Abstract: Hair treatment compositions and hair after-treatment compositions are provided for the prevention of damage by chemical treatment compositions and for the repair of already damaged hair, wherein, as active substances, at least one of the compounds of the general formulae (I) and/or (II) are additionally used.

Abstract: An aqueous formulations including, a) at least one anionic surfactant; and b) at least one cationic surfactant, wherein a) to b) are present in said formulation in a ratio of a) to b) effective for generating a yield point is provided. The aqueous formulations may further include at least one co-surfactant, auxiliaries and/or additives.

Abstract: Hair treatment compositions and hair treatment compositions are provided for improving the combability, handle, disentanglability, volume and luster, which comprises additionally using, as active substances, at least one of the compounds of the general formulae (I) and/or (II).

Abstract: The invention relates to organopolysiloxane copolymers comprising, on average, at least one polyester group bonded to the siloxane via a spacer and, on average, at least one hydrophilic group bonded to the siloxane via a spacer, of the general formula (I): 1

Abstract: Process for producing detachable dirt- and water-repellent surface coatings on articles, wherein during the coating process, hydrophobic particles are applied to the surface of the articles, thus generating a sure structure with elevations on that surface of the articles that has dirt- and water-repellent properties, which comprises suspending the hydrophobic particles in a solution of a silicone wax in a highly volatile siloxane, and applying this suspension to at least one surface of an article, and then removing the highly volatile siloxane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flux salt composition for flux baths which is available for particularly simple regeneration and deferrizing. The deferrizing flux salt composition for flux baths, containing zinc chloride and alkali metal chloride, contains at least one or more alkalizing constituents and one or more constituents which, in aqueous solution, oxidize iron(II) to form iron(III).

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions of polysiloxane-polyurethanes based on selected, substantially difunctional starting materials, to their preparation and use for preparing coating compositions, and to a coating composition comprising as substantial binder component polysiloxane-polyurethanes of the kind mentioned. The coating compositions of the invention are especially suitable for use as soft feel coatings.

Abstract: Cosmetic preparations including one or more active ingredients in a microencapsulation whose encapsulation material is permeable and/or degraded in the pH range of the skin, wherein the core material is free from porous materials are provided.

Abstract: Water-based emulsifier wax gels are provided that include skin-identical sphingolipids The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of such gels, the use of such gels for the preparation of oil-in-water emulsions, and the resulting emulsions that contain the inventive gels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing nondusting free-flowing pigment concentrates with removal of the water from pigment suspensions comprising polymers and dispersants in a fluidized bed drier. The resulting bead-form pigment concentrates are nondusting and readily free-flowing. The invention further embraces the use of pigment concentrates prepared in this way for coloring plastics and polymers.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of copolymeric polypeptides, which comprises, in a first stage, reacting glutamic acid and/or derivatives thereof with amines in the absence of solvents and catalysts, under condensation conditions and, in a second stage, adding one or more further amino acids and/or derivatives thereof and/or one or more identical and/or further amines simultaneously or in any desired order, and reacting them with the reaction product of the first stage in the absence of solvents and catalysts.

Abstract: This invention provides for, inter alia, a method for increasing the rainfastness of an agrochemical composition without increasing its spreading properties, which comprises adding to said agrochemical composition an effective amount of one or more silicone surfactants of the formula R3Si—O—[RR′SiO—]n—O—SiR3 wherein n is 1 to 3, R is an alkyl radical with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R′ is a radical of the structure —(CH2)m—O—(C2H4O)y(C2H3R″O)z—Z,  wherein m is 2 to 6, R″ is independantly methyl, ethyl or phenyl, Z is hydrogen, an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an acyl radical with 2 to 6 carbon atoms, y is 6 to 30, z is 0 to 10, with the proviso that the ratio y/z is 1 or greater, and that the total number of alkylene oxide groups n*(y+z) in the siloxane polymer (I) is at least 12.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for preparing coatings having a release effect, to substrates coated therewith, and to a process for preparing the compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel siloxane block copolymers of the general average formula having linked, different siloxane blocks and their use as surface-active agents, in particular as additives in the preparation of polyurethane foams.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzymatic process for the preparation of hydroxy fatty acid esters which are solid at room temperature and have improved melting behavior. Specifically, the enzymatic process includes reacting di- or polyols having at least two primary and optionally secondary or tertiary, hydroxyl groups, and hydroxy fatty acids and/or hydroxy fatty acid alkyl esters, and optionally, removing water of reaction or alcohol of reaction which forms.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of particular phosphoric esters as emulsifiers and dispersants for pigments and fillers, based on polystyrene-block (b)-polyalkylene oxide copolymers. The invention provides block copolymeric phosphoric esters and their salts of the general formula (I) [R1O(SO)a(EO)b(CH2CHCH3O)c(BO)d]xPO—(OH)3−x  (I) where R1=a straight-chain or branched or cycloaliphatic radical having 1 to 22 carbon atoms, SO=styrene oxide, EO=ethylene oxide, BO=butylene oxide and a=1 to<2, b=3 to 100, c=0 to 10, d=0 to 3, x=1 or 2 where b≧a+c+d.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of water-insoluble polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane block copolymers of the general average formula wherein the variables and indices are described herein as defoaming agents for aqueous media. This invention also provides for defoaming compositions comprising said water-insoluble polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane block copolymers as well as coating materials, printing inks and cooling lubricants containing the inventive defoaming compositions.

Abstract: This invention relates to asymmetrical, substituted polysiloxanes which show good compatibility in a variety of oils and improve the spreading behavior of oil-based formulations, to a process for preparing these asymmetrical polysiloxanes and to oil formulations containing said asymmetrical polysiloxanes. The asymmetrical polysiloxanes of this invention are used in herbicidal and pesticidal compositions, in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations as well as in industrial applications. The assymmetrical substituted polysiloxanes have the following formula wherein R1, R2, Z a and b are described herein.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of glycine derivatives, which comprises electrochemically oxidizing &bgr;-hydroxyethylammonium compounds to give the corresponding acids.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions comprising: