Abstract: The present invention relates to nonionic compounds of the polyoxymethylene type that are low-foaming and can be used as surfactants, especially in cleaning compositions at an alkaline pH. They are obtained from unsaturated nitriles, that have been epoxidized with e.g. hydrogen perroxide, and alkyl blocked polyalkylene glycols. The nonionic nitrile surfactants can be reacted further with e.g. hydrogen peroxide under alkaline conditions to obtain nonionic amide surfactants. Amide derivatives of this type could also be obtained by reaction between ammonia or a primary or secondary amine and an acid or ester. The nonionic compounds exhibit one or several structure elements according to formula (II) in the aliphatic carbon chain where AO is an alkyleneoxy group containing 2-4 carbon atom, R3 is an alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms and n is a number between 1 and 30.

Abstract: Epoxides are prepared by reaction of compounds containing olefinic unsaturation, for example .alpha.-olefins, terpenes and steroids, with an aliphatic diperoxydicarboxylic acid. The diperoxydicarboxylic acid contains 2 to 16 carbon atoms and suitably at least 6 carbon atoms. The process gives a good epoxidation process and does not give rise to byproduct formation.

Abstract: Aqueous concentrated cooling lubricants are provided in the form of a stable solution ready to use after dilution with water in processes for the mechanical working of aluminum and aluminum alloys, and containing as lubricating and corrosion inhibiting agents a combination of (a) a carboxylic acid R.sub.1 COOH, R.sub.1 having from about seven to about twenty-two carbon atoms, (b) a tertiary alkylalkanolamine having a molecular weight of less than 300 and (c) a water-soluble organic solubilizer having a molecular weight of less than 400, and a hydrocarbon group of at most 6 carbon atoms, the amounts of the carboxylic acid and the alkanolamine being selected to provide a base/acid equivalent ratio of less than 0.9.

Abstract: Process and compositions for mechanical working of aluminum and aluminum alloys in the presence of an aqueous stable cooling lubricant solution consisting essentially of:(a) a carboxylic acid having a hydrophobic group of from about seven to about fourteen carbon atoms and(b) a tertiary alkylalkanolamine having a molecular weight of less than 300, the amounts of the carboxylic acid and tertiary alkylalkanolamine being selected to provide in the solution a base/acid equivalent ratio alkylalkanolamine to carboxylic acid of less than 1.0.