Abstract: The present invention relates to a micronized wax composition, a method for its production, its use for producing an aqueous formulation, an aqueous formulation comprising the micronized wax composition, and a method for producing an aqueous formulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to new modifications of abscisic acid, to liquid compositions of abscisic acid and to their use in agrochemical applications. The modifications and compositions of the invention contain abscisic acid in the form of a solvate with at least one N-alkyl pyrrolidone, wherein the N-alkyl group has 3 to 6 carbon atoms. These solvates enable formulations with high concentrations of abscisic acid.

Abstract: Fatty acid derivatives of the formula (I) wherein R1 is an aliphatic group containing 1 to 17 carbon atoms, which is linear, branched, saturated or unsaturated; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 are, independently, hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or hydroxymethyl; m, n and p are numbers from 0 to 17, with the proviso that m+n+p?1, and m+n+p<18 where the different monomers can be arranged in statistical order, alternatingly or as a block copolymer and m, n and p can be a statistical mixture; X is, independently, a covalent bond or hydroxy methylene; R8 is an aliphatic group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which is linear, branched, cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or substituted or unsubstituted benzyl, are useful as herbicides.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a silane-modified polypropylene copolymer having a silicon content of 1% to 5% by weight, an enthalpy of fusion of 20 J/g to 35 J/g, and a melt viscosity at 170° C. of 500 MPas to 4500 MPas, and a process for preparing the same. Further disclosed is a reactive hot-melt adhesive formulation that includes the silane-modified polypropylene copolymer and a process for the adhesive bonding of substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to intumescent flame-retardant clearcoat formulations containing 20% to 88.5% by weight of an aqueous synthetic resin formulation, 10% to 60% by weight of a phosphoric partial ester, 0.5% to 20% by weight of a polyol and 1% to 30% by weight of further ingredients, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flame-retardant polymer composition containing: a) a salt of a phosphinic acid, b) a salt of phosphinic acid that is different from component a), c) an organylphosphonate, d) a phosphite, e) as applicable, a representative selected from the group consisting of triazine complex, polyphosphate, hypophosphite, nitrogenous diphosphate, organophosphate, phosphazene, and/or polyphosphonate, f) as applicable, a representative selected from the group consisting of metal hydroxide, metal carbonate, metal borate, zinc stannate, and/or intumescence additive, g) as applicable, pigment, and h) at least one thermoplastic elastomeric polymer.

Abstract: What are described are flame retardant mixtures comprising a) salt of a phosphinic acid of the formula (I) ?in which R1 and R2 are independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl that are optionally substituted, ?M is an m-valent cation, and ?m is 1 to 4, b) salt of a phosphinic acid of the formula (II) that differs from component a) ?in which R3 is optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, preferably with alkyl radicals as substituents, ?R4 is alkyl with an even number of carbon atoms, with the proviso that, if R1 and/or R2 are alkyl, R4 has twice, three times or four times the number of carbon atoms of R1 or R2, ?M is an n-valent cation, and ?n is 1 to 4, c) organylphosphonate, d) phosphite, e) silicate, alumosilicate and/or silicon dioxide which is solid at 25° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a supported, platinum-containing and sulfur-containing shell catalyst for the partial or complete dehydrogenation of perhydrogenated or partially hydrogenated cyclic hydrocarbons. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a platinum-containing and sulfur-containing shell catalyst and to a platinum-containing and sulfur-containing shell catalyst. The present invention further relates to a method for the partial or complete dehydrogenation of perhydrogenated or partially hydrogenated cyclic hydrocarbons.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pigment preparation including at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment and/or filler. The pigment preparation further includes at least one anionic copolymer as dispersant, containing 40 to 95 mol % of structural units of an anionic monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, 2-carboxyethylacrylic acid, maleic acid, mixtures thereof and their respective salts, and further containing 5 to 60 mol % of structural units of a monomer having repeat units of formula (B1) where R11, R12 and R13 are, independently, selected from the group consisting of H, methyl and ethyl; R4 is H or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; X is selected from the group consisting of O, COO, CONH, CH2O and CH2CH2O; Y is an ethylene group; Z is a propylene group, a butylene group or a phenylethylene group; m is an integer from 0 to 100; n is an integer from 1 to 100; and m+n is greater than 5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the CO2 and O2 remover. The CO2 and O2 remover comprises 65 to 85 weight percent (wt. %) of a nickel oxide (NiO), 5 to 20 wt. % of a magnesium oxide (MgO), wherein the weight ratio of the nickel oxide and the magnesium oxide (NiO/MgO) is 4 to 11, and wherein the wt. % is based on the weight of the CO2 and O2 remover.

