Disclosed is a system of natural colors consisting of thousands of colored powders of mineral origin and of materials in or on which pigments have been applied and, afterwards, submitted to at least one thermal treatment and/or irradiation. These natural colors cover the totality of the visible spectrum and offer a great variety of tones, tints and reflections from white to black, including all the rainbow colors. The powders of this system are obtained by mechanical, chemical, thermal and/or ph...

A compound containing a tall oil fatty acid, oleic diethanol amide, aluminum oxide abrasive material, and organo-treated bentonite provides a polish for metals, such as aluminum, having a uniform viscosity and the abrasive particles uniformly dispersed throughout the carrier. Water may be added to form a scratch removing compound. Mineral spirits may be substituted for the fatty acid in the scratch remover to form a prepolish compound.

A liquid detergent based on nonionic and anionic surfactants, and optionally particulate builder materials, contains a non-surfactant component which increases the wash efficiency, comprising the combination of low-polarity and mid- to high-polarity organic liquids. The low-polarity liquids are hydrocarbons, while the mid- to high-polarity liquids are esters, ethers, ketones or alcohols. The detergents have a satisfactory viscosity behavior, good miscibility with water and good wash efficiency.

A water repellency treatment agent which is non-corrosive to metals, comprising a solution as a volatile solvent of 1-20 wt % of silyl phosphate containing 1-10 wt % of phosphorus, and less than 20 wt % of an organopolysiloxane of general formula R.sub.a SiO.sub.(4-a)/2 having a viscosity of 5-10,000 centistokes at 25.degree. C., wherein the letter a has a value in the range 1.95<a<2.20, and R is a monovalent organic group selected from saturated or unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon group...

The preparation of gray-green unitary pigment bodies based on zirconium silicate-vanadium oxide wherein a mixture of zirconium oxide and silicon oxide in the presence of a vanadium and lithium compound is calcined above 600.degree. C. and wherein the amount of V.sub.2 O.sub.5 is more than 17 percent by weight and the amount of lithium compound added is such that the atom ratio Li/Li+V is from 0.1 to 0.5.

A novel, metal protective solution is described. This solution of two parts, the first part being a mixture of one aqueous potassium silicate and two aqueous sodium silicate solutions and the second part comprising approximately equal amounts of acetic acid, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, clay and sodium bicarbonate, is stable, relatively inert and has a long shelf-life. It may be applied to metal surfaces to prevent corrosion and rust from forming thereon.

A molecular sieve, which contains in all, or only in some, of its cavities colorant molecules as well as a modifier which is covalently bound to said molecular sieve and which reduces its pore diameter, a process for its preparation as well as its use as pigment for coloring high molecular weight organic materials, preferably biopolymers and plastic materials, glasses, ceramic products, for formulations of decorative cosmetics, for the preparation of paint systems, preferably automotive lacquers...

In the method of manufacturing a disazo pigment according to the present invention, a superior coupling reaction rate during the coupling reaction process makes it possible to manufacture a disazo pigment having superior transparency, brightness, color strength and gloss for the case in which a color strength agent is used. In this method, a coupling reaction is carried out while continuously feeding a coupler aqueous solution comprising a coupler component having the general formula (I) shown b...

A modified carbon product is described which comprises carbon having attached at least one organic group wherein the organic group comprises a) at least one aromatic group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl group, and b) a group having the formula -AG-Sp-LG-Z, wherein AG is an activating group, Sp is a spacer group, LG is a leaving group, and Z is a counterion, and wherein the aromatic or the C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl group is directly attached to the carbon, and wherein the organic group is present in ...

A composition of copper phthalocyanines containing, on average, from 0.1 to 3 methyl groups per phthalocyanine nucleus. The composition is suitable for the coloration of paints and plastics materials.