Abstract: A gentle skin cleansing gel is provided containing as an ingredient, water soluble salts having a negative enthalpy in solution, which when mixed with water release heat which improves the cleansing effect and the release of perfumes creating a pleasant effect on the skin.

Abstract: By including nitric acid and hydroxylamine in a manganese phosphating composition and controlling the ratio of nitric to phosphoric acids and the ratio of Total Acid to Free Acid within a specified range, satisfactory manganese phosphate conversion coatings can be obtained within a reasonable time at temperatures much lower than has previously been thought necessary for operating a manganese phosphating composition with no other metal cations (except possibly for iron).

Abstract: A method of coloring keratinous fibers comprising contacting the fiber with and effective amount of a primary intermediate general formula (I) or water-soluble salts thereof in which one of the two groups R1 and R2 is hydrogen and the other is hydrogen, chlorine or fluorine; one of the two groups R3 and R4 is hydrogen, a C1-4-alkoxy group, a C1-4-alkyl group, a C1-4-hydroxyalkyl group, preferably with a terminal hydroxy group or halogen and the other is one of the groups: —O—CH2—CH═CH2, —CH═CH—COOX in which X is hydrogen or a physiologically tolerable inorganic or organic cation and, in the case when the group concerned is R3, the group (a) and, in the case when the group concerned is R4, (b), in which —A— in each case is one of the groups —(CH2)x— in which x=1 to 4, —O—(CH2)y—O— in which y=1 to 4, —O—(CnH2n—z(OH)z)—O— in which n=1 to 10 and z=1 or, when n is greate

Abstract: The invention relates to a contact adhesive based on a polyurethane of at least one diisocyanate and at least one low molecular weight polyethylene glycol, the polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of up to 2,000 and the polyurethane having a degrees of crystallization of less than 20%. The contact adhesive can be applied from the melt or from an aqueous solution or dispersion. Surprisingly, it is suitable not only for polar plastic surface, but above all for PE and PP surfaces and of course for paper. Accordingly, the contact adhesive is preferably useful for applying paper labels to PE bottles.

Abstract: A pack for tablet-like objects, such as hygroscopic laundry/dishwasher detergent tablets, for example, includes a dual packing configuration of a closed outer pack containing a plurality of individual film bags, with each of the individual film bags being closed at opposing ends by a transverse seam, and along their lengths by a longitudinal seam. Each of the individual film bags enclose at least one tablet. The individual film bags are inserted into the outer pack with the longitudinal seams of the film bags aligned parallel to one another, and with the sidewalls of the outer pack parallel to the longitudinal seams of the film bags. The longitudinal seams of the film bags are reinforced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for coloring keratin fibers containing at least one dye precursor and a choline-based oxidase system. The present invention also relates to a process for coloring keratin containing fibers using the composition of the present invention.

Abstract: In a method for bonding plastic objects together by means of a hot-melt type of adhesive, in addition to or during the heating and addition of a plasticizer-resistant hot-melt adhesive, at least one of the objects to be bonded, is heated up in the area to be bonded beyond the melting temperature of the material of which it is made. The method is particularly advantageous for the joining together of multi-layered plastic pipes. The result is the generation of a method for bonding objects by means of a hot-melt type of adhesive that can also be applied with materials for which it was hitherto impossible to apply hot-melt adhesion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a treatment line. According to said method a) a correlation between one or several variable parameters of the chemical and/or physical processes of the treatment line and one or several characteristic values that are characteristic of the success of the treatment is established; rules are derived of this correlation that describe the dependence of the characteristic value or the characteristic values of the variable parameters; the correlation and/or the rules derived therefrom are stored in a control system for the treatment line; b) the one or the several characteristic value(s) is/are measured continuously or discontinuously; c) if said characteristic values deviate from a predetermined standard range of values, the/those variable parameter(s) that is/are most closely correlated with said characteristic value is/are modified in the direction which counteracts the deviation of the characteristic value or the characteristic values from the standard range.

Abstract: A powder or paste form preparation for bonding human hair based on at least one solid peroxo compound and at least one solid alkalizing agent characterized in that they contain a dicarboxylic acid or ester thereof of the formula Wherein m and n are independently 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: Cosmetic skin or hair compositions are provided comprising a combination of (A) a dialkyl carbonate of the formula R1OC(O)OR2 wherein R1 and R2 are a linear or branched C6-22 alkyl group and (B) an aminoalkyl amide of the formula R3CONH(CH2)n—NR4R5 wherein R3CO is a linear C6-22 acyl group, R4 and R5 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, hydroxyalkyl and aminoalkyl groups containing up to 6 carbon atoms or R4 and R5 together with the N atom form a 5- or 6-membered ring and n is a number from 2 to 6.

