Abstract: Mono-unsaturated fatty acids or their derivates are produced by hydrogenating poly-unaturated fatty acids or their derivates at 0.degree. to 150.degree. C., in a pressure range from 800 to 1500 hPa, with hydrogen and in the presence of a catalyst system that contains: a) a palladium salt and b) a carbonic acid ester, as well as, if necessary, c) a base for neutralizing the acids formed during the reduction of the palladium salt, d) water and/or a water-immiscible, inert solvent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating (recycling) lacquer coagulum containing lacquer overspray and layered silicate containing coagulating agents, in which the layered silicate containing paint coagulum is vacuum dried, processed at low temperatures and then ground, and to the use of the processed paint coagulum as a basic component, additive, or filler in lacquers and paints, building materials, sealing materials, car underseal compositions or adhesives.

Abstract: Improved autodeposited coatings on metallic surfaces are formed by contacting the metallic surfaces with an autodepositing composition comprising an acidic aqueous coating solution containing dispersed solid resin particles of either an internally stabilized or externally stabilized vinylidene chloride polymer, an exemplary internally stabilized polymer being prepared from vinylidene chloride and a monomeric surfactant which includes an inorganic ionizable group, and an exemplary externally stabilized polymer being prepared from vinylidene chloride and a reactive comonomer, the resulting resin particles having surfactant adsorbed thereon, said autodeposited coatings having extremely good corrosion resistant properties without treatment with a reaction rinse such as a chromium rinse.

Abstract: A proteolytic enzyme for use in detergent formulations having increased pH and oxidative stability under typical laundering conditions in aqueous solutions is produced by fermenting Bacillus licheniformis host strain transformed by a multicopy plasmid comprised of DNA sequences which code for the desired proteolytic enzyme.

Abstract: Described is a method of recycling the sludge which arises during the zinc phosphating of steel surfaces. The sludge is preferably digested with nitric acid, the iron selectively extracted from the digested solution with liquid/liquid extraction and the extract thus obtained reused in the preparation of zinc phosphating solution. The preferred extraction solvent is a solution of the monoester of 2-ethylhexyl alcohol with phosphoric acid in kerosene.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of (meth)acrylic acid esters of polyhydric alcohols by reaction of the reactants in the presence of acidic esterification catalysts with addition of .alpha.-substituted phenolic compounds, more particularly di-tert.-butyl hydroquinone, as polymerization inhibitors. The new process is characterized in that the reaction mixtures used are liquid at room temperature and are at least substantially free from solvents and/or azeotropic entraining agents and in that the water of condensation formed is removed from the gas phase of the reaction zone.

Abstract: A composition for improving the wet strength of cellulosic fibrous webs is comprised of an aminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin acid salt resin having an E/N ratio of from about 0.6 to about 2.0 and from about 1% to about 35% of a water soluble cationic polymer based on the weight of the resin. The composition has a total organic chlorine content of from about 0.5% to 1.0% by weight based on the weight of the aminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin acid salt resin.

Abstract: Substantially improved retention of hydrophilicity after exposure to high temperature can be provided on a metal substrate, particularly an aluminum alloy of the type used for heat exchanger fins by an aqueous liquid hydrophilicizing treatment composition containing acrylic and/or methacrylic acid polymer or copolymer, polyether alcohol, and alkali metal silicate. The treatment composition may also contain an anti-microbial agent and additional alkalinizer. The hydrophilicizing treatment is preferably applied over a conventional conversion coating, particularly a chromium phosphate or chromium oxide conversion coating.

Abstract: The use is described ofa) mono- and/or polyfunctional alcohols of natural and/or synthetic origin which are at least largely water-insoluble and are fluid and pumpable in the temperature range of 0.degree. to 5.degree. C.,or ofb) solutions, fluid and pumpable in the given temperature range, in ecologically-acceptable water-insoluble oils, of at least largely water-insoluble mono- and/or polyfunctional alcohols of natural and/or synthetic origin,as the continuous oil phase of drilling fluids, which exist as W/O-emulsions, have a dispersed aqueous phase and preferably have further usual additives in the alcohol-containing oil phase, and which are suitable for the environment-friendly development of, e.g., petroleum and natural gas deposits.

Abstract: An improved process for oximation of carbonyl compounds, such as ketones and aldehydes by oximation with hydroxylamine including oximation processes carried out in the presence of a catalytic amount of an alkyl phenol phase transfer catalyst, such as nonylphenol or dodecylphenol and the presence of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compound. The resulting oximes are useful as metal extractants.

