Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing water soluble polymers of esters from ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and polyalkylene glycols by azeotropic esterification of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids with polyalkylenglycols which are closed at one side by end groups. Esterification is performed in the presence of organic solvents which together with water form an azeotrope of at least 85 weight %. Subsequent radical polymerization is performed on the esters thus obtained thereby optionally together with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an aqueous medium. The organic solvent is azeotropically strip distilled out of the reaction mixture during the polymerization process and strip distilled water is reintroduced or the amount of water strip distilled out of the reaction mixture is replaced by adding fresh water.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling the thickening of aqueous, silicate-containing systems, characterized in that at least one copolymer having an average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 3000 g/mol and not more than 60000 g/mol is added to said aqueous system and that the copolymer is, essentially statistically, made of monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and eventually ethylenically unsaturated comonomers. The method is also characterized in that the polymerization is carried out in the presence of 0.01 to 100 mol-%, in relation to the total amount of all COOH groups of the mono- and dicarboxylic acids, of at least one base for producing the copolymer, the indicated amounts in wt.-% each referring to the total amount of all used monomers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a mewthod for controlling the thickening of aqueous systems containing silicates, characterized in that at least one copolymer having an average molecular weight Mw of more than 60000 g/mol is added to said aqueous system and that the copolymer consists, essentially statistically, of monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and, optionally, other ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, the indicated amounts referring to the total amount of all used monomers, respectively.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing alkylpolyalkylene glycol esters of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids by esterifying (a) monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids with (b) polyalkylene glycols which are closed on one side by terminal groups, in a substance in the presence of polymerisation inhibitors and esterification catalysts at temperatures of 160 DEG C at the most. The esterification is first carried out at atmospheric pressure or at pressures of up to 50 bar, the water produced during the esterification is then distilled from the reaction mixture at a pressure of between 10 and 500 mbar, and the esterification is then continued at atmospheric pressure or at pressures of up to 50 bar.
Abstract:
The invention concerns the use of condensation products of aspartic acid, as well as the alkali-metal salts and ammonium salts of such condensation products, as deposit-prevention agents in the concentration of sugar juices.
Abstract:
Water soluble polymer comprising esters of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and alkylpolyalkyene glycols, is prepared by esterification followed by radical polymerization of the resulting mixture in an aqueous medium, whereby the organic solvent is azeotropically distilled off during the polymerization and recycled to the mixture or is replaced by the addition of fresh water. A water soluble polymer (I) comprising esters of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and alkylpolyalkyene glycols, is prepared by esterification of a mixture of acrylic acid (A), methacrylic acid (B) and an alkylpolyalkylene glycol (C) having a mol.wt. (Mw) of 350-4000 in a molar ratio of (A) to (C) of 0.1-4:1, a molar ratio of (B to (C) of 1-5:1 and molar ratio of the sum of (A) and (B) to (C) of 2-6:1, in the presence of an organic solvent that forms an azeotrope with water to at least 85 wt.% (w.r.t. (C)), followed by radical polymerization of the resulting mixture in an aqueous medium, whereby the organic solvent is azeotropically distilled off from the reaction mixture during the polymerization and the distilled water is recycled to the mixture or is replaced by the addition of fresh water.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to aminocarboxylic esters with EO/PO/BuO block polymers, processes for preparing such compounds and the use of these compounds as emulsion breakers, in particular for crude oil emulsions.