Kemira Oyj

Kemira Chemicals Oy

Kemira Oy

Kemira Chemicals B.v.

Reijo Aksela

Mehrdad Hesampour

Vesa Myllymäki

Ilkka Renvall

Juhani Paloniemi

Jukka J&auml;k&auml;r&auml;

Jussi Rissanen

Jukka Rautiainen

Aarto Parén

Rosa Carceller

Jukka Jäkärä

Vesa Nuutinen

Ari Juppo

Jonas Konn

Veli-Matti Vuorenpalo

Elias U Suokas

Anna-Maija Perander

Tapio Mattila, Deceased

Arto Paren

Aarto Par&eacute;n

Vesa Vuori

Erkki Johannes Metsälä

Heli Virkki

Hannu Hämäläinen

Anna Sundquist

Minna Sankari

Anna Ilomäki

Hanna Hoffren

Riitta Ilmoniemi

Anna Haarala

Jukka Jakara

Hannu Hamalainen

Anna Ilomaki

Andrei Tauber

Jarkko Pere

Heli Koskinen

Tagging agents, including fluorescent monomers, which may be polymerized. Anti-scalant polymer compositions that include a copolymer of a tagging agent and an anti-scalant monomer. Methods for synthesizing tagging agents, anti-scalant polymer compositions, and detecting an anti-scalant polymer composition.

Tagging agents, anti-scalant polymer compositions, and methods

The present invention relates to a process for in situ the preparation of mixtures of chelating agents by catalyzed reactions of diethanolamine derivatives with maleic acid and then with 2-halocarboxylic acid, to mixtures of chelating agents and methods using such chelating agents.

Process for the preparation of a mixture of chelating agents, mixture of chelating agents and methods of using them

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a mixture of aspartic acid diethoxy succinate and an amino acid derivative of the general formula (I) wherein n is 1-10, m is 0 or 1, and R is hydrogen or an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal ion, comprising reacting maleate with diethanol amine under alkaline conditions in the presence of a lanthanoid catalyst to form aspartic acid diethoxy succinate followed by adding aspartic acid which reacts with unreacted maleate to form imino disuccinic acid, i.e. an amino acid derivative of formula (I) wherein m is 0, or by adding a diamine derivative of the general formula (II) NH2(CH2)nNH2 wherein n is as defined above, which reacts with unreacted maleate to form an amino acid derivative of formula (I) wherein m is 1 and n is as defined above. 

Process for the preparation of a mixture of chelating agents

The present invention relates to a method for recovering lanthanoid catalyst from the preparation of aspartic acid diethoxy succinate comprising contacting a carbonate source with a solution containing lanthanoid ions derived from said preparation and a chelating agent different from aspartic acid diethoxy succinate to precipitate lanthanoid carbonate followed by separating the precipitated lanthanoid carbonate from the solution.

Catalyst recovery process

The invention relates to a polymer product obtained by polymerization of i) at least one monomer selected from N-vinylformamide and vinyl acetate, and ii) maleic anhydride to give a copolymer comprising N-vinylformamide and/or vinyl acetate and maleic anhydride followed by hydrolyzing formamide groups originating from N-vinylformamide to amino groups and/or acetate groups originating from vinyl acetate to hydroxyl groups and acid anhydride to dicarboxylic acid groups to give a water-soluble copolymer comprising amine and/or hydroxyl and carboxyl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the N-vinylformamide and/or vinyl acetate monomer to the maleic anhydride monomer is from 70:30 to 30:70. The polymer product can be used as a dispersing agent or as a scale inhibiting agent.

Polymer product and the use of the same as dispersing agent

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a solution comprising a first peroxy acid comprising performic acid and a second peroxy acid, said process comprising forming a carboxylic acid solution comprising a first carboxylic acid comprising formic acid, a second carboxylic acid and hydrogen peroxide, wherein the amount of formic acid is from 0.5 to 20% by weight of the amount of the second carboxylic acid, and allowing the components to react to form a solution comprising performic acid and said second peroxy acid, the amount of peroxy acids being at least 5% by weight. The invention also relates to a storable solution comprising performic acid and said second peroxy acid. The solution can be used as a disinfecting agent for controlling micro-organisms.

Process for the preparation of peroxy acids

The invention relates to a stabilizing composition comprising following components  The invention also relates to a process for the treatment of a fiber material.

Composition and process for the treatment of fibre material

The invention relates to a method of regenerating hydrogenated and/or oxygenated alkyl anthraquinones and/or alkyl anthrahydroquinones to alkyl anthraquinones and/or alkyl anthrahydroquinones, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a catalyst under electromagnetic irradiation. Additionally the invention relates to a method for regenerating a working solution containing hydrogenation and/or oxidation products of alkyl anthraquinones and/or alkyl anthrahydroquinones dissolved in at least one solvent, wherein said working solution contains alkyl anthraquinone and/or alkyl anthrahydroquinone products being formed during the production of hydrogen peroxide by a cyclic process including alternate reduction and oxidation of the working solution, said method comprising contacting the working solution containing hydrogenation and/or oxidation products of alkyl anthraquinones and/or alkyl anthrahydroquinones with a catalyst under electromagnetic irradiation to convert the hydrogeneration and/or oxidation products of alkyl anthraquinones and/or alkyl anthrahydroquinones to productive alkyl anthraquinones and/or alkyl anthrahydroquinones.

