Abstract: A process for the fractional separation of (meth)acrylic acid from a mixture containing (meth)acrylic acid, in which (meth)acrylic acid is tapped off from the rectifying column at a point above the level at which the liquid mixture containing (meth)acrylic acid enters the rectifying column, and at at least one point of the rectifying column the reflux liquid descending therein is tapped off from the rectifying column, oligomerized and/or polymerized (meth)acrylic acid present therein is separated and the reflux liquid is subsequently recycled to the rectifying column.

Abstract: A process for the preparation hydroxyoxaalkylmelamines of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 denotes a residue of the general formula II ##STR2## in which the radicals R' can be the same or different and stand for hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and n denotes 2 or 3 and the radicals R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 stand for one of the radicals R.sup.1 or hydrogen, by the reaction of melamine with a compound of the general formula III ##STR3## in which R' and n have the meanings stated above, at a temperature of from 120.degree. to 250.degree. C. and in the presence of an acid catalyst, in which the acid catalyst is used in a concentration of from 0.01 to 0.15 mol and preferably from 0.02 to 0.12 mol and more preferably from 0.03 to 0.1 mol, based on 1 mol of melamine.

Abstract: Caprolactam is purified by oxidative treatment in which mixtures which essentially contain the caprolactam to be purified and unsaturated lactams are treated with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas mixture in an alkaline medium.

Abstract: Polymeric, catalytically-active compounds having imidazole groups linked terminally and/or laterally to the polymer chain through reactive groups on the polymer chain are disclosed. The polymer chain is selected from the group consisting of polyether ketones; acidic, basic, or neutral ion exchange resins; polymeric isocyanates; polymers or copolymers containing maleic acid or maleic anhydride; and polymers containing benzyl halide groups.

Abstract: Leucoindigo preparations in granule form consisting essentially of leucoindigo and alkali metal hydroxide and production of these preparations and use thereof for dyeing cellulose-containing textile material.

Abstract: A plate-type printing device and a method of using same are disclosed, wherein the device is composed of a plurality of plates stacked in a front-to-back facial configuration, the plurality of plates containing: at least one inlet port for at least one colorant; at least one colorant-supply plate having formed on a front facial surface thereof at least one colorant-supply cavity disposed in fluid communication with the at least one inlet port; and at least one colorant-transfer plate having formed on a front facial surface thereof at least one colorant-transfer cavity shaped to form a first design pattern, the at least one colorant-transfer plate further containing at least one cavity-port formed in the at least one colorant-transfer cavity, the at least one cavity-port being disposed downstream of and in fluid communication with the at least one colorant-supply cavity.

Abstract: 1,4-butanediol mono(meth)acrylate is prepared by esterification of (meth)acrylic acid with 1,4-butanediol, by a process in which an aqueous solution of unconverted 1,4-butanediol is obtained, wherein the 1,4-butanediol present in the aqueous solution is converted into readily volatile tetrahydrofuran in the presence of a catalytic amount of a strong acid and the tetrahydrofuran is separated off from the aqueous solution.

Abstract: In a process for the preparation of catalytically active poly-metal oxide materials containing Mo and V, a catalyst intermediate is calcined at from 300.degree. to 450.degree. C. in a gas atmosphere which, in addition to inert gases and/or steam, consists of from 0.5 to 4% by volume of O.sub.2 and, averaged over the calcination time, from 1 to 8% by volume of NH.sub.3.

Abstract: A method for controlling undesired plant growth and for regulating plant growth by allowing 4-methyl-5H-indeno[3,2-b]pyridines and 1-methyl-9H-indeno[2,3-c]pyridines of the general formula I ##STR1## where X, Y, Z and the radicals R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 have the meanings as described in the specification,to act on the plants, and novel 4-methyl-5H-indeno- [3,2-b]pyridines and herbicides and plant growth regulators containing these.

Abstract: Copolymers which have K values of from 30 to 50 are obtainable by free radical solution polymerization ofA) from 15 to 84.99% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylcaprolactam and N-vinylimidazole,B) from 15 to 84.99% by weight of further monoolefinically unsaturated monomers capable of free radical copolymerization andC) from 0.01 to 2% by weight of at least one monomer capable of free radical copolymerization and having at least two non-conjugated olefinic double bondsin alcoholic solution.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of multicoat coatings in which a pigmented aqueous basecoat composition is used which comprises a water-thinnable emulsion polymer as the film-former. The water-thinnable emulsion polymer is prepared in a two-stage emulsion polymerization. The first stage gives rise to a polymer having a glass transition temperature (T.sub.G1) of +30.degree. to +110.degree. C. In the second stage a mixture of monomers is polymerized in the presence of the polymer prepared in the first stage which by an exclusive polymerization gives rise to a polymer having a glass transition temperature (T.sub.G2) of -60.degree. to +20.degree. C. The hydroxyl value of the emulsion polymer is between 2 and 100.

