Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer containing: i) 80-90% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula A, where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is C2-C10-alkylene, and Me+ is an ammonium or an alkali metal ion; ii) from 1 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula B where R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; iii) from 1 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula C, where n is a number from 1 to 6; iv) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of structural units of the formula D where X is hydrogen, an ammonium ion or an alkali metal ion; and optionally, v) from 0 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula E, where R5 is hydrogen, methyl and/or ethyl, with the proviso that the content in the copolymers of structural units B) and C) is from 6 to 15% by weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates a flotation reagent for sulfidic ores, containing at least one compound of formula (1), wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7, independent of one another, represent hydrogen or groups containing 1 to 15 carbon atoms or groups containing oxygen or nitrogen, and at least another compound serving as collector and containing at least one sulfur atom that is directly bound to a carbon or phosphorus atom, wherein the carbon or phosphorus atom is directly bound to at least another sulfur atom or an oxygen atom.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing amines of formula (1), wherein R3 is an organic group containing from 2 to 600 alkoxy groups and R1 and R3 groups are similar or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group containing from 1 to 400 carbon atoms. The inventive method consists in bringing a compound of formula (2) into contact a compound of formula (3) in the presence of hydrogen with a metal-containing catalyst, wherein the metal content in cobalt is equal to or greater than 80% by weight.

Abstract: A pigment preparation which is characterized by a content in a) a benzimidazolonedioxazine compound of formula (I) as base pigment and b) a dioxazine compound of the general formula (IV) as pigment dispersant wherein Q represents an m-valent radical of a compound of formula (III), wherein m is a number from 1 to 4.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of alkoxylated crosslinked polyglycerols for demulsifying oil/water emulsions in amounts of from 0.0001 to 5% by weight, based on the oil content of the emulsion to be demulsified. The alkoxylated crosslinked polyglycerols of the invention is crosslinked with multifunctional electrophilic compounds having a molecular weight of from 1000 to 100 000 units and which comprise 5 to 100 glycerol units which are alkoxylated with C2-C4-alkylene oxide groups or a mixture of such alkylene oxide groups so that the crosslinked alkoxylated polyglycerols have a degree of alkoxylation of from 1 to 100 alkylene oxide units per free OH group.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new method for improved distribution of a substance or mixture of substances in a carrier or substrate or in a mixture of different carriers or substrates. The invention likewise relates to the raw, multicomponent compositions, semi-finished products or end articles obtained by this method and also to the micropowders of the substance or mixture of substances that are used in the method. The invention relates in particular to the application of this method to the incorporation of additives into plastics and to the plastics additives micropowders prepared for that purpose.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing copolymer dispersions made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers according to formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl radical, R2 and R4 are an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R3 is an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, which may also contain heteroatoms. A is an alkylene unit having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. In formula (1), x is a number from 0 to 10, y is a number from 0 to 10, n is a number from 0 to 100, k is a number from 1 to 100, R5 is an acid group or hydrogen, and m is a number from 1 to 500, with the proviso that (y+n) must be at least 1.

Abstract: A liquid washing and cleaning composition comprising: one or more of constituents a1) through a4) a1) alkylbenzenesulfonate, a2) olefinsulfonate, a3) alkylsulfate, a4) alkyl ether sulfate or mixtures thereof, b) secondary alkanesulfonate, c) at least one soap, d) at least one nonionic surfactant and e) at least one cationic surfactant, wherein the mixing ratio of the secondary alkanesulfonate to the component AT formed from the one or more of constituents a1, a2, a3 and a4 is 4.9 to 0.1: 5.1 to 9.9.

Abstract: The invention relates to an azo pigment preparation which is characterized by a content in 4,4?-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, the percentage of the trans,trans-isomer being at least 25%, based on the total amount of 4,4?-diaminodicyclohexylmethane. The azo pigment preparation according to the invention is especially suitable for producing gravure inks having improved optical density, higher luster and no ink show-through in the gravure printing of illustrations.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to a process for the preparation of stabilizers for polymers, especially for polyamides, by condensation of isophthalic acic dichloride (IPC) with sterically hindered amines of the type tetraalkylpiperidine. By using organic solvents or mixtures of organic solvents with water and by an optimized combination of temperature and pressure the yield is much higher than by using water alone. The organic load of the waste water could be significantly reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to washing and cleaning agents containing, as solvents a compound of formula (1), wherein A is (CH2)a or phenylene, R1, R2, R3, and R4 identically or independently denote C1 to C22-n- and/or iso-alkyl, C5- or C6-cycloalkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C9-alkylphenyl or phenyl, A is (CH2)a, and a is an integer from 0 to 6.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a polysilazane solution which comprises a polysilazane of the formula 1 where n has been adjusted so that the polysilazane has a number-average molar mass of from 150 to 150 000 g/mol, and also comprises a solvent and a catalyst, as a primer for the coating of a surface with fluorosilanes or with fluorine-containing condensates.

