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Basf Se Corporation

Igm Group B.v.

Paul Birnbrich

Herbert Fischer

Hans-Josef Thomas

Joerg-Dieter Klamann

Raymond Mathis

Ulrich Eicken

Wilfried Raehse

Markus Semrau

Christine Wild

Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn

Frank Meier

Ulrike Licht

Rolf Bayersdoerfer

Manfred Gorzinski

Rolf Tenhaef

Ludwig Schieferstein

Norbert Bialas

Harald Frommelius

Henriette Weber

Karl-Martin Faeser

Petra Padurschel

Martin Schaefer

Claus-Peter Herold

Matthias Gerst

Dieter Nickel

Dieter Jung

Christian Block

Giorgio Sabbadini

Sandra L Hoffmann

Martina Balser

Stephan Von Tapavicza

Thomas Huver

Wolfgang Gress

Horst-Dieter Speckmann

Eva Kiewert

Brigitte Hase

Gilbert Schenker

Wolfgang Breuer

Heinz-Guenther Schulte

Rainer Jeschke

Ulrich Nagorny

Thomas Tamcke

Katica Bocarac

Didier Groffe

Rainer Kade

Matthias Hof

Thorsten Roloff

Georg Bourscheidt

Juergen Baro

Juan-Carlos Wuhrmann

Ulrike Driessen

Heinz-Guenter Schulte

Laurence Druene

Dagmar Stahlhut-behn

Jörg-Alexander Dimmer

Nagorny Ulrich

Bourscheidt Georg

Hans Josef Thomas

A method of thermally insulating a transport means or an industrial or plant construction comprises obtaining a nanoporous foam (NP1) by reacting epoxy resin(s) (E) with amphiphilic epoxy resin hardener(s) (H) in water by a phase inversion polymerization wherein the binder content during polymerization is from 15% to 39.9% by weight, and installing the nanoporous polymer foam as a thermal insulation material in transport means or in an industrial or plant construction.

Use of nanoporous polymer foams as heat-insulating materials

The invention relates to composite materials, containing (i) a nanoporous polymer foam, which can be obtained by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization process, and (ii) one or more inorganic fillers and/or inorganic fibers, with the stipulation that hollow glass balls are excluded as fillers. Said composite materials are suitable as heat-insulating materials.

Composite material

Polymer foams comprising macropores, the macropores having average cross sections of above 500 nm, are obtainable by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization, where, during the phase inversion polymerization, but after phase inversion has taken place, a volume increase of the internal voids which form initially, and which are present predominantly as micropores having average cross sections of below 500 nm, is induced such that the fraction of the macropores&#x2014;relative to the entirety of micropores and macropores present in the polymer foam&#x2014;at the end of the phase inversion polymerization is above 50% by volume. Polymer foams of the present invention are suitable for use as acoustic insulation materials in means of transport and in industrial and plant construction.

Macropore-containing polymer foams as insulation materials

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of emulsifiers E1 which are obtained by (a) reacting a polyol with propylene oxide or a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, to give an intermediate Z1, (b) reacting the intermediate Z1 with epichlorohydrin, forming an intermediate Z2, (c) reacting the intermediate Z2 with an adduct of ethylene oxide or a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, with a C1-C22 monoalcohol, provided that on average at least one epoxide function of the intermediate Z2 is reacted and on average at least one epoxide function originating from the intermediate Z2 is retained. Compounds E1 are suitable as emulsifiers for preparing aqueous emulsions or dispersions of epoxy resins.

Emulsifiers for epoxy resins

By reaction of one or more epoxy resins with an amphiphilic epoxy resin hardener in water in a phase inversion polymerization, nanoporous polymer foams are obtained. These foams are suitable as thermal insulation materials.

Use of nanoporous polymer foams as thermal insulation materials

By reaction of one or more epoxy resins with an amphiphilic epoxy resin hardener in water in a phase inversion polymerization, nanoporous polymer foams are obtained. These foams are suitable as filter materials.

Use of nanoporous polymer foams as filter materials

A process for producing a detergent portion, comprising the steps of forming one or more dimensionally stable hollow bodies comprising at least one compartment by injection moulding, providing one or more means for compartmentalizing the dimensionally stable hollow bodies, filling the compartment with at least one detersive formulation, and closing the compartment to form a partial or whole enclosure around the detersive formulation.

