Abstract: A process for the preparation of moldings, in particular resilient elements, which by virtue of a densified surface zone with substantially closed cells, have only a low water absorption, wherein a mixture comprising:(a) 100 parts by weight of an NCO-containing prepolymer, having an NCO content of from 3 to 6% by weight and based on organic diisocyanates and substantially linear polyester-polyols or polytetramethylene ether glycol,(b) from 0.5 to 1.6 parts by weight of water,(c) one or more catalysts, preferably a tertiary amine, in an amount of from 0.01 to 2.0 parts by weight and(d) assistants, with or without additives, is reacted in a closed mold, while undergoing densification, the surface temperature of the inner wall of the mold being from 50.degree. to 70.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of methanol by reacting a gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen at an elevated temperature and under superatmospheric pressure over a catalyst which contains zinc, copper and aluminum, the catalyst being prepared from a co-crystalline material of the formulaCu.sub.2.2 Zn.sub.2.8 (OH).sub.6 (CO.sub.3).sub.2,containing aluminum hydroxide as a structual promoter, by calcination and reduction at from 160.degree. to 350.degree. C. The novel catalyst has the advantage of giving a substantially increased space-time yield and having a longer life.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of .beta.-carotene micellar solutions, wherein a non-ionic emulsifier which is suitable for the preparation of micellar solutions is heated at from 160.degree. to 180.degree. C. and a total of from 20 to 30% by weight, based on the emulsifier, of .beta.-carotene is introduced in the presence of a conventional antioxidant, the hot homogeneous mixture is cooled rapidly to below 100.degree. C. by adding water, and the formulation is brought to the desired concentration of from 3 to 6% by weight by adding further water, and the .beta.-carotene micellar solutions obtained by this process. The non-ionic emulsifiers used in this process have an HLB value of from 12 to 16, and are in particular oxyethylated triglycerides of fatty acids of 12 to 18 carbon atoms containing 20-60 oxyethylene units. Parenteral admininstration of the stable .beta.-carotene micellar solutions according to the invention to cattle relieves the disturbed estrus cycle and impaired fertility caused by .beta.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of lower olefins from methanol or dimethyl ether by catalytic conversion at from 300.degree. to 550.degree. C. in two stages over borosilicate zeolites, wherein C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -olefins and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -paraffins are removed after the first reaction stage, the C.sub.5.sup.+ hydrocarbons are passed to the second reaction stage, the aromatics are removed from the reaction product of the second stage and the remaining reaction products are recycled. The advantage of this process is an improvement in the yield of olefins.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding material contains 50-90% by weight of a hard component A comprising one or more copolymers of styrene and/or .alpha.-methylstyrene with acrylonitrile, and 50-10% by weight of a graft copolymer B comprising 40-80% by weight of a crosslinked acrylate polymer which has a mean particle size greater than 0.8 .mu.m (d.sub.50 value of the cumulative mass distribution) and onto which 20-60% by weight of a mixture of styrene and acrylonitrile in a weight ratio of from 88:12 to 65:35 is grafted.The novel molding material is used for the production of moldings.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of styrene homopolymers or copolymers by suspension polymerization of monomers which contain dissolved styrene polymers from a preceding suspension polymerization, in the presence of sparingly soluble metal phosphates as suspension stabilizers, wherein, before the polymerization is started, the monomer phase is dispersed in an aqueous phase, containing a dissolved mineral acid, preferably phosphoric acid, at from 10.degree. to 80.degree. C. for from 5 to 120 minutes, after which the sparingly soluble metal phosphate is formed in situ in the aqueous phase. The process is particularly suitable for the preparation of expandable styrene polymers, in which case a volatile blowing agent is added to the suspension before, during or after polymerization.

Abstract: A DNA having a base sequence coding for human proinsulin and a DNA having a base sequence coding for human pre-proinsulin have been cloned, and novel recombinant DNA transfer vectors containing said cloned DNAs have been constructed. Novel microorganisms transformed by said recombinant transfer vectors have been obtained. Certain of said transformed microorganisms have demonstrated capability to express the cloned DNA's, synthesizing a protein comprising human proinsulin and a protein-comprising human pre-proinsulin.

Abstract: Oxymethylene polymers are prepared by a continuous process, by mass polymerization of the monomers with the aid of conventional, preferably cationic, initiators, wherein the monomers as well as the resulting polymer are present substantially in molten form during the polymerization.

Abstract: Pyridinecarbinols of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.2 is alkyl or alkenyl, and R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, fluorine or alkyl, plant-physiologically tolerated addition salts of these compounds with acids, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricant composition, the carrier material of which is a grease, a lubricating oil, a hydraulic oil or a cutting lubricant of natural and/or synthetic origin and as additive it contains 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of copper, tin and/or lead in the form of copper oxyquinolinate, tin oxyquinolinate and/or lead oxyquinolinate.The lubricant composition forms a plastic copper, tin and/or lead layer on the surfaces to be lubricated and ensures good frictional properties.

