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| 20080199419 | Use of Water-Soluble Polymers Which are Obtained by Means of Controlled Radical Polymerisation as an Agent For Improving the Opacity and/or Brightness of Dry Products Containing Same - The invention relates to agents that are used to improve optical properties such as opacity and/or brightness of dry products based on mineral matter containing said agents. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of producing dry products based on mineral matter, in which the agents used to improve the opacity and/or brightness of said dry products take the form of controlled-structure water-soluble polymers which are obtained using a controlled radical polymerisation method employing a particular alkoxyamine as a polymerisation initiator. The invention also relates to the use of aqueous suspensions and/or dispersions of mineral matter containing said polymers for the same purpose. The aforementioned dry products comprise plastics, filled paper, dry films produced by drying a coating slip, dry films produced by drying an aqueous paint formulation or dry films produced by drying an aqueous cosmetic formulation, which contain mineral matter as well as said polymers. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090056896 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE STARTING FROM AT LEAST ONE DISPERSING AGENT COMPRISING A COMPOUND CARRYING FLUORIDE IONS - The object of the invention is the use as a dispersing agent, with a view to dispersing mineral matter containing precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) in water, of a combination:
| 03-05-2009 |
| 20090111906 | Use of Dispersants to Concentrate Mineral Matter in Water, Dispersions Obtained and Their Uses - The invention consists in the use of dispersing agents, in a process of manufacture of an aqueous dispersion of mineral matter, by:
| 04-30-2009 |
| 20090209692 | DISPERSING AND/ OR GRINDING AID AGENT FOR DISPERSION AND AQUEOUS SUSPENSION OF MINERAL MATERIALS, DISPERSION AND SUSPENSION OBTAINED AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to the use of at least one polymer containing at least one monomer selected from acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or mixtures thereof and at least one monomer which is the maleic anhydride as a dispersing and/or grinding aid agent in a fabrication process of an aqueous dispersion and/or suspension of mineral materials, wherein the molar ratio r (acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid:(maleic anhydride) is strictly confined to the range between 2:1 and 0.1:1. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090270543 | Method of Producing an Impact-Resistant Thermoplastic Resin - The invention concerns a process to manufacture a thermoplastic resin charged with mineral or carbonated matter, and possibly containing an organic impact modifier, through the introduction into the said resin of a comb polymer with at least one ethylenic unsaturation monomer, to which is grafted at least one polyalkylene oxide function. The resins then obtained which also form the subject of the invention have an improved impact resistance without their rigidity being degraded. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090308553 | Method for Treating Mineral Materials Using Amphoteric Polymers, Mineral Materials Thereby Obtained, and their Usage as an Agent for Reducing the Quantity of Colloids in Manufacturing Paper - The invention firstly discloses a new method for treating mineral materials, by means of an amphoteric polymer, to make said mineral materials effective as an agent for reducing the quantity of natural and organic colloids in the process of manufacturing a sheet of paper. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090312459 | Method for Dry Grinding a Material Containing a Carbonate Ore - A first objective of the present invention is a method for dry milling material which contains carbonate ore, characterized in that the said method comprises the following steps: a) dry milling of the said material in at least one milling unit: (i) in the presence of at least one polyalkylene glycol polymer where at least 90% but preferably 95% at least, and very preferably 98% at least of the monomer units forming the backbone of the said polymer are constituted by ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or their mixtures, and where the molecular weight is at least equal to 400 g/mole, (ii) such that the quantity of water in the said milling until is less than 10% in dry weight of the said material in the said milling unit; b) the milled material may then be classified according to step a) with at least one classification unit; c) the steps a) and/or b) may be repeated with all or part of the milled material from step a) and/or step b). Another aim of the present invention is a product coming from step a) and/or b) and/or c) of the method of the invention. A third object of the present invention is the use of the said product from step a) and/or b) and/or c) for making sealant, paper, paint, plastic or else for formula used in agriculture. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090326101 | USE IN A HYDRAULIC BINDER COMPOSITION OF A DRY-GROUND CALCIUM CARBONATE WITH A COPOLYMER OF (METH) ACRYLIC ACID AND AN ALKOXY OR HYDROXY POLYALKYLENEGLYCOL GROUP - The invention resides in the use in a composition with a hydraulic binder base, of a calcium carbonate characterised in that it is obtained by dry-grinding, firstly, and in that it is dry-ground in the presence of a grinding aid agent which is a copolymer of (meth)acrylic acid with a monomer containing an alcoxy or hydroxy polyalkyleneglycol group, secondly. The invention also concerns the compositions with a hydraulic binder base thus obtained. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100038046 | USE OF AN AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AND/OR DISPERSION OF MINERAL MATERIALS CONTAINING A HYDROPHOBIC GROUP WATER-SOLUBLE COPOLYMER FOR MAKING A PAPER SHEET - The invention consists in the use, in a method for manufacturing a sheet of paper, of an aqueous suspension and/or dispersion of mineral materials as an agent for slowing the penetration of the paper coating into said sheet, characterized in that said suspension and/or dispersion contains at least one water-soluble copolymer made up of at least one ethylenically-unsaturated anionic monomer, and at least one ethylenically-unsaturated oxylalkylated monomer terminated by a hydrophobic chain. