Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modifying cellulose ethers. The inventive method is characterised in that a cellulose ether having a humidity content of between 5 and 90% is intensively mixed with between 0.1 and 5 wt. %—in relation to the dry cellulose ether—of an additive or an additive mixture in the form of an aqueous or organic suspension or solution, at temperatures of between 20 and 100° C., and the mixture obtained is then dried.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modifying cellulose ethers. The inventive method is characterised in that a cellulose ether having a humidity content of between 5 and 90 % is intensively mixed with between 0.1 and 5 wt. %—in relation to the dry cellulose ether—of an additive or an additive mixture in the form of an aqueous or organic suspension or solution, at temperatures of between 20 and 100 ° C. and the mixture obtained is then dried.

Abstract: Building material products, such as, for example, jointing compounds, adhesives, emulsion paints, synthetic plasters, fillers and the like, comprising a mixture ofa) at least 10% by weight, in particular 10 to 99% by weight, of a water-soluble natural polymer and derivatives thereof,b) 1 to 89% by weight of an alkali metal salt or ammonium salt of a crosslinked polyacrylate which, if desired, is grafted with a starch, andc) 0 to 60% by weight of a water-soluble alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt of arylsulfonic acid/formaldehyde condensation products or of a sulfo-modified melamine/formaldehyde polycondensation product.

Abstract: Additive combination for improving the processing properties of water-containing mixtures of building materials.The invention relates to an additive combination for water-containing mixtures of building materials, comprisinga) at least 65% by weight, preferably 65 to 98% by weight, of a water-soluble cellulose ether or a derivative thereof,b) from 1 to 15% by weight of polyacrylamide,c) from 1 to 20% by weight of an alkali metal salt or ammonium salt of a crosslinked, ungrafted or starch-grafted polyacrylate,d) from 0 to 20% by weight of a starch ether ande) from 0 to 15% by weight of a water-soluble alkali metal salt, alkaline earth metal salt or ammonium salt of an arylsulfonic acid-formaldehyde condensation product or of a sulfonic acid-modified product of the polycondensation of melamine and formaldehyde,and to building material mixtures which contain these additive combinations.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in the process for the preparation of a stable aqueous electrolyte-containing cellulose ether suspension, wherein an inherently water-soluble cellulose ether is added, in the form of solid particles, to an aqueous solution of an electrolyte and uniformly distributed therein, the improvement comprising using a non-ionogenic cellulose ether and adding alumina to the suspension.

Abstract: This invention relates to an additive for concrete and mortar comprising a cellulose ether and a non-ionic, low-foaming surface-active agent.