Abstract: Defoamers are the products of the reaction of epichlorohydrin and compounds having the formula IIR.sub.3 (EO).sub.n (PO).sub.m OH (II)wherein R.sub.3 is an alkyl, alkenyl or arenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; a substituted alkyl or alkenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms wherein; n is a number from 0 to 50 and m is a number from 0 to 10; wherein the mole ratio of epichlorohydrin to (II) is from about 0.60/1 to about 2/1 are extremely efficient defoamers for aqueous surfactant systems. The defoamers are added to a surfactant in an amount sufficient to reduce or eliminate foam and have the advantage of being totally dispersible in water, are readily biodegradable, contain no organic solvents and do not affect the detergency of surfactants with which they are used because they are nonionic surfactants in themselves.

Abstract: Processes for the preparation of polyphenol polymers useful as surface coatings wherein the process is carried out in the absence of organic solvents, and the polyphenol polymers are the reaction products of a phenolic polymer or copolymer, an amine, and an aldehyde, ketone, or mixture thereof; and the aqueous solutions resulting therefrom.

Abstract: Pumpable water-containing surfactant concentrates containing alkyl glycosides, sulfosuccinates and amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactants, and to their use for the production of surface-active formulations.

Abstract: Latexes are thickened by compounds of the formula:R.sup.1 -(O-A).sub.a -B.sup.1 -R.sup.2 -(B.sup.2 -R.sup.3).sub.d -(B.sup.3 -(A'-O).sub.b-f -(A'-B.sup.4).sub.f -R.sup.4 -(B.sup.5 -R.sup.5).sub.e).sub.n -B.sup.6 -(A"O).sub.c -R.sup.6wherein:R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 are monovalent hydrophobic groups independently selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aromatic group, and a substituted aromatic group;R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or substituted aromatic radicals, each radical being divalent or trivalent;R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl and lower aralkyl;B.sup.1, B.sup.2, B.sup.3, B.sup.4, B.sup.5, and B.sup.6 are linking groups independently selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom (to form the ether linkage --O--), a carboxylate group (to form an ester linkage R.sup.2 --C(O)--O-- and/or R.sup.

Abstract: A substantially non-aqueous, free-flowing, storable liquid washing or cleaning formulation comprising:A) from more than 20 to less than 78% by weight of at least one nonionic surfactant;B) from 0.1 to 25% by weight of at least one anionic surfactant;C) from 1 to less than 20% by weight of at least one water-soluble builder; andD) from more than 20 to 35% by weight of at least one bleaching agent.

Abstract: A method of preparing an inorganic pigment dispersion useful in the preparation of latex paints is provided. The method comprises dispersing an inorganic pigment in an aqueous medium further comprised of a dispersing polymer, said aqueous medium being essentially free of volatile organic solvents. The dispersing polymer is derived from monomers consisting essentially of an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic monomer having an unsubstituted ethylenic group, an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic monomer having an alkyl-substituted ethylenic group, and an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer. The amount of the ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer is sufficient to permit the dispersing polymer to associate with an inorganic pigment in an aqueous medium in a manner which disperses the inorganic pigment in the aqueous medium to form a stable aqueous dispersion of said inorganic pigment.

Abstract: The reaction product ofA) a linking compound of formula IR.sup.1 (X).sub.3 (I)wherein each X group is a halogen or one X group is a halogen and two X groups with 2 carbon atoms from the R.sup.1 group and an oxygen atom form an epoxy group, and R.sup.1 is an alkanetriyl group containing from 3 to 10 carbon atoms;B) a compound of formula IIR.sup.2 (OA).sub.n --OH (II)wherein R.sup.2 is an aliphatic group containing from 4 to 36 carbon atoms, n is a number of from 1 to 200, and each OA group is independently an ethyleneoxy, 1,2-propyleneoxy, or 1,2-butyleneoxy group; andC) a compound of formula IIIH--(OA).sub.m --OH (III)wherein OA is as defined above, and m is a number of from 1 to 500;processes for its preparation; and methods for its use as a thickener in aqueous compositions.

Abstract: There is disclosed a self-dispersing curable epoxy resin composition comprising the addition product of reactants comprising (a) 1.0 reactive equivalent of an epoxy resin, (b) from about 0.40 to 0.95 reactive equivalents of a polyhydric phenol, and (c) from about 0.005 to 0.5 reactive equivalents of an amine-epoxy adduct comprising the addition product of reactants comprising 1.0 reactive equivalent of a polyepoxide and from about 0.3 to 0.9 reactive equivalents of a polyoxyalkyleneamine with the structural formulaH.sub.2 N--CH(R.sub.2)CH.sub.2 --O--R.sub.1 --CH.sub.2 CH(R.sub.2)--NH.sub. 2wherein:R.sub.1 represents a polyoxyalkylene chain having the structural formula:(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O).sub.a --(CH.sub.2 --CH(R.sub.3)--O).sub.bwherein:R.sub.3 is a monovalent organic radical selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 aliphatic hydrocarbons,`a` designates a number of ethoxy groups (CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O),`b` designates a number of monosubstituted ethoxy groups (CH.sub.2 --CH(R.sub.

Abstract: A composition for thickening aqueous based personal care products is comprised of a cosolvent selected from the group consisting of a diol, the mono alkyl ether of a diol, a salt of a sulfated ethoxylated alcohol, a salt of a sulfated ethoxylated alkyl phenol, and a complex organic phosphate ester; water; a nonionic surfactant and, a complex ester.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for the topical treatment of ectoparasites on animal skin utilizing a water-soluble or water-dispersible, substantially air-impermeable liquid composition.

