Abstract: The invention is to a process for the preparation of biuret-containing polyisocyanates by catalytic reaction of aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates with a biuretizing agent, where the biuretizing agent employed is water in finely disperse form and the reaction is carried out in the presence of OH-acidic compounds.

Abstract: An extrusion coater for the production of a magnetic recording medium having at least one coater slot is described, the lower lip arranged in a direction opposite to the running direction of the substrate and displaced forward relative to the upper lip containing, in its interior, a permanent magnet which is oriented approximately parallel to the upper edge of the lower lip and whose field lines are roughly perpendicular to the coating direction of the magnetic dispersion flowing through the coater slot. By means of this arrangement, it is possible substantially to reduce the layer thickness while achieving a satisfactory coating and also considerably to reduce the edge bead.

Abstract: Excess uncured paint is removed and reclaimed from a paint spray booth by bringing an air stream in which uncured paint particles are entrained into contact with a flowing aqueous flood sheet within the paint spray booth. A substantial portion of the uncured paint particles are solubilized within the flowing aqueous flood sheet and thereby removed from the stream of air. The flowing flood sheet most preferably includes (i) between about 10 to 45 percent by weight of an N-methyl pyrrolidone; (ii) between about 15 to about 40 percent by weight of at least one alkyl glycol ether having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in its alkyl moiety; and (iii) about 0.1 to about 2.0 percent by weight of a non-ionic linear alcohol ethoxylate surfactant sufficient to reduce the flood sheet vapor pressure. Thereafter, the solubilized uncured paint particles are separated and collected from the aqueous flood sheet and thereby reclaimed for future use.

Abstract: Molding materials comprisingA) polymers of propylene and up to 20% by weight of further monomers, containingB) from 0.05 to 0.4% by weight of a monofunctional or polyfunctional carboxamide or of a carboxamide mixture having a molecular weight of from 150 to 600 andc) from 0.1 to 3.0% by weight of an ethylene polymer with up to 20% by weight of comonomers, having a density of from 0.890 to 0.945 g/cm.sup.3 and an MFI of from 10 to 100 g/10 min, measured according to ISO 1133 at 190.degree.C./2.16 kg.The films and moldings produced using the novel molding materials have particularly good frictional properties.

Abstract: A process for preparing amine oxides of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -hydroxyalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -aminoalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 -alkoxyalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -alkylaryl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl-, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy- or halogen-monosubstituted, -disubstituted, -trisubstituted, -tetrasubstituted or -pentasubstituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -alkylaryl, --[(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --O].sub.n --R.sup.4, --{[CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 ]--O}.sub.m --R.sup.5, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are together an uninterrupted or oxygen-, nitrogen- or sulfur-interrupted C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -alkylene diradical chainR.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, --COR.sup.6 or --CH.sub.2 --COOR.sup.7, C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkyl or C.sub.7 -C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for preparing 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid by cultivating a fungus of the genus Rhizoctonia, Ceratobasidium and Pellicularia in the presence of a phenyl compound of the formula I ##STR1## where X is COOR, CH.sub.2 OH, CH.sub.2 NH.sub.2 or ##STR2## R is methyl, ethyl, hydrogen, sodium, potassium or ammonium.

Abstract: N-Alkenylcarbamic esters of the general formula I ##STR1## where at least one of the R.sup.1 radicals is hydrogen and the second R.sup.1 radical is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 --alkyl, the R.sup.2 radical is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical which can be linked to the R.sup.3 radical to form a 2- to 10-membered bridge, and the R.sup.3 radical is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic radical, from an alkenyl carboxylate of the general formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.1 has the abovementioned meaning, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic radical, and a carbamic ester of the general formula III ##STR3## where the R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 radicals have the abovementioned meanings, are prepared by reacting the starting compounds in the presence of a base.

Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst, obtainable by carrying out essentially the following steps:(a) treatment of a platinum metal salt with finely divided sulfur followed by(b) reduction of the platinum metal salt to metallic platinum metal.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,A) from 10 to 90% by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate,B) from 5 to 50% by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane andC) from 5 to 40% by weight of a copolymer ofc.sub.1) from 70 to 85% by weight of styrene or a substituted styrene of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or hydrogen, R.sup.2 is alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, andc.sub.2) from 15 to 30% by weight of (meth)acrylonitrile, (meth)acrylic acid, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl (meth)acrylate, maleic anhydride, acrylamide, vinyl esters of C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -carboxylic acids, maleimides N-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl or by C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 -aryl, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of products of the reaction of polyaspartimides and amino acids by reaction of amino acids with polyaspartimides in aqueous medium at pH values at which at least 5% of the amino groups in the amino acids are in non-protonated form in equilibrium with the protonated form, and use of the reaction products obtainable in this way and of products of the reaction of polyaspartimides with alkanolamines or aminated C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -fatty alcohol alkoxylates which contain as copolymerized units up to 50 mol % of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide per mol of fatty alcohol, as additive to detergents and cleaners, as scale inhibitor and as dispersant.

Abstract: A coating composition including a first component comprising a compound having appended thereto more than one carbamate functional group, and further including a second component reactive with said carbamate groups, which is a substituted acrylamide compound. The composition is useful as a clearcoating composition in a color-plus-clear composite coating.

