The Dow Chemical Company

Richard G Young

Wilhelm E Walles

William H Keskey

Methods of rendering water-soluble dyes insoluble comprise contacting a polymer containing X-alkyl-2-oxazolidinone with the desired dye or dyes. The essentially water-insoluble pigments so prepared are useful in a wide variety of uses and, in particular, in coloring soaps, toothpaste, etc.

Pigments for toiletries

A sequestering agent useful in chelation of calcium and/or magnesium ions in aqueous solution comprises by weight from about 2 percent to about 20 percent iminodiacetic acid or a water-soluble salt thereof and from about 98 percent to about 80 percent of nitrilotriacetic acid or a water-soluble salt thereof.

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Richard G Young