The present application relates to the field of black coloring of materials made from wood, such as reconstituted wood panels or paper/cardboard. The black coloring composition for wood-based materials includes a black pigment, a reactive type black dye and water. It is also possible to prepare a dry extract for some special applications.

The invention relates to an aqueous composition having a continuous aqueous phase, a polymer having a polymer backbone having carboxylic acid groups covalently linked to the polymer backbone, a polyalkylene oxide terminated at one end by a hydrocarbyl group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and, a compound according to formula (I) as described herein. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to aqueous pigment preparations, comprising (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment and/or filler (B) at least one dispersant of the formula (I) or (II), or mixtures of dispersants of the formulas (I) and (II), where n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, preferably 1 to 5, more preferably 1 to 2, z is an integer greater than or equal to 1, preferably 1 to 10, more preferably 1 to 4, R1 is an aliphatic, linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom or the structural unit -O-X or the structural unit —CH.sub.2—O—X, and structural unit X corresponds to the formula (III) in which a is an integer from 1 to 10, b is an integer from 0 to 10, c is an integer from 1 to 50, m is 1 or 2, and R2 is an aliphatic, linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, (C) optionally wetting agents, (D) optionally further surfactants and/or dispersants, (E) optionally one or more organic solvents and/or one or more hydrotropic substances and/or mixtures thereof, (F) optionally further additives customary for the production of aqueous pigment dispersions, and (G) water.

A rheology-modifying difunctional compound prepared by reacting one molar equivalent of a non-alkoxylated compound (a) and one molar equivalent of a polyethoxylated compound (b). A method for preparing the difunctional compound by reacting one molar equivalent of a non-alkoxylated compound (a) and one molar equivalent of a polyethoxylated compound (b). An aqueous composition with the difunctional compound and an additive. An aqueous formulation with the aqueous composition, an organic or mineral pigment, and an agent. A coating formulation with the aqueous formulation. A concentrated aqueous pigment pulp with the difunctional compound and coloured organic or mineral pigment. A method for controlling the viscosity of an aqueous composition.

There is provided a technique for producing a quinacridone solid solution pigment, the technique making it possible to obtain a quinacridone solid solution pigment which produces a colored product having high chroma and a bluish hue, more preferably which has controlled particle diameters. Specifically, a method for producing a quinacridone solid solution pigment, the method including a crude quinacridone solid solution production step of subjecting a diarylaminoterepththalic acid and a dialkylarylaminoterephthalic acid to a co-cyclization reaction in polyphosphoric acid, thereby obtaining a water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution containing a solid solution of an unsubstituted quinacridone and a 2,9-dialkylquinacridone, the solid solution containing water, a drying step of drying the water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution to reduce the water content to less than 1% and obtain a powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution, and a pigmentation step of heating the powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution in a liquid medium that cannot dissolve the crude quinacridone solid solution.

The present invention provides an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid being such that a pigment is finely dispersed, and the viscosity, and the particle diameters of the pigment are unlikely to fluctuate, being excellent in storage stability, and enabling preparation of an emulsion-polymerized toner having properly controlled particle diameters while improving the pigment utilization rate. The aqueous pigment dispersion liquid is an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid for an emulsion-polymerized toner containing a pigment, a dispersant, and an aqueous medium. The dispersant is a polymer containing a constitutional unit (A) derived from a monomer (A) such that a group containing a (meth)acryloyloxy group or the like is bonded to one end of a particular polyethylene glycol chain or the like, and a constitutional unit (B) derived from a monomer (B) having a carboxy group or the like, the polymer has a number average molecular weight in terms of polystyrene of 4,000 to 15,000, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, the polymer is contained in a state of being not ionized substantially, and the aqueous pigment dispersion liquid has a pH of 3.0 to 8.4.

There is provided a technique for producing a quinacridone solid solution pigment, the technique making it possible to obtain a quinacridone solid solution pigment which produces a colored product having high chroma and a bluish hue, more preferably which has controlled particle diameters. Specifically, a method for producing a quinacridone solid solution pigment, the method including a crude quinacridone solid solution production step of subjecting a diarylaminoterepththalic acid and a dialkylarylaminoterephthalic acid to a co-cyclization reaction in polyphosphoric acid, thereby obtaining a water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution containing a solid solution of an unsubstituted quinacridone and a 2,9-dialkylquinacridone, the solid solution containing water, a drying step of drying the water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution to reduce the water content to less than 1% and obtain a powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution, and a pigmentation step of heating the powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution in a liquid medium that cannot dissolve the crude quinacridone solid solution.

A diurethane compound T prepared by reacting one molar equivalent of at least one diisocyanate compound (a) and two molar equivalents of a polyalkoxylated compound (b) selected from the group consisting of monoaromatic monoalcohols (b1) comprising from 6 to 30 polyalkoxylated carbon atoms and comprising from 80 to 500 alkoxy groups, and polyaromatic monoalcohols (b2) comprising from 10 to 80 polyalkoxylated carbon atoms and comprising more than 100 and up to 500 alkoxy groups.

An example of a liquid ink includes a pigment dispersion, a polyurethane dispersion, a polytetrafluoroethylene wax emulsion, a co-solvent, and a balance of water. A particle diameter of a polytetrafluoroethylene wax in the polytetrafluoroethylene wax emulsion is less than 50 nm. Examples of the liquid ink may be incorporated into a thermal inkjet printing system.

The invention relates to a rheology-modifying difunctional compound. The invention also provides an aqueous composition comprising a difunctional compound according to the invention and a method for controlling the viscosity of an aqueous composition using the difunctional compound according to the invention.