Abstract: The phosphate concentration, and therefore the pollution potential, of conventional high quality phosphating compositions containing zinc, manganese, and, optionally, nickel or copper cations, can be reduced without loss of corrosion protective value of the phosphate coatings formed by maintaining concentrations of active ingredients within prescribed ranges. Under the most preferred conditions, the corrosion resistance of phosphated and then painted cold rolled steel and the paint adhesion to phosphated and then painted electrogalvanized steel are improved over values obtained with the now most commonly used commercial high quality low zinc phosphating processes.

Abstract: A method for the removal of a spent catalyst from a fixed-bed reactor is disclosed, wherein a suction hose, in which a high pressure hose comprising a high-pressure nozzle is integrated, is introduced into the reactor, the catalyst is then size-reduced by water under high pressure passed through the nozzle, the catalyst/water mixture is removed under suction and is optionally collected in a separator.

Abstract: A cyanoacrylate adhesive contains an added ester, the ester used being at least one partial and/or full ester of monobasic or polybasic aliphatic carboxylic acids containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms directly attached to one another and monohydric to pentahydric aliphatic alcohols containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms directly attached to one another, the number of carbon atoms directly attached to one another in the other aliphatic groups being at most three where one aliphatic group contains 4 or 5 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A process for making a hair colorant composition involving: (a) providing a phase inversion temperature emulsion or microemulsion containing: (i) an oil component; and (ii) an emusifier selected from the group consisting of an alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside, an anionic surfactant, an esterquat, a polyolpoly-12-hydroxystearate, a fatty alcohol, a fatty alcohol polyethylene glycol ether, and mixtures thereof; (b) providing a dye component; and (c) combining (a) and (b) at a temperature of from 15 to 25° C.

Abstract: A method for the automatic monitoring and control of the content of surfactants of an aqueous process solution, wherein, under program control: a sample having a predetermined volume is taken from the aqueous process solution; the content of surfactants in the sample is determined utilizing measuring equipment capable of analyzing the sample; the results of the analysis are output by the system; the functional capacity of the measuring equipment is checked by determining the surfactant content of one or more standard solutions if the results of the analysis of the content of surfactants on two consecutive drawn samples differs by a preselected value; and corrective action is automatically taken if the check of the measuring equipment reveals any problems. Bath maintenance measures may be initiated automatically or by request from a remote location according to pre-determined criteria. The method reduces the number of staff for bath monitoring and bath maintenance and increases process safety.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic compositions that contain reactive isocyanate groups and that are suitable for use as desiccants for packaging moisture-sensitive goods, especially for polyurethane hotmelt adhesives that are cross-linked upon exposure to moisture. The compositions are formed by the reaction of hydroxy- or amino-containing polyols, including sugars, with an excess of polyisocyanates, and admixing the resulting product with polyurethane catalysts.

Abstract: Polyurethanes having improved tear resistance which are the reaction product of the following components: A) a polyol component containing dimer diol and/or trimer triol and/or an OH-terminated polyester produced from polycarboxylic acids, preferably dimer fatty acid and/or trimer fatty acid, and diols and B) an isocyanate component containing prepolymers obtained by reacting polyfunctional isocyanates with dimer diol and/or trimer triol and/or an OH-terminated polyester produced from polycarboxylic acids, preferably dimer fatty acid and/or trimer fatty acid, and diols; and processes for their manufacture.

Abstract: A machine dishwashing detergent tab pack comprising a tablet form detergent composition surrounded by a wrapper, the detergent composition in the form of at least two seperate tablet form portions or in a single tablet form divided into portions, wherein at least two of the separate portions contained in the wrapper differ in composition.

Abstract: Adhesive systems comprised of one or more photoinitiators and one or more adhesives capable of radiation-induced reaction are useful in one-step or multi-step perfect binding of books and other printed articles. The adhesive may be a low viscosity mixture of a monomer and/or polymer which is cross-linkable by UV or stronger electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: Methods for elastifying and extending polymers with EVA copolymers, PVC homopolymers or PVC copolymers in gel form are described. The elastified and extended polymers are useful as sealing materials, adhesives and sealants.