W. R. Grace Co.-conn.

Hampshire Chemical Corp.

JudithAnn R Hartman

Neal Steven Berke

Ellis M Gartner

Ara A Jeknavorian

David F Myers

Ahmad Arfaei

Richard P Woodbury

A process of stabilizing bleaching agents in a detergent composition using a nonphosphorus-containing biodegradable stabilizer. The process involves incorporating into a detergent composition containing a bleaching agent, a biodegradable compound of the formula ##STR1## in which m is NR' or sulfur; X is SO.sub.3 H or COOH; Y is hydrogen, SO.sub.3 H or COOH; R and R' are, independently, hydrogen, --CH(Z)CH.sub.2 (Z'), --CH(Z)CH(Z')(Z') or --CH.sub.2 COOH; and Z, Z' and Z' are, independently, hydrogen, OH, SO.sub.3 H or COOH; or a sodium, potassium or ammonium salt thereof, in an amount sufficient to stabilize the bleaching agent. Novel detergent compositions containing the biodegradable bleach stabilizers are also disclosed.

Biodegradable bleach stabilizers for detergents

New set-accelerating admixtures for hydraulic cement compositions are disclosed. These admixtures incorporate known set accelerators and certain low molecular weight glycols, e.g., glycerol and ethylene glycol, are found to be surprisingly effective in decreasing the initial set time of hydraulic cements, mortars, and concretes, and are advantageous as reduced-temperature set-accelerators. Preferred embodiments of the invention may also comprise a component selected from the group consisting of certain alkanolamines and mixtures thereof.

Hydraulic cement set-accelerating admixtures incorporating glycols

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JudithAnn R Hartman