Abstract: A coating composition based on amines, aldimines and isocyanates which forms a polyurea coating or film. These coating compositions are especially useful in the automotive refinish industry due to the cure rate at ambient conditions. The coatings of these compositions can be useful for obtaining low VOC (Volatile Organic Content) levels.

Abstract: A yarn twister mechanically twists a filamentary yarn prior to take-up so as to improve filament-to-filament cohesion. The yarn twister most preferably includes an annular housing defining an annular race in which a follower element is orbitally movable. Pressurized fluid (e.g., air) is introduced substantially tangentially into the race so as to propel the follower in an orbital path along the race. The follower includes a yarn guide element which radially extends through an annular slot in the housing into the housing's cylindrical interior region. The pressurized fluid is discharged through the slot into the cylindrical interior region of the housing so as to provide a fluid bearing for the follower. In use, the traveling yarn will thereby be guided through the yarn guide so that orbital movement of the follower will responsively impart a desirable twist to the yarn so as to increase the filament-to-filament cohesion of the yarn.

Abstract: Polyoxyalkylene glycol monoesters of carboxylic acids are prepared by a process in which tetrahydrofuran or a mixture of tetrahydrofuran with a total of not more than 95 mol %, based on the amount of tetrahydrofuran used, of one or more comonomers from the group consisting of the cyclic ethers and acetals is polymerized in the absence of water and in the presence of a carboxylic acid and of an anhydrous heteropolyacid catalyst.

Abstract: Polyurethane polymers having pendant carbamate groups are disclosed. The polymers are prepared by:(a) reacting a mixture comprising a polyol having at least one pendant carbamate group and a polyisocyanate to form a polyurethane having pendant carbamate groups, and(b) optionally, capping the polyurethane from (b) with an active hydrogen-containing capping agent.

Abstract: Apparatus, in particular reactor for carrying out endothermic catalytically promoted gas-phase reactions, which has, arranged one on top of the other or one inside the other in a common jacket, a tube-bundle heat exchanger 1 consisting of a plurality of parallel tubes provided with baffles 1a securing a flow of the heat exchanging medium in a direction transverse to the axis of said tubes, a reaction space 6 which preferably widens conically upward, has a base and is intended for holding a catalyst bed, a tube-bundle heat exchanger 2 to which material flows laterally and which is provided with baffles 2a, a reaction space 4 which has a base, is closed at the top by a gas dome and is intended for holding a catalyst bed, a central tube 3 for connecting the outer space of the heat exchanger 1 to the gas space above the reaction space 4, and inlet and outlet means for a heating or cooling gas (c) and inlet and outlet means (a or b) for the fresh gas or reaction mixture, respectively.

Abstract: A process for preparing alkyl 5-oxo-6-heptenoates of the formula I ##STR1## where X and Y are hydrogen or methyl, and R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, byA) reacting 5-acetyl-2-norbornene with a dialkyl carbonate [CO(OR.sup.2).sub.2, where R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,] in the presence of a base to give an alkyl 3-(2-norbornen-5-yl)-3-oxopropionate II,B) reacting the ester II on the presence of a base with an unsaturated compound of the formula III ##STR2## where Z is CN or CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, where R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, and hydrolyzing the product of the reaction of compound II with compound III to a 5-(2-norbornen-5-yl)-5-oxopentanoic acid of the formula IV,C) esterifying the acid IV to give a 5-(2-norbornen-5-yl)-5-oxopentanoic ester of the formula V, andD) converting the ester V by thermal cleavage into an alkyl 5-oxo-6-heptenoate I.

Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a purification process, and particular, to a process of removing cyclic alkane alcohols from compositions comprising linear alkane alcohols.

Abstract: Cathodic electrocoat compositions containing self-crosslinking polymers are described. The polymers of the invention are formed from an epoxide-functional prepolymer having polyepoxide and extender segments. Each extender segment has at least one pendant hydroxyalkyl carbamate group. The prepolymer is reacted with an amine compound having at least one blocked primary amine group and at least one epoxide-reactive group. The primary amine group is unblocked and the resultant polymer is dispersed in water with the aid of a neutralizing acid.

Abstract: In a process for producing filler-containing thermoplastic molding compositions by mixing fillers with thermoplastics in the melt,a) the fillers are mixed in a mixing apparatus in the melt with a low molecular weight thermoplastic having a melt viscosity of at most 30 Pas (measured at 20.degree. C. above the melting point of the thermoplastic compound and at a shear gradient of 1,000 s.sup.-1),b) the product thus obtained is removed from the mixing apparatus, cooled and comminuted, andc) the comminuted product is then subjected in the solid phase to a post-condensation.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of Ziegler-Natta type catalyst systems, containing, as active constituentsa) a titanium-containing solid component, which contains in addition to a compound of titanium at least one electron donor compound, and is present in an inert solvent in the form of a suspension, and, as co-catalyst,b) an aluminum compound andc) optionally further electron donor compoundsin which, following the preparation of the titanium-containing solid component a), the inert solvent present in the suspension is removed by first filtering the suspension in a first step, and then removing further solvent from the filtered material in a second step by applying a pressure difference at temperatures of not more than 100.degree. C.

