Abstract: A composition for reducing undesirable odors emitted by hydrocarbonaceous materials is provided. The composition contains at least one aldehyde-containing compound and, optionally, one or more ketone-containing compound and/or a carrier. The composition is free of ester-containing compounds. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the composition contains one or more aldehyde-containing compounds and a liquid carrier. The aldehyde-containing compound(s) has a molecular weight greater than 100 daltons and may be chosen from vanillin or cinnamaldehyde. The ketone-containing compound(s) has a molecular weight greater than 100 daltons, and in exemplary embodiments, from about 120 to about 1,000 daltons. Undesirable odors from hot asphalt are reduced by the composition without adversely affecting the physical and performance properties of the asphalt or decreasing the flash point of the asphalt.

Abstract: Pigment particles are treated with an epoxy compound having a general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each, independently, hydrogen, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or R2 and R4 may be taken together to form a 5-7 membered ring, and R6 is hydrogen, —OOCR7, —OR8, —OOC—CR9?CR10R11, monoepoxy or polyepoxy group containing diphenyl, phenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or cycloalkyl, or monoepoxy or polyepoxy group containing a polyether group, R7, R8, R10 and R11 are each, independently, hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, and substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, and R9 is hydrogen, or alkyl, with the proviso that the epoxy compound has no silicon-containing group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coarse calcined kaolin slurries having a high solids content. The invention also relates to methods of making such slurries. The resulting slurries can have a solids content of at least about 58% by weight wherein at least about 40% by weight of the calcined kaolin particles has a particle size of at least about 1 ?m. The slurries can be stabilized where the solids show little settling from suspension. The slurries have many uses, including fillers or extenders in paint and coating compositions for paper or paper board. More generally, the inventive products may be used wherever calcined kaolins are used. The present invention also related to coarse calcined kaolin slurries having a multimodal particle size distribution and a high solids content.

Abstract: Processes for altering surface properties of pigment particles are provided. The processes include coating the particles with ionic natural polysaccharides or ionic derivatives of natural polysaccharides, providing enhanced properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a colorant derived from Ipomoea Batatas that is completely free of an odor originating from Ipomoea Batatas, or in which the odor has been significantly reduced, and a colorant formulation containing the colorant. The present invention also provides a method for producing the odorless or low-odor colorant derived from Ipomoea Batatas. The colorant of the invention derived from Ipomoea Batatas can be prepared by subjecting an adsorption-treated product of an Ipomoea Batatas colorant extract to at least one treatment selected from adsorption, ion exchange, acid treatment, enzyme treatment, and membrane separation, so that the concentration of the aroma components contained therein is 150 ppm or less when the color value is E(10%/1 cm)=160.

Abstract: The present invention relates to UV-stabilised particles which are distinguished by the fact that they reflect or absorb light having wavelengths of from 290 to 500 nm. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the production of the particles according to the invention and to the use thereof in surface coatings, water-borne coatings, powder coatings, paints, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, concrete, in cosmetic formulations, in agricultural sheeting and tent awnings, for the laser marking of papers and plastics, as light protection, and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to surface-modified effect pigments based on flake-form substrates which are distinguished by the fact that they are sheathed with one or more layers of immobilized LCST and/or UCST polymers. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the production of the surface-modified effect pigments and to the use thereof in surface coatings, water-borne coatings, powder coatings, paints, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, concrete, in cosmetic formulations, in agricultural sheeting and tarpaulins, for the laser marking of papers and plastics, as light protection, as pigment for corrosion protection and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: Hydroxyalkyl-functionalized particles are prepared by reacting a cyclic siloxy compound containing a glycol residue, an oxygen of the glycol residue bonded to silicon of a siloxy group through an intermediary methylene or substituted methylene linking group.

Abstract: The present invention is related to treated filler and processes for producing said treated filler. Untreated filler slurry can be treated with a treating material and, optionally, a coupling material and then subjected to conventional drying method(s), to produce the treated filler of the invention. Treated filler has a wide variety of applications including but not limited to battery separators and rubber compositions such as tires.

