A curable aqueous composition is disclosed comprising a carbohydrate, a crosslinking agent, and an amine base, wherein the curable aqueous composition has a pH adjusted by the amine base. Further disclosed is a method of forming a curable aqueous solution.

Binders and materials made therewith

The present invention relates to a product of reaction between a primary and/or secondary amine and one or more active ingredients. By the present invention, there is provided a release of the active component over a longer period of time than by the use of the active itself.

Amine reaction compounds comprising one or more active ingredient

The present invention relates to a starch composition comprising starch, a polymer that is substantially compatible with starch and has a weight-average molecular weight of at least 500,000 such that the polymer forms effective entanglements or associations with neighboring starch molecules, and preferably at least one additive to improve melt flow and melt processability. The additive may be a hydroxyl plasticizer, a hydroxyl-free plasticizer, a diluent, or mixtures thereof. The composition is melt processable on conventional thermoplastic equipment. The composition is especially suitable for uniaxial and biaxial extensional processes to make fibers, films, foams and like products.

Melt processable starch compositions

A washing machine and an associated washing method are provided. The method may include supplying washing fluid into a drum containing laundry, repeatedly dropping the laundry while rotating the drum in a predetermined direction, and drawing the laundry towards or separating the laundry from the inner circumferential surface of the drum by repeatedly accelerating and decelerating the drum.

Washing machine and washing method

A continuous sheet having a combination of acidic and basic water-absorbing resin particles that are essentially not neutralized and can be continuously manufactured on conventional papermaking apparatus, using a wet, dry, or wet-dry process to manufacture a water-absorbent sheet-like substrate containing 50%-100% by weight of the combination of acidic and basic water-absorbent particles. The acidic and basic essentially unneutralized resins can be contained in the sheet material articles of the present invention as separate acidic and basic resin particles, or as multicomponent particles containing both the acidic and basic resins. The sheet materials can be manufactured having new and unexpected structural integrity, with little or no shakeout or loss of superabsorbent particles during or after manufacture while exhibiting exceptional water absorption and retention properties. The sheet materials have an ability to absorb liquids quickly, demonstrate good fluid permeability and conductivity into and through the resin particles, and have a high gel strength such that the hydrogel formed from the SAP particles resists deformation under an applied stress or pressure, when used alone or in a mixture with other water-absorbing resins.

Continuous manufacture of superabsorbent/ion exchange sheet material

(1) Graft polymers (I) obtainable by polymerisation of (A) monomers or monomer mixts. comprising (A1) 10-100 % (all pts. wt.) N-vinylcarboxylic amides. CH2=CH-N(R2)C(O)R' (1), where R1, R2 = H or 1-6 C alkyl (A2) 0-90 % other monoethylenically unsatd., carboxylic gp.-free monomer copolymerisation with (A1) (A3) 0-5 % monomer with at least 2 ethylenically unsatd., non-conjugated double bonds in mol. in presence of (B) mono-, oligo-, or poly-saccharide; oxidatively, hydrolytically, or enzymatically degraded polysaccharide; oxidatively-hydrolytically or oxidatively-enzymatically degraded polysaccharide; chemically modified mono-, oligo-, or poly-sacchardie, or mixt. of these in ratio (A):(B) = 95-20:5-80 and op. subsequent splitting off of gp. -C(:O)R1 from polymerised monomers (A) of (I) with formation of units -CH2-CNHR2H- are claimed. (2) Also claimed are (I) obtainable by process wherein mixt. of 1-99 % N-vinylformamide (II) and 99-1 % vinyl acetate (III) is used as (A), 2-100 % formyl gps. of polymerised (II) are split off with formation of units -CH2-C(NH2)H- (3) and 2-100 % acetate gps. of polymerisated (III) and split off with formation of units -CH20C(OH)H- (4). USE/ADVANTAGE - Dry- and wet-stength agents in prepn. of paper, carboard, and paperboard, (I), prepd. partly with renewable raw materials, are less expensi

Graft polymers of natural substances containing saccharide structures or derivatives thereof and ethylenically unsaturated compounds and their use

The present invention relates to starch which is modified with at least one cationic polymer (P), and a method for producing same which is characterized in that: a) an anionically modified starch (A) is reacted with the cationic polymer (P); or that (b) a native starch (B) or a non-anionically modified starch (C) is reacted with the cationic polymer (P) in the presence of an anionic modifier (M). The invention also relates to the use of said polymer-modified starches.

Polymer-modified anionic starch, method for its production, and its use

Copolymers which are obtained by copolymerization of a) from 5 to 99 mol % of N-vinylcarboxamides, b) from 95 to 1 mol % of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and/or the alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium or amine salts thereof, and if required, c) up to 30 mol % of other monoethylenically unsaturated compounds, and if required, d) up to 2 mol % of crosslinking agents, and subsequent partial or complete elimination of the acyl groups from the N-vinylcarboxamides polymerized in the copolymer, with formation of amino or ammonium groups, are used as additives to paper stock for increasing the drainage rate and the retention in papermaking, and the dry and wet strength of the paper.

Use of hydrolyzed copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides and monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids in papermaking

Graft polymers which contain N-vinyl units and in which the grafting base is a polymer which contains in each case at least 5% by weight of units of the formulae ##STR1## where R1 and R2 are each H or C1 -C6 -alkyl, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers are grafted onto the grafting base in a weight ratio of from 100:1 to 1:100, and which have K values of at least 7 (determined according to H. Fikentscher in 5% strength by weight aqueous solution at 25° C. and pH 7), are prepared by polymerization of monoethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of polymers which in each case contain at least 5% by weight of units of the formulae I and/or II as the grafting base in a weight ratio of from 100:1 to 1:100, and are used as dispersants for pigments, as additives for detergents and cleaning agents, and strength agents for paper and as soil stabilizers and for fertilizer compaction.

Graft polymers containing N-vinyl units, their preparation and their use

The invention concerns the use of polymers which can be produced by reacting (a) polymers containing vinylamine units with (b) compounds comprising aldehyde or keto groups and optionally (c) compounds comprising NH groups and/or OH groups, and which further have aminal, semi-aminal and/or aminal-acetal structures and optionally non-reacted vinylamine units as additives to detergents for inhibiting the transfer of dye during the washing process. The invention further concerns polymers which contain aminal, semi-aminal and/or aminal-acetal structures and which are obtained by reacting (a) polymers containing vinylamine units with (b) compounds comprising aldehyde or keto groups and (c) compounds comprising NH groups and/or OH groups. The invention also concerns detergents containing the above polymers in amounts ranging from 0.05 to 10 wt %.

Claudia Nilz

Papers

Graft polymers of natural substances containing saccharide structures or derivatives thereof and ethylenically unsaturated compounds and their use

Polymer-modified anionic starch, method for its production, and its use

Use of hydrolyzed copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides and monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids in papermaking

Graft polymers containing N-vinyl units, their preparation and their use

Dye transfer inhibitors for detergents