Abstract: A pack for stacked articles with at least an identical base area, for example rectangular or square, comprises two adhesive strips which do not have lines of weakness or tearing lines and are provided at least on the narrow sides of the stack. The material is recyclable and corresponds as far as possible to the other packaging material. A gripping aid facilitates the largely non-destructive pulling off of the adhesive strips for individually separating the articles. The pack can be used for all rectangularly shaped articles such as cuboids, cubes, disks etc.

Abstract: A water-soluble or water-dispersible graft copolymer obtainable by free-radical graft copolymerization of(I) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer onto(II) polymers with a molecular weight of 200-5000 of monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids or anhydrides thereofusing from 5 to 2,000 parts by weight of the monomers (I) per 100 parts by weight of grafting base, a process for preparing the graft copolymers and the use of the graft copolymers as additive to phosphate-free or reduced phosphate textile detergents, as dispersants and preventers of deposits in cleaners for hard surfaces and as water-treatment agents for reducing the deposition of scale and the separation out of water hardness in water-conveying systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water-blown integral skin polyurethane foam compositions, molded polyurethane articles, a process of preparing said articles, and an isocyanate composition for use therein. In particular, the invention relates to water-blown integral skin molded polyurethane articles having particularly advantageous physical properties, and compositions useful for producing such articles. In particular, the invention provides a polyurethane composition which has an isocyanate component (a) an isocyanate reactive component (b), a blowing agent comprising water (c), a polyether (d) selected from the group consisting of polytetrahydrofuran and polyethylene glycol having a number average molecular weight of from 200 to 2000 and optionally, one or more additives (e) from the group consisting of catalysts, chain extenders, oxo alcohols, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A process for preparing di- or triarylmethane dyes by oxidation of di- or triarylmethanes in the presence of a diluent and of an oxygen transfer catalyst that contains a complexed heavy metal ion comprises using as oxidizing agent hydrogen peroxide, a hydrogen peroxide donor compound, an organic hydroperoxide or a percarboxylic acid and as the oxygen transfer catalyst a member of the class of the porphyrins, tetraaza[14]annulenes, phthalocyanines or tetraazacyclotetradecanes.

Abstract: A method for reducing the abrasiveness of a coated product web is described, in which the product web is guided with its coated side over a deflection roller (2) and thereafter, in the course of a contact zone over guide rollers and deflection rollers or linear zones in between, is treated with itself, ie. once again with an abrasive surface. The abrasive action can be controlled in a specific manner through the relative speeds of the two surfaces, the tape tension and the length of the contact surface. Abraded particles present on the layer surface are subsequently removed by extraction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for spray-painting with aqueous paints, in which paints with different colors are processed, recovered paint is recycled, if desired after admixing with newly supplied paint (fresh paint), to the coating operation, and(a) the substrates are selected such that some of the substrates can painted using a mixture of the paints with different colors ("mixed paint"), and(b) the substrates are selected such that the proportion of the paints with different colors in the overall amount of paint processed is from 10 to 90% by weight, and(c) the substrates are selected such that the proportion in which the paints with different colors are processed corresponds to the proportional content of the paints with different colors in the mixed paint, and/or(d) care is taken, by selecting the color of the fresh paint which is admixed, to ensure that the recovered paint has the same color as the mixed paint.

Abstract: A plate-type chemical reactor and method of using same to react two or more mutually separated fluid component streams are disclosed, wherein the reactor contains one or more reactor plates including at least one reaction-chamber reactor plate; at least one reaction chamber formed on a front facial surface of the reaction-chamber reactor plate(s); and at least one heat exchange channel passing through the reaction-chamber reactor plate(s) such that at least one section of heat exchange channel(s) is disposed in a heat exchange relationship with the reaction chamber(s); the reaction chamber containing: a plurality of inlet means for receiving and directing a plurality of mutually separated fluid component streams, a first mixing zone for mixing the separated fluid component streams to form a single at least partially reacted multicomponent fluid stream thereof, and at least one outlet means.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising an optically variable pigment modified with metal salt selected from the group consisting of salts of transition metals having atomic numbers 21-28; 39-42, 57 and 72-74; and salts of the lanthanide series of rare earth metals having atomic numbers of from 58 to 71. The invention also includes a method for forming the surface treated pigments and coating compositions containing the pigments.

Abstract: Mixtures of(I)polymers of monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids having a molecular weight of from 200 to 5,000 and(II)(1) copolymers having a molecular weight of from 10,000 to 150,000 and comprising(a) from 10 to 70% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic acids or the salts thereof and(b) from 30 to 90% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -monocarboxylic acids and/or the salts thereof,(2) graft polymers having a molecular weight of from 5,000 to 150,000, which are obtainable by free radical graft polymerization of(A) monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -carboxylic acids or the anhydrides and/or the salts thereof in the presence of(B) mono-, oligo- or polysaccharides and the derivatives thereof in a weight ratio (A) : (B) of (95 to 20) : (5 to 80), and/or(3) polyaminocarboxylic acids and/or polymers containing aminocarboxylic acid groupscontain the components (I) and (II) in a weight ratio of from 10 : 0.5 to 0.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing alkoxy-octasubstituted metal-free or metal-containing naphthalocyanines by etherification of 1,4-dihydroxy-2,3-dicyanonaphthalene and formation of the metal-free naphthalocyanine with or without subsequent metallization.