Abstract: A reinforced hydraulic cementitious composition containing a fibrous material comprising a homopolymer of acrylonitrile or a copolymer of acrylonitrile having a molar concentration of acrylonitrile monomer units in the range of from about 98 percent to about 100 percent which has a denier in the range of from about 1 to about 25 and a length of from about 0.15 inch to 1 inch.

Abstract: Engine sizes for paper are based on aqueous emulsions of C.sub.14 -C.sub.20 -alkyl diketenes and cationic copolymers of(a) from 40 to 99% by weight of acrylamide and/or methacrylamide,(b) from 1 to 40% by weight of an unsubstituted or substituted N-vinylimidazoline and(c) from 0 to 30% by weight of an unsubstituted or substituted N-vinylimidazole.

Abstract: Phenanthroimidazole compounds, a process for their preparation, photopolymerizable coating and recording materials and lithographic layers produced using these.The novel phenanthroimidazole compounds are useful as photoinitiators for photopolymerizable coating and recording materials.

Abstract: Acicular, magnetic iron oxide consisting of a core of gamma-iron(III) oxide and a ferrite shell containing a total of from 0.4 to 12% by weight of cobalt(II) ions and from 0.1 to 15% by weight of iron(II) ions, the percentages being based on the total amount of magnetic material, is prepared by a process in which an iron(II) hydroxide precipitate is applied to the gamma-iron(III) oxide core in a first stage and an iron-(II)/cobalt hydroxide precipitate is applied to the said core in a second stage, and the core is then converted to the ferrite shell by oxidation.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding material which contains, in each case based on the molding material comprising A+B,A. from 50 to 95% by weight of a rigid matrix composed of,(a.sub.1) styrene and(a.sub.2) acrylonitrile,B. from 50 to 5% by weight of a nonrigid phase which is uniformly dispersed in the rigid matrix and which comprises a graft copolymer of the monomers (a.sub.1) and (a.sub.2) and a styrene-butadiene block copolymer,wherein the styrene-butadiene block copolymer has a styrene content of from 50 to 95% by weight and a butadiene content of from 50 to 5% by weight, each based on the block polymer, and has a molecular weight (weight average) within the range from 50,000 to 300,000, is used for producing moldings.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of optically pure D- or L-lactic acid by fermentation of an aqueous nutrient medium, which contains nitrogen, vitamins, aminoacids, sugars and trace elements, by means of a microorganism, at pH 4-6, wherein the nutrient medium contains brewers' yeast as the source of nitrogen, vitamins, aminoacids and trace elements.

Abstract: Thiazolylamides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 if hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or cycloalkyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl or halogen, X is halogen, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylthio, nitro, cyano, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenoxy, and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4, processes for their preparation, and their use for controlling undesirable plant growth.

Abstract: The invention relates to the stabilization of antimicrobial bisphenoxarsine and bisphenarsazine compounds by incorporating with the antimicrobial compounds certain free radical scavengers including inorganic salts that contain transition metal cations, such as cuprous iodide, or organic compounds derived from piperidine, such as [bis(2,2,6,6-teteramethyl-4-piperidinyl) sebacate]. Articles, such as fibers, which contain these stabilized antimicrobial compounds have improved antimicrobial activity compared to articles containing the antimicrobial compound without the stabilizer.

Abstract: 1-Hydroxypyrazole-4-carboxylic acid is prepared by heating an alkali metal of alkaline earth metal salt of 1-hydroxypyrazole, or a mixture of 1-hydroxypyrazole with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal carbonate or bicarbonate, at from 120.degree. to 250.degree. C. for from 1 to 40 hours under a CO.sub.2 pressure of 20-300 bar, and is used for the preparation of pharmacologically useful compounds.

Abstract: Anhydrous aluminum chloride is prepared by reacting .gamma.-alumina with carbon monoxide and chlorine and/or phosgene in a fluidized bed at from 400.degree. to 700.degree. C. The .gamma.-alumina used gives, with CuK.sub..alpha. radiation, an X-ray diffraction pattern whose intensity at the diffraction angle 2.sup..crclbar. =42.8.degree..+-.0.4.degree. divided by the intensity at the diffraction angle 2.sup..crclbar. =45.7.degree..+-.0.2.degree. is .ltoreq.0.38.

