Abstract:
The present invention relates to a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer having pendant polysaccharide moieties. The invention also provides a method for cleaning an article and a method of providing soil resistance to an article using the polymers having pendant polysaccharide moieties. The polymers are useful in cleaning compositions such as laundry detergents, dishwashing detergents, prespotters, fabric softeners, and hard surface cleaners.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to fabric treatment compositions that contain an aqueous solution of a poly-functional molecule comprising at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of carboxyl, anhydride and amine; and a poly(hydroxy) crosslinking agent, and to methods of treating fabric which comprise applying to the fabric an amount of the fabric treatment composition which is effective to impart temporary crease resistance and stain resistance thereto.
Abstract:
The present invention provides set retarding additives, set retarded hydraulic cement compositions including such additives and methods of using the cement compositions for cementing zones in wells. The set retarding additives are copolymers or terpolymers containing monomer units formed from one of maleic acid, itaconic acid, fumaric acid, citraconic acid and mesaconic acid along with other monomer units.
Abstract:
A method of forming a gel in a subsurface formation is provided whereby a monomer is polymerized in the formation in the presence of a crosslinker by an initiator selected from azo compounds which are temperature activated over a range of temperatures. The method is particularly useful to substantially terminate or at least decrease the flow of water from a subterranean formation into a wellbore penetrating the formation.