Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrophobic additives comprising a mixture of one or more inorganic carrier particles, and one or more salts of one or more carboxylic acids or one or more carboxylic acids or in the alternative both of one or more salts of one or more carboxylic acids and one or more carboxylic acids, wherein the particle size distribution (psd) D90 of the mixture measured as powder is from 8 to 150 ?m. The present invention further relates to intermediate compounds and mineral binders comprising a hydrophobic additive.

Abstract: The invention relates to stabilizer compositions for polymers such as polyolefin polymers, which decrease a phosphorus based stabilizer content necessary to stabilize the polymer. The premixed stabilizer compositions include an antacid, an organic acid-metal salt, and a primary antioxidant such as a sterically-hindered phenolic compound, a sterically-hindered amine compound, a hydroxylamine compound, and combinations thereof. The premixed stabilizer may further include a portion of the phosphorus based stabilizer content necessary to stabilize the polymer. The invention also relates to a method for the preparation of the stabilized polymer compositions provided by the use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to stabilizer compositions for polymers such as polyolefin polymers, which decrease a phosphorus based stabilizer content necessary to stabilize the polymer. The premixed stabilizer compositions include an antacid, an organic acid-metal salt, and a primary antioxidant such as a sterically-hindered phenolic compound, a sterically-hindered amine compound, a hydroxylamine compound, and combinations thereof. The premixed stabilizer may further include a portion of the phosphorus based stabilizer content necessary to stabilize the polymer. The invention also relates to a method for the preparation of the stabilized polymer compositions provided by the use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of a calcium sulfate-based mineral binder and at least one additive that imparts hydrophobic properties to the calcium sulfate-based mineral binder. Said additive is a salt, a hydrophilic fatty acid, or a binder mixture containing fatty acid salts. The content of fatty acid salts of fatty acids that have 8 to 17 C atoms amounts to at least 20 percent by weight relative to the total amount of fatty acid salts in the fatty acid salt mixture, or the content of fatty acids that have 8 to 14 C atoms amounts to at least 10 percent by weight relative to the total amount of fatty acid salts in the fatty acid salt mixture, or both. The construction materials according to the invention can be gypsum boards, gypsum blocks, or other molded parts, especially gypsum plasterboards.

Abstract: The invention relates to solids powders comprising particles having an average particle size of 0.1 to 50 ?m with predominantly a core-shell structure, wherein the core comprises at least one water-insoluble fatty acid salt and the shell at least one anionic, cationic or non-ionic emulsifier, and the solids powder when introduced into water or at least one polar organic solvent or a mixture comprising water and at least one polar organic solvent, at a temperature of 23° C. while exposed to a mechanical force, forms a complete dispersion within 60 minutes or less.

Abstract: The present invention is a stabiliser composition for halogen-containing polymers, comprising a salt of a halogen-containing oxy acid and an inorganic or organic acid or an inorganic base. The present invention relates also to a process for the preparation of such stabiliser compositions and to halogen-containing polymers comprising such stabiliser compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid salt preparation with improved ease of handling, which comprises a mixture composed of a salt of a halogen-containing oxy acid and of a solvent. The present invention further relates to a process for the production of these salt preparations and also to their use, in particular in stabilizer compositions for halogen-containing polymers.

Abstract: The invention is a stabilizer composition for halogen-containing polymers, comprising a carrier material of the general formula CaxAl2(OH)2(x+2)HPO3.m H2O, wherein x is a number from 2 to 12 and m is a number from 0 to 12, and a salt of a halogen-containing oxy acid or a mixture of two or more such salts, at least one salt of a halogen-containing oxy acid being present in finely distributed form on the carrier material, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is a stabiliser composition for halogen-containing polymers, comprising a salt of a halogen-containing oxy acid and an inorganic or organic acid or an inorganic base. The present invention relates also to a process for the preparation of such stabiliser compositions and to halogen-containing polymers comprising such stabiliser compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is a stabiliser composition for halogen-containing polymers, comprising a salt of a halogen-containing oxy acid and an inorganic or organic acid or an inorganic base. The present invention relates also to a process for the preparation of such stabiliser compositions and to halogen-containing polymers comprising such stabiliser compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is a stabiliser combination, comprising at least one amino alcohol, at least one halogen-containing salt of an oxy acid and at least one compound having a structural element of the general formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer composition for weather-resistant halogen-containing thermoplastic resin compositions, in particular based on PVC. The stabilizer composition according to the invention contains at least one natural or synthetic hydrotalcite, at least one basic calcium-aluminum-hydroxy compound, selected from basic calcium-aluminum-hydroxy-phosphites and basic calcium-aluminum-hydroxy-carboxylates, and at least one polyol and/or at least one hydroxy group-containing isocyanurate.

Abstract: The invention describes basic calcium aluminum hydroxy phosphites of the general formulaCa.sub.x Al.sub.2 (OH).sub.2(x+2) HPO.sub.3 .multidot.mH.sub.2 Owhereinx=2-8 andm=0-12and a process for their production.The compounds according to the invention are especially suited as stabilizers for halogen-containing polymers, in particular PVC.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the direct synthesis of organotin compounds of the formulaR.sub.n SnCl.sub.4-nwhereinn=1-4, and,R=a linear or branched or cycloaliphatic alkyl having 4-18 C atoms,by reacting metallic tin with alkyl chlorides, characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of amines of the general formulaA) R.sup.1.sub.a N [(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OR.sup.2 ].sub.3-aand/or ammonium chlorides of the formulaB) R.sup.1.sub.b N [(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OR.sup.2 ].sub.4-b.sup.Clwhereina=0, 1 or 2;b=0, 1, 2 or 3;R.sup.1 =linear or branched or cycloaliphatic alkyl having 2 to 24 C atoms, aryl, alkyl aryl or substituted aryl and, if a=2, or b=2 or 3, the R.sup.1 groups may be the same or different;R.sup.2 =H, linear or branched alkyl having 1 to 20 C. atoms, aryl, substituted aryl or alkyl aryl; andm=1-20.

Abstract: The invention describes basic calcium aluminum hydroxide dicarboxylates of the general formulaCa.sub.x Al.sub.2 (OH).sub.2(x+2) A . m H.sub.2 Owhereinx means 2-8,m means 0-12 andA means an aliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic dicarboxylic acid anion or combinations thereofand a process for their production.The compounds according to the invention are especially suited as stabilizers for halogen-containing, thermoplastic resins, in particular PVC.