Abstract:
A method of colouring keratinous fibers comprising contacting the keratinous fibers sequentially with a pre-treatment composition and a colour developer wherein : i. the pre-treatment composition comprises: (a) 0.5-25% by weight of an iron salt at a pH below 2 including 0.5-5% by weight of a reducing agent (b) a buffer effective in the pH range 3-6 and (c) a penetration enhancer comprising one or more solvents having Hansen solubility parameter δh between 1-10 (MPa) 1/2 and δp between 10-25 (MPa) 1/2 wherein the component (b) is mixed with (a) or (c) not more than 360 minutes prior to contacting the keratinous fibers and ii. the colour developer is selected from one or more of hydrolysable tannin or its breakdown products or derivatives or a mixture thereof obtained from a natural or synthetic source, where the sequence of contact is in any order.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for recovering volatile compounds from an aqueous tea extract by distilling the said extract by fractional distillation comprising condensing of vapours, separating the oil phase condensate from the aqueous phase and refluxing the substantially oil-free aqueous phase.
Abstract:
A non-shrinking, melt cast solid cleansing composition free of soap is provided comprising i. 15-50% by weight of fatty acid selected from myristic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, hydroxy stearic acid, and mixtures thereof; ii. 2-40% by weight non soap detergent active iii. 30-60% water iv. optionally other ingredients such as functional actives and wherein the said composition is free of pure lyotropic liquid crystalline phase in the temperature range 20-100°C and forms an isotropic liquid phase or a dispersion of lyotropic liquid crystalline phase in the continuum of isotropic liquid in the temperature range 40-100°C.
Abstract:
Accordingly, the present invention provides a thermometer comprising a capillary tube having a bore extending along the length of the tube, a bulb disposed at an end of the tube and in fluid communication with the said bore, and a thermometric liquid provided in the bulb, the said thermometric liquid being an aqueous solution of one or more electrolytes, said thermometric liquid having a surface tension greater than that of water and being substantially free of dissolved gases, at least the inner surface of the bore of the capillary tubing being a low surface energy material, the surface energy of the said low surface energy material being lower than the surface tension of the thermometric liquid by a factor which is at least two.
Abstract:
A process for removing a stain from a fabric comprising a step of passing an electric current of from 0.01 A to 10A using a voltage/current source across at least two elctrodes (3, 4) through an aqueous solution of a substance capable of generating an oxidative or reductive bleaching species, whilst keeping the stained area (7) fo the fabric in contact with the aqueous solution and positioned at a distance not greater than 3 cm from one of the electrodes.
Abstract:
A device is provided to clean an object by positioning the surface of the object to be cleaned in contact with a cleaning medium comprising one or more liquids having a dielectric constant of from 1 to 200 and placed in an electric field in the range of from 103 V/m to 107 V/m wherein said device is capable of generating said electric field using an alternating voltage/ current source, said device comprising at least two electrodes where one of the electrodes is at a higher potential than the other and said electrodes are spatially separated by a distance of 1 micron to 2 cm by an insulating material having a dielectric breakdown strength greater than the applied electric field.
Abstract translation:提供一种装置,用于通过将被清洁物体的表面定位为与包含一种或多种介电常数为1至200的液体的清洁介质接触并将其放置在103范围内的电场中来清洁物体 V / m至107V / m,其中所述器件能够使用交流电压/电流源产生所述电场,所述器件包括至少两个电极,其中一个电极处于比另一个更高的电位,并且所述电极为 通过具有大于所施加的电场的介电击穿强度的绝缘材料在空间上分隔1微米至2厘米的距离。
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing an emulsion of a first liquid in a second liquid wherein (a) at least one of the liquids comprises a surfactant or a precursor thereof, and (b) said second liquid has an electrical conductivity of less than 100 microSiemens/ centimeter, and (c) interfacial tension between said liquids is at least 0.0001 mN/m, and (d) said liquids are subjected to an electric field of strength between 5000 to 10 7 V/m.
Abstract:
A method to clean an article or an object wherein the surface of the article or object to be cleaned (i) is in contact with one or more liquids having a dielectric constant of from 1 to 200, and is (ii) placed in an electric field in the range of 103 V/m to a value limited by the stability of the liquid in the field generated using an alternating voltage/ current source.
Abstract:
A liquid-in-stem thermometer comprising a stem and/or an envelope having a capillary bore extending along the length of the stem/envelopes, a bulb disposed at one end of the stem/envelope and in fluid communication with the said bore, a junction region between the capillary and the bulb adapted for maximum registration action, a thermometric liquid provided in the bulb, the said thermometric liquid being an aqueous solution of one or more solutes and substantially free of dissolved gases, atleast the inner surface of the capillary bore of said stem/envelope having low surface energy characteristics, wherein the surface tension of the thermometric liquid is greater than the surface energy of the said low surface energy material by a factor of at least two.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a process to prepare fatty acid derivatives of certain selective clay particles. These derivatised clay particles are useful in many applications especially as emulsifier particularly in personal cleansing compositions. It is an object of the invention to provide an alternative process suitable for derivatising the clay particle with fatty acids which salts are substantially water insoluble which the present inventors have found are not viable by the process in aqueous media. It has been found that reacting an asymmetric 1:1 or 2:1:1 clay particles having alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at one external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at another external surface plane, with a fatty acid, a fatty acid chloride or derivatives thereof in the presence of an organic solvent solves the problem.