Abstract: The invention relates to the field of marking hard surface substrates, in particular to the field of traffic paints. The invention thus provides an aqueous composition useful for marking hard surface substrates. The composition according to the invention comprises a binder and a pigment that is dispersed with a particular (meth)acrylic polymer. The invention also provides a method for preparing such a composition as well as a method for marking a hard surface substrate with such a composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paper coating slip composition comprising a copolymer of thickening acrylic acid, a mineral material in the form of particles, a binding agent, and water. The invention also relates to the use of said composition for the production of paper or cardboard, improving the water retention of the paper coating slip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing an aqueous suspension of at least one phosphate material, comprising, dispersing, in water, particles of phosphate material in the presence of at least one additive of the anionic polymer of acrylic acid or of methacrylic acid type. The suspension according to the invention has a viscosity of less than 1500 mPa·s. The invention also relates to the conditioning of the phosphate material associated with the anionic polymer, for its subsequent treatment with at least one strong acid, for the industrial preparation of phosphoric acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of the production of aqueous compositions comprising rheology-modifying agents, in particular the production of aqueous cosmetic or detergent compositions having improved thickening and clarity properties and also good suspending properties. In particular, the invention relates to a rheology-modifying agent which is a copolymer obtained by polymerization of at least one cross-linking monomer with at least one anionic monomer comprising at least one polymerizable ethylenic unsaturation and at least one hydrophobic nonionic monomer comprising at least one polymerizable ethylenic unsaturation.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of preparing aqueous dispersions of organic, organometallic or inorganic particles. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation of aqueous suspensions comprising organic, organometallic or inorganic particles and at least one particular copolymer obtained by polymerization of at least one acid and at least one compound or at least one ester derived from a particular acid, in the presence of water, at least one initiator compound and at least one activator compound, followed by total or partial neutralization by means of at least one compound chosen from alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal dihydroxides and mixtures thereof. The invention relates to such a particular copolymer having a low polydispersity index and weight-average molecular weight, the preparation process thereof and the use thereof, especially for the preparation of an aqueous paint composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing particles of mineral material comprising grinding of at least one mineral material in the presence of water. The grinding according to the invention is carried out in the presence of at least one polymer obtained by a radical polymerization reaction of a partial sodium salt of itaconic acid and partial decarboxylation of the polymer obtained followed by partial or total neutralization of the decarboxylated polymer. The invention also relates to an aqueous composition comprising particles of ground mineral material and such a polymer, in particular a mass-loading composition for the production of paper or a paper-coating-colour composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field involving the softening or lubricating of natural, synthetic or mixed textile fibres, as well as keratin fibres. The invention provides a softening composition, the rheology of which is controlled by means of a particular thickening agent. The invention also relates to the thickening agent, which is made from multiple isocyanate compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral particles grinding a mineral material in the presence of a specific anionic polymer. The polymer used is obtained by means of polymerisation in the presence of sodium hypophosphite, disodium dipropionate trithiocarbonate and at least one radical-generating compound. The invention also relates to an aqueous composition comprising particles of ground mineral material and such a polymer, in particular a paper coating slip composition.

Abstract: The invention concerns the field of detergent compositions, in particular detergent compositions for automatic washing, in particular for automatic dishwashing. Therefore, the invention provides a phosphate-free detergent composition comprising at least one non-sulfonated, non-ionic surfactant compound and a non-sulfonated water-soluble copolymer prepared, by polymerisation reaction, in the presence of at least one compound comprising at least one alcohol function, acrylic or methacrylic acid and a compound of formula (I): The invention also concerns the use of this non-sulfonated water-soluble copolymer as an anti-scaling agent or anti-drip agent, and a cleaning method.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising a copolymer obtained by a particular polymerization reaction using an anionic monomer comprising a polymerizable olefinic unsaturation and a carboxylic acid function and a monomer of formula (I): the invention also relates to this copolymer per se, and to a method for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a superplasticizer.

Abstract: A method for deinking recycled paper, including a pulping step, and then a flotation step, which includes introduction of at least one dispersant of the polyacrylate type, representing from 0.05 to 3.5 wt % of the mineral fillers of the recycled paper. A specific dispersant is used during the flotation step of the method for deinking recycled paper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rheology-modifying urethane compound. The compound comprising urethane functions of the invention can be prepared according to a method in several steps which use different compounds comprising isocyanate functions. For the preparation of the urethane compound according to the invention, a monoisocyanate compound, in particular a monoisocyanate compound resulting from the separate condensation of an asymmetric diisocyanate compound with a reactive compound, is reacted with an alkylene glycol compound in the presence of a polyisocyanate compound. The invention also provides coating compositions comprising mineral particles and a urethane compound according to the invention.

