Abstract: A yarn having antimicrobial properties comprising a plurality of individual synthetic polymer filaments wherein at least one of the filaments but less than 20% of the total of the individual filaments in the yarn has a sufficient amount of antimicrobial activity to inhibit microbial growth in the entire yarn.

Abstract: 1,1-Dialkoxy-2-methyl-4,4-diacyloxy-2-butenes having the general structure: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents alkyl substituents having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or both R.sub.1 substituents together represent a single ethylene or propylene substituent, or a single C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl substituent, and R.sub.2 represents alkyl substituents having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or cycloalkyl substituent having from 5 to 7 carbon atoms, or aromatic substituents (preferably phenyl substituents). These new compounds are useful as building blocks in the synthesis of terpenes and carotenoids.

Abstract: Magnetic recording media, consisting of a non-magnetic base and a magnetic layer firmly bonded thereto, exhibit improved properties in sustained operation if, in the course of their production, a dispersion of inorganic particles in a solvent is applied to the magnetic layer, and the solvent is then removed.

Abstract: Tetrahydro(thio)pyran-2,4-dione derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, a cation, alkylcarbonyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenylcarbonyl, or benzoyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl, R.sup.2 is alkyl, R.sup.3 is a non-aromatic, unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted heterocyclic compound of 5 to 7 ring members and having at most one double bond in the heterocyclic ring, X is oxygen or sulfur, and Z is oxygen or the radical NO--R.sup.4, R.sup.4 denoting alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, hal oalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl or the radical CH.sub.2 --R.sup.5, where R.sup.5 is a he terocyclic compound of 5 ring members and containing from 1 to 3 hetero-atoms and from 0 to 2 double bonds and bearing either no substituents or one or two substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkoxymethyl, alkylthiomethyl and vinyl, or R.sup.

Abstract: Thienothiophene dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein Z is carboxylate, acyl, carboxyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl, cyano or nitro, X is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, Z or a group of the formula ##STR2## T.sup.1 and T.sup.2 are identical or different and each is independently of the other cyano, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyloxycarbonyl, carbamoyl or alkylcarbamoyl and W is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, Y is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine and K is the radical of a coupling component, are highly suitable for dyeing synthetic fibers, in particular polyesters wherein the dyeing obtained have good fastness properties.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid jet interlacing device for commingling yarns. The interlacing device features notches in the inlet and exit orifices which provide for better wear resistance and evenness between related devices.

Abstract: Polymers of propene are prepared using a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system consisting of (1) a titanium component which contains titanium, magnesium, chlorine and a benzenecarboxylic acid derivative on a carrier, (2) an aluminum component and (3) a silane component. The process employs a titanium component (1) which is obtained by a method in which (1.1) first a solid-phase intermediate is prepared from (I) magnesium chloride, (II) an alkanol, (III) a carrier which in turn consists of a finely divided inorganic oxide carrier material which has been pretreated with an alkylchlorosilane, (IV) titanium tetrachloride and (V) a phthalic acid derivative, in such a way that (1.1.1) first (I) is reacted with (II), (1.1.2) then the carrier (III) is introduced into the substance resulting from (1.1.1), (1.1.3) thereafter the solid-phase substance resulting from (1.1.2) is reacted with (IV) in a liquid hydrocarbon, with the proviso that (V) is also introduced in (1.1.1) or (1.1.2) or (1.1.3), the (1.

Abstract: Cyclic hemiacetals thereof of the formula ##STR1## where A is saturated hydrocarbyl of 2 to 16 carbon atoms which may contain --O-- as a bridge member are prepared by subjecting cyclic ethers of the formula ##STR2## where A has the abovementioned meaning, to anodic oxidation in aqueous solution at current densities of over 30 mAcm.sup.-2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous binder dispersions for the preparation of, inter alia, paints and finishes, substantially containing(A) from 0.5 to 50% by weight of a phenolic resin precondensate,(B) from 20 to 70% by weight of a copolymer of predominant proportions of alkyl acrylates and/or methacrylates, minor proportions of comonomers with groups capable of crosslinking and other comonomers, the copolymer being in the form of a dispersion and being crosslinkable by a condensation reaction, and(C) from 10 to 70% by weight of a graft elastomer comprising a diene polymer as the base polymer and a copolymer of, substantially, styrene, acrylonitrile and C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl acrylates and/or methacrylates, as the graft polymer, the graft elastomer being in the form of a dispersion, the percentages being based on the solids content of the total amount of (A), (B) and (C).