Abstract: An aqueous pigment dispersion is produced by ultrafinely dispersing a pigment dispersion mixture, which has been obtained by mixing at least a pigment and a dispersant in an aqueous medium, with microbeads having diameters of not smaller than 0.02 mm but smaller than 0.2 mm. A color composition for a color filter is produced by dispersing a mixture of a pigment, a dispersant, a resin varnish and a solvent with the microbeads in a mill.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a highly concentrated pigment comprising from 75 to 95% by weight, preferably from 78 to 95% by weight, most preferred from 80 to 95% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a pigment; from 0 to 20% by weight, preferably from 5 to 18% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a resin; the total of pigment and resin being from 85 to 98% by weight of the composition; and from 1 to 15% by weight, preferably from 2 to 15% by weight, most preferably from 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a C10-C18 alcohol, a liquid hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than 80° C. at 105 Pa, or both a C10-C18 alcohol and a liquid hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than 80° C. at 105 Pa. Also claimed are a process for its manufacture, comprising dry-milling, blending and kneading the components, and the use of the pigment concentrates for the preparation of a masterbatch, ink, coating, plastic material, toner or colour filter.

Abstract: A method for receiving animal waste from animal confinements or other concentrated animal waste sources and for converting the waste into a complex hydrocarbon is described. The waste contains both liquids and solids. The method includes separating the liquids and solids into separate waste streams, controlling an amount of moisture in the solids waste stream such that the amount of moisture in the solid waste stream is compatible with a selected energy conversion process, and feeding the moisture controlled solid waste into the energy conversion process. The complex hydrocarbon may be suitable for use as a substitute or additive to petroleum-based asphalt binder.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to polymer-encapsulated pigments and methods of making the same. The method includes providing an emulsion including water and a discontinuous coating phase having a copolymer dissolved in a monomer mix; providing a pigment dispersion including water, surfactant, and pigments dispersed therein; mixing the emulsion with the pigment dispersion under high shear conditions such that the coating phase is deposited on the pigments, thereby forming polymer and monomer coated pigments; and polymerizing the monomers at the surface of the polymer and monomer coated pigments to form polymer-encapsulated pigments dispersed in a fluid medium.

Abstract: A composition for ferroelectric thin film formation, comprising at least a colloidal solution containing metals serving as materials constituting a ferroelectric thin film, the colloidal solution having an average colloidal particle diameter of 1 to 100 nm, and obtaining a particle size distribution having two or more peaks; a ferroelectric thin film formed from the composition for ferroelectric thin film formation, and a liquid-jet head equipped with a piezoelectric element having the ferroelectric thin film.

Abstract: Various modified pigment products are described which are preferably capable of being dispersed in a variety of materials such as coatings, inks, toners, films, plastics, polymers, elastomers, and the like. The modified pigments are pigments having attached a) at least one steric group and b) at least one organic ionic group and at least one amphiphilic counterion, wherein the amphiphilic counterion has a charge opposite to that of the organic ionic group. In addition, inks, coatings, toners, films, plastics, polymers, elastomers, and the like containing the modified pigment products of the present invention are described. Methods of making the modified pigment products are also described.

Abstract: A process for producing nanoparticles incorporating ions selected from groups 13, 16, and 11 or 12 of the periodic table, and materials produced by the process. In an embodiment, the process includes effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition comprising group 13, 16, and 11 or 12 ions to the material of the nanoparticles in the presence of a selenol compound. Other embodiments include a process for fabricating a thin film including nanoparticles incorporating ions selected from groups 13, 16, and 11 or 12 of the periodic table as well as a process for producing a printable ink formulation including the nanoparticles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel monodisperse particles, which comprise at least one broad spectrum absorber contrast agent and/or at least one precursor of a broad spectrum absorber contrast agent, which is encapsulated in the monodisperse particle, novel colourant compositions, to uses thereof in colouring a substrate and to substrates that are coloured (at least in part) using the colourant compositions.