Abstract: A dye base sulfate and method of making are described. The dye base sulphate of formula (I) is produced with a residual amine content of less than 2000 ppm, as determined by HPLC, by precipitation of the dye base, made by Friedel-Crafts alkylation, substitution and hydrolysis, as the dye base sulphate is a) taken up in water and subjected to a first steam distillation then filtered and optionally dried at 50 to 180° C., b) the pressed cake is treated with water or the optionally dried dye base sulphate is moistened with water, c) subjected to a further steam distillation and filtration and d) dried at 50 to 180° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphorus-containing flame retardant formulation for cellulose-containing moldings, comprising from 0.1 to 99.9% by weight of a resin of an organic nitrogen compound and from 0.1 to 99.9% by weight of a phosphorus-containing flame retardant.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (1) as corrosion and gas hydrate inhibitors. In said formula: R1 and R2 independently of one another represent C1 to C22 alkyl, C2 to C22 alkenyl, C6 to C30 aryl or C7 to C30 alkyl aryl; R3 represents M, hydrogen or an organic group with between 1 and 100 carbon atoms that optionally contains heteroatoms; A represents a C2 to C4 alkene group; B represents an optionally substituted C1 to C10 alkene group; D represents an ethylene group that is substituted with an organic group comprising between 1 and 600 carbon atoms; X and Y independently of one another represent O or NR4; R4 represents hydrogen, C1 to C22 alkyl, C2 to C22 alkenyl, C6 to C30 aryl or C7 to C30 alkyl aryl; M represents a cation; and n represents a number between 0 and 30.

Abstract: Layered double hydroxide salts as charge control agents in electrophotographic toners and developers, in powder coating materials, electret materials and in electrostatic separation processes of chargeable materials, such as polymers, wherein the double hydroxide salt contains monovalent and/or divalent, and also trivalent, metal cations, and also contains one or more organic anions A of the formula (I) X—R—Y??(1) wherein X is hydroxyl, carboxyl, sulfato or sulfo; Y is carboxyl, sulfato or sulfo, and R is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, heterocycloaliphatic, olefinic, cycloolefinic. heterocycloolefinic, aromatic, heteroaromatic, araliphatic or heteroaraliphatic radical having a total of at least 8 carbon atoms which can be substituted by one or several substituents from the group hydroxyl, amino, halogen, C1-C22-alkyl, C1-C22-alkoxy, —C1-C22-alkylene-(CO)—O—(CH2CH2O)0-50-alkyl,—C1-C22-alkylene-(CO)—O—(CH2H2O)0-50-haloalkyl, carboxy, sulfo, nitro or cyano.

Abstract: Disclosed are copolymers made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers according to formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl radical, R2 and R4 are an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R3 is an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, which may also contain heteroatoms. A is an alkylene unit having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. In formula (1), x is a number from 0 to 10, y is a number from 0 to 10, n is a number from 0 to 100, k is a number from 1 to 100, R5 is an acid group or hydrogen, and m is a number from 1 to 500, with the proviso that (y+n) must be at least 1.

Abstract: Liquid washing and cleaning compositions are claimed, which comprise, as a surfactant, one or more of the components of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate, olefinsulfonate, alkylsulfate as well as soap and a nonionic surfactant, and, as a dye fixative, homo- and copolymers of diallyldimethylammonium chloride or the reaction products of cyanamides with aldehydes and ammonium salts or cyanamides with aldehydes and monoamines or monoamines and/or polyamines with epichlorohydrin or polyamines with cyanamides and amidosulfuric acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to aromatically substituted glycerine ethers of formula (I), wherein at least one of the radicals R1, R2, or R3 is or contains an aromatic group. Said compounds can be used, preferably, as surface-active agents.

Abstract: A layered double hydroxide salt as a charge control agent in electrophotographic toners and developers, in powder coating materials, electret materials and in electrostatic separation processes of chargeable materials, such as polymers, wherein the double hydroxide salt contains monovalent and/or divalent, and also trivalent, metal cations, and also contains organic anions A of the formulae (I) to (XXX) set forth in the specification.