Michigan State University

Bioplastic Polymers and Composites, LLC

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Dow Corning Corporation

Kenneth W Farminer

Daniel Graiver

Ramani Narayan

Phuong T Tran

Tam Tran, Legal Representative

Robert L McKellar

Madhusudhan Srinivasan

A method of controlling nematodes in agricultural crops, said method comprising contacting said nematodes with an aqueous solution of 3-(trimethoxysilyl)-propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride, and, a surfactant.

Method of controlling nematodes in agricultural crops

Fuel oxygenates comprised of fatty acid or fatty acid ester derivatives which have been reacted with ozone; a base; and a lower alkanol (1 to 8 carbon atoms) are described. The oxygenates comprise ester groups at a point of cleavage by the ozone which provide oxygen in the oxygenate.

Bio-based oxygenated esters and diesters and method of preparation thereof

A process for the preparation of new polyols and polyesters from a natural oil or other unsaturated fatty acid esters is described. The process involves ozone cleavage of double bonds in the fatty acid chains of the oils along with coupling of a hydroxylated compound such as a mono-alcohol, a diol, or a polyol to the cleaved ends of the molecules resulting from the cleavage with a base. The resulting polyols and polyesters are as intermediates for polymers.

Modified fatty acid esters and method of preparation thereof

A moisture-curable, silane-modified oil is disclosed. The silane-modified oil includes an unsaturated oil having at least one unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon chain per molecule of the unsaturated oil, and at least one hydrolysable silyl group grafted to the unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon chain. The silane-modified oil has a degree of unsaturation that is substantially similar that of the unsaturated oil. A process for forming the moisture-curable, silane-modified oil according to the disclosure includes reacting the unsaturated oil with an unsaturated hydrolysable silane in the presence of a free radical initiator. Also disclosed is a cured silane-modified oil which includes the reaction product of the silane-modified oil and water. Compositions according to the disclosure have relatively low viscosities (facilitating their application to a substrate) and have relatively high levels of silane grafting (resulting in non-leaching cured compositions with a high gel content).

Moisture curable oil and fat compositions and processes for preparing the same

A method for lubrication by supplying a liquid lubricant to moving metal parts, more than fifty percent by weight of the liquid lubricant being a triglyceride vegetable oil having a saturated fatty acid content of less than nine percent by weight of the triglyceride vegetable oil and a polyunsaturated fatty acid content of more than seventy percent by weight of the triglyceride vegetable oil, the triglyceride vegetable oil having an American Petroleum Institute Thermo-Oxidation Engine Oil Simulation Test rod residue weight of less than thirty five milligrams and a pour point of less than minus twenty degrees Celsius.

Triglyceride based lubricant

A process for the preparation of new polyols from a natural oil is described. The process involves ozone cleavage of double bonds in the fatty acid chains of the oils along with coupling of a di or polyol to the cleaved ends of the molecules resulting from the cleavage with a base. The resulting polyols are as intermediates for polymers.

Triglycerides and method of preparation thereof

Biodiesel additive and method of preparation thereof

A method or process for reducing and/or preventing foam in non-aqueous systems such as crude oil and coking processes is disclosed. The method involves the use of a composition consisting essentially of (1) a polydimethylsiloxane fluid, (2) a particular siloxane resin, and (3) a hydrocarbon solvent.

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Kenneth W Farminer