Abstract: The invention relates to an active substance-containing composition comprising: I. a water-in-oil polymer dispersion comprised of a continuous organic phase virtually immiscible with water, water-soluble and/or water-swellable polymer products finely dispersed therein, and optionally, auxiliary agents, and II. at least one active substance. The present invention also relates to the production of the active substance-containing composition and its use.

Abstract: A compacted granulate and a method for making the same, comprises 60-99 wt.-% of a water-insoluble, water-swellable cellulose and optionally at least one water-swellable polysaccharide derivative, 1-40 wt.-% of at least one polymeric binder of a polymer or a copolymer of (meth)acrylic acid and/or salts thereof, and at least one liquid surfactant, in which the granulate has a water content of from 2 to 8 wt.-%.

Abstract: In the prevention of the spread of fires and for directly fighting fires, a cross-linked, water-swellable additive polymer in water/oil emulsion produced by an inverse phase polymerization reaction to be added to the firefighting water is disclosed. The additive has the properties of absorbing large quantities of water, high viscosity for adherence to vertical and horizontal surfaces, and retention of sufficient fluidity to be educted in standard firefighting equipment. The method of adding this additive to the firefighting water by eduction or by a batch addition to the water source is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrous, liquid, paste- or cream-like skin cleaning agents for the removal of strongly adhering soil, comprising anionic and/or amphoteric and/or non-ionogenic surfactants as washing-active substances, thickeners, at least one abrasive, and, optionally, adjuvants for the regulation of consistency, appearance, odor, and stability, such as pigments, fragrances, stabilizers, and preservatives, which skin cleaning agents are characterized by the fact that they comprise di-n-butyl adipate and/or di-isopropyl adipate as the exclusive solvents. These agents are obtained by homogeneously mixing the components, optionally under heating of the mixture. If a C8-C16 fatty alcohol which acts as consistency regulator is added, heating of the component mixture may be omitted. Besides, the addition of the fatty alcohol increases the detergent action.

Abstract: A compacted granulate comprising water-swellable cellulose and/or cellulose derivatives and finely divided polymers/copolymers of (meth)acrylic acid or salts thereof and one or more liquid surfactants, and the use thereof as disintegrating agent for detergent tablets, cleaning agent tablets, water softening tablets and scouring salt tablets, as well as a process for making the compacted granulate by mixing the constituents, granulating and compacting.

Abstract: A water-soluble, powdered, cationic polyelectrolyte comprising a copolymer of acrylamide and dimethylaminopropylacrylamide which is essentially free of bifunctional compounds and in which a) the dimethylaminopropylacrylamide is quaternized; b) the quotient of the intrinsic viscosity of the copolymers divided by the molar ratio of acrylamide to dimethylaminopropylacrylamide is greater than 200; and c) the proportion of the cationic monomers in the polymer is between 4 and 80 mol-%, the copolymer having been obtained by copolymerization of acrylamide and quaternized dimethylaminopropylacrylamide said quaternized dimethylaminopropylacrylamide having been obtained by the reaction of dimethylaminopropylacrylamide with a quaternizing agent in the absence of acrylamide.

Abstract: Compacted granulate comprising starch and/or a starch derivatives and, optionally, water-swellable cellulose/cellulose derivatives, and finely divided polymers/copolymers of (meth)acrylic acid or salts thereof and one or more liquid surfactants, and the use thereof as disintegrating agent for detergent tablets, cleaning agent tablets, water-softening tablets and scouring salt-tablets, as well as a process for making the compacted granulate by mixing the constituents, granulating and compacting.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the thermomechanical surface treatment of flat webs of material, particularly those made of paper and carton, and to agents for performing said process. According to the process of the invention, adhesion between the flat web of material and the surface of the tool used in thermomechanical surface treatment, e.g., a roll or a press, is reduced or prevented by using an abhesive agent, which contains dicarboxylic dialkyl esters and/or diisoalkyl esters of C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 dicarboxylic acids with C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 n- and/or iso-alkanols as component with abhesive effect. The abhesive agent is preferably employed as an oil-in-water emulsion and is either applied to the surface of the tool used in said thermomechanical treatment or is added to the impregnating fluid or the paper coating mass or the moistening water or the steam in pre-moistening, or is applied to the paper web after the impregnating unit or directly before the smoothing roll.

Abstract: The present invention relates to powdery absorbents for water and aqueous liquids, which are based on water-swellable, but not water-soluble, polymers, are cross-linked, and are built up of partially neutralized, monoethylenically unsaturated, acid groups-containing monomers, optional further monomers copolymerizable with these, and optional polymers suitable as a graft basis. These polymers are produced by using a cross-linker combination consisting ofCH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sup.5 --CO--(OCHR.sup.3 --CHR.sup.3).sub.z O--CH.sub.2 --CR.sup.5 .dbd.CH.sub.2 I.R.sup.1 --[O(CHR.sup.3 --CHR.sup.3 O).sub.u --CO--R.sup.2 ].sub.x II.withR.sup.1 : multivalent C.sub.2-10 -alkyl,R.sup.2 : linear or branched C.sub.2-10 -alkenyl,R.sup.3 : H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5,R.sup.5 : H, CH.sub.3,x: 2-6,u: 0-15,z: 3-20and a secondary cross-linker. Superficial secondary cross-linkage achieves a property combination of high retention, high absorption under pressure, low soluble contents, and a rapid liquid absorption.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions are produced by polymerizing monoethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing acid groups in an acid, partially or totally neutralized form, optionally with other monomers that can be copolymnerized therewith in the presence of hydrophilized vegetable, animal and/or synthetic fats or oils. Also disclosed is a process for preparing the same, their use for preparing oil-in-water emulsions by admixture of another oil phase composed of vegetable, animal or synthetic oils and/of fats and/or non-self-emulsifying silicones, and their use in the field of wet currying of leather or pelts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printable swelling paste which contains1. polymers having carboxyl and amide group moieties, and2. an aldehyde or an aldehyde-liberating compoundas components of the mixture. Optionally, the mixture may contain further additives, such as thickeners. The polymer component having carboxyl and amide groups is produced by free-radical copolymerization of monomers containing amide groups and monomers containing carboxyl groups, and other comonomers may be polymerized therein as well. The invention also relates to the use of said swelling paste in the production of absorbent fibers, fabrics and sheet materials such as films by applying the swelling paste onto the support material and subsequent thermal treatment.