Abstract: Oligoglycerol mixtures having a high diglycerol content are prepared by a process in which glycerol is condensed in the presence of zeolites corresponding to formula (I)M.sub.2/z O * Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 * x SIO.sub.2 * y H.sub.2 O (I)in which M is an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal having a valency of z, x is a number of 1.8 to 12 and y is a number of 0 to 8. The water of condensation which is formed during the reaction, is continuously removed from the reaction mixture and the reaction is terminated when the quantity of water theoretically necessary for the formation of diglycerol has been separated.

Abstract: A process for reducing the residual content of free alkylating agent in aqueous solutions of cationic surfactants comprising aftertreating the solutions with at least one of the following amine compounds:a) ammonia;b) tertiary amine corresponding to the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another represents linear or branched, optionally hydroxy-substituted alkyl radicals containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkenyl radical containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms;c) amino acids containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms; andd) oligopeptides having an average molecular weight of about 500 to about 5000,at an elevated temperature.

Abstract: A pourable aqueous liquid surfactant concentrate containing from about 50 to about 90% by weight of a surfactant mixture comprising:A) from about 10 to about 90% by weight of at least one compound of the formulaR.sup.1 --O--(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --H (I)in which R.sup.1 is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical of a primary C.sub.8-22 alcohol attached by carbon and n is a number of from 10 to 60; and B) from about 90 to about 10% by weight of at least one compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.2 is a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.6-14 radical attached by carbon, and p and q are each a number of from 0 to 25, the sum of p and q being a number from of 5 to 25.The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the above surfactant concentrate and to the use of the concentrate in emulsion polymerization reactions.

Abstract: This invention includes new water-dilutable binder mixtures based on alkyd resins modified by poly{ethylene glycol} and poly{N-acyl alkylene imines}, a process for preparing such binder mixtures, and the use of such binders in oxidatively drying paints and varnishes.

Abstract: Properties of cured autodeposited coatings are improved by contacting the uncured form of the autodeposited coating with an alkaline material, for example, with an aqueous solution of ammonium bicarbonate, or a hydroxide of an alkali metal or ammonia.

Abstract: A chromium free conversion coating at least equivalent in corrosion protective quality to conventional chromate conversion coatings can be formed on metals, particularly galvanized steel, by a dry-in-place aqueous acidic liquid comprising:(A) a component of anions, each of said anions consisting of (i) at least four fluorine atoms and (ii) at least one atom of an element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, silicon, and boron and, optionally, (iii) one or more oxygen atoms;(B) a component of cations of elements selected from the group consisting of cobalt, magnesium, manganese, zinc, nickel, tin, zirconium, iron, aluminum and copper; the ratio of the total number of cations of this component to the total number of anions of component (A) being at least 2:5; and(C) sufficient free acid to give the composition, after dilution with from 1 to 19 times its own weight of water, a pH in the range from 0.5 to 5.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing fluid imidazolinium tensides by reaction of 1-hydroxyethyl-2-alkylimidazolines with neutralized quaternary agents and hydrolysis of the quaternary products thus obtained with aqueous bases. The 1-hydroxyethyl -2-alkylimidazolines are added at a high temperature to an aqueous solution of the neutralized quaternary agents at a molar proportion between imidazoline derivates and the quaternary agents from 1:1.5 to 1:3. The reaction mixture thus obtained is maintained at a temperature in a range of 70.degree. to 85.degree. C. for 30 to 120 minutes, 0.85 to 1.0 mol alkali metal hydroxides, referred to the amount of quaternary agents added during step (a), are added thereto within the 30 to 120 minutes at a temperature in the range of 75.degree. to 85.degree. C., and the reaction mixture thus obtained is maintained at a temperature in the range of 75.degree. to 90.degree. C. for 140 to 220 minutes.

Abstract: Branched fatty substances may be produced by reacting maleic acid anhydride with fatty acids having 16 to 24 carbon atoms and 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 double bonds, or the esters of such acids, with alcohols containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, in the presence of at least one rhodium and/or platinum catalyst.

Abstract: Mutant B. lentus DSM 5483 proteases are derived by the replacement of at least one amino acid residue of the mature form of the B. lentus DSM 5483 alkaline protease. The mutant proteases are expressed by genes which are mutated by site-specific mutagenesis. The amino acid sites selected for replacement are identified by means of a computer based method which compares the three dimensional structure of the wild-type protease and a reference protease.

Abstract: An improved process for recovery of precious metals such as gold or silver using novel ion exchange resins having aryl guanidyl functionality from aryl guanidine compounds having a pKa at 25.degree. C. less than 13 and preferably less than 12. The resins have improved elution properties compared to known guanidine reagents using caustic eluant solutions, particularly improved eluant solutions such as a mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium benzoate. A selective elution of base metals may be carried out before elution of the precious metals from the resins having guanidyl functionality.