Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment preparation containing an ionic alkoxylated styrene-phenol condensate or a mixture thereof with a hydroxy-terminated alkoxylated styrene-phenol condensate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pigment preparations containing(a) at least one pigment having an average primary particle size of 0.1 to 50 nm selected from the group consisting of carbides, nitrides, borides, and silicides of the elements Ti, Zr, Hf, Si, Ge, and Sn,(b) at least one dispersant having a weight average molecular weight (M.sub.w) greater than 1000, and(c) water.The invention further relates to the use of such pigment preparations in inks for ink-jet printing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for ink-jet printing with a printing ink containing a pigment preparation containing(a) water(b) a dispersing agent, and(c) at least one pigment consisting of a barbituric acid substituted by radicals containing methine or azo groups or a derivative thereof, preferably present as a salt or a complex, a solid solution, an inclusion compound, or an intercalation compound.

Abstract: Pigment preparations comprisinga) 0.1 to 70% by weight of pigment,b) 10 to 99% by weight of water, each based on the preparation,c) 0.1 to 100 % by weight, based on pigment used as component a), of a water-soluble polyisocyanate addition product, said polyisocyanate addition product having hydrophilic polyether chains and an isocyanate group content of not more than 1.0% by weight, containing 30 to 95% by weight of ethylene oxide units (molecular weight=44 g/mol) arranged within polyether chains and incorporated via monofunctional alcohols B), having an ionic group content of 0 to 200 milliequivalents/100 g of polyisocyanate addition product, and having been prepared by reaction of component A to E, the meaning of which is specified in the descriptive part,are highly useful as printing inks for inkjet printing.

Abstract: This invention relates to pigment preparations containing(a) a pigment,(b) a monohydroxy ether, a polyether polyol, and/or a polyester polyol,(c) a polyisocyanate addition product having an NCO content of <1.0 wt. % and 30 to 95 wt. % of ethylene oxide units arranged within polyether chains and derived from monofunctional alcohols (B) that is prepared at an NCO index of 100 to 600 by reacting(A) a polyisocyanate component having an (average) NCO functionality of 1.7 to 6 and an NCO content of 5 to 65 wt. % with(B) 5 to 100 equivalent %, based on (A), of monohydric poly-ether alcohols having a molecular weight of 150 to 10,000 and an ethylene oxide unit content of 40 to 99.5 wt. %,(C) 0 to 20 equivalent %, based on (A), of a monofunctional isocyanate-reactive compound other than monohydric alcohol (B),(D) 0 to 50 equivalent %, based on (A), of an isocyanate-reactive tertiary amine compound, and(E) 0 to 20 equivalent %, based on (A), of a formative component containing at least two NCO-reactive groups.

Abstract: Aqueous pigment preparations comprisinga) 10 to 80% by weight, in particular 20 to 60% by weight, of a pigment,b) 0.1 to 20% by weight, in particular 0.1 to 15% by weight, of an oxyalkylation product which is obtained by addition of optionally substituted styrenes onto optionally substituted phenols and reaction with ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide,c) 2 to 30% by weight of a polyether-polyol having a boiling point under normal pressure of greater than 150.degree. C. andd) if appropriate further additives, and water as the remainder,which are particularly suitable for pigmenting naturally occurring and synthetic materials, such as emulsion paints, emulsion coatings and emulsion printing inks, have been found.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing finely divided dispersions of solids having an average particle size of 0.01 to 20 .mu.m by the comminution of coarse particulate dispersions in a hole- or slit-type nozzle 4 having a specific bore length to diameter ratio at a pressure difference greater than 5 bar between the nozzle inlet and the nozzle outlet. The invention also relates to an apparatus for producing the finely divided dispersion.

Abstract: In the process for the preparation of microcapsule dispersions by an interface polyaddition process in which an oil-in-water emulsion is prepared from an oily phase, which comprises the substance to be encapsulated and a lipophilic substance capable of polyaddition, and on aqueous phase, and the reaction partner required for the polyaddition is then added to the aqueous phase, capsules with smaller particle sizes are obtained, with a saving in emulsifying energy, if an oil-soluble emulsifier is added to the oily phase before the emulsification.

Abstract: The invention relates to new, free-flowing polyamide molding compounds and blends, characterized in that they are prepared by mixing of polyamides known per se in the melt with low molecular weight, liquid-crystalline esters and/or ester amides corresponding to formula (I) and/or liquid-crystalline, oligomeric esters and/or ester amides corresponding to formula (II) and, optionally, other additives, at least one polymeric blending component being used as a further additive in the case of polyamide blends, and to the use of these liquid-crystalline (LC) additives I and/or II as flow promoters in polyamide molding compounds and blends and to a process for the production of the new polyamide molding compounds and blends. The invention also relates to the new oligomeric esters and/or ester amides corresponding to formula (II).

Abstract: The streams of melt issuing from the melt outlet apertures (18) at the bottom of a melting crucible (14) are broken up into fibers in a drawing nozzle by means of a blast medium directed substantially parallel to the streams of melt. The blast medium is produced by a pressure gradient in the drawing nozzle and sucked in at the drawing nozzle inlet (7). In the drawing nozzle (16), the flow velocity is reduced in a downstream diffuser after the drawing process. The blast medium is supplied in the form of a hot gas between the underside of the crucible and the top edge (15) of the drawing nozzle from opposite broadsides of the melt distributor (14) in excess to the total quantity of gas stream sucked in at the drawing nozzle inlet (7). The hot gas consists of a mixture of combustion gases and air and is at a temperature from 600.degree. C. to 1500.degree. C., preferably from 800.degree. C. to 1400.degree. C.