Abstract: A plateletlike two-phase pigment which has a core with a hematite structure of the compositionAl.sub.x Fe.sub.2-x O.sub.3where x is from 0.02 to 0.5, and an outer layer with a spinal structure of the compositionAl.sub.y Fe.sub.3-y O.sub.4+zwhere y is from 0.03 to 0.75 and z is from 0 to 0.5, can be prepared by a hydrothermal treatment of plateletlike Al.sub.x Fe.sub.2-x O.sub.3 pigments (x from 0.02 to 0.5) in the presence of a reducing agent dissolved in the aqueous phase.

Abstract: A process for dewatering sewage sludges of which the sludge solids contain less than 70% of organic matter, and whose dewatering characteristics have been improved by adding organic flocculants, on a filter press, wherein the sewage sludges are concentrated by adding an organic flocculant during thickening by gravity sedimentation from 0.5-5.0% by weight of sludge solids to 6-14, and especially 8-12, % by weight of sludge solids, the sewage sludges are mixed with additives, such as finely divided coal or ash or mixtures thereof, in an amount of from 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight per part by weight of sludge solids, and the sludges are treated, before, during or after admixture of the additives, with a further 2-8 kg or organic flocculant/tonne of sludge solids and are then dewatered on the filter press.

Abstract: Closed-celled foams of high compressive strength are obtained by extruding a mixture of a styrene polymer and from 8 to 16% by weight of a blowing agent mixture containing from 2 to 20% by weight of ethyl chloride, from 2 to 20% by weight of carbon dioxide, from 20 to 80% by weight of dichlorodifluoromethane and from 10 to 60% by weight of monochlorodifluoromethane.

Abstract: 3-Methyl-1-vinylimidazolium chlorides are prepared by quaternizing N-vinylimidazoles in aqueous solution with methyl chloride and are used for the preparation of water-soluble homo- or copolymers.

Abstract: Benzopyrans of the formula ##STR1## where X is a radical ##STR2## and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and the ring A have the meanings stated in the description, a process for their preparation, and their use in pressure-sensitive or heat-sensitive layers.

Abstract: Homo- or copolymers which have terminal mercapto groups, are composed of one or more monomers from the group consisting of butadiene, isoprene and styrene and are obtained by anionic polymerization of one or more of the stated monomers in the presence of one or more organolithium compounds followed by reaction (of the living anions) with an episulfide of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms or aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, with the formation of one or more primary or secondary mercapto groups at the end of the polymer chain(s) are prepared by a process in which a thiolcarboxylic acid of the general formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms or --CH.sub.2 --COOH and R.sup.2 is 0 or from 1 to 10 CH.sub.2 units, is added directly to the resulting reaction mixture in an amount of from 0.

Abstract: Compact pore-free silicon carbide moldings are produced by compressing amorphous silicon carbide powder in the absence of sintering assistants at from 1400.degree. to 1800.degree. C. and under from 100 to 2000 kp/cm .sup.2 to give dense, glassy moldings. In a subsequent stage the resulting glassy moldings are converted into crystalline .alpha.-silicon carbide at from 1950.degree. to 2200.degree. C.

Abstract: Soluble acrylate copolymer containing carboxyl groups, processes for its preparation and coating agents based on the acrylate copolymer.The invention relates to a a soluble acrylate copolymer which can be obtained by copolymerization of more than 3 to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of all the monomers, of a monomer with at least 2 polymerizable, olefinically unsaturated double bonds, monomers which carry functional groups and other monomers with a polymerizable double bond, the acid number of the acrylate resin being 15 to 200. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the acrylate copolymers and coatings based thereon and based on polyepoxides.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding material contains, in each case based on the molding material comprising A+B,A from 80 to 60% by weight of a hard matrix composed of polystyrene andB from 20 to 40% by weight of a soft phase which is obtainable by polymerization of styrene in the presence of a linear styrene/butadienne block copolymer which has an ill defined transition, contains from 35 to 45% by weight of styrene and from 65 to 55% by weight of butadiene and has a block polystyrene content of from 25 to 35% by weight, the soft phase being uniformly distributed in the hard matrix and having a particle diameter of less than 0.8 .mu.m.The typical features of the said molding material are that the median particle diameter d.sub.50 (volume average of the soft phase B is from 0.25 to 0.38 .mu.m, the width of the particle size distribution, (d.sub.95 14 d.sub.5), is from 0.2 to 0.6 .mu.m, the d.sub.60 value is from 0.26 to 0.40 .mu.m and the d.sub.90 value is from 0.40 to 0.75.

Abstract: Chlorate is removed from aqueous caustic soda by reducing with iron pentacarbonyl and separating off the resulting iron oxide containing precipitate.

Abstract: Disazothiphene dyes of the formula ##STR1## where X is an electron withdrawing group, Z is an electron withdrawing group, D is the radical of a diazo component and K is the radical of a coupling component, are highly suitable for dyeing synthetic fibers, in particular polyesters.