Abstract: The present invention relates to a process in which1. a water-dilutable basecoat composition is applied which contains at least one water-dilutable binder, metallic pigments, if desired color pigments, if desired conventional auxiliaries and additives and up to 20% by weight of organic solvents,2. a polymer film is formed from this basecoat composition,3. a transparent topcoat containing a polymer containing silyl groups and obtainable by copolymerization of p1 p.sub.1) 0.1 to 40% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated silane monomers of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl, aryl, acyl, aralkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atomsR.sup.2 is an organic radical having a polymerizable double bondX is a hydrolyzable groupn is 1, 2 or 3p.sub.2) 5 to 30 % by weight, preferably 8 to 25% by weight, of monomers having at least 2 polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated double bonds andp.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a multi-layered coating in which the aqueous top coating composition contains a water-dilutable polyacrylate resin which has a hydroxyl number of 40 to 200, an acid number of 20 to 100 and a glass transition temperature (T.sub.G) of -40.degree. C. to +60.degree. C. and can be prepared by adding a mixture (I) of a (meth)acrylic acid ester and a copolymerizable monomer containing hydroxyl groups to an organic solvent, subjecting the mixture to free radical polymerization and, when the addition of mixture (I) has ended, adding a monomer containing carboxyl groups and polymerizing the mixture further.

Abstract: The invention relates to copolymers containing carboxyl groups and having an acid number of 20 to 150 mg of KOH/g and a number average molecular weight of 2000 to 8000, which can preferably be prepared from copolymers containing hydroxyl groups by reaction with carboxylic anhydrides, to a process for their preparation and their use in coating agents. The copolymers contain a vinyl ester, a vinyl aromatic, a hydroxyalkyl ester of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid, and optionally other monomers that may contain acid groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coating agents containingA) one or more polymers containing carboxyl groups and having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 8,000 and an acid number of 15 to 200 mg of KOH/g as the essential binder component andB) one or more compounds containing epoxide groups as crosslinking agents,wherein the compound B containing epoxide groups is a copolymer containing epoxide groups, has a number-average molecular weight M.sub.n of 300 to 5,000, preferably 500 to 3,500, and a heterogeneity (M.sub.w /M.sub.n), measured by gel permeation chromatography, of .ltoreq.3, preferably of .ltoreq.2, and has been prepared by continuous bulk polymerization at temperatures between 130.degree. and 350.degree. C. and pressures above 1 bar.The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the coating agent and the use of the coating agents in automobile refinishing.

Abstract: Cationic resins are obtainable by reaction ofA) a carboxyl-containing copolymer containing as comonomersa) 35-100 mol % of butadiene,b) 0-45 mol % of acrylonitrile, andc) 0-20 mol % of further comonomers, which has an average molecular weight of 500-50,000 and carries on average from 1.5 to 4 carboxyl groups per molecule, andB) a condensation product ofd) a polybasic aliphatic C.sub.10 -C.sub.100 -carboxylic acid, ande) an amine which is polyfunctional in respect of primary and secondary amino groups,the amount of e) having been determined in such a way that, arithmetically, there are from 1.05 to 4 amino groups for every carboxyl group of d),with the proviso that the amount of B) is chosen in such a way that there are from 1.05 to 4 mol of amino groups per mole of the carboxyl groups present in A).

Abstract: A water-dilutable coating comprising a binder obtained from an epoxide resin-modified polyester possessing free carboxyl groups prepared from the reaction of:A) a polyester polymerized from:a.sub.1) a polycarboxylic acid containing at least three carboxyl groups and/ora.sub.2) a polyol containing at least one carboxyl group anda.sub.3) a polycarboxylic acid containing two carboxyl groups anda.sub.4) a polyol, wherein the polyester contains (cyclo)aliphatic elements having at least six carbon atoms;B) from 0.3-1.5 equivalents per polyester molecule of a bisphenol epoxide resin or a reaction product thereof containing at least one epoxide group per molecule with a carboxylic acid; andC) a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: Solutions of polyimide-forming starting materials are provided containing diamines and tetracarboxylic diesters; the tetracarboxylic diesters comprise a mixture of from 0.05 to 0.95 mol % of oxydiphthalic diesters and from 0.05 to 0.95 mol % of benzophenonetetracarboxylic diesters, biphenyltetracarboxylic diesters or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cathodic electro-dipcoating process, wherein the electro-dipcoating composition used contains a cationic, amine-modified epoxy resin, which is obtainable by reacting(A) a polyepoxide,(B) an amine and(C) an adduct, which is obtainable by . . . (sic)(c1) a polyether- or polyester-polyol,(c2) a polyisocyanate and(c3) a compound which contains at least one hydrogen atom which is reactive towards isocyanate groups and at least one ketimine group in the molecule, and/or(D) a hydrolysis product of (C)with one another in a relative proportion such that 20 to 90% of the epoxy groups of component (A) are reacted with component (B) and the remaining epoxy groups are reacted with component (C) and/or (D), and--if still necessary--at least partially protonating the reaction product thus obtained.

Abstract: Polymeric reaction products useful as additions to electrocoating baths are obtainable fromA. a polyoxyalkylene which has an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 140 to 10,000 and contains on average from 1.5 to 3.0 primary and/or secondary amino groups andB. a polymer which is based on a conjugated diene, has an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 250 to 50,000, contains on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxy groups per molecule and is obtainable by reacting a hydroxyl- or carboxyl-containing polymer with a glycidyl compound.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of reflectors, in particular reflectors for automotive vehicle headlamps, wherein a metallic film is applied to a metallization primer cured by UV or electron radiation. The radiation-curable metallization primer comprisesA) 10 to 50% by weight of an acrylate copolymer containing ethylenically unsaturated side chains and having a number average molecular weight of 6,000 to 14,000,B) 4 to 50% by weight of a mixture ofb1) 2 to 20% by weight of a monomer or oligomer containing three acryloyl groups,b2) 2 to 20% by weight of a polyethylenically unsaturated aliphatic oligomer of the formula (I) ##STR1## b3) 5 to 20% by weight of a difunctional acrylic carbonate monomer, C) 1 to 8% by weight of a photoinitiator,D) 0 to 5% by weight of customary auxiliaries and additives, andE) 0 to 60% by weight of one or more solvents inert toward components A-D the components A to E in each case totalling 100% by weight.

