Abstract: A process for conditioning organic pigments by grinding them in water in the presence of a grinding assistant, which comprises using as the grinding assistant an unsubstituted or phenyl-substituted aliphatic or cycloaliphatic 1,2-dihydroxy compound having 6 to 30 C atoms.The process gives pigments which have good dispersing properties in high molecular weight organic material.

Abstract: The invention relates to purified proteins induced in human cells by interferon .alpha. or .beta., RNAs, DNAs and hybrid vectors coding for said proteins, hosts transformed with such a hybrid vector, processes for the preparation and purification of these proteins, DNAs, vectors and hosts, monoclonal antibodies specific to these proteins, monoclonal antibody derivatives, hybridoma cell lines secreting these monoclonal antibodies, the use of the monoclonal antibodies and their derivatives in the qualitative and quantitative determination of these proteins, test kits containing the monoclonal antibodies, and pharmaceutical preparations containing said proteins. A protein of the invention shows antiviral properties ascribed to interferons and may be a valuable indicator of the cell response to an interferon therapy.

Abstract: Novel thermally stable bisimido/allylaniline polymers and prepolymers, well adopted for the production of prepregs and reinforced and impregnated composite shaped articles, comprise the copolymerizates of (a) at least one N,N'-bisimide, with (b) at least one hindered p-allylaniline, optionally in the presence of (c) an organic peroxide, azobisisobutyronitrile or an imidazole, (d) a vinylpyridine, N-vinylpyrrolidone, allyl isocyanurate, vinyltetrahydrofuran, or mixture thereof, (e) at least one diprimary diamine, and/or (f) an unhalogenated or chlorinated/brominated epoxy resin or N,N'-alkylenebistetrahalophthalimide, or particular (meth)acrylate or alkenylphenol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a creosote resistant epoxy adhesive system comprising(A) a low viscosity primer comprising(a) a resin component comprising diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, diglycidyl ether of butanediol, and epoxy silane; and(b) a hardener component comprising an aliphatic amine; and(B) an adhesive component comprising(a) a resin component comprising diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, a diluent, a filler, and epoxy silane; and(b) a hardener component comprising a combination of (i) an aliphatic or aromatic amine and (ii) a polyamide or an adducted amine with diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol, and a fillerand wherein a flexibilizer is present in either component (a) or component (b) of said adhesive component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of granules of low-melting alkyl ester containing hindered hydroxylphenyl groups, which comprises(a) extracting a melt of crude alkyl ester containing hindered hydroxylphenyl groups with an aqueous alcoholic solution of N,N-dibenzylhydroxylamine (DBHA),(b) granulating the extracted melt by introducing said melt into an aqueous alcoholic solution maintained under a turbulent state at a temperature below 20.degree. C., and(c) isolating the resulting granules.

Abstract: In a method of checking the gelling process after pouring a reactive resin system into a production mould, the gelling behavior of a resin system is detected by means of calibration measurements and stored. Temperature patterns of the resin system are detected and, for each temperature pattern, the temperature at which the gelling point lies is determined. A scalar value and the gelling moment temperature are associated with each temperature pattern. On carrying out a checking measurement inside a production mould, the temperature patterns at various sites inside the production mould are detected using a large number of thermocouples. Scalar values are obtained from the temperature patterns and are compared with the scalar values established during the calibration measurement in order to establish gelling moment temperatures. The particular advantage of the method described is that the checking measurement of a production mould requires the use only of thermocouples and not of gelling point probes.

Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of a bisazo pigment mixture of at least two different bisazo pigments of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each may be independent of themselves and are each independently of one another hydrogen, chloro, methyl or methoxy, which bisazo pigments differ from each other in at least one of the substituents R.sub.1 or R.sub.2, by simultaneously coupling a bisdiazotized diaminodiphenyl (A) of formula ##STR2## and a mixture (B) of two coupling components of formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently of the other hydrogen, chloro, methyl or methoxy which coupling components differ from each other at least one of the substituents R.sub.1 or R.sub.

Abstract: Aromatic monoanhydride-esters of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is ##STR2## and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or --OCH.sub.3 are useful as endcapping agents for the synthesis of multifunctional high temperature resins such as polyimides, polyimide-esters, polyimide-ethers and polyimide-amides.

Abstract: The present invention provides processes for the production of a pigment composition comprising: Ia) contacting a pigment, before or during its synthesis, with a water-immiscible carrier medium, and then completing the pigment synthesis to produce a pigment composition comprising the pigment and the water-immiscible carrier medium, and Ib) contacting the resulting aqueous fully-synthesized pigment composition with an aliphatic organic acid and optionally a water-immiscible carrier medium; adjusting the pH value of the mixture so obtained to below 7.0; and then adjusting to the pH value of the mixture to a value above 7.0 thereby transferring the organic acid into the aqueous phase; and isolating a pigment composition comprising the pigment and the water-immiscible carrier medium, or II) contacting an aqueous fully-synthesized pigment slurry with an aliphatic organic acid and a water-immiscible carrier medium according to above step Ib).

Abstract: The advanced polymaleimide reaction product and solutions thereof resulting from the reaction of polymaleimides with alkenylphenols or alkenyl phenol ethers in the presence of specified molar amounts of an amine catalyst at elevated temperatures, the desired degree of resin advancement being reflected in solution stability and melt viscosity values.

Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of bismuth vanadate pigments and solid solutions based on bismuth vanadate by a) mixing a solution of a bismuth (III) salt containing, if required, one or more further metal salts or a mixture thereof with the aqueous solution of a vanadate salt containing, if required, a molybdate, tungstate or sulfate salt or a mixture thereof and b) subjecting the suspension thus obtained to a subsequent aftertreatment to convert the particles first precipitated in amorphous form into crystalline compounds, wherein during the mixing and/or during the subsequent aftertreatment step fluoride ions are used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of bisazo pigments by reaction (a) of 2 mol of an azocarbonyl chloride of the formula ##STR1## with 1 mol of a diamine of the formula ##STR2## by reaction (b) of one mole of a bis(azocarbonyl chloride) of the formula ##STR3## with 2 mol of an amine of the formula ##STR4## which comprises carrying out the reactions (a) or (b) in the presence of 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene or anisole as the solvent.

Abstract: Compositions comprisingA) compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are identical or different and each is hydrogen or methyl, and X is a divalent organic radical comprising from 2 to 60 carbon atoms, andB) compounds of formula II ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are identical or different and each, independently of the other, is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, and Y is hydrogen or an allyl radical, are distinguished by a favorable processing behaviour and high glass transition temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation curable composition with high temperature oil resistance comprising(1) a(meth)acrylated urethane component comprising(a) the reaction product of hydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate and a monomeric or polymeric aromatic isocyanate,(b) hydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate, and optionally(c) a(meth)acylated prepolymer of a monomeric of polymeric aromatic isocyanate and at least one polycaprolactone polyol with a functionality.gtoreq.2 and a molecular weight in the range of about 500 to about 3,000 or (d) a(meth)acrylated prepolymer of a monomeric or polymeric aromatic isocyanate and at least one polyether polyol with a functionality.gtoreq.2 and a molecular weight in the range of about 90 to about 7,000, or a mixture of (c) and (d);(2) an aromatic multifunctional epoxy (meth)acrylate having a molecular weight of less than about 1000;(3) at least one free radical polymerizable monomer; and(4) a free radical photoinitiator,which composition exhibits at 25.degree. C.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) is used for the preparation or extraction of samples, especially for analytical purposes, from a liquid or using a carrier liquid, where only very little liquid and substrate is available or is to be used and where the sample separation is to be carried out very quickly. For this, the apparatus (1) comprises, etched or machined into a plate-shaped body (8), an essentially planar flow bed (10) which has inlets and outlets arranged at opposing ends in the direction of flow, and is covered and sealed on the processing side of the plate-shaped body (8) by a further plate, so that the flow bed (10), which has an approximately groove-shaped flat cross-section, is sealed on all sides. There extend parallel to the flow bed (10), but also machined or etched into the plate-shaped body (8), electrode chambers (13), which are connected by way of electrodes (13b) to a current source (13a) in order to generate an electric field in the flow bed (10) transversely to the direction of flow.

Abstract: Initiator compositions for materials which can be polymerized cationically are described, these containingi) an anhydride of a polycarboxylic acid, a polyisocyanate, a cyclic carbonate, a lactone or a mixture of such compounds, and dissolved thereinii) at least one compound of the formula I[M.sup.+n (L).sub.x ].sup.n+ nX.sup.- (I)in which n is 2 or 3, M is a metal cation selected from the group consisting of Zn.sup.2+, Mg.sup.2+, Fe.sup.2+, Co.sup.2+, Ni.sup.2+, Cr.sup.2+, Ru.sup.2+, Mn.sup.2+, Sn.sup.2+, VO.sup.2+, Fe.sup.3+, Al.sup.3+ and Co.sup.3+, X.sup.- is an anion which is selected from the group consisting of AsF.sub.6.sup.-, SbF.sub.6.sup.-, BiF.sub.6.sup.- and derivatives derived from these anions in which a fluorine atom is replaced by hydroxyl groups, or in which up to 50% of the anions X.sup.-, based on the total amount of anions, can also be any desired anions, L is water or an organic .sigma.

Abstract: Curable compositions of matter containing(a) an epoxy resin and(b) a polyhydroxy ester containing carboxyl end groups which is obtainable by reaction of a diepoxide with a dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a basic catalyst, the amounts of the diepoxide and dicarboxylic acid being chosen so that 1.04 to 1.4 carboxyl groups of the dicarboxylic acid are present per epoxide group of the diepoxide, are suitable for the production of crosslinked products, in particular as adhesives or for the production of flexible coatings.

Abstract: A composition comprisinga) a chlorinated polymer,b) at least one Me(II) carboxylate and/or Me(II) phenolate and/or Me(II) alkylphenolate, wherein Me(II) is Ba, Ca, Mg, Cd, Sr or Zn, andc) at least one compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 and, when n=1, R is phenyl and X is an alkyl group of 10 to 20 carbon atoms, when n=2, R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl, and X is alkylene of 4 to 12 carbon atoms, alkylene of 2 to 12 carbon atoms which is substituted by at least one C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl group, or is --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --S--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --S--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --S--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, when n=3, R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms of phenyl and X is CH.sub.3 CH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.2 --).sub.

Abstract: Novel human plasminogen activators of the urokinase type are produced by yeast cells transformed with a hybrid vector comprising a DNA sequence coding for said human plasminogen activator. Novel hybrid vectors, yeast hosts transformed with such hybrid vectors and processes for the production thereof are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic hot melt adhesive comprising(a) a block copolymer, said block copolymer being prepared utilizing a bromide based coupling agent, said block copolymer comprising at least two monoalkenyl arene polymer end blocks A and at least one elastomeric conjugated diene polymer mid block B, and said block copolymer having about 8 to about 65 percent by weight of said monoalkenyl arene polymer block content, each polymer block A having an average molecular weight of between about 5,000 and about 125,000, and each polymer block B having an average molecular weight of between about 10,000 and about 300,000,(b) a polyisobutylene rubber,(c) a partially cross-linked polyisobutylene rubber(d) a compatible tackifying resin,(e) a phenolic antioxidant,(f) a non-reactive phenolic resin,(g) a fluorocarbon surface active agent, and(h) a petroleum derived wax.