Abstract: Enzyme granules having an average particle size of from about 1 to about 2.2 mm are disclosed. The enzyme granules comprise an extruded particulate first enzyme component containing at least one enzyme and organic and/or inorganic carrier material and a second particulate enzyme component containing at least one particulate enzyme different from the one enzyme in the said first enzyme component, wherein the second particulate enzyme component is agglomerated onto the particulate first enzyme component, and wherein the average particle size of the particulate first enzyme component is in the range of from about 1.1 to about 3 times the average particle size of the second particulate enzyme component. Furthermore, a process for the preparation of the enzyme granules is disclosed.

Abstract: Fatty alcohol (ether) sulfates which are obtained by co-sulfating mixtures of (a) C.sub.8-22 fatty alcohols and (b) C.sub.8-22 fatty alcohol ethoxylates containing an average of 1.9 to 3.9 ethylene oxide units in a ratio by weight of 20:80 to 80:20, and then neutralizing the mixtures thus co-sulfated with aqueous bases. The substances have distinctly improved low-temperature behavior in relation to ether sulfates with comparable degrees of ethoxylation, and are useful as components of surface-active compositions.

Abstract: Process for the production of end-capped nonionic surfactants by forming an alcoholate between a fatty alcohol polyglycol ether and a solid base, reacting the alcoholate with a dialkyl sulfate, adding water to initiate phase separation, and separating the organic layer from the aqueous layer.

Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion comprising(A) from about 50 to about 99% by weight of water;(B) from about 1 to about 30% by weight of an oil phase; and(C) an emulsifying effective quantity of an emulsifier system consisting essentially of(i) at least one nonionic emulsifier of formula (I):Z.sub.x R.sup.1 (R.sup.2 --CO).sub.y G.sub.z (I)in which Z is a sugar unit selected from the group consisting of pentoses and hexoses, x is a number of 1 to 5, R.sup.1 is a saturated alkyl radical containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a linear or branched alkyl radical or mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl radical containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, y is the number 1 or 2, G is a polyglycerol residue consisting of 2 to 10 glycerol units and z is the number 1 or 2, and(ii) at least one ionic emulsifier selected from the group consisting of cationic and anionic emulsifiers.

Abstract: Defoamers are the products of the reaction of epichlorohydrin and compounds having the formula IIR.sub.3 (EO).sub.n (PO).sub.m OH (II)wherein R.sub.3 is an alkyl, alkenyl or arenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; a substituted alkyl or alkenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms wherein; n is a number from 0 to 50 and m is a number from 0 to 10; wherein the mole ratio of epichlorohydrin to (II) is from about 0.60/1 to about 2/1 are extremely efficient defoamers for aqueous surfactant systems. The defoamers are added to a surfactant in an amount sufficient to reduce or eliminate foam and have the advantage of being totally dispersible in water, are readily biodegradable, contain no organic solvents and do not affect the detergency of surfactants with which they are used because they are nonionic surfactants in themselves.

Abstract: An aqueous emulsion concentrate comprising:A) a water-insoluble oil component;B) at least one hydrophilic nonionic emulsifier;C) at least one lipophilic co-emulsifier; andD) from about 50 to about 70% by weight of water, based on the weight of the concentrate;wherein components A), B) and C) are present in a ratio by weight of A:B:C of 1:(0.31-1.5):(0.31-1.5); and wherein the emulsion concentrate is flowable and pumpable at 20.degree. C.

Abstract: A surface active mixture comprising: (A) from about 1 to about 50% by weight of an anionic surfactant having one or two lipophilic groups and having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms and a polar group selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfate and sulfonate groups; (B) from about 0.5 to about 15% by weight of an alkyl glycoside of the formula R(G).sub.x, wherein R is a linear saturated alkyl radical having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and (G).sub.x is a glycoside or oligoglycoside unit with a degree of oligomerization x of 1 to 10; (C) from about 0.1 to about 7% by weight of a nitrogen-containing copolymer having a molecular weight of from about 15,000 to about 1,500,000 wherein said copolymer is comprised of: (i) from about 99.5 to about 45 mole-% of units derived from vinyl pyrrolidone, (ii) from at 0.5 to about 50 mole-% of units derived from a monomer corresponding to formula (I):CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR.sup.1 --COOR.sup.2 --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 (I)R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is a C.sub.

Abstract: Methyl-end-capped alkyl and/or alkenyl polyglycol ethers; a process for their production by methylation of products of the addition of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide to primary alcohols; to formulations containing these substances; and to the use of the substances for the production of surface-active formulations.

Abstract: A polyamide resin comprising the reaction product obtained by the reaction of an acid component comprised of a major concentration of a dimer acid and minor concentration of a monobasic acid and an amine component comprised of a major concentration of a short-chain alkylenediamine, a first minor concentration of a medium-chain alkylenediamine and second minor concentration of a polyoxyalkylene diamine having a molecular weight greater than about 500 is provided. The polyamide resin is used to form a blend of containing the polyamide in a major amount by weight and a first minor amount by weight of a polar wax and a second minor amount by weight of a polyolefin elastomer. The composition is used to reinforce a footwear upper, e.g. as a print on box toe material.

Abstract: Alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglucosides can be produced at high reaction rates by a process in which glucose having a particle size distribution of at least 80% in the 20 to 300 .mu.m range is subjected to acidic acetalization with fatty alcohols. Products having a high percentage content of mono-glucosides are obtained.