Abstract: A composition, such as a pigment dispersion or coating composition, includes a pigment and a wetting additive. The wetting additive includes a first agent and a second agent. The first agent has the following formula: X(AO)mH wherein X is a C6 to C16 branched chain, A is an alkylene group selected from the group of ethylene groups, propylene groups, butylene groups, and combinations thereof, and m is from about 3 to about 20. The second agent is different from the first agent and has the following formula: Y(A?O)nH wherein Y is a C6 to C16 linear chain, A? is an alkylene group selected from the group of ethylene groups, propylene groups, butylene groups, and combinations thereof, and n is at least about 3. The second agent has a triblock (A?O)p(EO)q(A?O)r configuration in the portion represented by (A?O)n, wherein A? is selected from the group of propylene groups, butylene groups, and combinations thereof and wherein p, q, and r are each independently at least 1.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an aqueous based resin coating and paint composition comprising as essential ingredients, a colorant, a polyvinyl acetate polymer/acrylic polymer emulsion blend primary binder, a polyvinyl-based film forming resin secondary binder, such as polyvinyl alcohol, and water with sufficient amount of a surface active agent to form a stable suspension. The coating or paint composition is applied onto an elastomeric or polyvinyl chloride surface until the coating can be thermally treated or evaporated to incorporate the coating into the elastomeric or polyvinyl chloride surface as a permanent color. The invention also comprises a method for the preparation of the aqueous-base coating composition in which the essential components are prepared as aqueous dispersions or emulsions which are blended together to form the final coating or paint composition.

Abstract: A method is provided for pigment dispersion. The method includes preparing a solution in which the pigment is dissolved in an organic acid, preparing a reaction liquid capable of decreasing the solubility of the pigment in the solution, and mixing the solution and the reaction liquid in the presence of an additive represented by a General Formula (1) below, CmH2m+1(OCH2CH2)nOH ??(1) wherein m is an integer higher than 14 and lower than 18, and n is an integer equal to or higher than 15 and equal to or lower than 25.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous pigment preparation comprising (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) dispersants and/or surfactants, (C) a trihydric or higher polyhydric alkoxylated alcohol, (D) a polyglycol alkyl ether, (E) if desired, hydrotropic oligomers and/or polymers, (F) if desired, fats, oils or fatty acids, (G) if desired, further additives typical in the preparation of aqueous pigment dispersions, and (H) water.

Abstract: A coating composition, a method for producing the coating composition, a coating film and magnetic recording medium are described. The coating composition comprises a binder, a solvent, and an ?-alumina powder, wherein the ?-alumina powder satisfies the following (a) and (b): (a) when the ?-alumina powder is pressed to obtain a green body and the green body is sintered at 1250° C. under the atmospheric pressure, a relative density of the obtained sintered body is about 80% or more, and (b) a BET specific surface area of the ?-alumina powder is about 10 m2/g or more.

Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting pigment includes nanoscale reservoirs (nanoreservoirs) of corrosion inhibitor for active corrosion protection of metallic products and structures, wherein the nanoreservoirs include a polymer or polyelectrolyte shell which is sensitive to a specific trigger and capable of releasing the inhibitor after action of the trigger. An anti-corrosive coating with self-healing properties includes the pigment, methods for preparing the pigment, in particular by layer-by-layer deposition, as well as methods of use of the pigment.

Abstract: Milling approaches provide for the efficient formation of composite particles having an inorganic nanoparticle core with an organic coating composition. The nanoparticles can additionally function as a milling media or distinct milling particles can be used and later separated from the product composite particles. In general, the milling is performed in the presence of a dispersing agent that facilitates dispersing of the composite particles in a carrier liquid. The processes described herein can be effectively used in the formation of composite particles comprising organic pigments. Similarly, the composite particles can be formed with other organic compounds, such as organic pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: A method of producing organic particles, which contains dissolving an organic material into a good solvent to form a solution, and mixing the solution with a poor solvent for the organic material, in which the poor solvent is compatible with the good solvent, to form particles of the organic material in a liquid mixture, in which at least one selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant having 14 or more carbon atoms (dispersing agent A) and a specific compound having an azo group (dispersing agent B) is contained in the liquid mixture in which the organic particles are formed.