Abstract: Low viscosity mixtures of(I) from 40 to 97.5% by weight of amphiphilic nonionic graft copolymers comprising, in copolymerized form,(a) at least 20% by weight of polyalkylene oxide units or polyvinylpyrrolidone units as hydrophilic part of the molecule and(b) at least 40% by weight of vinyl ester and/or (meth)acrylic ester units as hydrophobic part of the molecule, and(II) from 2.5 to 60% by weight of at least one viscosity-reducing additive selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene glycols, alkoxylated alcohols, alkoxylated alkylphenols, alkoxylated amines and hydroxy compounds having from 1 to 4 OH groups and from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, the molecular mass M.sub.

Abstract: A sterically-hindered monomer is used to make a polymer which in turn is useful in coating compositions. The resulting residue of the sterically-hindered monomer is present in the polymer, as well as in a cured coating (preferably an automotive coating) produced using a coating composition having the polymer therein. The presence of the residue of the sterically-hindered monomer imparts in the cured coating a resistance to environmental etching.

Abstract: A cassette with a recording medium, in particular a magnetic recording medium, is designed with a displaceable identification part which can be pushed into the cassette housing. For this purpose, a web is provided behind a cassette opening in a cassette wall, which web runs at an angle with respect to the cassette wall. It is also possible to provide a web which is approximately parallel to the cassette wall, and the identification part, designed as a slide, is provided with a front beveling, in the opening sliding direction, in order to push the slide partially past the edge of the cassette wall located in the opening direction.The cassette can be used for recording/reproducing signals of any type, and any functions of the associated cassette apparatus can be controlled indirectly by the positionally displaceable identification part.

Abstract: N-[(1,3,5-Triazin-2-yl)-aminocarbonyl]-benzenesulfonamide of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl, R.sup.2 is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkylsulfonyl, trifluoromethyl or 2-methoxyethoxy and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, fluorine or chlorine, and their agriculturally useful salts, processes for their preparation and their use.

Abstract: Reactive dye mixtures comprising the dyes of the formulae ##STR1## where Kat.sup..sym. is a cation, L is C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene, and X.sup.1, X.sup.2, Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 are each vinyl or a radical of the formula C.sub.2 H.sub.4 -Q, where Q is a group detachable under alkaline reaction conditions, in a weight ratio of from 20:80 to 90:10, are useful for dyeing or printing hydroxyl-containing or nitrogenous organic substrates.

Abstract: Process for the preparing high molecular weight polymers by polymerization of water-soluble, monoethylenically unsaturated moonomers and, if desired, crosslinkers, and, if desired, water-insoluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, in aqueous solution in the presence of polymerization initiators in a tubular reaction which at the end has a conical taper, the ratio of the diameter of the reactor (D1) to the diameter at the end of the conical taper of the reactor (D2) being from 2:1 to 25:1 and the angle between D1 at the beginning of the conical taper and the inner cone wall being >45.degree. and <90.degree., and discharge of the gelatinous reaction mixture from the reactor by injection of an inert gas.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a multicoat metallic refinishing process in which a coating material is first applied to the prepared area of damage and to the adjacent regions of original finish. A metallic basecoat is applied to this first coating in such a way that the basecoat hides the area of damage and tapers off on the coating. A clearcoat is then applied to the basecoat and, if appropriate, also to the adjacent regions of the original finish.In the process an aqueous metallic basecoat and an aqueous coating material containinga) 5 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the coating material, of at least one water-thinnable or water-dispersible film-forming material,b) 0 to 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the coating material, of at least one organic solventc) conventional auxiliaries and additives, if appropriate,are applied to the prepared area of damage, the dry film thickness of this aqueous coating material being between 2 and 50 .mu.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where the index and the substituents have the following meanings as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A process for producing multicomponent fibers provides a dispersion of a particulate additive or chemical compound in a nonaqueous liquid carrier; forms a blend of a first thermoplastic polymer and the dispersion by injecting the dispersion into an extruder which is part of a fiber extrusion apparatus and which extruder is extruding the first thermoplastic polymer thereby forming a blend of the additive in the first thermoplastic polymer; provides a second thermoplastic polymer to the fiber extrusion apparatus; in the fiber extrusion apparatus, arranges the blend and the second thermoplastic polymer in a preselected, mutually separated relative arrangement; directs the arrangement of blend and the second thermoplastic polymer to a spinneret which is a part of the fiber extrusion apparatus while maintaining the preselected, mutually separated relative arrangement; extrudes the directed arrangement of the blend and the second molten polymer through the spinneret to form multicomponent fibers; and solidifies the