Abstract: Use of sophorolipids as adjuvants in combination with pesticides as tank mix additive and/or as formulation additive for crop protection and for the industrial non-crop sector.

Abstract: Use of sophorolipids as adjuvants in combination with pesticides as tank mix additive and/or as formulation additive for crop protection and for the industrial non-crop sector.

Abstract: Nanoemulsions and processes for their preparation, and their use as formulations of plant protection products and/or pesticides and/or cosmetic preparations.

Abstract: The use of hydrolysates of glutamine-rich proteins for use as air entraining agents in building material compounds.

Abstract: Use of organomodified polysiloxanes which have at least three different polyether radicals, at least two of these polyether radicals differing by at least 9% by mass in the proportion of ethylene oxide units therein in the total weight of the polyether radical, as a release agent or release agent constituent in melt granulation.

Abstract: The use of hydrolysates of glutamine-rich proteins for use as air entraining agents in building material compounds.

Abstract: Use of organomodified polysiloxanes which have at least three different polyether radicals, at least two of these polyether radicals differing by at least 9% by mass in the proportion of ethylene oxide units therein in the total weight of the polyether radical, as a release agent or release agent constituent in melt granulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a mixture that is dispersible, redispersible, or soluble in water, or an aqueous composition for protecting substrates from corrosion, wherein the mixture, or the composition, is based on at least one organic polymer that is soluble in water and at least one organosilicon compound. The invention further relates to a mixture that is dispersible, redispersible, or soluble in water, based on at least one organic polymer that is soluble in water and at least one organosilicon compound having at least one Si—O—Si bond and/or at least one Si—Si bond, wherein either the content of the organic polymer soluble in water, based on the sum of the organic polymer soluble in water and of the organosilicon compound, is between about 40 and about 80 wt.-%, or the organosilicon compound is an oligomer mixture of alkyl alkoxy siloxanes, wherein the oligomer mixture contains 50 to 100 wt.-% of alkyl alkoxy siloxanes, and the same have a degree of oligomerization of 2 to 20.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for imparting water repellency to porous mineral substrates and for producing a water repellency effect on the surface of the substrate and to a process for the preparation of such a composition, said composition being based on at least one silane oligomer, at least one hydrolysis or condensation catalyst, at least one fluorine-containing polymer, optionally water and/or at least one organic solvent, optionally at least one emulsifier and optionally further auxiliaries.

Abstract: Use of sophorolipids as adjuvants in combination with pesticides as tank mix additive and/or as formulation additive for crop protection and for the industrial non-crop sector.

Abstract: Use of special non-foaming alkoxylated alcohols alone or their mixture with polysiloxanes as tank mixture additive for crop protection composition formulations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for imparting water repellency to porous mineral substrates and for producing a water repellency effect on the surface of the substrate and to a process for the preparation of such a composition, said composition being based on at least one silane oligomer, at least one hydrolysis or condensation catalyst, at least one fluorine-containing polymer, optionally water and/or at least one organic solvent, optionally at least one emulsifier and optionally further auxiliaries.

Abstract: Compositions comprising reaction products of alkylamidoamines, alkylaminoimidazolines and free amine and also processes for their preparation and their use as solvents in agrochemical formulations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a mixture that is dispersible, redispersible, or soluble in water, or an aqueous composition for protecting substrates from corrosion, wherein the mixture, or the composition, is based on at least one organic polymer that is soluble in water and at least one organosilicon compound. The invention further relates to a mixture that is dispersible, redispersible, or soluble in water, based on at least one organic polymer that is soluble in water and at least one organosilicon compound having at least one Si—O—Si bond and/or at least one Si—Si bond, wherein either the content of the organic polymer soluble in water, based on the sum of the organic polymer soluble in water and of the organosilicon compound, is between about 40 and about 80 wt.-%, or the organosilicon compound is an oligomer mixture of alkyl alkoxy siloxanes, wherein the oligomer mixture contains 50 to 100 wt.-% of alkyl alkoxy siloxanes, and the same have a degree of oligomerization of 2 to 20.

Abstract: Use of special non-foaming alkoxylated alcohols alone or their mixture with polysiloxanes as tank mixture additive for crop protection composition formulations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a special coating composition based on components a) at least one hydrolyzable fluoroalkylsilane of the formula (I) CF3(CF2)n(CH2)2Si(CH3)yX3-y (I), in which X is a group from the series chlorine, methoxy, ethoxy, isopropoxy, and n-propoxy and n is a number from the series 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and y is 0 or 1, b) HC1, c) water, d) isopropanol, and e) dodecane, and on a silane component (a): water molar ratio of 1:4.5 to 1:9. The invention further relates to a process for preparing such a composition and also to its use for providing smooth, inorganic substrate surfaces with an abrasion-resistant and weathering-stable easy-to-clean coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a special coating composition based on components a) at least one hydrolysable fluoroalkylsilane of the formula (I) CF3(CF2)n(CH2)2Si(CH3)yX3-y, in which X is a group from the series chlorine, methoxy, ethoxy, isopropoxy, and n-propoxy and n is a number from the series 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and y is 0 or 1, b) HCl, c) water, d) isopropanol, and e) at least one further solvent and/or diluent from the series of the alcohols, glycols, glycol ethers, ethers, esters, ketones, and aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, wherein the silane component (a):water molar ratio of 1:4.5 to 1:9. The invention further relates to a process for preparing such a composition and also to its use for providing smooth, inorganic substrate surfaces with an abrasion-resistant and weathering-stable easy-to-clean coating.

Abstract: Nanoemulsions and processes for their preparation, and their use as formulations of plant protection products and/or pesticides and/or cosmetic preparations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a special coating composition based on components a) at least one hydrolyzable fluoroalkylsilane of the formula (I) CF3(CF2)n(CH2)2Si(CH3)yX3-y (I), in which X is a group from the series chlorine, methoxy, ethoxy, isopropoxy, and n-propoxy and n is a number from the series 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and y is 0 or 1, b) HCl, c) water, d) isopropanol, and e) dodecane, and on a silane component (a): water molar ratio of 1:4.5 to 1:9. The invention further relates to a process for preparing such a composition and also to its use for providing smooth, inorganic substrate surfaces with an abrasion-resistant and weathering-stable easy-to-clean coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which comprises (i) at least one block condensate of organofunctional siloxanes of the general formula (I) [F]e[QcPb]d (I) and/or (ii) at least one mixture composed of e[F] and d(c[Q]+b[P]) and, where appropriate d[QcPb]. These compositions or block condensates are obtainable via reaction of block units F with block units Q, P, and/or QP, by one of the following methods:—c1) diluting block unit F optionally with an alcohol, adding an organic or inorganic acid and from 0.5 to 150 mol of water per mole of Si of the siloxane used, whereupon at least partial hydrolysis of the block units used takes place, then adding block unit Q and block unit P, and allowing the mixture to react, or—c2) diluting block unit F optionally with an alcohol, mixing with Q, P, and/or block unit QP, then adding an organic or inorganic acid and, using from 0.