Regeneration of a working solution in a hydrogen peroxide production process

A method of hydrogenating alkyl anthraquinones and/or alkyl hydroanthraquinones to alkyl anthrahydroquinones and/or alkyl hydroanthrahydroquinones is disclosed. The reaction is carried out in the presence of a catalyst under electromagnetic irradiation, such as microwave irradiation. The invention further relates to a method of hydrogenating a working solution in a hydrogen peroxide production process, wherein the working solution contains alkyl anthraquinones and/or alkyl hydroanthraquinones dissolved in at least one solvent to convert the quinines to the corresponding alkyl anthrahydroquinones and/or alkyl hydroanthrahydroquinones, where the reaction is carried out in the presence of a catalyst under electromagnetic irradiation such as microwave irradiation.

Hydrogenation of a working solution in a hydrogen peroxide production process

Methods for the preparation of an N-alkyl-N-bis-(2-( 1,2-dicarboxy-ethoxy)-ethyl)-amine derivative are described, products of the methods as well as uses of the products. The derivative is prepared by reacting an alkali or earth alkali metal salt of maleic acid with an N-substituted diethanolamine, the reaction taking place with the two ethanol groups of the diamine while the substituent group bound to the N atom remains unaffected, or alternatively by first reacting diethanolamine with an alkali or earth alkali metal salt of maleic acid to yield N-bis-(2-(1,2-dicarboxy-ethoxy)-ethyl)-amine, which is then reacted with a substitution reagent to obtain the final product. The derivative is useful as chelating agents, e.g., in the bleaching of chemical or mechanical pulp or in textile bleaches containing hydrogen peroxide or a peracid, or as a calcium binder in detergents and cleaning agents.

Methods for the preparation of an N-bis-&lsqb;2-(1,2-dicarboxy-ethoxy)-ethyl&rsqb;amine derivative and products of the methods and their uses

The invention relates to a process for the bleaching of chemical pulp, wherein the pulp is delignified and/or bleached with chlorine dioxide or with a combination of chlorine dioxide and a per-compound, and additionally the pulp is chelated in order to bind heavy metals, such as Fe, Mn and/or Cu, to a chelate complex. The chelate complex is selected from the group made up of N-bis-&lsqb;(1,2-dicarboxylethoxy)-ethyl&rsqb;-amine, N-bis&lsqb;(1,2-dicarboxylethoxy)-ethyl&rsqb;-aspartic acid and N-tris-&lsqb;(1,2-dicarboxylethoxy)-ethyl&rsqb;-amine, and the alkali metal and earth-alkali metal salts of these, and the chelating treatments are carried out simultaneously by combining the chelating chemical with the pulp in the same bleaching stage as chlorine dioxide.

Bleaching of chemical pulp and treatment with a chelating agent

A process for the bleaching of chemical pulp, in which process the pulp is delignified with a peracid and additionally the pulp is chelated in order to bind heavy metals, such as Fe, Mn and/or Cu, into a chelate complex. According to the invention, the chelating is carried out using a chemical which has been selected from a group consisting of N-bis-((1,2-dicarboxy-ethoxy)-ethyl)-amine, N-bis-((1,2-dicarboxy-ethoxy)-ethyl)-aspartic acid and N-tris-((1,2-dicarboxy-ethoxy)-ethyl)-amine, as well as the alkali metal and earth-alkali metal salts thereof, and the peracid and chelating treatments are carried out simultaneously by combining the peracid and the said chelating chemical in the same solution phase. In the bleaching sequence the treatment according to the invention may follow, for example, an ozone delignification and precede an alkaline peroxide step, and in the latter case a magnesium compound, such as MgSO,, may be added to the pulp before the alkali step.

Process for the peracid bleaching of chelated chemical pulp

N-bis- or N-tris-[(1,2-dicarboxy-ethoxy)-ethyl]-amine derivatives and

Method for the preparation of aqueous solutions containing performic

The invention concerns a method for producing hydrogen peroxide using a process based on anthraquinone derivatives. According to the invention the solvent system of the working solution in said process contains carbamate having a general formula ##STR1## where groups R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which can be the same or different ones, are a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group and R.sup.3 is a hydrocarbon group, whereby the groups R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 can optionally be part of a cyclic structure and/or substituted by groups which are inert to the process.

Method for producing hydrogen peroxide and solvent system for use in the

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