Abstract: The invention relates to a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment of formula (I) in which R10, R11, R12 and R13 independently of one another denote hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, cyano or phenyl, characterized by a first maximum of the frequency distribution (according to weight fractions) of the crystal sizes at or below 700 nm and at least one further maximum of the frequency distribution (according to weight fractions) of the crystal sizes which is at least 100 nm above the first maximum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment composition of C.I. Pigment Blue 15:6, containing 0.5% to 15% by weight of an additive of the formula (1), based on the weight of the pigment, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently of one another are hydrogen; C1-C22 alkyl or C2-C22 alkenyl, whose carbon chain in each case may be interrupted by one or more moieties —O—, —S—, NR9—, —CO— or —SO2— and/or may be substituted one or more times by hydroxyl, halogen, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C4 alkoxy and/or acetyl; C3-C8 cycloalkyl, whose carbon framework may be interrupted by one or more moieties —O—, —S—, —NR10—, —CO— or —SO2— and/or may be substituted one or more times by hydroxyl, halogen, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C4 alkoxy and/or acetyl; dehydroabietyl or aryl or heteroaryl, with R9 and R10 independently of one another being hydrogen or C1-C22 alkyl. The pigment composition of the invention is produced with application of a wet grinding process, more particularly a salt kneading operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to laminates, which in the overlay preferably comprise metal oxide nanoparticles having a high percentage of ?-Al2O3. These nanoparticles are preferably treated with a coating agent or stabilizer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for isolating concentrated paraffin sulfonic acids from reaction mixtures that are produced during the sulfoxidation of n-paraffins, from which a major part of the sulfuric acid and the paraffin was removed by phase separation and which contain, in addition to the free paraffin sulfonic acids, n-paraffins, water and optionally minor amounts of sulfuric acids. The method according to the invention is characterized by removing paraffin and optionally residual water by vacuum distillation. The paraffin sulfonic acids obtained by distillation have a content of more than 85% by weight of the active substance. The material is pale, odorless and low in sulfuric acid and paraffin.

Abstract: The present invention concerns concentrated storage-stable aqueous dye solutions comprising a) 5% to 30% by weight of a dye of the formula ?where K is a coupling component of the acetoacetanilide, pyridone, pyrazolone or pyrimidine series, and b) 0.1 to 0.9 mol of aminoalkoxy alcohols or monoalkanolamines per mole of dye of the formula (1) and c) 0 to 3 mol of trialkanolamine per mole of dye of the formula (1).

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) a process for their preparation and their use for dyeing and/or printing organic substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment preparation containing (a) 50-99 percent by weight of at least one pigment, (b) 1 to 50 percent by weight of an additive based on polyalkylene glycols, and (c) 0 to 10 percent by weight of an auxiliary agent from among the group comprising fillers, fire retardants, preservatives, light-stability agents, pigmentary and non-pigmentary dispersing agents, surfactants, antioxidants, foam inhibitors, resins, and antistatic agents, the percentages being in relation to the total weight of the pigment preparation. The additive that is based on polyalkylene glycols corresponds to formula Z?-[-(AO—)n1—B-T-X—Y]m—Z (1), wherein AO represents a C2-C10 alkyleneoxy unit, B represents a C2-C10 alkylene radical, and T represents —NR—, X represents one of the groups (formula), and Y represents a chemical bond or —NR3—.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing polyetheramines of the formula (1), R2 (NR1R3)n, in which n is a number from 1 to 20, R2 represents an organic radical that contains between 2 and 600 oxalkylene groups, and R1 and R3 are alike or different and represent hydrogen or an organic radical having 1 to 400 carbon atoms, by combining a compound of the formula (2), H(NR1R3), with a compound of the formula (3), R2 (OH)n, in the presence of hydrogen with a metal-containing catalyst whose metal content, based on the dry, reduced catalyst excluding any support material that may be present, is composed either of at least 80% by mass of cobalt or, in the case of Raney catalysts, of at least 80% by mass of metals from the group consisting of cobalt and aluminium, the catalyst containing less than 5% by mass of copper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment preparation based on C.I. Pigment Red 254 content with an average particle size of between 20 and 100 nm, and to at least one pigment dispersant of formula (II).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkyl polyglycol carboxylic acids and polyglycol dicarboxylic acids by means of direct oxidation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for dry-cleaning leather, characterized by treating the leather with compound (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are defined as in the description.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing 1,2-propanediol, by reacting glycerol which has a purity of at least 95% by weight with hydrogen at a hydrogen pressure of from 20 to 100 bar and a temperature of from 180 to 240 DEG C. in the presence of a catalyst which comprises from 10 to 50% by weight of copper oxide and from 50 to 90% by weight of zinc oxide in an autoclave.

