear alkyl group having from 6 to 24 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A process for producing a surfactant composition by partially saponifying an alkoxylated triglyceride having the formula: with an alkali metal hydroxide such as sodium hydroxide and in the presence of from 5 to 10% free water, removing water by heating and recovering a surfactant composition comprising soap and moisturizing agents comprised of alkoxylated monoglycerides and unreacted alkoxylated triglycerides.

Abstract: A process for making a modified boehmite alumina comprising reacting at elevated temperatures a boehmite alumina with a compound having the formula: X(SO3M)n wherein X is an organic moiety, M in a monovalent cation, and n is an integer reflecting the number of SO3M groups bonded to said organic moiety to produce a reaction mixture containing modified boehmite alumina and recovering solid, modified boehmite alumina from the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A process for alkoxylating an organic carbonate wherein an alkylene oxide is reacted with an organic carbonate such as a dialkyl carbonate in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a calcium-containing catalyst to produce alkoxylated carbonates.

Abstract: A stabilized aqueous enzyme composition comprising water, from about 0.1% to about 75% by weight of a detergent surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants or anionic surfactants and one or more non-anionic detergent actives, from about 0.001% to about 10% by weight proteolytic enzyme, and an effective amount of an enzyme stabilizer having the formula:X--O--(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.a --H [I]wherein "X" is an organic radical having from 14 to 22 carbon atoms, "a" is an integer from 10 to 26, and "n" is an integer from 2 to 4, and provided that "X" has a hydrophobicity similar to a linear alkyl group having from 14 to 22 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A process for producing a surfactant composition by partially saponifying an alkoxylated triglyceride having the formula: ##STR1## with an alkali metal hydroxide such as sodium hydroxide and recovering a surfactant composition comprising soap and moisturizing agents comprised of alkoxylated monoglycerides and unreacted alkoxylated triglycerides.

Abstract: A thickened, shear thinnable composition comprising a water-miscible organic liquid, alumina, water and an effective amount of a gelling agent that will flocculate or gel the alumina to the desired degree but permit the gelled composition to be rendered less viscous or pourable upon the application of a shear force.

Abstract: Disclosed are processes for the production of compounds of formula I ##STR1## comprising reacting the alkylarylsulfonyl chloride with an N-alkylglucamine. The compounds are useful surfactants.

Abstract: A process for preparing a stabilized alumina wherein an aqueous slurry of a precursor boehmite alumina is admixed with an effective amount of a stabilizer such as a water-soluble salt of a polyvalent metal cation of Groups IIA and IIIB of the periodic table, the slurry containing the alumina and the stabilizer being aged at a pH of from about 3 to about 9 and a temperature greater than about 70.degree. C. for a period of time sufficient to convert the greater portion of said alumina to a colloidal sol, the colloidal sol being recovered and calcined to produce a stabilized alumina.

Abstract: A process for preparing a surfactant composition comprising reacting an N-alkylpolyhydroxyamine and an alkoxylated triglyceride of a fatty acid to produce a mixture of a polyhydroxy-fatty amide, an alkoxylated monoglyceride of a fatty acid, and an alkoxylated diglyceride of a fatty acid, the resulting mixture providing a water soluble surfactant composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are surfactant compositions comprising a compound of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sub.1 is a short chain alkyl group and Ar is an aryl group having 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A process for preparing an alkoxylation catalyst suitable for alkoxylating compounds such as active hydrogen-containing compounds wherein an alkoxylated alcohol mixture, a calcium-containing compound that is at least partially dispersible in the alkoxylated alcohol mixture, and a carboxylic acid are mixed together to produce a calcium-containing composition having titratable alkalinity, the composition being obtained under conditions to prevent loss of water, the composition being at least partially neutralized with an inorganic acid under conditions to prevent loss of water to produce a partially neutralized calcium-containing catalyst.

Abstract: A process for clarifying a metal allkyl reaction product comprising passing a first feed stream comprising metal alkyls, a first, substantially water-immiscible organic solvent, and solid contaminants through a first membrane filter, the first filter being substantially continuously vibrated when said feed stream is passing through and recovering from the first filter a first permeate substantially free of solid contaminants and a first concentrate containing solid contaminants.

Abstract: A process for preparing stabilized alumina having increased surface area retention at high temperature in which a gel of a boehmite alumina which has been obtained by hydrothermally treating an aqueous mixture of a precursor boehmite alumina having a pH of from about 5 to about 9 for a period of time sufficient to convert the greater portion of the precursor boehmite alumina to a colloidal sol is subjected to working as, for example, by using a sufficient shearing force for a sufficient period of time to produce a worked boehmite alumina which has an increase in pore volume of at least about 30 percent and an increase of median pore radius of at least about 20 percent, a stabilizer being added to the boehmite alumina, the stabilizer being an oxide of a metal such as barium or a metal included in the lanthanide series of metals or a compound of such metals which converts to an oxide at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A process for growing crystals at an enhanced rate comprising providing a dispersion of a fluid medium and seed crystals of a metal oxide, introducing feed material comprising a metal oxide into the dispersion and maintaining a uniform mixture of the seed crystals, the feed material and the fluid medium, the feed material having an average crystal size less than the average crystal size of the seed crystals, the feed material being added in an amount and at a rate whereby the seed crystals grow, the feed material providing a soluble nutrient species for deposition of the said crystal to effect crystal growth, the mixture of seed crystals and feed material being treated under conditions which stimulate crystal growth for a period of time sufficient to obtain a desired quantity of a product comprising at least one grown crystal having an average crystal size greater than the average crystal size of the seed crystal.

Abstract: A process for producing a nonionic surfactant wherein a polyol, e.g. a saccharide, is introduced into a reaction vessel, a mixture of an alkylene oxide containing from about 2 to about 5 carbon atoms and a lipophilic compound containing an epoxide group and having at least 6 carbon atoms is introduced into the reaction vessel, the polyol and the mixture being reacted in the presence of a catalyst and under conditions such that the rate of introduction of the mixture into the reaction vessel is controlled by the rate of reaction between the alkylene oxide and the polyol, the reaction between the polyol and the mixture being conducted at a temperature above the boiling point of the alkylene oxide.

Abstract: A latex composition comprising, as a rheology modifier, an effective amount of a boehmite alumina having a crystal size (020 plane) of less than about 60 Angstroms and a surface area, when calcined to gamma phase, of greater than approximately 200 m.sup.2 /g, the boehmite alumina being present in an amount effective to obtain the desired rheological properties of the composition.

Abstract: A process for making high porosity boehmite alumina comprising forming an aqueous dispersion of a boehmite alumina which has been obtained by hydrothermally treating an aqueous mixture of a precursor boehmite alumina at a pH of from about 5 to about 9 for a period of time sufficient to convert the greater portion of the precursor boehmite alumina to a colloidal sol, treating the dispersion of the hydrothermally treated alumina to form a viscous gel and subjecting the gel to sufficient shearing force for a sufficient period of time to increase the pore volume by at least 30% and the median pore radius by at least 20%.