3m Innovative Properties Company

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Ecolab Inc.

Economics Laboratory, Inc.

Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Company

James Arthur McDonell

Klaus Hintzer

Tilman C Zipplies

Michael C Dadalas

Ludwig Mayer

James E Maloney

Richard B Greenwald

Miguel Antonio Guerra

Tatsuo Fukushi

Terence D Spawn

Steven J Martin

Luke T Dressel

Fidelis C Onwumere

Chung-Tsing Liu

Jeffrey J Missling

Aaron E Hutt

John R Wheeler

Jerry W Mlinar

Katherine A Graham

Tony B Hollobaugh

Eric A Schotz

Jeremy A Miller

Robert C Kyle

Brian C Eastin

Francis J Koreltz

Christopher M Geise

Toshihiro Funabiki

Natural green, environmentally friendly solid soap compositions and methods of manufacturing and using the same are provided with easy dispersal in water and self thickening to produce liquid soaps. The natural soap compositions contain potassium fatty acid carboxylates and preferably potassium chloride but may alternately contain potassium bromide or potassium iodide. There is a need for natural, green, environmentally friendly soaps as well as eco green packaging. Recent systems have managed eco packaging but continue to rely on synthetic non-natural fossil fuel based soaps. The inventive natural solid soaps do not require plastic or similar packaging for liquids and can be shipped as a solid bar, granules, powder, etc. and diluted very easily by the end user. Preferably the soaps are small bars that easily fit into a dispenser bottle offering versatility in concentration, lather, and thickness.

Sustainable green solid potassium fatty acid soaps and self thickening liquid soaps made thereof

Provided is an article comprising a bearing, wherein the bearing has disposed upon it a fluoropolymer composition. The fluoropolymer composition comprises a fluoropolymer and a pH-dependent surfactant.

Fluoropolymer coated articles

A method of making &#x3b1;,&#x3c9;-diiodoperfluoroalkanes includes combining: diatomic iodine, at least one perfluoroalkylene oxide represented by the formula wherein Rrepresents a perfluoroalkyl group; and at least one of: a) a first metallic compound comprising nickel, and a second metallic compound comprising molybdenum that is compositionally different from the first metallic compound; or b) a metallic alloy comprising from 50 to 70 percent by weight of nickel and from 20 to 40 percent by weight of molybdenum, based on the total weight of the metallic alloy, thereby producing at least one product represented by the formula I(CF)I, wherein n independently represents an integer in the range of from 1 to 11. The total weight of the at least one product wherein n is 3 or greater exceeds the total weight of the at least one product wherein n is 1 or 2 by a factor of at least 4. 

Method of making alpha, omega-diiodoperfluoroalkanes

A process of reducing the amount of fluorinated emulsifiers in fluoropolymer dispersions by contacting the fluoropolymer dispersion with an anion exchange resin in the presence of a pH-dependent surfactant, and fluoropolymer dispersion containing the pH-dependent surfactant and uses thereof.

Process for removing fluorinated emulsifier from fluoropolymer dispersions using an anion-exchange resin and a pH-dependent surfactant and fluoropolymer dispersions containing a pH-dependent surfactant

Described are methods of making electrodes for electrochemical systems, especially cathodes for lithium polymer batteries, and products prepared from the methods; the methods involve the use of a co-rotating, fully intermeshing twin screw extruder, the extrusion of essentially solvent-free systems, or both.

Method for making electrode

Concentrated cleaning compositions are described which exhibit an increase in viscosity simply upon dilution with water. The concentrated and diluted ('ready-to-use') versions are useful in removing food and petroleum grease from hard surfaces (particularly non-horizontal surfaces), and may be formulated as petroleum degreasers, hand soaps and bathroom cleaners. The inventive compositions include an aggregate-forming organic compound, for example an amine oxide, and a nonaggregating or mildly aggregating organic compound, such as an organic alkyl alcohol having from about 4 to about 20 carbon atoms.

Concentrated cleaner compositions capable of viscosity increase upon

The present invention is drawn toward compositions and methods of using same, the compositions comprising (in diluted form):

Floor stripping composition and method

Multi-surface cleaning compositions and methods of use are presented. Compositions within the invention which are substantially non-streaking on hard surfaces comprise: a) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of amine oxides within the general formula (I) ##STR1## and quaternary amine salts within the general formula (II) ##STR2## b) a very slightly water-soluble polar organic compound; and c) an effective amount of a water soluble organic compound selected from water soluble glycol ethers and water soluble alkyl alcohols. wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of alkyl and substituted alkyl groups, R.sup.3 is selected from the group consisting of straight chain alkyls, branched chain alkyls, straight chain heteroalkyls, and branched chain heteroalkyls having from about 10 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms (preferably methyl), and X is a halogen atom, preferably atomic chlorine.

Multisurface cleaning composition and method of use

A nonwoven surface treating article suitable for treating surfaces which include calcium carbonate, such as marble floors, includes an open, lofty, three-dimensional nonwoven web of a plurality of thermoplastic organic fibers, a binder, and abrasive particles having an average particle diameter ranging from about 0.1 micrometer to about 30 micrometers. The abrasive articles of the invention do not rust, as do steel wool pads, and produce a high gloss, durable surface. A system for treating calcium carbonate-containing surfaces is also presented, the system including the articles and an acidic crystallization agent. Methods of treating calcium carbonate-containing surfaces with the system are also presented.

Nonwoven surface treating articles, system including same, and method of

A composition having a high chelation value may be made by blending about 50 to 80 wt-% of a polyether such as polyethylene glycol, about 20 to 50 wt-% of a polycarboxylate such as polyacrylate moiety or an acrylate monomer, and about 0.1 to 0.5 mole-%, based upon the polyacrylate moiety or the monomer, of an organic peroxy catalyst such as t-butyl perbenzoate at a temperature below about 110.degree. C. but sufficient to liquefy the blend and cause grafting of a polyether on the polycarboxylate.

Graft copolymers of a polyether moiety on a polycarboxylate backbone

A uniform, continuous sanitizing film can be formed by simultaneously spraying a two-package aqueous sanitizing composition comprising in a first solution a quaternary ammonium salt compound and in a second solution a polymer containing acid functionality. The sprays are directed to areas of substantial overlap resulting in a reaction between the quaternary ammonium compound and the carboxylic acid functional polymeric compound resulting in formation of a water insoluble film.

Two-package co-sprayable film-forming sanitizer

Alkylamine polyether surface active agent compositions and methods for using are described. The instant compositions are low foaming, and pH sensitive and are generally of the structure: ##STR1## in which (a) R.sub.1 may be hydrogen or alkyl;

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Woodbury, MN, United States of America

James Arthur McDonell