Abstract: The invention is directed to molding materials containingA) from 1 to 99% by weight of polyarylene ethers having repeating units I ##STR1## where t and q may each be an integer 0, 1, 2 or 3,T, Q and Z may each be a chemical bond or --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, S.dbd.O, C.dbd.O, --N.dbd.N--, R.sup.a C.dbd.CR.sup.b -- or --CR.sup.c R.sup.d --, with the proviso that at least one of the groups T, Q and Z is --SO.sub.2 -- or C.dbd.O,R.sup.a and R.sup.b,R.sup.c and R.sup.d, andAr and Ar.sup.1 are as defined in the specification,B) from 1 to 99% by weight of copolyamides containingb.sub.1) from 30 to 44 mol % of units which are derived from terephthalic acid,b.sub.2) from 6 to 20 mol % of units which are derived from isophthalic acid,b.sub.3) from 43 to 49.5 mol % of units which are derived from hexamethylenediamine,b.sub.4) from 0.5 to 7 mol % of units which are derived from aliphatic cyclic diamines of 6 to 30 carbon atoms andb.sub.5) from 0 to 4 mol % of further polyamide-forming monomers which differ from b.sub.

Abstract: High-flow propylene/ethylene copolymers which have a melt flow index of from 2 to 200 g/min under a load of 2.16 kg at 230.degree. C. and which may be produced from the gas phase by polymerization in two stages in an agitated fixed bed in the presence of hydrogen acting as chain stoppage regulator and using a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system comprising a titaniferous solid component which contains a magnesium compound on finely divided silicon oxide or on finely divided aluminum oxide or on a finely divided aluminum silicate having the empirical formula SiO.sub.2.aAl.sub.2 O.sub.3, where a stands for a value between 0.001 and 2, and an aluminum component, by means of a procedure comprisinga) a first polymerization stage in which propylene is polymerized under a pressure of from 20 to 40 bar and at a temperature of from 60.degree. to 90.degree. C.

Abstract: Binder systems suitable for electrodeposition coating and based on basic, thermally crosslinkable epoxy or polyurethane resins as binders (B), containing from 0.001 to 1% by weight of a polymer (I) whose predominant components are ethyl acrylate and/or n-propyl acrylate, based on the overall solids content of the binder system.

Abstract: Oligomers and polymers, obtainable fromA) from 0.001 to 100 mol % of at least one aminoalkene of the general formula I ##STR1## where X is an integer from 0 to 25 andR.sup.1 to R.sup.6 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.10 -alkyl, 5- to 7-membered cycloalkyl which, in turn, can carry C.sub.1 - to C.sub.6 -alkyl groups as substituents or C.sub.6 - to C.sub.15 -aryl andB) from 0 to 99.999 mol % of at least one alkene,for x=1 in formula I propene being excluded as component B).

Abstract: The invention relates to powder coatings which are characterized in that they contain as film-forming material a mixture of(A) from 19.9 to 90.0 percent by weight of a synthetic resin which contains epoxide groups and may contain ethylenically unsaturated double bonds, or of a mixture of such epoxide group-containing synthetic resins,(B) from 9.9 to 80.0 percent by weight of a compound which contains carboxyl groups and may contain ethylenically unsaturated double bonds, or of a mixture of such carboxyl group-containing compounds,(C) from 0 to 20 percent by weight of a compound which contains ethylenically unsaturated double bonds and is different from (A) and (B), or of a mixture of such compounds, and(D) from 0.1 to 3.0 percent by weight of an initiator for free-radical polymerizations or of a mixture of initiators for free-radical polymerizations,the percentages by weight of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D) being=200% by weight and the mixture of components (A), (B), (C) and (D) containing from 0.1 to 6.

Abstract: A curable coating composition is described comprising two components that are reactive with one another upon curing to form urethane linkages. The urethane-forming components are an active hydrogen groups-containing component and a polyisocyanate, or a carbamate groups-containing component and a carbamate group-reactive component. The composition further comprises a third component that includes one or more epoxide groups. Coatings prepared with this coating composition can be cured and coated with additional coating(s), providing good intercoat adhesion to the subsequent coating.

Abstract: Reaction products of polybasic acids and amino-containing compounds, which are obtainable by heating a mixture of (a) a polybasic carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, isocitric acid, aconitic acid, itaconic acid and/or tartaric acid and (b) an amino-containing compound in a molar ratio of (a) to (b) of from 1:0.1 to 1:10 to at least 80.degree. C. are used as additives in low-phosphate and phosphate-free detergents and cleaning agents.

Abstract: Sulfur compounds of the formula ##STR1## where n is 0 or 2,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, halogen, nitro, amino, hydroxysulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxycarbonyl or unsubstituted or substituted carbamoyl,A is methylene, sulfonyl or a radical of the formula CH.sub.2 --CO or CH.sub.2 --SO.sub.2,X is a direct bond or unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkylene andY is vinyl or a radical of the formula C.sub.2 H.sub.4 Q, where Q is hydroxyl or a group which can be removed under alkaline reaction conditions,and a process for their preparation are described.

Abstract: A plastic valve cover, having an inner shell for use with an internal combustion engine. The inner shell provides a first noise shield while the valve cover body and a cap define a second noise shield.