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100069552 | USE OF A COMB POLYMER WITH AT LEAST ONE POLYALKYLENE OXIDE GRAFTED FUNCTION AS A MINERAL CHARGE COMPATIBILITY AGENT FOR CHLORINATED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS - The invention firstly concerns the use as a compatibilising agent, in a process to manufacture a chlorinated thermoplastic resin filled with a mineral material, of a comb polymer having at least one anionic monomer with ethylenic unsaturation, to which is grafted at least one polyalkylene oxide group. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100076139 | USE AS A RHEOLOGY AGENT IN A FILLED PLASTIC PASTE OF A DRYGROUND CALCIUM CARBONATE WITH A COPOLYMER OF (METH)ACRYLIC ACID WITH AN ALKOXY OR HYDROXY POLYALKYLENEGLYCOL GROUP - The invention resides in the use, as an agent reducing the viscosity of a thermoplastic or thermosetting paste filled with a calcium carbonate, of a calcium carbonate characterised in that it is obtained by dry-grinding, firstly, and in that it is dry-ground in the presence of a grinding aid agent which is a copolymer of (meth)acrylic acid with a monomer containing an alcoxy or hydroxy polyalkyleneglycol group, secondly. The invention also concerns the filled thermoplastic and thermosetting pastes obtained in this manner. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100095869 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN AQUEOUS SUSPENSION OR DISPERSION CONTAINING CALCIUM CARBONATE AND KAOLIN AND ITS USE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF PAPER COATINGS - The invention consists of a method for manufacturing an aqueous suspension or dispersion of calcium carbonate and kaolin, via steps of manufacturing, potentially in the presence of a dispersing agent or grinding agent, an aqueous suspension or dispersion of calcium carbonate with a solids content less than 70% of its weight, and of adding kaolin in dry powder form so as to achieve a ratio, by dry weight (precipitated calcium carbonate:kaolin) between (90:10) and (10:90). | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100111809 | USE IN A PAINT OF A DRY-GROUND CALCIUM CARBONATE WITH A COPOLYMER OF (METH)ACRYLIC ACID WITH AN ALKOXY OR HYDROXY POLYALKYLENEGLYCOL GROUP - The invention resides in the use in a paint of a calcium carbonate characterised in that it is obtained by dry-grinding, firstly, and in that it is dry-ground in the presence of a grinding aid agent which is a copolymer of (meth)acrylic acid with a monomer containing an alcoxy or hydroxy polyalkyleneglycol group, secondly. The invention also concerns the paints thus obtained. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100174012 | MACROMONOMERS IMPROVING THE THERMAL STABILITY OF (METH)ACRYLIC COMB POLYMERS, USE OF THESE POLYMERS IN LOADED PLASTIC COMPOSITIONS - The invention concerns to the use, as an agent improving the thermal stability of (meth)acrylic comb polymers of a macromonomer whose formula (I) is: | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100181395 | USE OF ACRYLIC COMB POLYMERS WITH HYDROPHOBIC GROUPS AS COUPLING AGENTS IN A METHOD FOR GRINDING MINERAL MATERIALS WITH BINDERS - The invention pertains to the use as a coupling agent, in a method for manufacturing self-binding particles by grinding at least one latex binder and at least one mineral material in an aqueous medium, of an aqueous solution of a fully or partially acidic water-soluble copolymer, present during the step of grinding, wherein the copolymer is made up of at least one ethylenically-unsaturated anionic monomer, and at least one ethylenically-unsaturated oxyalkylated monomer terminated by a hydrophobic alkyl, alkylaryl, arylakyl, or aryl chain having 10 to 32 carbon atoms. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100298480 | USE OF PHOSPHORIC ACID TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF FREE DISPERSING AGENT IN A METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING CALCIUM CARBONATE IN WATER - The invention consists of the use of phosphoric acid, in a method for concentrating an aqueous dispersion or suspension of calcium carbonate in the presence of at least one acrylic dispersing agent, as an agent for reducing the quantity of free dispersing agent, i.e. the fraction of acrylic dispersing agent not adsorbed onto the surface of the particles of the calcium carbonate and present in the aqueous phase. It also pertains to the aqueous dispersions or suspensions of calcium carbonate, exhibiting a reduced quantity of free dispersing agent. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100314061 | USE OF A MINERAL-MATERIAL STERIC DISPERSING AGENT IN WATER, AQUEOUS DISPERSION THUS OBTAINED AND USE THEREOF IN PAPER MAKING - A method for manufacturing a sheet of paper from a pulp and a sheet of paper obtained by the present method, wherein said pulp comprises a mixture of natural and/or synthetic fibers, water, and at least one aqueous suspension and/or dispersion comprising at least one mineral material, wherein said dispersion or suspension comprises, as a steric dispersing agent of at least one mineral material, at least one copolymer comprising at least one vinylic monomer, at least one non-ionic monomer, or a mixture of several monomers having formula (I) in the present method, wherein said agent limits the presence of divalent ions in the aqueous phase and said agent is not a chelating agent. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110092629 | USE OF (METH)ACRYLIC POLYMERS IN A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF AN AQUEOUS SUSPENSION OF CALCIUM CARBONATE - A method including first step grinding, in aqueous media of natural calcium carbonate, an acrylic polymer having a molecular weight of between 8,000 g/mole and 15,000 g/mole and a molar content of less than 20% of polymeric chains of molecular weight less than 3,000 g/mole and second, optionally concentrating, leading to an aqueous suspension with an increased slope factor, which improves the opacity of the coated paper produced from such a suspension. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110133006 | USE OF FORMULATIONS CONTAINING GLYCEROL AS A DRY GRINDING AID AGENT OF MINERAL MATTER - The invention consists in the use, as a dry grinding aid agent of a mineral matter chosen from among the dolomites, talc, titanium dioxide, alumina, kaolin and calcium carbonate, the function of which is to reduce the specific grinding energy and to increase the grinding capacity, of formulations containing glycerol. | 06-09-2011 |
