Abstract: A fiber composite is produced by continuously pressing together a thermoplastic melt and a glass fiber mat or tape in a double belt press and cooling the composite under pressure. The double belt press is sealed off on both sides by endless, traveling belts made of a compressible material.

Abstract: A fungicidal mixture containinga) an oxime ether carboxylic acid ester of the formula Ia or Ib ##STR1## and b) 1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2-cyano-2-(4-chlorophenyl)hexane II ##STR2## in a synergistically active amount is described.

Abstract: Articles made from melamine fibers and aramid fibers are dyed at selected conditions and with selected dyes such that the aramid fiber is dyed but the melamine fiber is not.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a mixture of(a1) a naturally occurring, zwitterionic phosphatide or a mixture of naturally occurring zwitterionic phosphatides and(a2) cholic acid and/or a salt of cholic acid and/or deoxycholic acid and/or a salt of deoxycholic acid and/or ricinoleic acid and/or a salt of ricinoleic acid and/or oleic acid and/or a salt of oleic acidas an emulsifier for the preparation of aqueous polymer dispersions which can be prepared by free radical emulsion polymerization of monomers which can be polymerized by free radicals or mixtures of monomers which can be polymerized by free radicals.

Abstract: Carbamates of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: Z is methoxy, NH.sub.2, NHCH.sub.3, N(CH.sub.3).sub.2, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, CF.sub.3 or CCl.sub.3,X and Y are identical or different and each is hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, CF.sub.3, CN, NO.sub.2, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl or may be condensed together to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic, partially or completely hydrogenated ring,R.sup.1 may also be substituted or unsubstituted and is O-alkyl, O-alkenyl, O-alkynyl, O-cycloalkyl, O-cycloalkenyl or O--CO.sub.2 -alkyl,A is --O--, --S--, --CR.sup.2 .dbd.CR.sup.3 --, CHR.sup.2 --O--, --CHR.sup.2 --S--, --CHR.sup.2 --O--N.dbd.C(R.sup.4)--, --CR.sup.2 .dbd.N--O--, --O--N.dbd.C(R.sup.4)--, --C.tbd.C--, --CHR.sup.2 --CHR.sup.3 --, --CHR.sup.2 --O--CO--, --O--CHR.sup.

Abstract: A process is described for removing heteropoly compounds from heteropoly compound-contaminated polyethers, polyesters and/or polyether esters, which comprises admixing the polymer or a solution of the same with a compound which contains at least one heteroatom which is selected from the group consisting of central atoms of heteropolyacids, is non-protic and is of a polarity so low that its addition leads to the heteropoly compounds separating out in a separate phase, and separating off the precipitated heteropoly compound phase. The remaining polymer phase is preferably further purified using a solid adsorbent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen, wherein the gaseous reactants are separately preheated, intimately mixed in a mixing zone, reacted after passing a burner block and rapidly quenched with an aqueous quench medium after reaction, further characterized in that the aqueous quench medium is recirculated in a closed system. Preferably the ratio of the gaseous reactants is selected in such a way that acetylene and soot produced in the reaction are obtained in a weight ratio of 50 to 500.

Abstract: Polymers (A) containing oxazine groups are prepared by reacting a polymer (T) containing nitrile groups with a monoaminoalcohol in the presence of a catalyst by a process in which the polymer T is reacted in the melt with the monoaminoalcohol in the presence of the catalyst and in the absence of a solvent.

Abstract: A gas-phase mixture of propene and oxygen is catalytically oxidized by passing a reactant gas mixture comprising propene and oxygen through a plurality of catalyst containing contact tubes in a fixed bed reactor and simultaneously passing only one heat-exchange medium at elevated temperature over the exterior surfaces of the contact tubes in a longitudinal flow pattern which is cocurrent with the direction of flow of the reactants through said tube; simultaneously superposing a transverse flow on said longitudinal flow of heat exchange medium by means of an arrangement of successive baffles along the contact tubes which leave passage cross-sections free, thereby resulting in a meandrous flow of the heat-exchange medium through the reactor and setting the flow rate of said heat-exchange medium so that its temperature between the point of entry of the medium into the reactor and its point of exit increases by 2.degree. to 10.degree. C.; and obtaining product acrolein at a selectivity .gtoreq.

Abstract: Novel 2-cyanoacrylic esters I ##STR1## where the radicals have the following meanings: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or a radical having an iso- or heterocyclic ring system with at least one iso- or heteroaromatic nucleus, and at least one of the radicals R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 must be different from hydrogen,n is from 2 to 10, andX is, when n=2, a radical of the formula II ##STR2## where m is from 2 to 8, and X is, when n>2, the radical of an n-hydric aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyol having 3-20 carbon atoms, it also being possible for a cycloaliphatic radical to contain 1 or 2 hetero atoms, and for an aliphatic radical to be interrupted by up to 8 non-adjacent oxygen atoms, sulfur atoms, imino or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylimino groups, are used as light stabilizers.

Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylic esters by esterifying (meth)acrylic acid with monohydric or polyhydric alcohols comprises adding to the reaction mixture still comprising (meth)acrylic acid corresponding to an acid number of at least 5 mg of KOH per 1 g of reaction mixture at least one amino compound having at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amino group.

Abstract: Electrically conductive fiber is made from a multicomponent filament having a suffusible component present at some or all of the periphery of the filament, and an impervious component that is substantially impervious to a suffusion coating solution. Finely-divided, electrically conductive particles are suffused into a surface of the suffusible component to render an electrical resistance in the filament of not more than about 10.sup.9 ohms/cm but the particles do not significantly suffuse into the impervious component.

Abstract: A process for the continuous pretreatment of cellulosic textile material comprisesa) a precleaning step wherein the treatment bath used comprises customary surfactants and other customary auxiliaries with or without customary enzymes as desizing agents and has a pH of from 5 to 11, and, after washoff and rinse,b) a bleaching step with hydrogen peroxide in an alkaline-aqueous liquor which comprises customary surfactants and other customary auxiliaries,wherefor the treatment bath of (a) additionally comprises from 1 to 10% by weight, based on the weight of the textile material,(i) either of an aminopolycarboxylic acid, of a hydroxyalkyl- or amino-phosphonic acid, of a polycarboxylic acid, of a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid or of an inorganic polymetaphosphate, or a mixture thereof, as complexing agent for polyvalent metal ions, or(ii) of a water-soluble polymer derived from 40 to 100% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids or anhydrides, or a mixture thereof, and has a K value of fr

Abstract: Provided are compositions useful as paints which have excellent acid resistance and scratching resistance, and provide a good appearance. The thermoset compositions are comprised of a vinyl copolymer (A) comprised of lactone modified acrylic monomer and other monomer, a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B) which has been reacted with a mixture of malonic acid and acetoacetic acid, and an alkyl etherified amino resin (C).

Abstract: Solid materials are treated with a blend of water or solvents and distillation bottoms obtained from production of an alcohol having the formula:R2--R1--OH,wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted, branched, straight chain, or cyclic C.sub.4 to C.sub.12 and R2 is OH or H.

Abstract: Shaped articles produced from thermoplastic molding materials which containA) from 30 to 99.8% by weight of a thermoplastic styrene polymer ofB) from 0.1 to 70% by weight of a graft polymer having an average particle diameter d.sub.50 of less than 300 .mu.mC) from 0.1 to 70% by weight of a particulate polymer as a dulling agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the genes for riboflavin biosynthesis in the fungus Ashbya gossypii and to genetic engineering processes for preparing riboflavin using these genes and gene products.

Abstract: The use of 3-arylacrylic esters I ##STR1## where Ar is an aryl radical which can additionally carry substituents,R.sup.1 is the residue of an n-hydric aliphatic polyol having up to 20 carbon atoms, where the carbon chain can be interrupted by up to 9 non-adjacent oxygen atoms, or of an n-hydric cyclo-aliphatic polyol having 5 to 20 carbon atoms in which ring carbon atoms can also be replaced by non-adjacent oxygen atoms,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 --C.sub.4 -alkyl, andn is a number from l to 10,as stabilizers, in particular against the action of light, for non-living organic material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production and repair of multicoat special-effect coatings, in which the basecoat is produced exclusively by elecrostatic spraying, a coating material with a specific rheological behavior is employed as the basecoat and the repair is carried out with the aid of a spray application process in which a spray jet is produced which is distinguished in thatat most 40% of the coating droplets passing a measurement point which lies at the center of the spray jet and 300 mm away from the nozzle have a diameter which is less than 20 .mu.m and at least 5% of the coating droplets have a diameter which is greater than 60 .mu.m,at least 20% of the coating droplets passing the measurement point have a speed which is less than 6 m/s and at most 30% of the coating droplets have a speed of more than 10 m/s, andthe coating droplets have a momentum which is equal to at least 4.times.10.sup.-5 g cm s.sup.

Abstract: Chiral compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or --Y--Z--Y.sup.1,R.sup.2 is ##STR2## and X is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, hydroxyl or OR.sup.1, whereY is a direct bond, CO or C.sub.2 - to C.sub.8 -alkylene in which nonadjacent carbon atoms may be replaced by O, CO, COO or OCO,Z is a group containing one or more saturated or unsaturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings,Y.sup.1 is C.sub.1 - to C.sub.15 -alkyl, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.15 -alkenyl, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.15 -alkoxy, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.15 -alkenyloxy, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.15 -alkanoyloxy or C.sub.3 - to C.sub.15 -alkenoyloxy, it being possible for nonadjacent carbon atoms in these radicals to be replaced by oxygen, OCO or COO, andn is 0, 1 or 2.