Abstract: Oversprayed paint in a paint spray operation is detackified by dosing the water of the waste water system of such operation with a composition comprising an amphoteric polymer and aluminum salts. The amphoteric polymer contains at least about 10 mole percent of cationic mer units of monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least 1 mole percent of anionic mer units. The aluminum salt preferred is aluminum sulfate, or its hydrates, for example alum. The amphoteric polymers preferably contain DMAEM, DMAEM.multidot.H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, DMAEM.multidot.MCQ, or mixtures thereof, with acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, AMPS, or mixtures thereof. The amphoteric polymers may also contain neutral monomers such as (meth)acrylamide.

Abstract: Oversprayed paint in a paint spray operation is detackified by dosing the water of the waste water system of such operation with a composition comprising a polymer and aluminum sulfate. The polymer contains at least about 10 mole percent of cationic mer units of monoethylenically unsaturated monomer.

Abstract: Water-in-oil emulsion polymers of cationic acrylamides to which are added small quantities of chain transfer agents. These polymers are useful as flocculants in sludge dewatering processes.

Abstract: Oversprayed paint in a paint spray operation is detackified by dosing the water of the waste water system of such operation with a composition comprising a polymer and aluminum sulfate. The polymer contains at least about 10 mole percent of cationic mer units of monoethylenically unsaturated monomer.

Abstract: An emulsion polymer having activity as a demulsifier for a w/o emulsion, particularly water-in-crude oil, having the general formula ##STR1##

Abstract: Water-in-oil emulsion polymers of cationic acrylamides to which are added small quantities of a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate and sodium formate. These polymers are useful as flocculants in sludge dewatering processes.

Abstract: Hydrophobic cationic terpolymers of monomers of (a) acrylamide and/or methacrylamide, (b) dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate methyl chloride and/or dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate methyl sulfate, and (c) vinyl acetate; water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions containing said terpolymers; and dewatering of wastes and sludges utilizing said oil-in-water emulsions in which the terpolymers are present essentially in the aqueous phase.

Abstract: Hydrophobic cationic terpolymers resulting from the polymerization of a mixture of monomers of (a) acrylamide and/or methacrylamide, (b) dimethylaminoethylacrylate methyl chloride and/or dimethylaminoethylacrylate methyl sulfate, and (c) vinyl acetate; water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions containing said terpolymers; and dewatering of wastes and sludges utilizing said oil-in-water emulsions in which the terpolymers are present essentially in the aqueous phase.

Abstract: Personal care compositions are provided which have as a thickening agent a lightly cross-linked cationic vinyl addition polymer. Such compositions include water, at least one cosmetically-active agent, and such thickening agent, preferably one derived from the polymerization of a cationic vinyl addition monomer, acrylamide, and a small amount of a difunctional vinyl addition monomer for cross-linking purposes. Alternatively, the cross-linking functionality can be provided by the incorporation of an anionic vinyl addition monomer into the polymer.

Abstract: A method of removing impurities from water which comprises treating these impurity-containing waters with a few parts per million of a water-soluble polymer containing a major portion of Diallyldimethyl Ammonium Chloride and ether.A. from 5 to 25 mole percent of either acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, or,B. from 5 to 25 mole percent of either acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and from 1-10 percent of a hydroxy C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl acrylate or methacrylate:which polymer is characterized as having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.5.

Abstract: High molecular weight DADMAC polymers are produced by polymerizing an inverse latex of DADMAC with 0.5 to 3 weight percent acrylamide. The polymerization uses a low HLB emulsifier and a free radical initiator.

Abstract: An improved method of dewatering mineral slurries which comprises treating said slurries with a dewatering amount of a copolymer of acrylamide and DADMAC, which polymers are characterized as containing from 3-50 mole percent of acrylamide and having a Reduced Specific Viscosity of at least 2.

Abstract: Novel polymeric compositions useful as thickeners and rheology modifiers for oil-in-water emulsion systems are disclosed. The water-soluble or swellable compositions described contain, prior to polymerization, from:______________________________________ 10-70% Acrylamide or methacrylamide; 20-70% Acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or their water-soluble salts; 5-50% Of a hydroxyalkylacrylate; 0-10% Of a polyfunctional monomeric branching material; and, 0-15% Low molecular weight water-soluble copolymer of a non-ionic or anionic water-soluble vinyl addition monomer and lower alkylacrylate. ______________________________________Optionally a water-soluble polymer dispersant may be added to the composition after polymerization.

Abstract: Non-aqueous dispersion polymers are formed using certain polymer oil-soluble oxygen containing solvents having at least two labile hydrogen atoms and at least one tertiary carbon atom. Non-aqueous dispersion polymers prepared in this manner do not require the use of block or graft copolymer stabilizers.

Abstract: Dust is controlled on roads, in mines, on mineral and tailings piles, surfaces of pulverized coal and mineral piles contained within open transit cars such as coal cars or trucks, and other surfaces containing coal particles, rock dust, clay, soil particles and other finely divided particles subject to dusting by applying thereto a dust inhibiting amount of a liquid dispersion of watery consistency of highly branched water swellable polymer of acrylamide or an acrylamide-acrylic acid copolymer, branched and/or cross-linked with a multifunctional unsaturated monomer containing more than one ethylenically unsaturated group, said cross-linked polyer or copolymer having a three-dimensional structure and being in the form of microgelatinous particles having a particle size not exceeding approximately one micron in an oil containing emulsion form, and having the properties of swelling dramatically in water and binding dust particles upon adsorption from solution.