Abstract: Two or more solutions comprising an organic pigment solution in which an organic pigment is dissolved in a good solvent, and a poor solvent compatible with the good solvent, or a solution of the poor solvent are allowed to flow through a microchannel in a non-laminar state; and organic pigment fine particles are deposited from the organic pigment solution in a course of flowing through the microchannel by changing the solubility of the organic pigment solution with the poor solvent or the solution of the poor solvent. As a result, nanometer-scale monodisperse organic pigment fine particles can be produced in a stable manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a black pigment/auxiliary combination having an improved relative colour strength of greater than or equal to 110%, the preparation thereof and the use thereof.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment of a coating for a projection screen for displaying an image projected as a combination of primary colors, said coating comprises one or more primary pigments, each of said primary pigments corresponding to at least one of said primary colors. In at least one embodiment of a projection screen for displaying an image projected as a combination of primary colors, said projection screen includes a coating for displaying said projected image and a substrate for receiving said coating, wherein said coating comprises one or more primary pigments corresponding to one of said primary colors, one or more reflective pigments, and a transparent medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to pigmented tinting concentrates comprising a) stabilized pigments; b) humectant compounds obtainable by effecting a Diels Alder reaction at a temperature of 150-260° C. between a polyunsaturated compound and a co-reactant having the formula R1XOC—CH?CH—COXR2 or CH2?CH—COXR3 or CH2?CH(CH3)—COXR3 wherein X is oxygen or —NH— and wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is a polyether moiety and any other of R1 and R2 is a polyether moiety or hydrogen and R3 is a polyether moiety.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tinted optical lenses and to methods of manufacturing tinted optical lens. This invention relates to a method for tinting optical lenses using an ink receptor film. The method of the invention allows a good transfer of the color to the substrate which represents the support of lens, a good final coloration of the substrate with good color homogeneity. The invention relate also to a method of tinting optical lenses, using the said ink receptor film which is applied onto a primer layer coating the substrate of the lens. The ink receptor material comprises an inorganic filler and an water-based emulsion. Preferably the ink receptor material also comprises a water-soluble polymer, a modified cationic polymer and a carrier able to accelerate the absorption of the ink into the substrate.

Abstract: A fire retardant material comprising both ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and melamine-based particles retained in a base material. The material may be applied to a textile article or incorporated into an article during formation thereof.

Abstract: Pigment mixtures which have at least two components, where component A comprises effect pigments based on glass flakes and component B comprises flake-form, needle-shaped, spherical or crystalline colorants or fillers, and to the use thereof, in particular in cosmetic formulations and for the coloring or as a coating of products in the foods and pharmaceuticals sector are described.

Abstract: Solid, low dust pigment compositions are formed i by mixing pigments with certain polymer stabilizers under conditions wherein the stabilizers are in a liquefied state. The pigment compositions are easily handled and have a high color yield when incorporated into polymer substrates. In many cases, the color development attained is not readily achievable using pigment compositions comprising conventional carriers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition and process of manufacture of a stir-in form of pigment with increased dispersing and color properties. Pigment is slurried with acetylenic dispersing agents, wet-milled to a particular particle size, and then dried to powder or granulate form. Also disclosed is a process for producing a pigmented paint composition from the stir-in pigment.

Abstract: A 9-cyano-substituted perylene-3,4-dicarboxylic monoimide I where the variables are defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to passivated pigment suspensions, methods of forming passivated pigment suspensions, and ink sets based thereupon. The coated pigment suspension can comprise a liquid vehicle and a passivated pigment suspended in the liquid vehicle. The coated pigment can include a pigment core, on which is deposited a passivation layer comprising a polymer precursor synthesized while separate from the pigment. A polymer encapsulation layer may be attached to or deposited on the passivation layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pigment granules and to a process for the preparation thereof and their use.

Abstract: A process for producing dichlorodiketopyrrolopyrrole pigment of the ? modification, which comprises wet milling crude dichlorodiketopyrrolopyrrole pigment wherein an ? modification and a ? modification coexist in the presence of a milling agent and a wetting agent, dichlorodiketopyrrolopyrrole pigment of the ? modification obtained the process and a color composition which contains the pigment and a pigment carrier.

