Abstract: Crosslinked polymers which can be obtained by heating imides of the formula I ##STR1## in which E is allyl or methallyl, G is hydrogen or methyl, R is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, benzyl, alkylene or arylene and n is 1 or 2, in the presence of a catalyst suitable for cationic polymerization. The use of the catalyst makes it possible to carry out curing at relatively low temperatures and within short reaction times. The polymers can be used, in particular, for the preparation of heat-resistant composite materials and they can also be used as electrical insulating materials and whirl-sintered powder paints.

Abstract: Heat-curable mixtures, containing (a) an epoxide resin having on average more than one epoxide group in the molecule, (b) an allyl-substituted or methallyl-substituted imide of the formula I ##STR1## in which E is allyl or methallyl, G is hydrogen or methyl, n is 1 or 2, and R is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, benzyl or arylene, and (c) a curing catalyst, have good storage stability and processability and produce moulded materials having high mechanical strength values and good resistance to heat.

Abstract: Diurethane diureas of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R is a radical derived from a diisocyanate and having at most 20 C atoms, R' is a radical derived from a diol and having a molecular weight of at most 1500, and the radicals R" are each methyl or ethyl, or both radicals R" bound to the same N atom form together with the N atom the piperidino, morpholino or pyrrolidino radical, are valuable curing agents for epoxide resins, and are also suitable as accelerators for the hot-curing of epoxide resins with dicyandiamide, cyanoacetyl compounds and polycarboxylic acid anhydrides.

Abstract: Novel tetraglycidyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is a group ##STR2## R is hydrogen or methyl, and n is an integer from 2 to 4. The novel tetraglycidyl ethers can be used in curable mixtures, together with a curing agent for epoxide resins, in particular for the protection of surfaces.

Abstract: There are described novel curable mixtures which contain(a) an epoxide resin having on average more than one epoxy group in the molecule, and(b) as curing agent for the epoxide resin, a compound of the formula I ##STR1## wherein m and n independently of one another are an integer from 1 to 5, andm and n together are at most 6, andR is a radical of the valency m derived from an alcohol having at most 6 hydroxyl groups, which radical can be interrupted by oxygen atoms and has a molecular weight not exceeding 200.These mixtures are suitable for example as casting resins, impregnating resins or injection-moulding compounds.

Abstract: Imides of the formula I ##STR1## in which E is allyl or methallyl, R is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or benzyl when n is 1, and R is alkylene or arylene when n is 2, are intermediates for the preparation of crosslinked polymers with excellent physical properties. The polymers can be used, in particular, for the preparation of glass fiber-reinforced and carbon fiber-reinforced plastics and as electrical insulating materials.

Abstract: The process according to the invention is performed by reaction of epoxide resins with primary and/or secondary polyamines with simultaneous quaternizing by means of aromatic and aliphatic polysulfonic esters, halogen-free organic phosphoric esters, or organic compounds which contain at least 1 chlorine or bromine atom, and which are free from -COOH groups and corresponding salt groups. The crosslinked plastics thus obtained are distinguished by an improved electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A coating composition for paper is provided, which composition consists of an aqueous preparation containing at least a polymeric binder, an inorganic pigment, and a water-insoluble urea-formaldehyde polycondensation product from 1 mole of urea and 1.3 to 2 moles, of formaldehyde, which product is in a highly dispersed form and has a mean particle diameter of 3 to 6 microns, and a specific BET surface urea of 3 to 12 m.sup.2 /g.Papers coated with these compositions exhibit, in addition to an enhanced degree of whiteness and equally good gloss and improved opacity and smoothness, above all better printability.

Abstract: The aqueous emulsion paints according to the invention contain urea-formaldehyde white pigments having very characteristic physical properties. Compared with aqueous emulsion paints according to the prior art, which in addition to TiO.sub.2 can contain only a maximum of 20% by weight of UF white pigments based on the entire content of white pigments, according to the invention TiO.sub.2 may be substituted up to 100% by the UF white pigment. The resultant finishes are fast to light, weather and abrasion.

Abstract: A mixture of (a) epoxide resin, (b) a cyanoacetyl compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is the radical of an alcohol or ether, and n is 1-4, as curing agent, and (c) a phenylurea derivative, such as monuron, as curing accelerator is characterized by good storage stability. The mixture can be used as casting resin, laminating resin, adhesive, surface-protective agent and moulding material, and the mixture yields, on being heated, cured products having homogeneous and good mechanical properties.