Abstract: A recording medium possessing an envelope has at least one identification part which is mounted so that its position can be altered but it cannot be accidentally lost, and which is symmetrical about at least one axis, in particular a middle axis, and is associated with at least one wall of the envelope. To permit error-free assembly/handling, the identification part advantageously has a shape which permits at least two equivalent mounted positions on the envelope.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-curable binder mixture which comprises an organic synthetic resin A and a crosslinking agent B. Said synthetic resin A can be an epoxy resin, a polyester resin or an acrylate resin having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 20,000 and at least 0.2 equivalent per 100 g of resin of primary and/or secondary amino groups and/or hydroxyl groups, and said crosslinking agent B is an organic compound having at least 2 .beta.-alkoxyalkyl ester groups per molecule.

Abstract: Expandable styrene polymers and styrene polymer foams having a particularly uniform and fine-cell foam structure contain, as a cell regulator, small amounts of a mixture of resin acids, lower alkyl esters of resin acids or (hydro)abietyl phthalate and a polyoxyethylene monoester or monoether.

Abstract: Crosslinkable polymeric compositions which are dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent, a process for their preparation and their use.These polymeric compositions which undergo crosslinking at room temperature or elevated temperatures after drying are obtained by reacting polymeric organic compounds containing carbonyl groups with polyhydrazides in the presence of monoketones or monoaldehydes.They are useful as crosslinking agents for polyepoxide compounds.

Abstract: In a battery composed of methanol/air fuel cells which in turn are composed of a cathode, an anode and a CO.sub.2 -permeable anion exchanger membrane as electrolyte, a plurality of cathodes and anodes are in a parallel arrangement in a common cathode compartment and anode compartment respectively.

Abstract: In order to compound organic materials which are crystalline under standard conditions, these materials, in the pulverulent and/or molten state, are processed in a self-purging, twin-screw extruder in which the screws rotate in the same direction, ejected through one or more narrow passages into a low pressure zone, cooled and comminuted to give particles. In order to improve the pourability and shelf life, the materials are completely crystallized by the time they reach the end of the screws, and are heated during discharge through the narrow passage, in order to form a melt film. Dust-free granules havig a smooth surface can be produced in this manner.

Abstract: The novel compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where n is from 1 to 70,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 -aralkyl, aryl or a carboxylic ester group, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together may form a tetramethylene or pentamethylene group,R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each alkyl, the radicalsX independently of one another are each a direct bond or a bridge member,Y and Z are each oxygen, sulfur or NR.sup.8,R.sup.7 is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, hydroxyl, alkoxy, carboxyl, a carboxylic ester group or unsubstituted or substituted carbamyl and R.sup.8 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, and the ammonium salts of these compounds, are very useful as light stabilizers.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 3,4-dichlorobenzotrihalides of the formula I ##STR1## where X is fluorine or chlorine, by reacting the corresponding 4-monochlorobenzotrihalides with chlorine gas in the presence of a catalytic amount of a Lewis acid, wherein the reaction mixture is recycled by means of a pump in a circulatory apparatus with static mixers and the amount of chlorine equivalent to the conversion of the corresponding 4-monochlorobenzotrihalide is introduced at 20.degree.-120.degree. C.

Abstract: Finely divided, gel-like crosslinked polymers are prepared by a continuous method in which a monomer mixture which contains, per 100 parts by weight of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, from 50 to 100 mol % of which in each case are neutralized, acrylamide, methacrylamide or N-vinylpyrrolidone, from 0 to 30 parts by weight of other water-soluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomers and from 0 to 20 parts by weight of water-insoluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomers is copolymerized with from 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent, in 20-65% strength by weight aqueous solution in the presence of an initiator at from 45.degree. to 95.degree. C.

Abstract: Binders which are rendered water-dilutable by protonation with an acid, a process for their preparation and their use.These binders are obtainable by reacting a(A) Reaction product of a(a) carboxyl-containing component, consisting of a(a1) carboxyl-containing butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer having a molecular weight of from 500 to 8,000, if necessary as a mixture with(a2) a dicarboxylic acid which differs from (a1) and, if appropriate,(a3) a monocarboxylic acid and(b) a diprimary and/or primary/secondary amine, with the proviso that from 0.7 to 5 moles of the said amine are used per mole of carboxyl groups of component (a),with one or more(B) epoxy resins having a mean molecular weight from 300 to 6,000 and containing on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxide groups per molecule and, if required,(C) an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic secondary amine.In combination with a crosslinking agent, they are useful as coating materials, in particular for cathodic electrocoating.