Abstract: A process for the continuous preparation of ethylbenzene in a heterogeneous-phase reaction by alkylating benzene with ethylene in the presence of a catalyst based on a complex organic aluminum chloride compound and a co-catalyst at an elevated temperature and elevated pressure, with a residence time of from 5 to 60 minutes in one or more reaction zones, the reaction mixture, after completion of the reaction, being fed into a pressure vessel and vigorously mixed therein for from 20 to 60 minutes at from 120.degree. to 160.degree. C.

Abstract: Magnetic recording media are produced by a method wherein a fluid dispersion of finely divided magnetically anisotropic material in a film-forming binder mixture containing a polyurethane (obtained from a polyester which possesses free hydroxyl groups, and a di- or polyisocyanate) is applied to a non-magnetic base and the magnetic layer is then hardened.

Abstract: N-Substituted 2-methylnaphthylamides of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is ##STR2## R.sup.3 being hydrogen or alkoxy, or R.sup.1 is ##STR3## R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 being unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together forming a heterocyclic ring which contains two oxygen atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl or aryl,R.sup.2 is alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, alkoxy, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl or oxo (.dbd.O), or is alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkenyl or alkoxy, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted hetaryl andX is hydrogen, methyl or halogen, fungicides containing these compounds, and processes for the preparation of the compounds.

Abstract: A drive apparatus for a recording disk, particularly a flexible magnetic disk in an envelope, comprising a rotatable clamping member which can be caused to engage one another, after the recording disk has been introduced therebetween, to clamp the disk for rotation thereof, in position between clamping surfaces of the two members. The clamping member is of axially expandable design and a resilient element is interposed between the face of the clamping member and the bottom of the recessed member so that the clamping member, prior to completion of its stroke and prior to its radial expansion, is engaged by the spring element. In this manner the spring element centers the position of the clamping member with respect to the recessed member and thereby insures clamping of the disk in its centered position.

Abstract: Photopolymerizable mixtures of (a) one or more block copolymers, (b) one or more photopolymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated, low molecular weight compounds and (c) a photopolymerization initiator, with or without (d) other additives, contain as component (a) block copolymers which are composed solely of elastomeric polymer blocks, and contain two or more elastomeric polymer blocks having a glass transition temperature of from -20.degree. C. to +15.degree. C., linked by one or more elastomeric polymer blocks having a glass transition temperature of below -20.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of aqueous thermosetting electrical insulating varnishes, wherein polyester-imide precondensates are prepared by condensing aromatic tricarboxylic acid monoanhydrides, diamines, diols, triols containing an isocyanurate ring, and cyclic trimerization products of diisocyanates, whose free isocyanate groups are blocked, with or without aromatic dicarboxylic acids or their esterifiable derivatives, and are reacted, at from 50.degree. to 200.degree. C., with or without addition of from 1 to 10% by weight, based on polyester-imide, of a polar organic solvent, with ammonia or an organic amine, and then diluted with fully demineralized water, with or without addition of a water-soluble curing catalyst. The novel electrical insulating varnishes are used as wire enamels or impregnating varnishes.

Abstract: Novel (hetarylphenoxy)-(phenylpiperazinyl)-propanols of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, amino or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or alkoxy where alkyl is of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, the phenyl ring can be monosubstituted or disubstituted by R.sup.2, and the heterocyclic structure Het. is pyrimidinyl, triazol-1-yl, imidazol-1-yl, pyrazol-3-yl or isoxazol-3-yl, and their physiologically tolerated addition salts with acids, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical formulations which contain these compounds and exhibit predominantly hypotensive, sedative, neuroleptic and broncholytic properties.

Abstract: Aromatic amines (anilines) are obtained directly or via the corresponding cycloaliphatic amines by an aminating/hydrogenating reaction of phenols with ammonia and hydrogen over a supported palladium catalyst which also contains elements from group 1b, 2b or 7b of the periodic table as well as iron, cobalt or nickel, as such or in the form of their compounds, and, preferably, an inorganic base, said catalysts also having dehydrogenating properties.

Abstract: 2H-1,2,4,6-Thiatriazine-1,1-dioxides of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and Y have the meanings given in the description, are used for controlling undesirable plant growth.

Abstract: Quinol-4-ylmethane derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or chlorine, R.sup.2 is trifluoromethyl or chlorine, R.sup.3 is a nitrogen-containing, cyclic-unsaturated or acyclic-saturated radical of not more than 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 is hydrogen or an anion-stabilizing group and R.sup.5 is hydrogen, an anion center or an acetal radical of not more than 8 carbon atoms, their preparation and their use for the preparation of quinol-4-ylmethane derivatives.