Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous composition having a continuous aqueous phase, a polymer having a polymer backbone having carboxylic acid groups covalently linked to the polymer backbone, a polyalkylene oxide terminated at one end by a hydrocarbyl group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and, a compound according to formula (I) as described herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a urea group containing product comprising one or more species of formula (I) R1—X—(C?O)—[NH—R2—NH—(C?O)—NH—R3—NH—(C?O)]n—NH—R2—NH—(C?O)—X—R1 (I), 5 wherein R1 is independently selected from organic groups having (4) to (200) carbon atoms, X is O or NR4, wherein R4 is a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having (1) to (30) carbon atoms, R2 is independently selected from hydrocarbyl groups having (4) to (40) carbon atoms, R3 is independently selected from hydrocarbyl groups having (2) to (40) carbon atoms, and wherein on average (76) to (100) mol % of all R3 groups contained in the one or more species of formula (I) are hydrocarbyl groups having (2) or (3) carbon atoms, and n is an integer of (2) to (150). The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such urea group containing products, liquid compositions containing the same and the use of such liquid compositions as rheology control additives.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising an organic polymer, and a silyl functional compound comprising a N—Si bond.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a silyl functional compound b), which silyl functional compound comprises a N—O—Si bond, for improving the flame retardant properties of a composition comprising an organic polymer a), which is one of a thermoplastic polymer or a thermoset polymer or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer comprising: a) at least one polyether polyester copolymer segment, wherein the polyether polyester copolymer comprises ether units selected from the group consisting of the formula (II) —[CR12]n—O—, wherein n is an integer of 2 to 4, R1 represent independent of each other organic groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or hydrogen, and wherein in case n is equal to 2 at least one of the R1 represents an ether group having the formula —R2—O—R3, wherein R2 and R3 independent of each other represent organic groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and b) at least one polysiloxane segment linked to the at least one polyether polyester copolymer segment.

Abstract: The invention relates to epoxide-amine adducts obtainable by reaction of one or more primary amines (A) of general formula (I) Q-NH2??(I) with one or more monoepoxides (B) of general formula (II) wherein Q is a radical Rt-[OEt]n[OPr]m[OBu]s-, in which Rt is a radical selected from alkyl radicals having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, OEt is an ethylene oxide radical, OPr is a propylene oxide radical and OBu is a butylene oxide radical, n is a number from 0 to 100, m is a number from 3 to 50 and s is a number from 0 to 20 and n+m+s=3 to 170, R is an organic radical selected from aliphatic radicals having 4 to 24 carbon atoms, aromatic radicals having 6 to 18 carbon atoms and araliphatic radicals having 7 to 34 carbon atoms, and p is 0 or 1, wherein (i) the primary amine(s) (A) and the monoepoxide(s) (B) are reacted in an equivalents ratio (A):(B) of from 1:2 to 1:1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a) a thermoplastic matrix polymer based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer(s), wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polystyrene, polyacrylates, ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer, and copolymers and blends of the aforementioned, b) an inorganic flame retardant, c) a polymer based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers and having a plurality of alkoxysilane and/or acetoxysilane groups covalently linked to the polymer, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers of component c) are different or have a different composition than the ethylenically unsaturated monomer(s) of component a) and d) a clay.

Abstract: The invention relates to urea- and/or urethane-substituted amides of the general formula (I) The radicals R1, Z1, R2, and Z2 comprise a building block containing urea groups and/or containing urethane groups; the radicals R4, Z4, R5, and Z5 comprise a building block containing amide groups, and E is a carboxylic acid group or salt thereof. The invention also relates to rheology control agents which consist of or comprise the amides of the formula (I). A further subject of the invention is a method for producing the rheology control agents, and the use of the urea- and/or urethane-substituted amides, and also of the rheology control agents, as thickeners, especially in liquid compositions, and also the liquid compositions themselves.

Abstract: The present invention relates to diamide-polyolefin wax mixture comprising one or more diamides (A) and one or more polyolefin waxes (B), where the diamide or diamides (A) possess a structure of the formula X1—CO—NH—Y—NH—CO—X2, in which X1 and X2 are identical or different and are linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted hydrocarbon radicals having 3 to 29 carbon atoms, and Y is a divalent organic radical which is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic radicals having 2 to 26 carbon atoms, aromatic radicals having 6 to 24 carbon atoms or araliphatic radicals having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, and Y optionally comprises secondary or tertiary amino groups, and the polyolefin wax or waxes (B) carry one or more carboxyl groups and have an acid number of 3 to 50, and are homopolymers or copolymers of at least one ethylenically unsaturated olefin monomer, where the diamide or diamides (A), based on the total weight of the diamide-polyolefin wax mixture, are present in an amount of 20