Abstract: The invention provides a flame retardant-stabilizer combination for thermoplastic polymers, comprising as component A 20% to 99.7% by weight of phosphinic salt of the formula (I), (I), in which R1 and R2 are each ethyl, M is Al and m is 3; as component B 0.2% to 16% by weight of aluminium salts of ethylbutylphosphinic acid, of dibutylphosphinic acid, of ethylhexylphosphinic acid, of butylhexylphosphinic acid and/or of dihexylphosphinic acid; as component C 0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process whereby completed catalysts can be produced from the iron oxides, and these catalysts can be activated and employed directly after activation for ammonia synthesis from synthesis gas, comprising for example a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen. A process is also disclosed to produce pre-reduced catalyst precursors, which are first reduced under controlled conditions and subsequently passivated in an oxidizing atmosphere, before they are used in ammonia synthesis as catalysts. These pre-reduced catalysts can be activated significantly more quickly and under milder conditions than the iron oxides.

Abstract: Described herein is a flame retardant-stabilizer mixture including as a component A, 5% to 95% by weight of aluminium diethylphosphinate (DEPAL) and/or zinc diethylphosphinate (DEPZN); as a component B, 5% to 95% by weight of titanium phosphinates and/or titanyl phosphinates of the formula (I) (DEPTI) in which x is a number from 0 to 1.9; as a component C, 0% to 10% by weight of aluminium phosphite or zinc phosphite of the formula (II), [HP(?O)O2]2?Zn2+, and formula (III), [HP(?O)O2]2?3Al3+2; as a component D, 0% to 30% by weight of a nitrogen-containing synergist and/or of a phosphorus-containing and/or nitrogen-containing flame retardant; as a component E, 0% to 70% by weight of a filler and reinforcer; as a component F, 0% to 3% by weight of an organic phosphonite and/or an organic phosphite and/or mixtures with phenolic antioxidants; and as a component G, 0% to 3% by weight of an ester and/or salt of long-chain aliphatic carboxylic acids (fatty acids) typically having chain lengths of C14 to C40.

Abstract: The invention relates to an emulsion from the oxidation products of natural waxes, having improved barrier properties, to a process of producing such an emulsion, and to cellulose fiber articles or biopolymers coated with such an emulsion from the oxidation products of natural waxes. The invention further relates to the use of such an emulsion for coating substrates that contain cellulose fibers or biopolymers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a bed of materials and use of it for removing contaminants not limiting to carbon monoxide, oxygen, carbon dioxide, acetylene, hydrogen, water, carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen sulfide from lower olefins without limiting ethylene.

Abstract: A reactor for the catalytic production of methanol having two or more reaction zones arranged and surrounded by a heat exchange fluid. The reaction zones are preferably reaction tubes, and each reaction zone has at least one cleaning layer and at least one catalyst layer, where the cleaning layer is arranged upstream, and the catalyst layer is arranged downstream. A method for the catalytic production of methanol from synthesis gas using the reactor is also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising as component (A) 0.1% to 99.9% by weight of phase II ammonium polyphosphate and as component (B) 0.1% to 99.9% by weight of phase I and/or phase III, IV, V and/or VI ammonium polyphosphate, where the sum total of the components is 100% by weight, and to the use thereof in intumescent coatings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flotation agent for lithium or phosphate ore, comprising at least one fatty acid and at least one 1-alkyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid or 1-alkenyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid or a mixture thereof of the formula (1) wherein R is a C7 to C21 alkyl or alkenyl group, wherein the amount of fatty acid is from 70 to 99 wt.-%, and wherein the amount of the 1-alkyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid or 1-alkenyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid of the formula (I) is from 1 to 30 wt.-%.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas hydrate inhibitor composition comprising from an amphiphile having a hydrophobic tail linked to a hydrophilic head group by a linking moiety, the amphiphile having the general formula (1) [R5-L-N(R1)(R2)(R3)]+X???(1) wherein each of R1 and R2 is independently an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; or wherein the nitrogen atom and the R1 and R2 groups together form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R3 is present or not as hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms which optionally bears a hydroxy group or a carboxy group in the 2-position; L is a linking moiety comprising an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group having at least 2 adjacent carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen and oxygen, and optionally one or more further heteroatoms; R5 is a hydrocarbyl group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms; and X? is present as an anion when R3 is present; and from a cationic surfactant which is selected from

Abstract: The invention relates to bright corn wax oxidates, to a process for their production and to their use for agricultural or forestry purposes, as an additive in plastic processing, in care products, in printing inks and/or in paints, and to saponified or estered corn wax oxidates produced by saponifying or estering the described corn wax oxidates.