Abstract: Foaming emulsions comprising:(A) oily mixture comprising fatty alcohols polyglycol ethers, Guerbet alcohols, and fatty acid esters selected from the group consisting of:(a) a fatty ester of formula III,R.sup.2 CO--OR.sup.3 (III)wherein R.sup.2 CO is an aliphatic acyl radical containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms and 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds and R.sup.3 is a linear or branched alkyl radical containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and(b) a polyol partial ester of glycerol, oligoglycerol or oligoglycerol polyglycol ether with fatty acids containing 12 to 22 carbon atoms; dialkyl ethers and paraffin hydrocarbons,(B) fatty alcohol sulphates and/or fatty alcohol polyglycol ether sulphates,(C) an anionic polymer,(D) an alkyl oligoglycosides,(E) a cationic surfactant or polymers,(F) an electrolytic salt, and(G) water.These emulsions have a cosmetically elegant appearance and are suitable for example for producing two-in-one shower baths.

Abstract: A skin-moisture-regulating composition for cosmetic or dermatological preparations, the composition containing succinic acid derivatives corresponding to formula I:R.sup.1 O(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.x CO--CHR.sup.2 --CHR.sup.3 --CO(OC.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.y OR.sup.4 (I)wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, mono-or dihydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl group containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms, one of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is hydrogen and the other is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing 12 to 22 carbon atoms, n=2 or 3, x and y are average degrees of alkoxylation and have values of 0 to 20 and 1 to 20, respectively, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or a group R.sup.1 O--(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.x --CO--CHR.sup.2 --CHR.sup.3 --CO--, or an alkyl, alkenyl, mono- or dihydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl group containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Process for the production of aqueous storable nonionic surfactants in which crystallization moderators selected from the group consisting ofa) alkyl glycosides based on short-chain primary alcohols,b) alkyl glycosides based on Guerget alcohols,c) glycosides based on polyols,d) short-chain primary alcohols,e) fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers,f) polyethylene glycols,g) glucose andh) iron(III) ionsare added to aqueous preparations containing alkyl and/or alkenyl glycosides corresponding to formula (I):R.sup.1 O--(G).sub.P (I)in which R.sup.1 is a linear alkyl and/or alkenyl radical containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms, G is a sugar unit containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms and p is a number from 1 to 10.

Abstract: Hair treatment compositions containing (a) an alkyl polyglycoside of the formula IR.sup.1 O--[G].sub.p (I)wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, G is a sugar unit having 5 or 6 carbon atoms and p is a number from 1 to 10; (b) a protein hydrolyzate having an average molecular weight in the range from 500 to 10,000 and, (c) a monomeric cationic surfactant provide hair with hold, body, stylability, strength and bounce.

Abstract: This invention relates to storage oil-in-water emulsions, hereinafter referred to as 0/w emulsions, containing alkyl glucosides and a partial glyceride with a monoglyceride content of 60-95% by weight and to emulsifier concentrates containing alkyl glucosides, a partial glyceride with a monoglyceride content of 60 to 95% by weight and a long-chain alcohol.

Abstract: Oral hygiene and dental care compositions which contain an alkyl ether sulfate mixture corresponding to formula IR.sup.1 --O--(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.x --SO.sub.3 M (I)in which R.sup.1 is a linear alkyl group containing 12 to 18 carbon atoms, M is an alkali metal or magnesium ion, and x has an average value of 2 to 10, and wherein at least 50% by weight of the mixture consists of homologs with x-1 to x+1 glycol ether groups, and the content of alkyl sulfates in which x=0 is below 10% by weight.The invention also relates to dry powders containing the above alkyl ether sulfate mixture.

Abstract: Free flowing aqueous dispersions of non water soluble paraffin hydrocarbons and fats that melt at 30.degree. to 100.degree. C., the dispersions containing up to 60 weight percent of these substances, are produced by using as dispersant up to 1 weight percent of non-ionic surface active ethylene oxide addition products with an HLB value between 12 and 19.6. Preferred dispersions contain 30 to 50 weight percent of fatty alcohols, and, as a dispersant, the products of addition of 20 to 100 moles of ethylene oxide to a fatty alcohol with 16 to 22 carbon atoms, the amount of dispersant being 0.1 to 0.5 weight percent relative to the whole dispersion.