Abstract: A process for the production of a multi-layer paint coating in which base paints are employed which contain 5 to 20% by weight of crosslinked polymer microparticles, 2 to 15% by weight of a cellulose ester and 5 to 20% by weight of an epoxidized fatty acid ester, the weight percentages relating to the total content of nonvolatile constituents, excluding pigments and inorganic fillers, and the cellulose ester being so selected that a solution of 15 parts by weight of the cellulose ester in 85 parts by weight of a 9:1 mixture of acetone and ethanol at 23.degree. C. has a viscosity of 200 to 600 mPa.s.

Abstract: Solutions of polycondensates which have N-containing heterocyclic ring systems as structural units, or solutions of intermediates of these polycondensates, in inorganic solvents, contain from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the polycondensates or the intermediates thereof, of one or more azidosilanes of the general formulaN.sub.3 --R.sup.3 --Si--R.sup.1.sub.n (OR.sup.2).sub.3-n Iwhere R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, phenyl, benzyl or toluyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkoxyalkyl, phenyl or benzyl, R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkylene which may be interrupted by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a --(N--R.sup.4) -group, where R.sup.4 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or phenyl, and n is 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the coating of electrically conducting substrates in which(1) the substrate is immersed in an aqueous electrocoating paint comprising at least one cathodically depositable resin,(2) the substrate is connected as cathode,(3) a film is deposited on the substrate using direct current,(4) the substrate is removed from the electrocoating paint and(5) the deposited paint film is baked.In this invention an electrically conducting substrate coated by a coating produced by plasma polymerization is employed as substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the microbiological decontamination of soil, in which1) the contaminated soil is excavated and treated,2) the treated soil is banked up on a prepared subsoil in the form of regeneration clamps, and3) the clamps are provided with oxygen while microbiological degradation of the contaminants takes place.The method comprises mixing the contaminated soil with, preferably contaminated, concrete and/or building rubble, before the mixture is banked up in the form of regeneration clamps, the concrete and/or building rubble having been comminuted before mixing to a particle size of .ltoreq.10 mm, preferably .ltoreq.6 mm.The method according to the invention makes possible, within a short time, decontamination even of soils whose permeability for air and water is only low, and also of soils where the distribution of contaminants is highly inhomogeneous, or where the concentration of contaminants is very high.

Abstract: The invention relates to copolymers containing amino groups and having an amine number of 30 to 150 mg of KOH/g and a number-average molecular weight of 1,500 to 8,000, which can be prepared from copolymers containing alkyl ester groups by aminolysis with polyamines, processes for their preparation and their use in coating agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid, radiation-curable coating composition for the coating of glass surfaces which comprisesA) 56 to 89% by weight of at least one diethylenically unsaturated polyurethane optionally containing urea groups,B) 3 to 30% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer,C) 0.5 to 8% by weight of at least one photoinitiator andD) 0.05 to 6% by weight of an alkoxysilane,the sum total of the components A to D being 100% by weight in each case.The coating composition uses1.) one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing carboxyl groups, optionally together with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers as the component B and2.) an alkoxysilane containing epoxide groups as the component D.These coating compositions are employed for the coating of glass surfaces, in particular of optical glass fibers, and are distinguished by good adhesion even under humid conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to acrylate copolymers with free double bonds, which are obtainable by copolymerization ofa) 3 to 30% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomers with at least two polymerizable double bonds,b) 5 to 60% by weight of monomers with a functional group andc) other ethylenically unsaturated monomers, the sum of all the monomers being 100% by weight, and subsequent reaction of the polymer (A) formed with compounds (B) which, in addition to a group which can react with the functional groups of (A), contain at least one ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable double bond.The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the acrylate copolymers.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring fluid flow has a measuring device operating in accordance with the Coriolis principle. The measuring device has an oscillating conduit wherein the fluid to be measured flows through the conduit, and a sensor for sensing the movement of the conduit and generating output signals indicative of the movement. The measuring device generates a measurement signal based on the sensor signal indicative of the flow rate of fluid through the conduit. A counting device is coupled to the measuring device for receiving the measurement signal and calculating the flow rate of fluid through the conduit based on the measurement signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and device for measuring the effective viscosity and the elastic properties of coatings. Known measuring processes and measuring devices based on the "rolling ball method" suffer from drawbacks, namely run formation and sinking of the relatively heavy solvent vapors, due to the inclination of the coated sheet metal. To overcome these drawbacks, rolling movements are imparted to a magnetizable ball (1) displaced from its rest position in a magnetic field, during movement of the horizontally disposed substrate, under the influence of the field gradient of a permanent magnet or electromagnet (4) located below the substrate. The rolling movements are used as the basis for the measurements.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-thinnable baking paints, the use thereof as filler material and intermediate stone chip resistant coat as well as a process for painting motor vehicle bodies.The water-thinnable baking paints comprise as binders a combination of(I) 20 to 70% by weight of a water-thinnable polyurethane resin with an acid value of 15 to 35,(II) 20 to 70% by weight of an epoxy resin-modified water-thinnable polyester which can be prepared by reacting a polyester (A) with a molecular weight (number average) below 2000, an acid value of 35-240 and a hydroxyl value of 56-320, with 0.3 to 1.