Ciba-geigy Corporation

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Limited

Fritz Herren

Philippe Bugnon

Patrice Bujard

Kimiya Takeshita

Abul Iqbal

Zhimin Hao

Adrian Schulthess

Jack Polonka

Manfred Hofmann

Ryuichi Takahashi

Michel Francedillaois

Natacha Bonnard Pillonel

Olof Wallquist

Kenneth Charles Symes

Andre Pugin

Stefan Hari

Thomas Eichenberger

Bernhard Medinger

Leonardus Johannes Erkens

Robert Cockcroft

Michael Singh

Simon Donnelly

Valerie Reynolds

Alastair McAlpine Marr

Christina Northfleet

Andrew McCann

Heinrich Gugger

A polymer comprising i) a synthetic polymeric component that has been formed from an ethylenically unsaturated water-soluble or potentially water-soluble monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer carrying a reactive group, wherein the reactive group is directly reactive with a cellulose binding domain protein; and ii) a protein component consisting of a cellulose binding domain protein, wherein the cellulose binding domain protein. The polymer is particularly suitable as a dry strength resin in a paper making process. It can also be used as a wet strength resin, internal sizing agent or surface sizing agent.

Fine particle size lime slurries and their production

A metallic effect pigment including a metallic, corrosion resistant reflective core of reflectivity from 40% to 80%; having deposited thereupon at least one dielectric coating layer formed of at least one metal oxide, the metal oxide layer having been formed by deposition on the core by hydrolysis of a hydrolyzable metal salt in an strongly acidic aqueous medium, and thereafter full transformation into the oxide by calcination.

Color effect pigments and method of forming the same

Process for coating a surface

Nitrogen doped carbon-coated effect pigments and their manufacture

A process for the warp-free pigmenting of polyolefins, wherein an organic pigment is used whose particles are coated on the surface by one or more films of polar polymers.

Process for warp-free pigmenting of polyolefins

The instant invention relates to a process for the warp-free pigmenting of polyolefins, which process comprises admixing coated pigment particles with a polyolefin, wherein said coated pigment particles are prepared by coating organic pigment particles with one or more films of a preformed polymer by adsorption thereon of from 1 to 10% by weight of the polymer, based on the pigment particles, at room temperature, the polymer being selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone homopolymers and copolymers.

Isoindoline pigment having improved low shear dispersibility

Colored pearlescent pigment comprising a pearlescent pigment and a second pigment, characterized in using an adhesion promotor for the mutual adsorbance of the pearlescent pigment and the second pigment, whereby the adhesion promotor is a polymer containing hydroxy groups, a process for its preparation, its use and a colored high molecular weight material.

Colored pearlescent pigments

Diketopyrrolopyrrole of the formula ##STR1## in its .beta.-modification and in its .gamma.-modification. Both the .beta.-modification and the .gamma.-modification are suitable as pigments for coloring high-molecular weight organic material. In comparison to the .alpha.-modification, the .beta.-modification shows a shift in shade towards yellowish-red. The .gamma.-modification gives brilliant orange colorations.

Two new crystal modifications of a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment

Diketopyrrolopyrrole of the formula ##STR1## in its .beta.-modification. The new .beta.-modification is suitable as a pigment for coloring high-molecular weight organic material and shows, in comparison to the .alpha.-modification, a shift in shade towards yellowish-red.

Crystal modification of a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment

An organic pigment, which has been coated by homopolymers or copolymers based on acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and/or alkyl esters thereof on top of a silane film which has itself been adsorbed onto a film of hydrolysed zirconium acetylacetonate, is useful in the warp-free pigmenting of polyolefins.

Acrylic polymer coated organic pigments

Mixed crystals of at least two different compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein A and B are each independently of the other a cation of formula ##EQU1## or N.sup.+ H(R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(R.sub.3) M is a mono-, di- or trivalent metal cation, n is 1, 2 or 3, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently of one another hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.24 aralkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 aryl, m is 0 or 1, and R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, in which compounds of formula I that form the mixed crystals the cations A and B constitute a composite structure ##EQU2## wherein x is a value from 0.2 to 0.8, and the X-ray diffraction pattern of said mixed crystals differs from that of the corresponding compounds in which x is 1 or 0. These mixed crystals can be used as pigments for colouring organic material of high molecular weight and have exceptional properties, especially dispersibility, heat- and lightfastness.

Mixed crystals of sulfonated diketopyrrolopyrroles

A process for warp-free pigmenting of polyolefins comprising

A process for stabilizing bismuth vanadate pigments against attack by hydrochloric acid by treating said pigments with a metal phosphate, which process comprises treating an aqueous suspension of a bismuth vanadate pigment with 2-20% by weight, based on said pigment, of an orthophosphate selected from the group consisting of calcium, magnesium, aluminium, zirconium and titanium orthophosphate, of a mixture of such orthophosphates with one another or of such orthophosphates with zinc orthophosphate, with stirring, in the temperature range from 20.degree. to 100.degree. C. and in the pH range from 2 to 8, which orthophosphate is precipitated in situ from the appropriate metal salt of a strong mineral acid and orthophosphoric acid or from an alkali metal salt thereof, and isolating the resultant product by conventional methods. The pigments so obtained have excellent resistance to hydrochloric acid.

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Fritz Herren