Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally expandable microspheres at least partially prepared from bio-based monomers and to a process of their manufacture. The microspheres comprise a thermoplastic polymer shell encapsulating a blowing agent, wherein the thermoplastic polymer shell comprises a polymer being a homo- or copolymer of a lactone according to formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, separately from one another, is selected from the group consisting of H and an alkyl group preferably with 1-4 carbon atoms. The invention further provides expanded microspheres, which can be used in a variety of applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising fibrillated cellulose and one or more nonionic cellulose ethers. Such compositions were found to be able to modify the rheology of an aqueous medium, also when the aqueous medium comprises salts and surfactants, whereby specific formulations shows desirable thixotropic thickening of the aqueous medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a process for manufacturing alkyleneamine compounds, comprising the steps of in a reaction medium reacting an alkyleneurea compound comprising at least one primary amine group, or at least one cyclic secondary amine group, or at least one primary amine group and at least one cyclic secondary amine group, and at least one cyclic alkyleneurea group of formula I wherein A is selected from the group of C2 to C4 alkylene units, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C3 alkyl groups, with an alkylhalide compound to form an alkyleneamine hydrohalide salt comprising at least one cyclic alkyleneurea group of formula I, the alkylhalide compound being selected from the group of haloalkanes with 2-6 halogen atoms, and haloaminoalkanes, and reacting the alkyleneamine hydrohalide salt with a base to form an alkyleneamine compound comprising at least one cyclic alkyleneurea group of formula I.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a sulfidizing agent obtainable by mixing MySx and ZSH in a weight ratio of from about 90:10 to about 10:90, wherein M is chosen from Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, NH4+, Mg2+ and Ca2+, y is about 1 or about 2, x is from about 1.1 to about 5, and Z is independently chosen from Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+ and NH4+, and a process for using the sulfidizing agent in the recovery of one or more metal ores and/or polymetallic minerals from gangue.

Abstract: A collector composition suitable for treating non-sulfidic ores comprises (i) from about 1 to 50 wt % of an N acylated amino acid or salt thereof of the structural formula R1-CO—NX—CYH—(CH2)m-COOM (ii) from about 10 to 80 wt % of an alcohol alkoxylate of the formula R2-(AO)n wherein R1 is an alkyl or alkenyl group of 7 to 21 carbon atoms, X is a hydrogen atom or methyl group, Y is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl, a C1-C4 hydroxylalkyl, a C1-C4 carboxyalkyl, or a C1-C4 aminoalkyl group, m is 0 or 1, M is a proton, an alkalimetal cation, or a quaternary ammonium cation, R2 is an alkyl group of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, each AO is independently ethyleneoxy or propyleneoxy, provided that at least part of AO is ethyleneoxy, and n is higher than 2 and up to 25, the wt % based on the total weight of the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to specific quaternary amidoamine detergents, the process to make them, and their use. The quaternary amidoamine detergents are obtainable by reacting a multifunctional acid with an amino amine, followed by quaternization, suitably with dimethyl carbonate, and subsequent reaction with a fatty acid. In the process to make the quaternary amidoamine detergents a multifunctional fatty acid is reacted with an amino amine, typically an amino alkylene amine, followed by quaternization with a quaternizing agent and subsequent replacement of the anion of said quaternizing agent with a fatty acid anion. The quaternary fatty amidoamine detergents are particularly useful as a surface-active compound that is soluble in an a-polar medium, for example when used as a stabilizer for solids in an a-polar medium.

Abstract: A process to convert cyclic alkylene ureas into their corresponding alkylene amines is provided. An exemplary process includes reacting the cyclic alkylene ureas with an amine compound chosen from the group of primary amines or secondary amines that have a higher boiling point than the alkylene amines formed during the process, wherein the process is a reactive separation process and the reaction mixture contains less than about 10 wt % of water on the basis of total weight of the reaction mixture.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pigment dispersion comprising silane-modified colloidal silica particles, an organic and/or inorganic pigment, a water-soluble thickening polymer in an amount of 0.1 wt. %, and water. The pigment dispersion is useful for tinting paint compositions, and exhibits excellent storage stability and washout resistance of the resulting coating. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for tinting a paint composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally expandable microspheres at least partially prepared from bio-based monomers and to a process of their manufacture. The microspheres comprise a thermoplastic polymer shell encapsulating a blowing agent, wherein the thermoplastic polymer shell comprises a polymer being a homo- or copolymer of a lactone according to formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, separately from one another, is selected from the group consisting of H and an alkyl group preferably with 1-4 carbon atoms. The invention further provides expanded microspheres, which can be used in a variety of applications.

Abstract: Solution comprising about 1 to about 25 wt % of a dye that loses its colour during radical cure and about 75 to about 99 wt % of a solvent mixture, said solvent mixture comprising cyclopentanone and dimethylsulphoxide in a weight ratio of about 60:40 to about 95:5.