Abstract: Adducts of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide with saturated and/or unsaturated C.sub.8-22 fatty alcohols having an average degree of alkoxylation n of 1 to 10, and more especially 1 to 6, are particularly suitable as thickeners for aqueous surfactant solutions when the adducts have a narrow homolog distribution compared with the products obtained by standard methods.

Abstract: Nitrogen-free thickeners in aqueous surfactant solutions comprising polyethoxylates of mono- and/or polyunsaturated C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 fatty alcohols having an average degree of ethoxylation of 2 to 5, which also contain 1 to 2 terminal propylene oxide groups attached by condensation instead of the corresponding number of ethylene oxide groups. The products may also be used in admixture with dissolved inorganic electroltye salts and with polyethoxylates of saturated fatty alcohols. These surfactant solutions are useful in the formulation of personal hygiene preparations such as hair shampoos, foam baths, shower baths, handwashing pastes and the like.

Abstract: An evaporation inhibitor, having particular use with spray mixtures of agricultural chemicals applied by the low-volume method, in the form of a paraffin-containing aqueous dispersion or a self-emulsifying solution in an organic solvent, and having the following composition:______________________________________ from 15 to 40% by weight of paraffin waxes or a wax mixture containing paraffin waxes having a dropping point of from 35 to 80.degree. C., from 4 to 20% by weight of nonionic and/or anionic emulsifiers, from 35 to 81% by weight of water and/or an organic solvent which is one or more of a hydrocarbon, an ester and a ketone, which have boiling points of from 70 to 280.degree. C., and from 0 to 5.5% by weight of other auxiliaries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pumpable cationic fatty alcohol dispersion having a high content of dispersed fatty alcohol and a low content of cationic dispersant, characterized in that it contains:(A) from more than 10 to about 25.0% by weight of a linear or branched, primary, saturated C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty alcohol;(B) from about 0.01 to about 1% by weight of a cationic surface-active compound containing a quaternary ammonium, pyridinium or imidazolinium group and a linear C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 alkyl or 2-hydroxyalkyl group; and(C) water quantity sufficient to adjust to 100% by weight.It has surprisingly been found that the fatty alcohol dispersions according to the invention can be stabilized with very small quantities of the cationic surface-active compound and that, despite high fatty alcohol contents, a low viscosity and hence good pumpability of the dispersion can be obtained, particularly with low contents of cationic dispersant.

Abstract: Substantially water-insoluble silicic acid esters corresponding to the following general formula ##STR1## are used to foam inhibitors in foaming systems. In the above formula, X and Y represent the group --OR or a methyl group, R represents a polypropylene glycol ether group and, optionally, a polyethylene glycol ether group which may be substituted by alkoxyl, amino-alkyl, acyl, acylamino, dialkoxyl and oxyaminoalkyl groups containing from 4 to 24 carbon atoms. The total number of glycol ether groups amounts to between 1 and 100, the number of polypropylene glycol ether groups preferably being at least equal to or larger than the number of ethylene glycol ether groups.

Abstract: Process for the selective separation of kaolinite and feldspar by flotation in aqueous pulp, wherein flotation is carried out at the pH-value of the pulp which is naturally obtained during suspension of the mixture of minerals in water using water-soluble salts with trivalent metal ions as activators and depressors, in the presence of cationic and/or anionic surfactants as collectors, and optionally in the presence of other standard flotation aids.

Abstract: Process for the selective separation of kaolinite and feldspar by flotation in aqueous pulp, wherein flotation is carried out at the pH-value of the pulp which is naturally obtained during suspension of the mixture of minerals in water using water-soluble salts with trivalent metal ions as activators and depressors, in the presence of cationic and/or anionic surfactants as collectors, and optionally in the presence of other standard flotation aids.