Process for producing a hollow body with a compartment, containing a portion of a washing, cleaning or rinsing agent

Detergent portions containing at least one detersive formulation wholly or partly contained in a dimensionally stable hollow body having an enclosure that wholly or partly surrounds the detersive formulation, the enclosure being formed of an uncompressed material that can disintegrate under laundering, cleaning, or washing conditions and that gives the hollow body dimensional stability, and optionally, the dimensionally stable hollow body having one or more means forming one or more compartments therein.

Hollow body with a compartment, containing a portion of a washing, cleaning or rinsing agent

Hardeners for water-based epoxy resin systems, the hardeners being obtainable by reacting a mixture of: (A) at least one epoxidized polyalkylene oxide selected from the group of epoxidized polyethylene oxides, epoxidized polypropylene oxides and polyethylene propylene oxides, (B) at least one epoxidized aromatic hydroxy compound selected from the group of bisphenol A epoxides and bisphenol F epoxides and (C) at least one aromatic hydroxy compound selected from the group of bisphenol A and bisphenol F, to form an intermediate product and subsequently reacting this intermediate product with a polyamine (E), are disclosed.

Hardeners for water-based epoxy resin systems and processes for using the same

Methods for imparting softness to polyolefin-containing articles are described wherein the methods comprise: (a) providing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of the general formula (I) and compounds of the general formula (II):A-B-C-B-A&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)A-B-Acyl&#x2003;&#x2003;(II)wherein each A independently represents a R&#x2014;C(O)O&#x2014; group wherein R represents an alkyl group having from 7 to 21 carbon atoms; each B independently represents a &#x2014;(CHO)&#x2014; group wherein n represents a number of from 2 to 4 and k represents a number of from 1 to 15; and C represents an alkylene group having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms; (b) combining the at least one compound and a polyolefin-containing material to form a mixture; and (c) subjecting the mixture to further processing to form an article.

Internal softening additives for polyolefin-containing materials and methods of using the same

A detergent tablet having at least one phase in the form of a solid foam having gas-filled cells delimited by solid partitions, and the tablet or the at least one phase comprises 40% to 90% by weight of one or more water-soluble polymers. A process for the production of detergent tablets by foaming a solution, melt, emulsion, or suspension comprising at least one active ingredient with a gaseous medium, and solidifying the resulting foam.

Washing or cleaning agent shaped bodies

The invention relates to hydrophilic additives for synthetic fibres containing polyolefin; said additives are represented by general formula (I): A&#x2014;B&#x2014;C&#x2014;B&#x2014;A wherein A is a radical R&#x2014;COO, wherein R represents a saturated, cross-linked or non-cross-linked alkyl radical having 7&#x2013;21 C atoms, B represents a group (CHO), wherein n is a whole number from 2&#x2013;4 and k can have a value of 1&#x2013;15, C represents a linear or cross-linked alkylene radical having at least 2 and at the most 6 C atoms and the radical C can be, optionally, interrupted by oxygen atoms.

Hydrophilic additives

Processes for producing polyester amides, by reacting a polyisobutylene with a first reagent selected from the group consisting of at least monounsaturated acids having from 3 to 21 carbon atoms and derivatives thereof; and a second reagent selected from the group consisting of monoethanolamine and alkylamines of the general formula R&#x2014;NH, wherein R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; are described. The polyester amides thus produced and their uses in stabilizing asphaltenes in crude oil and crude oil derivatives are also described.

Methods for producing polyester amides based on polyisobutylenes, polyester amides produced thereby, and uses therefor in stabilizing crude oil

Polymers having increased hydrophilicity are made by adding to the polymer an effective amount of an additive which is a di-C fatty acid ester of polyethylene glycol.

Hydrophilic additive

Methods of preparing polyolefin-based molded materials with improved adhesive/coating compatibility by incorporating saturated fatty acid amides and transition metal compounds in the polyolefin-based material prior to molding are described. Methods of producing coated or bonded polyolefin-based, molded materials are also described.

Methods of preparing polyolefin-based materials having improved adhesive/coating compatibility

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