Abstract: The invention relates to dispersions comprising I) at least one polymer that is effective for mineral oils as a cold extrusion improver and is soluble in oil, II) at least one organic solvent that cannot be mixed with water, III) water, IV) at least one alkanolamine salt of a polycyclic carboxylic acid as a dispersing agent, and V) possibly at least one organic solvent that can be mixed with water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of thiazolyl-pyridinium based dyes in optical layers for optical data recording, preferably for optical data recording using a laser with a wavelength up to 450 nm. The invention further relates to a write only read many (WORM) type optical data recording medium capable of recording and reproducing information with radiation of blue laser, which employs a thiazolyl-pyridinium based type dye in the optical layer. The present invention further relates to new thiazolyl-pyridinium based dyes, of formula (V), (VI) or (VIII).

Abstract: The invention relates to phosphorus-containing mixtures containing compounds of the formula RO—PO(A)-CH2—CH2—CO2H and??(I) HO—PO(A)-CH2—CH2—CO2R??(II) in which A is C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl, C6-C18-aralkyl or aryl, R is (D,E)C?C(B, R5), H B, D, E are identical or different and are each H or C1-C18-alkyl R5 is C1-C20-alkylene, a process for their preparation and their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment preparation containing, as main ingredients: (a) between 5 and 70 wt. % of at least one pigment P which is coated with at least one polymerisable, ethylenically unsaturated compound B; (b) between 0.1 and 15 wt. % of at least one non-ionic surface-active additive C based on polyethers and/or polyglycerines; (c) between 0.1 and 15 wt. % of at least one anionic surface-active additive D based on sulfonates, sulfates, carboxlates, phosphonates, or phosphates; between 10 and 90 wt. % of water and (e) between 0 and 20 wt. % of standard additives, the total weight percentage not exceeding 100 wt. %.

Abstract: Substituted aminopolyorganosiloxanes (SH) containing substituted amino groups which are bonded to silicon atoms of the polysiloxane skeleton via alkylene bridges or mono- or oligo-(alkyleneamino)alkylene bridges, in which the amino groups occurring in the aminopolyorganosiloxanes are substituted at least in part with a radical of the formula T—CH2—CHOH—CH2—??(?), in which T signifies the radical of a surfactant monoalcohol polyglycol ether having an emulsifier character, in an average ratio of at least 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to polycrystalline corundum fibers substantially consisting of corundum and an oxide of the elements of the main groups I or II of the periodic table. The crystallites of said corundum fibers have the following grain size distribution: 0 to 0.15 micrometers (34%), 0.15 to 0.29 micrometers (55%) and 0.29 to 0.43 micrometers (11%). Said corundum fibers are produced by mixing nuclei and an oxide former of the elements of the main groups I or II of the periodic table with an aluminium chlorohydrate, by adding a water-soluble polymer, then by spinning fibers from said mixture and by calcining said fibers at temperatures above 1100° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkanol amides by reacting at least one amine that contains at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being subsequently converted into the alkanol amide by means of microwave radiation.

Abstract: The invention relates to an active ingredient composition which has a high content in thermosensitive foaming agents and one or more polyolefin resins, the portion which is larger in quantity being a metallocene and optionally the remaining resins being polar or nonpolar nonmetallocene polyolefin resins. All polyolefin resins add up to at least 10% by weight of the formulation and have a melting point between 80 and 170° C. The reduced dust active ingredient composition according to the invention is used for the masterbatch production of foamed plastics.