Abstract: Composition including at least one hydrocarbon-containing cut of petroleum origin or obtained from biomass conversion (a) and at least one copolymer (b) resulting from the copolymerization of: at least one monomer selected from: acrylic acid and any salt thereof, optionally at least one monomer selected from: methacrylic acid and any salt thereof, at least one monomer selected from the monomers of formula (I): R—X—R???(I) according to which R represents a polymerizable unsaturated function, R? denotes hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X represents a structure including n unit(s) of ethylene oxide EO and m unit(s) of propylene oxide PO, m and n are two integers in the range from 0 to 150, at least one of which is not zero.

Abstract: Novel copolymers obtained by polymerisation a mixture of monomers comprising: at least one anionic monomer (a) comprising a polymerisable unsaturated function and a carboxylic group; and at least one monomer (b) of formula (I): H2C?C(—R1)—(CH2)p—O-[(EO)n—(PO)m]—H??(I) where [(EO)n—(PO)m] represents a polyalkoxylated chain consisting of ethoxylated units EO and propoxylated units PO, distributed into blocks, alternating or statistical, the molar proportion of the ethoxylated units in the polyalkoxylated chain (n)/(m+n) being greater than or equal to 70% and strictly less than 90%. In addition, hydraulic composition, for example concrete compositions, comprising such copolymers, and the use of said copolymers as water-reducing agents in hydraulic compositions and for increasing the early mechanical strength of a hydraulic composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to multiphasic polymers comprising from 45% to 95% by weight of a first polymer P1 and from 5% to 55% by weight of a second polymer P2, said polymers P1 and P2 being of distinct compositions, said polymer P1 being obtained by polymerization from a mixture of monomers comprising at least one anionic monomer (a) having a polymerizable vinyl group, at least one nonionic hydrophobic monomer (b) having a polymerizable vinyl group, at least one cross-linking monomer (c) and at least one associative monomer (d) having a polymerizable vinyl group and a hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain and said polymer P2 being obtained by polymerization from a mixture of monomers comprising at least one anionic monomer (a?) having a polymerizable vinyl group, at least one nonionic hydrophobic monomer (b?) having a polymerizable vinyl group and at least one cross-linking monomer (c?).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer obtained by radical polymerization of a mixture of monomers comprising: at least one anionic monomer (a) having a polymerizable vinyl function; at least one non-ionic hydrophobic monomer (b) having a polymerizable vinyl function; and one or more crosslinking monomer(s) (c) including at least one compound of formula (I) in which R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n is zero or an integer from 1 to 30, and R1 is a linear or branched C1-C20 alkylene group. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation thereof by radical polymerization, to an aqueous composition comprising same, to the use thereof as a thickener and suspending agent and also to the use of a monomer of formula (I) for synthesizing a polymer.

Abstract: Preparation of aqueous slurries of calcium dihydroxide. Preparation of aqueous suspensions of calcium hydroxide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a polymer in water, comprising the preparation of an emulsion comprising a HASE-type copolymer and a mixture of a monomer comprising at least one polymerisable olefinic unsaturation and a radical-generating compound, followed by the polymerisation of the emulsified monomer by heating to a temperature higher than the temperature required for the polymerisation reaction. The invention also relates to the polymer produced in this way and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer obtained by polymerisation reaction of at least three comonomers: a first anionic monomer, a second monomer comprising an olefin unsaturation, and a third monomer comprising a hydrophobic group. The invention likewise relates to the use of said copolymer as a thickening agent, in particular in aqueous suspensions of mineral particles with high solids content. The copolymer according to the invention makes it possible to improve the compromise between viscosity with high shear gradient and viscosity with low shear gradient, while also improving water retention inside the suspension.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of a water-soluble anionic polymer, the weight-average molecular mass MW of which ranges from 1,000 to 10,000 g/mol and the polydispersity index Ip of which is less than 3.5. The polymer according to the invention is obtained by a polymerization reaction in water of an unsaturated anionic monomer, in the presence of CuI or of CuII and of an aromatic compound comprising a functional group chosen from hydroxyl, primary amine, secondary amine and tertiary amine directly bonded to the aromatic ring. The invention also relates to an aqueous composition comprising the polymer according to the invention.