Abstract: A method for the production of a phthalocyanine pigment preparation includes finely distributing a crude phthalocyanine pigment by dry milling, wet milling, salt kneading, acid pasting or acid swelling to give a pre-pigment, the pre-pigment is subjected to a finishing treatment in a mixture of water and an organic solvent at alkaline pH, increased temperature and in the presence of at least one pigment dispersant from the group of phthalocyanine sulphonic acids, phthalocyanine carboxylic acids, phthalocyanine sulphonate salts, phthalocyanine carboxylate salts and phthalocyanine suiphonamides.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of waxes as modifiers for filled plastics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel flame retardant and stabilizer combined for thermoplastic polymers, which comprises, as component A, from 20 to 80% by weight of a phosphinic salt of the formula (I) and/or of a diphosphinic salt of the formula (II), and/or polymers of these, where R1, R2 are identical or different and are C1-C6-alkyl, linear or branched, and/or aryl; R3 is C1-C10-alkylene, linear or branched, C6-C10-arylene, -alkylarylene or -arylalkylene; M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K, and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is 1 to 4; n is 1 to 4; x is 1 to 4, and comprises, as component B, from 10 to 75% by weight of a nitrogen-containing synergist, and, as component C, from 10 to 75% by weight of a phosphorus/nitrogen flame retardant, the entirety of the components always being 100% by weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to diorganylphosphinic salts of the formula (I) and/or diorganyldiphosphinic salts of the formula (II) and/or any of their polymers where R1 and R2 are identical or different and are C1-C6-alkyl, linear or branched, and/or aryl; R3 is C1-C10-alkylene, linear or branched, C6-C10-arylene, -alkylarylene, or -arylalkylene; M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K, and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is from 1 to 4; n is from 1 to 4; x is from 1 to 4, wherein the total content of partially water-soluble, ionizable compounds and the water-soluble content of the partially water-soluble, ionizable compounds is from 8200 to 100 ppm, preferably from 7000 to 200 ppm.

Abstract: The invention relates to flame retardants which comprise titanium phosphinates and/or titanyl phosphinates of the formulae (I) and (II) where R1 and R2 are identical or different and are unsubstituted or substituted linear or branched or cyclic C1-C10-alkyl groups or C6-C10-aryl, C7-C18-alkylaryl, or C7-C18-arylalkyl groups, and R3 is an unsubstituted or substituted linear or branched or cyclic C1-C10-alkylene group, C6-C10-arylene, C7-C18-alkylarylene, or C8-C18-arylalkylene group, and x is a number from 0 to 1.9. The invention also relates to molding compositions which comprise the inventive flame retardant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing pure alpha-alkoxy-?-hydroxy-polyalkylene glycols, creating small impurities of the product on high-molecular a-?-di-hydroxy-polyalkylene glycols. The method is based on the use of high-boiling initiator alcohols of the following general structure R2—(OCH2CHR)k—OH wherein R2 represents an alkyl radical comprising between 1 and 4 C atoms, preferably R2?CH3, k represents a number between 1 and 10, preferably between 1 and 4, and R represents H, CH3 or an alkyl radical comprising between 2 and 4 C atoms, preferably R?H, CH3. The use of the cited initiator alcohols enables the mixture of a basic catalyst and an initiator alcohol to be dried in such a way that it has a very low water content, and thus to produce very low concentrations of unwanted a-?-di-hydroxy-polyalkylene glycol impurities.

Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving cold-flow and lubricating properties of fuel oils, comprising A) 5-95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble amphiphile of the formula ?in which R1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl or aromatic radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, X is NH, NR3, O or S, y is 1, 2, 3 or 4, R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical carrying hydroxyl groups and having 2 to 10 carbon atoms and R3 is an alkyl radical carrying nitrogen and/or hydroxyl groups and having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or C1-C20-alkyl, and B) 5 to 95% by weight of a terpolymer containing from 10 to 35 mol % of structural units derived from the vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, from 1 to 15 mol % of structural units derived from the vinyl ester of a neocarboxylic acid having 8 to 15 carbon atoms, and structural units of ethylene to 100 mol %, having a melt viscosity, measured at 140° C., of from 20 to 10,000 mPas.

