Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for forming bonded particulate refractory materials for use in metal-working, comprising the steps of providing a fine particulate metal oxide, providing an aqueous alkaline composition, providing a particulate refractory mould material, mixing the said fine particulate metal oxide, the said aqueous alkaline composition and the said particulate refractory mould material, and shooting the obtained mixture in a core shooter. Substantially all the water included in the obtained mixture is derived from the aqueous alkaline solution and optionally the surfactant. Also part of the present invention are materials and articles obtained according to the method, as well as particulate compositions for use in the method.

Abstract: A geopolymer foam composition, an article comprising a geopolymer foam composition, methods for making a geopolymer foam composition, and uses of a geopolymer foam composition.

Abstract: Compositions suitable for the purification of liquids, methods for making said compositions, and the uses of said compositions.

Abstract: A cement product including a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) including natural aluminosilicate, and optionally metakaolin, and methods of producing the cement product, and methods of use thereof are provided. The natural aluminosilicate may have, for example, a d97 less than or equal to about 19 ?m; and may have a d10 less than or equal to about 2 ?m. The product may also have improved chloride permeability as compared to cement products including natural aluminosilicates having higher d97 and d10 values. Also, the product may also have improved compressive strength and RCPT values when a portion of the natural aluminosilicate in the SCM is replaced with metakaolin.

Abstract: TiO2-free coating compositions and mineral blends for use in TiO2-free coating compositions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to surface-functionalized carbonaceous particles, optionally in agglomerated form, methods for making such surface-functionalized carbonaceous particles and their use, for example as conductive additives in battery electrodes. The surface-functionalized carbonaceous particles are for example obtainable by milling a non-graphitic carbon material, followed by subsequent functionalization through controlled oxidation. The surface-functionalized carbonaceous particles can be used as additive in battery electrodes. The disclosure also pertains to dispersions of such carbonaceous materials in a liquid medium and their use as, among others, conductive coatings. Polymer compounds filled with the surface-functionalized carbonaceous particles are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of kaolin as an opacifier in cosmetic compositions, cosmetic compositions comprising kaolin and methods of making said cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an agglomerate abrasive grain made up of a plurality of individual abrasive grains which are bonded into an inorganic or organic binder matrix, wherein, based on the total weight of the agglomerate abrasive grain, at least 8% by weight of the abrasive grains which are bonded into the matrix are fused alumina-based polycrystalline alumina abrasive grains with a percentage of more than 97% by weight of alpha-alumina, and wherein the polycrystalline alumina abrasive grains, in turn, are made up of a plurality of Al2O3 primary crystals with a crystal size of between 20 ?m and 100 ?m. The agglomerate abrasive grain has a closed macroporosity with a pore volume of between 5% by volume and 30% by volume, wherein the average pore diameter of the closed macropores is between 10 ?m and 100 ?m and their maximum pore diameter is in the range of approx. 120 ?m.

Abstract: A mineral filler comprising talc and wollastonite is used in a polymer composition to improve the scratch resistance and/or reduce the thermal expansion coefficient anisotropy of the polymer composition.

Abstract: Use of a smectite clay that has been pre-treated with a dispersant as a binder, in particular the use of a smectite clay that has been pre-treated with a dispersant as a binder to form iron ore pellets.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a process for preparing silica-coated calcium carbonate particles, involving the steps of preparing an aqueous carbonate slurry containing calcium carbonate particles, adding at least one silicate composition to the aqueous carbonate slurry to obtain a carbonate-silicate slurry, lowering a pH of the carbonate-silicate slurry by adding at least one acidic compound to obtain a pH-adjusted slurry containing the silica-coated calcium carbonate particles, and isolating the silica-coated calcium carbonate particles—in which at the adding of the acidic compound is controlled such that a final pH of the pH-adjusted slurry ranges from about 7 to about 10, and the silica-coated calcium carbonate particles include a porous coating having an average pore diameter ranging from 2 nm to 50 nm. This disclosure also describes articles and compositions containing the silica-coated calcium carbonate particles, as well as hollow silica spheres formed from the silica-coated calcium carbonate particles.

Abstract: A composition comprising at least one inorganic particulate material such as calcium carbonate, use of a said composition in a barrier coating composition or in a paper coating composition, a method for making said composition, a method for making a paper coating composition and a method for making a coated product.

Abstract: The present application relates to aqueous slurries comprising precipitated calcium carbonates having a bimodal particle size distribution with a first maximum in particle size distribution and a second maximum in particle size distribution, as well as methods for making them and their uses.

Abstract: The use of a particulate mineral as an anti-pollution agent in a composition for application to skin and/or keratin materials, a method for protecting skin and/or keratin materials from pollution, a composition comprising a particulate mineral and a method of making said composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a loading device for loading particulate material, comprising a body with a first opening and a second opening, wherein a gasket is arranged at the first opening. The present invention also relates to a mixing device with a loading device according to the invention and a method of loading particulate material using the loading device according to the invention.

Abstract: A composite structure may include at least two nonwoven, polymeric layers bonded to each other. At least one nonwoven, polymeric layer may include inorganic particulate filler in an amount up to about 40% by weight of the nonwoven layer.

Abstract: Described herein is a composition for use in a geosynthetic clay liner, the composition comprising particles, at least some of which are discrete particles and each comprise: a compacted swelling clay, the clay having been compacted such that it at least partially surrounds a fluid-loss preventing polymer. Also described herein is a clay liner formed from the composition, a method for producing particles for use in a geosynthetic clay liner, and a method of forming a clay liner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inorganic particulate material suitable for use in polymeric films, compositions such as polymeric films comprising the inorganic particulate materials, methods of making said compositions and the various uses of the inorganic particulate materials and compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sintered polycrystalline flat-shaped geometrically structured ceramic abrasive elements designed for the use in resin bonded wheels, particularly in cut-off wheels. The present invention also relates to a method of making such sintered polycrystalline flat-shaped geometrically structured ceramic abrasive elements and the use thereof.

Abstract: There is disclosed a polymer-based foam composition comprising a polymer and up to 20 M.-% particles of one or more inorganic particulate materials, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the one or more inorganic particulate materials comprise less than 20 wt.-% Al, calculated as Al2O3-content. According to one aspect, the one or more inorganic particulate materials comprise phyllosilicates. Also part of the present invention is the use of such polymer-based foam compositions and their method of production.