Abstract: Mixtures which can be cured to give moulded materials having technically very valuable mechanical and dielectric properties, characterised in that they contain(a) mono-, bis- or tris-maleimides and/or maleimide prepolymers of the maleimides with an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic diprimary diamine,(b) acetone-anil, and optionally(c) a copolymerisable compound containing at least one olefinic C.dbd.C double bond in the molecule.

Abstract: Mixtures which can be cured to give moulded materials having technically very valuable mechanical and dielectric properties, characterized in that they contain(a) mono-, bis- or tris-maleimides and/or maleimide pre-polymers of the maleimides with an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic diprimary diamine,(b) acetone-anil, and optionally(c) a copolymerizable compound containing at least one olefinic C.dbd.C double bond in the molecule.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of cured shaped articles based on epoxide resins, the compounds used as curing agents being derivatives of cyanoacetic acid, and to compositions for carrying out this process. Such compositions are used for the production of casting resins, laminating resins, lacquers, compression moulding compositions, fluidized-bed sinter powders, adhesives and glass fibre-reinforced plastics.

Abstract: Mixtures which can be cured to give moulded materials having technically very valuable mechanical and dielectric properties, characterized in that they contain(a) mono-, bis- or tris-maleimides and/or maleimide prepolymers of the maleimides with an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic diprimary diamine,(b) acetone-anil, and optionally(c) a copolymerizable compound containing at least one olefinic C.dbd.C double bond in the molecule.

Abstract: New halogenated bis(cyclopentadienyl) compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which X represents a halogen atom having an atomic number of at most 35, that is to say a fluorine, bromine or preferably chlorine atom, R.sub.1 and R.sub.1 ' each represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n = 1, 2, 3 or 4.The monomer of the formula (I) undergoes spontaneous dimerization or oligomerization respectively after it is formed. The oligomer has the formula ##STR2## WHERE P IS 2 TO 20.

Abstract: The invention relates to the improvement of the conventional processes for manufacturing monomaleimides and polymaleimides, in which it is known to cyclodehydrate corresponding monomaleamic or polymaleamic acids in the presence of acetic anhydride and tertiary amines. According to the invention, the tertiary amines are used only in very small amounts (0.1 to 0.5 mole per mole of maleamic acid group) and the dehydration is carried out at temperatures between 10.degree. and 50.degree. C. The end products are obtained in purer form and greater yield than in conventional processes.

Abstract: The invention relates to storage-stable, thermosetting mixtures which contain polymaleimides, alkenylphenols and/or alkenylphenol ethers, epoxide compounds with or without allyl groups, and, optionally, curing accelerators for epoxide resins. These mixtures can be converted by curing into high-polymers which have excellent electrical properties (especially at high temperatures) and very good thermal properties.

Abstract: To manufacture highly disperse solids of crosslinked urea-formaldehyde polycondensation products consisting of primary particles with an average diameter not greater than 1 micron, an aqueous solution consisting essentially of water and a precondensate of urea and formaldehyde is converted into a crosslinked gel by the addition of sulphamic acid or a water-soluble ammonium hydrogen sulphate, in the course of which the molar ratio of formaldehyde:urea should be greater than 1.2 and not greater than 2.0 not later than at the time of the formation of the gel. The resulting gel is comminuted, dried and disintegrated. The powders are suitable for use as pigments, carriers and absorbents.

Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacture of crosslinked polymers which contain imide groups by reacting polymaleimides with alkenylphenols or alkenylphenol ethers, preferably at temperatures of 100.degree. to 250.degree. C. The reaction mixture optionally also contains polymerization catalysts. The manufacture of the polymers is as a rule carried out with simultaneous shaping. Shaped articles (for example castings), laminates, adhesive bonds and foams can be manufactured in this way. It is also possible to carry out the reaction in solution.

Abstract: New bis-imides and tris-imides of the formula ##STR1## in which A and A' denote aromatic radicals which are optionally substituted or interrupted by an oxygen atom, an alkylene group or a sulphonyl group, Z denotes a radical of the formulae ##STR2## D denotes an oxygen atom or sulphur atom, m denotes the number 1 or 0 and n denotes the number 2 or 3, are obtained by cyclizing dicarboxylic acid monoamide compounds of the formula ##STR3## WITH ELIMINATION OF WATER. The bis-imides and tris-imides, mixed with azomethines and optionally with curing catalysts, can be used for the manufacture of moulded materials having technically very valuable mechanical and dielectric properties.