Abstract: An electrode (10) is disclosed. The electrode (10) comprises an electrode substrate (20). A layer of TiOx (30, 40) with a total thickness in the range of between 40-200 ?m is present on at least one surface of the electrode substrate (20) and a porosity of layer of TiOx (30, 40) is below 15%. An electro-catalytic layer (50) comprising oxides of ruthenium and cerium according comprising at least 50 molar % ruthenium oxides is present on layer of TiOx (30, 40) and wherein x is in the range 1-2 for the layer of TiOx. A process for the manufacture of the electrode (10) is disclosed as are uses thereof.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting scale in an industrial water system includes the steps of dosing the industrial water system with a water treatment polymer comprising at least 10 mol % of carboxylic acid monomer and a quaternized naphthalimide fluorescent monomer as disclosed herein, and then monitoring the fluorescence of the water system. The polymers are also useful for flocculation and coagulation in wastewater treatment.

Abstract: This present disclosure relates to a process for producing an organic peroxide and isolating, purifying, and concentrating the sulfuric acid from the aqueous effluents of said organic peroxide production process.

Abstract: Methods are provided for manufacturing a cyclic urea adduct of an ethyleneamine compound, the ethyleneamine compound being selected from the group of ethyleneamines and hydroxyethylethyleneamines and comprising at least one —NH—CH2-CH2-NH— moiety and at least two ethylene moieties, wherein the ethyleneamine compound is reacted with CO2 in the presence of an auxiliary compound selected from ethylenediamine (EDA), monoethanolamine (MEA) and mixtures thereof, the molar ratio of auxiliary compound to amine compound being at least 0.02:1. It has been found that the presence of an auxiliary compound selected from ethylenediamine (EDA), monoethanolamine (MEA) and mixtures thereof leads to a substantial increase of the reaction rate as compared to a process wherein the auxiliary compound is not present.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a process for preparing hydroxyethylethyleneamines, ethyleneamines, or mixtures thereof, and/or ethylene urea derivatives thereof. The process includes reacting diethanolamine with an amine-functional compound that includes at least two —NH— units of which at least one is selected from the group of primary amine groups and cyclic secondary amine groups. The amine-functional compound includes at least one —NH—CH2-CH2-NH— unit wherein one or more —NH—CH2-CH2-NH— units in the amine-functional compound may be present in the form of cyclic ethylene urea moieties, piperazine moieties, or linear ethylene urea moieties, in the presence of a carbon oxide delivering agent.

Abstract: A compound comprises at least one cyclic urea moiety including a head portion and a tail portion connected through an amide moiety or a cyclic amidine moiety, wherein the head portion comprises a polyalkylenepolyamine structure comprising 3 to 10 C2-C4 alkylene moieties present between nitrogen atoms, wherein the alkylene moieties may be the same or different and may be substituted with one or more C1 to C3 alkyl groups, wherein at least one of the alkylene moieties together with its adjoining nitrogen atoms is in the form of a cyclic alkylene urea moiety of the formula wherein A is a C2 to C4 alkylene moiety which may be substituted with one or more C1 to C3 alkyl groups and wherein the tail portion includes an alkyl or alkenyl group with 6 to 24 carbon atoms which may be substituted.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to spherical capsules comprising a polymeric shell surrounding a hollow core, in which the polymeric shell comprises an dialcohol cellulose that is optionally substituted. The present disclosure also relates to a process for preparing such spherical capsules, comprising mixing a solution comprising dissolved dialcohol cellulose that is optionally substituted and one or more non-polar organic compounds with an antisolvent, wherein the antisolvent comprises or consists of one or more compounds, and has a polarity less than that of water.

Abstract: Process for producing a salt comprising NaCl and/or KCl from the aqueous effluents from one or more organic peroxide production processes, said process comprising the following steps (a) ensuring the pH of the aqueous effluents to be in the range from about 1-5, (b) separating the effluents in a liquid organic layer and an aqueous layer, (c) removing the organic layer, (d) raising the pH of the aqueous layer to a value in the range from about 6-14, and (e) crystallizing the salt from the aqueous layer having a pH in the range from about 6-14.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting scale in an industrial water system includes the steps of dosing the industrial water system with a water treatment polymer comprising at least 10 mol % of carboxylic acid monomer and a quaternized naphthalimide fluorescent monomer as disclosed herein, and then monitoring the fluorescence of the water system. The polymers are also useful for flocculation and coagulation in wastewater treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crumbly phase composition containing on total weight of the composition (i) 70-87 wt % of organic compounds and salts thereof containing 85 to 100 wt % on total organic compounds and salts thereof of MGDA-Na3, wherein at least 60 wt % of the MGDA-Na3 is crystalline, and (ii) 13-30 wt % of water The invention furthermore relates to a process to prepare the above composition and a process to prepare crystals of MGDA-Na3 by drying the above composition.