Abstract: An amine functional compound comprising i. least one segment consisting of at least one ether unit E and at least one ester unit, wherein the ether units and ester units are connected by an ether link or by an ester link, and wherein the sum of the number of ether units and ester units is at least three, and wherein the ether units and ester units are arranged in random order, and ii. at least one amine group ii. selected from a tertiary amine group, a salt of a tertiary amine group and a quaternary ammonium group, wherein the at least one segment is covalently linked to a polymerization starter moiety comprising the at least one amine group ii.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising i) 10-90 wt. % of an ethylenically unsaturated component (A), ii) 10-90 wt. % of a component (B) having urethane and/or urea groups, iii) 0-4 wt. % of an organic component (C) which is different from components (A) and (B), and iv) 0-9 wt. % of other ingredients (D) wherein the wt. % are calculated on the total weight of the composition, wherein the sum of the wt. % of component (A) and the wt. % of component (B) is 91-100 wt.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymer comprising structural units according to formula (I), R1—X—(C?O)—NH—R2—NH—(C?O)—O—POA-R3—(O—POA-R4)n wherein R1 represents an organic group terminated by a hydrocarbyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, X represents O or N—R5, wherein R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 40 carbon atoms, POA represents a polyoxyalkylene group, R3 represents an organic group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 6, R4 is independently selected from —(C?O)—NH—R2—NH—(C?O)—X—R1, —(C?O)—NH—R1, —R6, wherein R6 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the polymer has an average of at least 1.8 end groups R1 per molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 100000 Daltons, a polydispersity in the range of 1.0 to 5.0, wherein the quotient of the polydispersity divided by (n+1) is less than 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymer comprising structural units according to formula (I), R1—X—(C?O)—NH—R2—NH—(C?O)—O—POA-R3—(O—POA-R4)n wherein R1 represents an organic group terminated by a hydrocarbyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, X represents O or N—R5, wherein R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 represents a hydrocarbyl group comprising an aromatic group and having 6 to 40 carbon atoms, POA represents a polyoxyalkylene group, R3 represents an organic group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 6, R4 is independently selected from —(C?O)—NH—R2—NH—(C?O)—NH—R1, —R6, wherein R6 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the polymer has an average of at least 1.8 end groups R1 per molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 100000 Daltons, and a polydispersity in the range of 1.0 to 5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sheet silicate lamellae of a 2:1 sheet silicate with a high aspect ratio, to a method for producing these sheet silicate lamellae and to an aqueous dispersion which comprises the sheet silicate lamellae. The present invention further relates to the use of the sheet silicate lamellae of the invention for producing a composite material, and also to a corresponding composite material comprising or obtainable using the sheet silicate lamellae, more particularly for use as a diffusion barrier or as a flame retardant.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a polysiloxane having a plurality of siloxane groups and at least one tertiary amide group covalently linked as a pending and/or terminal group to the polysiloxane, as a defoaming agent in a liquid composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing a polyolefin polylactic acid polymer blend comprising the steps of i) providing a polyolefin selected from polyethylene, polypropylene, and mixtures and copolymers thereof, ii) providing polylactic acid, iii) providing a polyolefin selected from polyethylene, polypropylene, and mixtures and copolymers thereof grafted with at least one epoxide-functional monomer, iv) providing a polylactic acid grafted with at least one carboxylic acid or carboxylic anhydride functional monomer, v) mixing the components i) to iv) at elevated temperature in a range from 150° C. to 260° C., and wherein component i) is provided in an amount of 5.0 to 50.0% by weight, component ii) is provided in an amount of 40.0 to 90.0% by weight, component iii) is provided in an amount of 1.0 to 20.0% by weight, and component iv) is provided in an amount of 1.0 to 15.0% by weight, calculated on the sum of components i) to iv).

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a branched polyester having an average of at least 2.8 terminal groups as additive for a curable pre-polymer composition, wherein the branched polyester acts as de-foaming agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer having a) a polymer backbone and b) one or more polymeric side chains covalently linked to the polymer backbone, wherein the polymeric side chains comprise a polyether segment and a polysiloxane segment, said polysiloxane segment having a number average molecular weight in the range of 1050 to 6000, and said polyether segment being positioned between the polymer backbone and the polysiloxane segment.

Abstract: The invention relates to an emulsion containing or consisting of (A) 40.00 to 97.98 wt. % of at least one hydrocarbon, (B) 2.00 to 59.98 wt. % of water or an aqueous solution of a salt which does not fall under the following definition according to (C) and (C) 0.02 to 8.00 wt. % of a salt of an amino amide of a fatty acid, containing at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amino group, and an acid component of general formula (I) in which R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or mono-unsaturated or poly-unsaturated hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 40 C atoms, R2 is an alkylene radical or arylalkylene radical with 2 to 20 C atoms and X is a radical which contains at least one acid group, m=0 or 1, n=1 to 30, wherein the weight proportions of components (A), (B) and (C) relate to the sum of the masses of these components and this is 100 wt. %.

Abstract: An organoclay composition which is a mineral clay or mineral clay mixture that has been treated with at least organic quaternary ammonium compound and a synergist comprising (i) an amine salt of a trimer acid, and (ii) an amine salt of a monocarboxylic fatty acid. The monocarboxylic fatty acid may be (a) at least one saturated carboxylic acid; and/or (b) at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid.