Byk-chemie Gmbh

Byk USA Inc.

René Nagelsdiek

Jürgen Omeis

Bernd Göbelt

Sylvia Bühne

Daniela Leutfeld

Wolfgang Pritschins

Dominika Bernert

Dorothée Greefrath

Marc Eberhardt

Alan Lawrence Steinmetz

George Mark Zody

Berthold Jacobs

Justin Adams

Jasmin Rudner

Agnetha Klein

Stephan Remme

Wojciech Jaunky

Frederik Piestert

Albert Frank

Andrea Esser

Werner Tiegs

Wesley A Huff

Daniela Schröder

Andreas Freytag

Christiane Knappke-Bongartz

Alfred Bubat

Bärbel Gertzen

Jörg Bömer

Klaus Dziwok

Marcus Meichsner

Jörg Issberner

Richard William Bennett

Natasa Meznaric

Marc Hans

Patricia M Bauer

Christian Biecker

Heribert Holtkamp

Sabine Johann

Jan Von Haaren

Frank Tlauka

Verena Karwath

Meike Johann

Andre Tiemann

Tom Beckmann

Bianca Morhenn

Agnetha Schmitt

Christian Sauerländer

Lee Robyn Gunning

Silke Gaul

Sylvia BÜHNE

Ralf Hoffmann

Alan L Steinmetz

Donna Benefiel

Georg M Zody

Aaron Osborne

Diana Walter

Jasmin MÜLLEMANN

George M Zody

Alan Steinmetz

Jan Lenz

Sylvia Buehne

Natasa Meznarik

André Tiemann

Christoph Verlinden

Sylvia Buhne

Martin Muth

Carina Schepers

Dominika Beata Chajda

Verena Boeckmann

Kathrin Moellers

The present invention relates to a urea group containing product comprising one or more species of formula (I) R&#x2014;X&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;[NH&#x2014;R&#x2014;NH&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R&#x2014;NH&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)]&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R&#x2014;NH&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;X&#x2014;R(I), 5 wherein Ris independently selected from organic groups having (4) to (200) carbon atoms, X is O or NR, wherein Ris a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having (1) to (30) carbon atoms, Ris independently selected from hydrocarbyl groups having (4) to (40) carbon atoms, Ris independently selected from hydrocarbyl groups having (2) to (40) carbon atoms, and wherein on average (76) to (100) mol % of all Rgroups contained in the one or more species of formula (I) are hydrocarbyl groups having (2) or (3) carbon atoms, and n is an integer of (2) to (150). The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such urea group containing products, liquid compositions containing the same and the use of such liquid compositions as rheology control additives. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for rheology adjustment adding such liquid composition to semi-finished or final products. The invention also relates to an article coated with the liquid composition.

Urea group containing anti-sagging rheology control agents

The present invention relates to diamide-polyolefin wax mixture comprising one or more diamides (A) and one or more polyolefin waxes (B), where the diamide or diamides (A) possess a structure of the formula X&#x2014;CO&#x2014;NH&#x2014;Y&#x2014;NH&#x2014;CO&#x2014;X, in which Xand Xare identical or different and are linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted hydrocarbon radicals having 3 to 29 carbon atoms, and Y is a divalent organic radical which is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic radicals having 2 to 26 carbon atoms, aromatic radicals having 6 to 24 carbon atoms or araliphatic radicals having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, and Y optionally comprises secondary or tertiary amino groups, and the polyolefin wax or waxes (B) carry one or more carboxyl groups and have an acid number of 3 to 50, and are homopolymers or copolymers of at least one ethylenically unsaturated olefin monomer, where the diamide or diamides (A), based on the total weight of the diamide-polyolefin wax mixture, are present in an amount of 20 wt % to less than 40 wt %, the polyolefin wax or waxes (B), based on the total weight of the diamide-polyolefin wax mixture, are present in an amount of above 60 wt % up to 80 wt %, characterized in that the diamide-polyolefin wax mixture at 25&#xb0; C. is a particulate solid of defined particle size distribution, and the particles comprise both the diamide (A) and the polyolefin wax (B). The invention further relates to the preparation of the aforesaid diamide-polyolefin wax mixture, to the use thereof in liquid compositions, especially as a rheology control agent, to compositions additized accordingly, and to rheology control agents which comprise the diamide-polyolefin wax mixtures.

Powder particulate diamide-polyolefin wax mixture

The invention relates to urea- and/or urethane-substituted amides of the general formula (I) The radicals R1, Z1, R2, and Z2 comprise a building block containing urea groups and/or containing urethane groups; the radicals R4, Z4, R5, and Z5 comprise a building block containing amide groups, and E is a carboxylic acid group or salt thereof. The invention also relates to rheology control agents which consist of or comprise the amides of the formula (I). A further subject of the invention is a method for producing the rheology control agents, and the use of the urea- and/or urethane-substituted amides, and also of the rheology control agents, as thickeners, especially in liquid compositions, and also the liquid compositions themselves.

Urea-group- and/or urethane-group-containing amides as and in rheology control agents, their preparation and their use

The invention relates to polymer comprising structural units according to formula (I), R&#x2014;X&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R&#x2014;NH&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;O&#x2014;POA-R&#x2014;(O&#x2014;POA-R)wherein Rrepresents an organic group terminated by a hydrocarbyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, X represents O or N&#x2014;R, wherein R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, Rrepresents an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 40 carbon atoms, POA represents a polyoxyalkylene group, R3 represents an organic group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 6, Ris independently selected from &#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R&#x2014;NH&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;X&#x2014;R, &#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R, &#x2014;R, wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the polymer has an average of at least 1.8 end groups Rper molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 100000 Daltons, a polydispersity in the range of 1.0 to 5.0, wherein the quotient of the polydispersity divided by (n+1) is less than 1.0, with the proviso that the polymer is not the reaction product of a) the mono-adduct of isophorone diisocyanate with 1-dodecanol and b) a polyether based on glycerol and a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide with an OH number of 18 mg KOH/g.

Polymer suitable as a thickener

The invention relates to polymer comprising structural units according to formula (I), R&#x2014;X&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R&#x2014;NH&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;O&#x2014;POA-R&#x2014;(O&#x2014;POA-R)wherein Rrepresents an organic group terminated by a hydrocarbyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, X represents O or N&#x2014;R, wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, Rrepresents a hydrocarbyl group comprising an aromatic group and having 6 to 40 carbon atoms, POA represents a polyoxyalkylene group, Rrepresents an organic group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 6, Ris independently selected from &#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R&#x2014;NH&#x2014;(C&#x2550;O)&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R, &#x2014;R, wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the polymer has an average of at least 1.8 end groups Rper molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 100000 Daltons, and a polydispersity in the range of 1.0 to 5.0, wherein the quotient of the polydispersity divided by (n+1) is less than 1.0.

The invention relates to an emulsion containing or consisting of 

Emulsion, method for the production thereof and use thereof

An organoclay composition which is a mineral clay or mineral clay mixture that has been treated with at least organic quaternary ammonium compound and a synergist comprising (i) an amine salt of a trimer acid, and (ii) an amine salt of a monocarboxylic fatty acid. The monocarboxylic fatty acid may be (a) at least one saturated carboxylic acid; and/or (b) at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid.

Organoclay composition and its use

A drilling fluid for drilling gas or oil wells including: at least one oleaginous base fluid; at least one inorganic thixotropic agent; at least one of water or brine; at least one emulsifier; optionally at least one wetting agent; optionally at least one material which imparts alkalinity in the drilling fluid; optionally at least one weighting material; and a rheology modifying additive; wherein the rheology modifying additive, prior to addition to the drilling fluid, includes: (i) an amine salt of a trimer acid, the trimer acid having from about 30 to about 72 carbon atoms; and (ii) an amine salt of a monocarboxylic fatty acid, the monocarboxylic fatty acid having from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms, optionally wherein the monocarboxylic fatty acid includes at least one of: (a) at least one saturated carboxylic; or (b) at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid.

Additive for drilling fluids

The invention relates to a drilling fluid in the form of a water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion comprising at least components (A) to (D), wherein component (D) is at least one (meth)acrylic copolymer, which contains at least one of structural units (D1), (D2) and (D3) to introduce at least one hydroxyl and/or amino functionality into the copolymer and which further contains at least one structural unit (D4), a use of said (meth)acrylic copolymer as rheological agent in drilling fluids, which are water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions, as well as to a method of producing oil and/or natural gas or of preparing the production thereof comprising the step of using the inventive drilling fluid for generating and/or operating a drill hole.