Abstract: A mixed crystal of C.I. Pigment Red 170 and one or more of the compounds of the formula (1) wherein X has the definition F, Cl, Br, methyl or nitro. The novel mixed crystals have better light-fastness and weather resistance than unsubstituted C.I. Pigment Red 170.

Abstract: The invention relates in particular to an aqueous pigment suspension comprising at least one polymer of the type polycarboxylate grafted by alkylene polyoxide chains. It relates in addition to the use thereof especially in the coloring of hydraulic set materials.

Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink that includes a colorant and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the colorant is a pigment complex of a pigment, a dispersant and an amine compound, the amine compound is a diamine and/or triamine comprising two or more primary and/or secondary amino groups within each molecule, and the dispersant comprises two or more reactive functional groups within each molecule that exhibit reactivity with the amino groups of the amine compound.

Abstract: A dry colorant composition is disclosed and contains (a) pigment; (b) inert carrier; and (c) rheological additive having the structure: P—(U—Y)s wherein P is the residue of an organic colorant, Y is a polyalkylene oxide or polyalkylene moiety, U is a linking moiety covalently bonding Y to P, and s is an integer from 1 to 3.

Abstract: A method for inhibiting or blocking molecular generating and/or inducing functions of molecules using an inhibitory or blocking agent of the formula: wherein R1-6 are as defined herein.

Abstract: The invention discloses nanoparticles which have preferably a particle size of less than 100 nm, have been coated with a dispersant, and optionally further comprise a crystallization inhibitor. Preferred dispersants are those which endow the nanoparticles with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic surface and contain reactive groups for coupling to or into polymers. Also disclosed are plastics comprising nanoparticles of this kind.

Abstract: Solid pigment preparations comprising as essential constituents (A) 45% to 90% by weight of at least one color-conferring component comprising (A1) 5% to 100% by weight of at least one pigment and (A2) 0% to 95% by weight of at least one filler without self color, (B) 5% to 50% by weight of at least one water-soluble surface-active additive from the group of alkylene oxide group containing additives (B1) and alkylene oxide group free additives (B2), the alkylene oxide group containing additive (B1) comprising at least 5% by weight of the pigment preparation, and (C) 0.1% to 5% by weight of an antioxidant and also production and use of the pigment preparations for coloration of macromolecular organic or inorganic materials and also of plastics materials.

Abstract: Dispersants for pigments as well as dispersions of pigments containing them, and compositions such as inks and coatings containing them are described. The dispersants are the reaction product of a dialkylsuccinyl succinate and an amine.

Abstract: A treated pigment comprising: (a) an inorganic pigment; (b) an organic compound comprises a fluoroalkyl group and a hydrocarbon group and having the structure: RH-L-RF, wherein RF is a fluorochemical component containing at least one Zerewitinoff hydrogen; RH is an aliphatic group of 1-30 carbons, cycloaliphatic group of 3-30 carbons, an aromatic group of 6-30 carbons, or a group having the structure: R?—(OCH2CHR?)x?—(OCH2CH2)y?—O—, wherein R? is H or an aliphatic group of 1-20 carbons, R? is H or methyl; and x? and y? are the same or different integers ranging from 0-20 except that the sum of x? and y? is at least 1 when R? is H; and L is selected from the group CO, isocyanate, and a mixture of polyisocyanates containing at least three isocyanate groups per RH-L-RF structure. Plastic articles containing a pigment and the organic compound have improved cleanability with all the other needed properties and without the negative property of chaulking.

Abstract: Dispersible pigment granules are produced by mixing an aqueous suspension of an organic pigment with an aqueous emulsion of a wax-like additive. The aqueous emulsion is then allowed to coagulate and the resulting aqueous dispersion is spray dried.

Abstract: A method for forming a transparent hydrophobic self-cleaning coating material, comprising: providing particle precursors to form first particles; and reacting first particles with a low-surface-energy compound to form second particles, wherein the first particles are chemically bonded to the low-surface-energy compound and diameters of the second particles are less than 400 nm.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing homogeneous and storage-stable pastes, inks, paints, coverings, coatings and coating materials which comprises using ionic liquids as dispersing additives.