Abstract: The invention relates to innovative cellulose derivatives with low surface swelling in aqueous suspension, with high relative high-shear viscosity, and with high thermal flocculation point in water, and also to their use in building-material systems.

Abstract: A description is given of glyoxal-treated polysaccharide derivatives which, to decrease the unbound glyoxal, are treated with an aqueous solution of one or more water-soluble aluminium salts, or one or more water-soluble borates, or a combination of one or more water-soluble aluminium salts and one or more water-soluble borates, and, if appropriate, with suitable buffer substances to set the pH, and then dried. A description is likewise given of a process for decreasing the content of unbound glyoxal in glyoxal-treated polysaccharide derivatives.

Abstract: A process for producing aminoalkyl-containing guar derivative is disclosed. The process entails a) dispersing a member selected from the group consisting of guar and guar derivative in a mixture of a water-miscible aprotic solvent and water and b) alkalizing the member with a base to obtain a mixture containing an alkalized member and c) etherifying the mixture with an amino-containing reagent to obtained an etherified mixture and d) optionally neutralizing the etherified mixture to obtain a material system containing a reaction product and e) optionally filtering the material system to obtain the reaction product and f) optionally washing the reaction product and g) optionally drying the reaction product referred to in f) and h) optionally grinding the reaction product. The product thus obtained is suitable for producing hair conditioners and flocculation aids.

Abstract: A description is given of glyoxal-treated polysaccharide derivatives which, to decrease the unbound glyoxal, are treated with an aqueous solution of one or more water-soluble aluminium salts, or one or more water-soluble borates, or a combination of one or more water-soluble aluminium salts and one or more water-soluble borates, and, if appropriate, with suitable buffer substances to set the pH, and then dried. A description is likewise given of a process for decreasing the content of unbound glyoxal in glyoxal-treated polysaccharide derivatives.

Abstract: A process for producing aminoalkyl-containing guar derivative is disclosed. The process entails a) dispersing a member selected from the group consisting of guar and guar derivative in a mixture of a water-miscible aprotic solvent and water and b) alkalyizing the member with a base to obtain a mixture containing an alkalized member and c) etherifying the mixture with an amino-containing reagent to obtained an etherified mixture and d) optionally neutralizing the etherified mixture to obtain a material system containing a reaction product and e) optionally filtering the material system to obtain the reaction product and f) optionally washing the reaction product and g) optionally drying the reaction product referred to in f) and h) optionally grinding the reaction product. The product thus obtained is suitable for producing hair conditioners and flocculation aids.

Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of cellulose derivatives containing amino groups that involves reacting, in the presents of water as a reaction medium, alkali cellulose or alkali cellulose derivatives with reagents represented by the following formula, X—(CH2)n—NR1R2 in which: X is selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine and a sulfonic acid radical R?SO3, in which R? is an aromatic radical or an aliphatic radical; n is at least 2; and R1 and R2 independently of each other are selected from the group consisting of aliphatic substituents, branched alkyl substituents, cyclic alkyl substituents, aryl substituents, aryl substituents substituted by heteroatoms, H, and R1 and R2 together form a ring with the nitrogen. In the process, the mole ratio of cellulose to water, of said reaction medium, is 1:5 to 1:40 mol water per mol of anhydroglucose unit (AGU).

Abstract: A description is given of particle compositions of polysaccharides and/or polysaccharide derivatives and at least one synthetic polymer and if appropriate other aids, characterized in that I. the particles contain a plurality of solid phases, II. the solid phase of the synthetic polymer being contained in the solid phase of the polysaccharide and/or polysaccharide derivative. Likewise a description is given of a process for producing these particle compositions and also of their use in construction material mixtures, for example mortars, plasters, fillers or thin-bed adhesives.

Abstract: A description is given of glyoxal-treated polysaccharide derivatives which, to decrease the unbound glyoxal, are treated with an aqueous solution of one or more water-soluble aluminium salts, or one or more water-soluble borates, or a combination of one or more water-soluble aluminium salts and one or more water-soluble borates, and, if appropriate, with suitable buffer substances to set the pH, and then dried.