Abstract: The invention relates to adducts of phosphinic acid with maleic acid semiesters and salts thereof corresponding to the following general formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a methyl group,R.sup.2 is a linear or branched, optionally hydroxyl substituted C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkyl or cycloalkyl group or an aryl group corresponding to the formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be the same or different and are hydrogen or a linear or branched unsubstituted C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 alkyl group,M is H, Na, K or NH.sub.4,m is an integer of from 1 to 8, andn is 1 or 2.The invention also relates to a process for production of the adducts and to their use for the flotation of non-sulfidic minerals.

Abstract: Organopolysiloxanes of the formula:(CH.sub.3).sub.3 Si--(OSiCH.sub.3 R.sup.1).sub.a --(OSiCH.sub.3 R.sup.2).sub.b --OSi(CH.sub.3).sub.3wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 alkyl group and R.sup.2 is the group--(CH.sub.2).sub.d COO (CH.sub.2 CHZ--O).sub.e --R.sup.3 ; and wherein R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, Z is hydrogen or methyl, a is the whole number 28 to 36, b is the whole number 5 to 12, d is the whole number 8 to 12, and e is the whole number 1 to 24. These organopolysiloxanes are useful as antifoaming agents and are especially useful in aqueous paint compositions.

Abstract: Flotation aids and a process for the flotation of non-sulfidic minerals. The flotation aids have the formula ##STR1## wherein R repesents an aliphatic, cyclic, or alicyclic C.sub.7 -C.sub.23 radical, optionally substituted with one or more hydroxyl, sulfhydryl, carbonyl, ether, or thioether groups; X.sup.n+ is hydrogen or a water-solubilizing, salt-forming cation; and n is the valence of X. The invention also relates to ore suspensions and mineral concentrates in association with the above flotation aids.

Abstract: A process for the production of a mixed formal of polyglycol ethers having formulae selected from the group consisting of ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a straight or branched chain alkyl having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and straight or branched chain alkyl having from 1 to 17 carbon atoms, where the sum of the carbon atoms in R.sup.1 plus R.sup.2 is from 6 to 18, R.sup.3 is a member selected from the group consisting of monoalkylphenyl having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, dialkylphenyl having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, trialkylphenyl having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, a straight or branched chain alkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, a straight or branched chain alkenyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and a radical having the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the above assigned values, and R.sup.

Abstract: This invention relates to a foam inhibiting composition comprising:(a) from about 3 to 10 percent by weight of a polysiloxane-polyether block polymer of the formula ##STR1## wherein m is 0 or 1, n is a number of from 0 to 2, x is a number of from 20 to 100, and y is a number of from 5 to 30;(b) from about 65 to 85 percent by weight of a water-immisible oily substance selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, fatty oils, and fatty alcohols;(c) from about 5 to 30 percent by weight of at least one additional substance with a foam-inhibiting effect selected from the group consisting of polypropylene glycol-polyethylene glycol block polymers with a molecular weight of from about 1000 to 4000, their monoesters or diesters with fatty acids and hydroxy-fatty acids containing from 18 to 24 carbon atoms, and the monoesters and diesters of said fatty acids and hydroxy-fatty acids with hydroxystearyl alcohol;(d) from about 1 to 6 percent by weight of at least one emulsifying agent selected from the group consis

Abstract: An alkaline washing composition comprised of strongly alkaline reacting inorganic salts, optionally wetting agents and a defoaming effective amount of at least one mixed formal of an alkylpolyglycol ether having the formula:R.sub.1 --O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m --CH.sub.2 --(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.n --O--R.sub.2wherein R.sub.1 is a straight or branched chain alkyl or alkenyl with from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is a straight or branched chain alkyl with from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, m is a number from 2 to 30 and n is a number from 1 to 3; as well as the improvement in the process of washing rigid solid articles comprising contacting the soiled rigid solid articles with a strongly alkaline washing solution containing a defoaming effective amount of a defoaming agent, rinsing said rigid solid articles and recovering cleaned rigid solid articles, the improvement consisting of using said mixed formal as said defoaming agent.