A liquid detergent system having a controllable viscosity and clarity, including a water-soluble paraffin sulfonate and a water-soluble, higher alkane, ether sulfate. Control of the viscosity and clarity is accomplished by using a control system comprising a lower aliphatic alcohol and urea.

Refractory insulating compositions which comprise mineral wool and ceramic fibre in admixture. Up to 60 percent by weight of the composition preferably can be mineral wool for low temperature applications; at higher temperatures a higher proportion of ceramic fibre is needed. The compositions may be mixed with carriers, binders and/or stiffeners.

Stable bitumen-in-water emulsions having an average particle size below about 10.mu. are prepared by emulsifying a bitumen having dispersed or dissolved therein at least one nonionic surfactant into an aqueous phase having a pH of at least 8 and containing an anionic surfactant.

A novel ester comprising the reaction product of longifolene and formic acid, perfume and fragrance compositions containing same and process for producing such reaction product.

Aminoplast-ester coating compositions which are substantially solvent-free and which have good resistance to solvents and chemical attack and good adherence to metals and good mechanical properties are produced from an aminoplast-ester mixture wherein the ester has a molecular weight of less than 600 and is the esterification product of one or both of ethylene glycol and 1,2-propanediol and a mixture of phthalic acid and adipic acid or like acids.

A method, articles and compositions are described for the direct addition of manganese metal to molten aluminum, which provide more rapid dissolution of the manganese in the aluminum than has been possible heretofore. The manganese is added to the molten aluminum in powder form (minus 14 mesh) in intimate admixture with a flux capable of forming a molten phase at the temperature of the molten aluminum to which the mixture is added. The flux, which is employed in an amount from about 3 to about 1...

A composition capable of inhibiting overglaze attack containing as essential ingredients an aluminum compound selected from the group consisting of aluminum silicate and aluminum chlorhydroxide, and at least one boron compound selected from the group consisting of boric acid, and boron trioxide, wherein the weight ratio of the aluminum compound to the boron compound is within the range from about 0.025 to about 1.

A fabric-washing detergent composition incorporates, as a detergency builder, a water-soluble or water-dispersible salt of an alkylaryl dicarboxylic acid having the general formula: wherein R.sub.1, r.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups; R.sub.4 is an alkylene chain containing from zero to eight carbon atoms and optionally incorporating in the chain other atoms as linking groups, such as --0--, --S--, --S0-- and --S0.sub.2 --; R.sub.5 is a group similar to R.sub.4 or is a group ...

This invention relates to light sensitive compositions comprising a photosensitizer and a substrate useful in preparing photographic images.

A composition suitable for a wide range of purposes such as producing shaped articles, including refractory crucibles, which comprises A. a graphite B. a binder consisting of either I. a complex phosphate of aluminium containing at least one chemically bound molecule of a hydroxy compound, ROH, wherein R is an organic group or hydrogen and an anionic group of a strong inorganic acid, other than an oxy-phosphorus acid, or of a carboxylic acid, or Ii. an aluminium phosphate in which the ratio of t...