(Meth)acrylic copolymers as rheological additives in drilling fluids and drilling fluids comprising such copolymers

The present invention relates to ureaurethanes of the following formula (I) in which at least one of the Ror Rradicals is a mono- or polyunsaturated, branched or unbranched alkenyl or alkynyl radical having 12 to 24 carbon atoms, n is an integer &#x2265;1, where the upper limit for n arises from the maximum number average molecular weight Mof the ureaurethanes of the general formula (I), which is 65 000 g/mol, and which is determined by means of gel permeation chromatography to DIN 55672-2 using a polymethyl methacrylate standard, Ris a xylylene radical or a hydrogenated xylylene radical and Ris a tolylene radical or various other radicals. The invention also relates to ureaurethane compositions comprising the ureaurethanes of the invention and to the preparation of both. The invention further relates to the use of the ureaurethanes or ureaurethane compositions as rheology control agent and antisettling agent. The invention further provides liquid formulations from the group consisting of coating compositions, polymer formulations, pigment pastes, sealant formulations, cosmetics, ceramic formulations, drilling fluids, adhesive formulations, potting compounds, construction material formulations, lubricants, spackling compounds, printing inks and other inks, comprising the ureaurethanes and ureaurethane compositions.

Ureaurethanes for rheology control

The invention relates to a rheology control agent containing i) 15-95% by weight of an amide compound (A), ii) 5-75% by weight of a urea compound (B), iii) 0-50% by weight of an ionogenic compound (C) and iv) 0-35% weight of an organic solvent (D).

Composition for rheology control

The invention relates to a copolymer that can be used as wetting agent and dispersant and contains i) 40-73 mole percent of a base structural unit (A) and ii) 27-60 mole percent of a substituted dicarboxylic acid derivative structural unit (B), the structural unit (B) containing species having a bisamide structure and species having quaternized amino groups.

Ionic bonding group-containing comb polymers

The invention relates to a composite formulation comprising a specific mediator additive component (A) of relatively high molecular weight, a filler component (B) and a binder component (C). The composite formulation can be cured to a composite which is especially suitable for the production of moldings.

Curable polymer mixture

The invention relates to a urea preparation containing (A) 5 to 75 wt. % of one or more urea components which have a molecular weight of at least 350 g/mol and contain at least one urea group; (B) 15 to 95 wt. %, preferably 30 to 80 wt. %, of one or more organic solvents from the group of N alkyl amides that have a molecular weight of 155 to 700 g/mol, are free of urea groups, and have the following formula (I), in which (a) Ris an x-containing hydrocarbon group, where x=1 to 24 carbon atoms, Ris a y-containing organic group, where y=1 to 12 carbon atoms, and Ris a z-containing organic group, where z=1 to 12 carbon atoms, or (b) R, R, and Rare defined as in (a) but Rand Rare connected to each other by a chemical bond and together form a ring with 4 to 10 ring atoms while incorporating the group C(&#x2550;O)N, and in the case of a ring with 4 or 5 ring atoms, Rcontains at least 6 carbon atoms and maximally 11 carbon atoms, or (c) R, R, and Rare defined as in (a) but Rand Rare connected to each other by a chemical bond and together form a ring with 4 to 10 ring atoms while incorporating the nitrogen atom of the general formula (I) with the proviso that for each of (a), (b), and (c), x+y+z&#x2267;8; (C) 0 to 35 wt. % of one or more organic solvents which differ from (B) and do not contain urea groups or ionic groups and which have maximally two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and oxygen; and (D) 0 to 50 wt. % of a salt which differs from the urea component(s) (A), the solvent(s) (B), and the solvent(s) (C), wherein the sum of all of the stated weight percentages equals the total weight of the urea preparation. The invention further relates to the use of the urea preparation as a rheology additive for liquid compositions and to liquid media which contain the urea preparations.

Storage-stable urea preparations which are suitable as rheology control agents

An object having a coating produced using an adhesion promoter, wherein the adhesion promoter comprises at least one, optionally oligomeric, addition product having no terminal C&#x2550;C double bonds and having hydrolyzable silane groups.

Object or an article whose surface is provided with a coating produced using and adhesion promoter

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René Nagelsdiek