Abstract:
CALCIUM-CONTAINING MICELLAR COMPLEXES ARE PREPARED BY ISOLATING THE SOLID, CALCIUM-CONTAINING MATTER FROM HOMOGENIZED, CARBONATED, CALCIUM-OVERBASED ORGANIC ACID SALTS WITH THE AIR OF SUCH CONVERSION AGENTS AS WATER AND ALCOHOLS. THESE MICELLAR COMPLEXES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH CALCIUM CARBONATE CONTENT AND ARE READILY AND STABLY DISPERSED IN NONPOLAR ORGANIC LIQUIDS. THEY ARE USEFUL AS ADDITIVES IN PLASTICS, RUBBERS, PAINTS, CAULKS, ETC., WHERE THEY FUNCTION AS FILLERS AND THIXOTROPIC AGENTS, AND IN THE PREPARATION OF GREASES FROM NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC BASE STOCKS.
Abstract:
A suspension fluid prepared by dispersing polyethylene oxide particles into a solvent including water and one or more types of compounds selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, and a method for manufacturing the same. The phase-change suspension fluid can be a shear-thinning fluid showing a constant newtonian behavior in a low shear rate or low frequency region, but showing a non-newtonian behavior appearing as liquid-like suspension in a high shear rate or high frequency region due to viscosity decrease, and is capable of reversible phase changes by the vibration of a vehicle, and therefore, may provide effects of having advantages of a hydraulic bush in a low frequency region and also having advantages of a solid bush in a high frequency region.
Abstract:
Viscoelastic surfactants are described for use in aqueous systems to generate thickened fluids. The surfactants are alkyl amidoamine salts of inorganic acids and/or organic acids. The fluids may also contain inorganic salts, organic salts or mixtures thereof. Additionally, the fluids may contain a co-surfactant. These fluids are particularly useful in oilfield applications such as hydraulic fracturing, gravel packing, drilling, completion, etc. Viscoelastic fluids of the invention are also useful in industrial and consumer product fluid applications as rheology control agents.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the viscosification of an organic liquid which comprises the steps of forming a first solution of an anionic polymer dissolved in the organic liquid; forming a second solution of a cationic polymer dissolved in the organic liquid; and mixing the first and the second solutions together to form an interpolymer complex of the anionic and cationic polymer in the organic liquid, wherein the organic liquid containing the interpolymer complex has improved viscosification properties. This solution possesses higher viscosity than the mean of the separate viscosities of the starting solutions at relatively low solids content. Moreover, these interpolymer complexes, in hydrocarbon solutions, can be formulated to exhibit shear thickening at increased shear rates. This property is useful in such technological applications as antimisting of the solvent.
Abstract:
The invention discloses a method of liquifying materials which are either waxy solids at ambient temperatures or solid or semi-solid mixtures of such waxy materials and a solvent therefor. Specifically, the invention discloses a method of preparing a liquid suspension of a waxy material in a solvent wherein a solution of the waxy material in the solvent is formed at elevated temperatures, the solution is cooled to produce a semi-solid to solid phase, and thereafter the mixture is sheared.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process in which a slurry is prepared containing optical brighteners from the distilbene, pyrazoline, coumarine and triazolyl-stilbene series, by mixing the wet filter-cake obtained during the preparation of these compounds with such quantity dispersing agent and/or electrolyte that the resultant slurry is thixotropic and, therefore, has reduced tendency to settle out on static storage and has a Brookfield viscosity at equilibrium from 2,000 to 10,000 centipoise at 6 revolutions per minute, 1,000 to 3,500 centipoise at 12 revolutions per minute and up to 2,000 centipoise at 60 revolutions per minute.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing a silica aerogel and a silica aerogel produced thereby. More specifically, a first water glass solution is used to form a first silica wet gel, and then a second water glass solution is additionally added to form a second silica wet gel organically bonded to the first silica wet gel which serves as a basic skeleton, so that a silica aerogel with enhanced physical properties is formed to increase the resistance to shrinkage in ambient drying. Thus, a low-density silica aerogel may be formed, and the concentrations of the first and second water glass solutions may be adjusted to control the physical properties of the silica aerogel.