Abstract: Corrosion and gas hydrate inhibitors having improved water solubility and increased biodegradability The invention thus provides the use of compounds of the formula (1) where R1, R2 are each independently C1- to C22-alkyl, C2- to C22-alkenyl, C6- to C30-aryl or C7- to C30-alkylaryl, R3 is C1- to C22-alkyl, C2- to C22-alkenyl, C6- to C30-aryl or C7- to C30-alkylaryl, —CHR5—COO? or —O?, R4 is M, hydrogen or an organic radical which optionally contains heteroatoms and has from 1 to 100 carbon atoms, B is an optionally substituted C1- to C10-alkylene group, D is an ethylene group substituted by an organic radical having from 1 to 600 carbon atoms, X, Y are each independently O or NR6, R5, R6 are each independently hydrogen, C1- to C22-alkyl, C2- to C22-alkenyl, C6- to C30-aryl or C7- to C30-alkylaryl, and M is a cation as corrosion and gas hydrate inhibitors, and also the compounds of formula 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive for improving the lubrication capacity of fuel oils with a maximum sulfur content of 0.035 wt. %. The additive contains at least one ester of a bivalent or polyvalent alcohol and a mixture of unsaturated and optionally saturated fatty acids, whose carbon chain lengths are between 8 and 30 carbon atoms, the aforementioned esters having an OH value of less than 200 mg KOH/g ester and an iodine value greater than 100 g l/100 g ester. The invention also relates to fuel oils with a maximum sulfur content of 0.035 wt. %, which contain the inventive additives. The novel additives exhibit less tendency to emulsify than the additives of the prior art.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel triphendioxazine pigments of formula (I) wherein X represents hydrogen or chlorine, while R1 represents phenyl substituted by one to five radicals from the group comprising C1-C4-alkyl, halogen, C1-C4-alkoxy, acetylamino, aminocarbonyl, methylaminocarbonyl and C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, or phenyl annelated in the 2,3- or 3,4- with a divalent radical of the formula —NH—(CO)m—NR2—, —CR2?CH—CO—NH—, —CR2?N—CO—NH—, —CO—NH—CO—NR2—, —CO—(NH)m—CO— or —O—(CO)m—NH— so as to form a five- or six-membered ring, R2 representing hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or phenyl and m representing 1 or 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polyesters whose molecular weight ranges from 500 and 500,000 g/mol and which are obtainable by reacting a compound of formula (1), wherein n is 0, 1 or 2 and A is an optionally substituted C1-C40 group with a compound of the formula (2): B(OH)m, in which m is a number ranging from 2 to 10 and B is an optionally substituted C2-C40 group, in quantities ranging from 0.01 to 2% by weight for preventing the formation of gas hydrates in aqueous phases in connection with a gaseous, liquid, or solid phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to dialkylphosphinic salts of the formula (I) where R1, R2 identical or different, are C1-C6-alkyl, linear or branched M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or is a protonated nitrogen base; m is from 1 to 4; wherein the telomer content is from 0.01 to 6% by weight. The invention also relates to glare use in flame retardant compositions, and to flame-retardant polymer molding compositions and flame-retardant polymer moldings which comprise these dialkylphosphinic salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a pigment composition containing between 86.0 and 99.9 total mol % of C.I. Pigment Yellow 74 molecules and between 14.0 and 0.1 total mol % of at least one monoazo pigment of the formula (1) wherein R1 represents Cl, OCH3, OH3 or NO2 as a coloring agent for pigmenting ink-jet inks and color filters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous concentrates and solid formulations of pesticide preparations comprising copolymers which may be obtained by copolymerization of a) glycerol, b) at least one dicarboxylic acid, and c) at least one monocarboxylic acid of the formula (I) R1—COOH ??(I) Where R1 is (C5-C29)-alkyl; (C7-C29)-alkenyl; phenyl or naphthyl. The copolymer of the present invention increases the biological activity of the pesticide or herbicide.

Abstract: A process for warpage-free pigmentation of a plastic pigmented by a phthalocyanine pigment which was heated to not less than 80° C. as a suspension in a organic solvent in the presence of a carboxylic acid containing 2, 3 or 4 carboxyl groups or a salt of such a carboxylic acid.

Abstract: The invention provides cosmetic, pharmaceutical and dermatological compositions comprising at least one copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) if desired, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) if desired, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) if desired, one or more silicon-containing components, E) if desired, one or more fluorine-containing components, F) if desired, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place if desired in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).

Abstract: The invention provides compounds preparable by the reaction of fluorous silanes (A) RF—CH2—CH2—SiX3 ??(A) where RF is a fully or partially fluorinated alkyl radical, X is Cl or O—CnH2n+1, and n is an integer from 1 to 20, with one or more alcohols of the formula (B) R(OH)m(NH2)p ??(B) where R is a C— and H-containing organic radical and m and p are subject either to condition a) m?2 and p=0, or condition b) m?1 and p?1.

Abstract: Dispersible pigment granules are produced by mixing an aqueous suspension of an organic pigment with an aqueous emulsion of a wax-like additive. The aqueous emulsion is then allowed to coagulate and the resulting aqueous dispersion is spray dried.

Abstract: The invention provides decorative cosmetic and dermatological compositions comprising at least one copolymer obtained by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyld imethyltaurine and/or acryloyld imethyltaurates, B) optionally, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) optionally, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) optionally, one or more silicon-containing components capable of free radical polymerization, E) optionally, one or more fluorine-containing components, F) optionally, one or more macromonomers, G) optionally, the copolymerization taking place in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).

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, C 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.