ABRASIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME

• Main Authors: PATRICK D. MCGILL, DONALD M. GURY, MICHEL J. MARTIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: 06.06.2007
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; DYES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PAINTS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLISHES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; TRAPPING

Abrasive compositions comprised of water-insoluble abrasive polishing agents suspended in a liquid medium in combination with humectant, and methods for making same. The inventive abrasive compositions are rheologically stable, settling-resistant, and re-agglomeration resistant, even during and after transport and/or storage before end-use, such as incorporation into dentifrice formulations or other oral cleaning compositions. The high settling-resistance of the inventive abrasive composition makes it possible to avoid the need before end use for temporary stabilizers such as inorganic suspending agents (e.g., clays, fumed silicas) or organic binders (e.g., polysaccharides). Also, the abrasive compositions contain abrasive particles having improved brightness as compared to abrasive particles made via drying and dry comminution processing.