Abstract: A particulate material composition of superabsorbent polymer particles, wherein less than about 60% by weight of the superabsorbent polymer particles will pass through a U.S. Standard 50 mesh sieve. The composition has anti-caking properties and also reduced dusting. The composition can be produced by mixing the superabsorbent polymer particles with an inorganic powder, such as clay.

Abstract: An anhydrous skin cleansing agent comprising a surfactant, organic solvent and water-insoluble abrasive as active components and a water-swellable organic polymer as a soil carrier and abrasive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to layered bodies consisting of at least one plastic foam and/or latex foam layer and particulate, superabsorbent polymers for the absorption of water and aqueous liquids, which bodies comprise the superabsorber on, between, or below the foamed plastic and/or latex layer in a quantitatively and/or locally predetermined and fixed areal configuration at a quantity ratio of plastic and/or latex foam to the superabsorber of 1:500 to 50:1. The plastic/latex foam may comprise fillers, pigments and/or synthetic fibers. The layered bodies have an increased absorption capacity for water and aqueous liquids; in particular under load. They are manufactured by spreading out the foam, applying the superabsorber in the predetermined quantity ratio, optionally by using a stencil, and by fixing it by means of a heat treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cross-linked polymers absorbing aqueous liquids, which are built up of partially neutralized, mono-ethylenically unsaturated, acid groups-containing monomers, optionally further monomers copolymerizable with these, as well as optional polymers suitable as a graft basis, and that can be produced by using cross-linking agents of polyunsaturated amino alcohols. The used cross-linking agents are reaction products of (meth)allylamines with monoglycidyl compounds, di-, tri- or tetraglycidyl compounds, and optional alkylene oxide; reaction products of (meth)allylamines or saturated primary amines with (meth)acrylglycide esters and/or (meth)allyl glycidyl ethers and optional alkylene oxide; as well as reaction products of di- and polyamides with (meth)allyl glycide esters and/or (meth)acrylglycide esters and optional alkylene oxide.

Abstract: The aging of swellable starch maleates is reduced by reacting with one or more singly and/or multiply functional nucleophiles as in a Michael condensation reaction. Mixtures of mercaptoethanol and 1,2-bis-(2-mercaptoethoxy)-ethane or mixtures of sodium bisulfite and pentaerythrite-tetrakis-(2-mercaptoacetate) are preferred. The decrease of the retention capacity [SRV] in the reaction products after 100 days is preferably <10%. The products find use as biodegradable, non-aging superabsorbers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powdery, cross-linked polymer absorbing water and aqueous liquids formed of polymerized, unsaturated, acid groups-containing monomers that are present as salts neutralized to the extent of at least 50 mol-% and which optionally comprise further monomers which are copolymerizable with the acid groups-containing monomers as well as water-soluble polymers, the polymer being formed of acidic, polymerized monomers partially neutralized to the extent of 5-30 mol-%, relative to the acid groups-containing monomer portion. The polymer has a high retention, high liquid absorption under pressure, high swelling pressure, and a low content of soluble components.

Abstract: The invention relates to sheet-like absorbents for water and aqueous solutions, containing at a defined distributionA) at least one water-swellable synthetic and/or natural superabsorbent polymer, andB) at least one water-soluble synthetic and/or natural polymeras a matrix of sheet-like design wherein the superabsorbent component A) is integrated or fixed. The sheet-like absorbents have an increased absorptive capacity for water and aqueous liquids, particularly under load. They are manufactured by forming a sheet-like matrix from the water-soluble synthetic and/or natural polymers B) and providing same with said water-swellable synthetic and/or natural superabsorber A), e.g., by applying a solution of matrix B) on a surface, sprinkling same with component A), and drying the sheet-like structure thus obtained.

Abstract: New leather dressing agents, which may be obtained by polymerization ofa1) 70-100 wt. % acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and/or acid chlorides and/or anhydrides thereof witha2) 0-30 wt. % of other water-soluble monomers copolymerizable with a1), anda3) 0-20 wt. % of water-insoluble monomers copolymerizable with a1) and a2), reaction of the polymer with fatty amines, and neutralization and dispersion of the thus modified polymer, with amines not bound to the polymer optionally being reacted with (meth)acrylic acid to give N-substituted .beta.-aminopropionic acids, production of said leather dressing agents and their use in the manufacture of low-fogging leathers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a printable formulation of a superabsorbent polymer and to the application forms of the product, for example, for cable insulation and for the production of nonwovens. The formulation is preferably supplied in the form of a two-component package consisting of precrosslinked superabsorber and reactive cross-linking agent and mixed in-situ to form the product. The obtained printing paste is printed on a substrate, for example, a nonwoven. For cable insulation purposes, the product is subsequently incorporated into the cable in a conventional manner.