Abstract: In a dividing wall column comprising as segments a) an upper column region (6), b) an inflow section (7), c) an offtake section (8) and d) a lower column region (9), the inflow section b) (7) and the offtake section c) (8) are separated from one another laterally by a dividing wall (10) fixed in the column and the dividing wall (10) is located between the upper column region a) (6) and the lower column region d) (9). The present invention provides for the dividing wall (10) to be constructed at least partly of an elastic material, the dividing wall (10) to have a slightly overdimensional width and the dividing wall (10) to be fixed in the column by the dividing wall exercising an elastic recovery force on the interior wall of the column. The dividing wall can easily be installed in, in particular, relatively small columns.

Abstract: A process for preparing impact-resistant molding compositions by anionic polymerization of vinylaromatic monomers in the presence of a rubber, in a continuous-flow reactor cascade composed of at least two reactors, where the vinylaromatic monomers are fed in substreams to the reactors of the reactor cascade, and an anionic initiator and a rubber are fed at least to the first reactor, and where the reactor cascade is composed of back-mixing reactors.