Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester amides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 5 to 35 mol % of repeat units of the formula I ##STR1## (b) from 5 to 15 mol % of repeat units of the formula II ##STR2## (c) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of components (a) and (b), and, when (e) signifies repeat units of the formula VI or VII, (e) of repeat units of the formula III ##STR3## (d) not less than 10 mol % of repeat units of the formula IV ##STR4## (e) from 2 to 15 mol % of repeat units of the formula V ##STR5## or of the formula VI ##STR6## the repeat units of the formula VI being replaceable in part by repeat units of the formula VII ##STR7## with the proviso that the molar proportions of components (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) add up to 100 mol % in each case, the preparation thereof and fibers, films, molding and surface coating materials prepared therefrom.

Abstract: 4H-Pyrido[2,3-d][1,3]oxazin-4-one derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where Y is oxygen or sulfur and R is phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, haloalkylmercapto, haloalkylsulfinyl or haloalkylsulfonyl, are used for controlling undesirable plant growth.

Abstract: o,o'-Dithiodibenzamides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, alkyl or phenyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, methyl or methoxy, and R.sup.4 has the same meanings as R.sup.3, are prepared by nitrosating an anthranilamide of the formula ##STR2## and reacting the product with sulfur dioxide in the presence of copper or a copper salt.

Abstract: Relates to deodorizing a polyoxypropylene group terminated polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol composition by removing allyloxypropan-2-ol in sufficient amount to reduce the content to less than 200 ppm.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester amide imides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 5 to 35 mol % of repeat units of the formula I and/or II ##STR1## where X can be identical or different, each X being --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --CH.sub.2 -- or .dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.

Abstract: Ethane polymers are prepared by Phillips catalysis using (1) a supported catalyst which is laden with chromium, phosphorus and titanium and (2) a cocatalyst, (1) being obtained by a procedure in which (1.1) a catalyst intermediate laden with chromium, phosphorus and titanium is prepared from a silicate carrier, a selected chromium compound, a selected phosphorus compound and a selected titanium compound, and (1.2) the catalyst intermediate is then heated in an oxygen-containing gas stream. In the process, the supported catalyst (1) used is one which is obtained (using specific methods and substances in each case) by a procedure in which (1.1) in a first stage (1.1.1), a suspension is first prepared from (1.1.1.1) a finely divided silicate carrier and (1.1.1.2) an inert organic solvent, (1.1.2) a suspension is then prepared from (1.1.2.1) a finely divided chromium trioxide and (1.1.2.2) an inert organic solvent, (1.1.3) thereafter (1.1.3.1) the suspension resulting from (1.1.2) is combined with (1.1.3.

Abstract: Copolymers which contain, as copolymerized monomer units, monoethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids are prepared by a process in which(a) from 10 to 60% by weight of a monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid of 4 to 6 carbon atoms, its salt and/or, if appropriate, its anhydride,(b) from 90 to 40% by weight of a monothylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid of 3 to 10 carbon atoms and/or its salt and(c) from 0 to 20% by weight of another, carboxyl-free monoethylenically unsaturated monomer which is copolymerizable with (a) and (b),the percentages being based on the sum of the monomers, are polymerized in the presence of from 0.5 to 5% by weight of a water-soluble free-radical-forming initiator in an aqueous medium at from 60.degree. to 150.degree. C.

Abstract: A novel perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid diimide of the formula ##STR1## is very useful as a black dye or, together with white pigments, as a gray dye.

Abstract: Non-tacky, smooth, structureless surfaces of photopolymer relief printing plates for flexographic printing, whose relief layers are prepared in a conventional manner by exposing the photopolymerizable relief-forming layers of flexographic printing plates imagewise to actinic light and washing out the unpolymerized, unexposed areas with a suitable solvent, are produced by a process in which the flexographic printing plates are after-treated with a liquid medium which contains elemental bromine or is capable of forming elemental bromine, and then washed with a neutralization bath, one or more paraffinsulfonates, fatty alcohol ethersulfates or alkyl phosphates or a cationic or anionic surfactant possessing one or more perfluorinated carbon chains being employed in the bromine-containing, liquid medium.The relief printing plates obtained according to the invention are used for flexographic printing.

Abstract: An improved coating composition containing chlorinated polyolefin to provide superior orientation of metallic pigment flakes in the coating. The invention is particularly useful in the pigmented base coat of a base coat-clear coat coating since it permits the use of a thinner base coat which, because of the improved orientation of the metallic pigment flakes, provides superior hiding or masking of the coated substrate.The coating composition comprises a solvent, a film forming resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic, alkyd, polyester and polyurethane resins, a uniformly dispersed pigment and a chlorinated polyolefin.

Abstract: In dry film resists possessing a solid photopolymerizable resist layer, which is applied on a temporary base and can be developed with aqueous, in particular aqueous alkaline, media, and, if required, a cover sheet on the resist layer, the said resist layer is built from a homogeneous mixture of (a) not less than 40% by weight of one or more oligomers which contain free carboxyl groups and more than two acryloyl and/or methacryloyl groups and are soluble or dispersible in aqueous alkaline solutions, (b) from 1 to 35% by weight of one or more film-forming compatible polymers which are soluble in aqueous media, (c) from 1 to 30% by weight of one or more compatible photopolymerizable monomers, (d) from 0.001 to 10% by weight of one or more photoinitiators and (e) from 0 to 30% by weight of further additives and/or assistants. Resist images are produced on a substrate by a process employing photopolymerizable resist layers of the type stated above.

Abstract: Wax compositions and carbon paper compositions based on waxes, oils and colorants contain some or all of the oil in encapsulated form.

Abstract: 2-Amino-3-cyano-5-dialkoxymethylpyrazine derivatives of the general formula III ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or a protective group usually employed for amino groups and R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or together form an ethylene or propylene radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by methyl, are prepared starting from a novel 3-halomethyl-5-dihalomethyl-2-aminopyrazine derivative of the formula IV ##STR2## where X is Cl or Br, via a novel intermediate of the general formula I ##STR3## where R.sup.3 is --CH.sub.2 --O--CO--CH.sub.3 (a), --CH.sub.2 OH (b), ##STR4## or --C.tbd.N (d) and R.sup.4 is --CHCl.sub.2 or --CHBr.sub.2 or, where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a protective group, R.sup.4 may furthermore be ##STR5##The compounds according to the invention are useful intermediates for the preparation of folic acid and active compounds derived from this.

Abstract: Wastewaters containing hydroxylamine or its salts are worked up by a process in which the said wastewaters are passed over a strongly acidic ion exchanger, after which a 5-15% strength by weight aqueous sulfuric acid is passed over the said ion exchanger and a solution of hydroxylammonium sulfate in aqueous sulfuric acid is obtained.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for the removal of particulates from a fluid undergoing laminar flow. The invention is especially useful in that it enables the removal of soft, gelatinous particulates from a viscous liquid.

Abstract: Isoindoline compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## and their metal complexes of the formula (II) ##STR2## where (in formulae (I) and (II)) X and Y are each hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkanoylamino, carbamyl, nitro, benzoylamino or N-phenylcarbamyl, or X and Y together form a radical of a fused benzene ring, T is fluorine, chlorine or bromine, Z is nitro, carbamyl, alkanoylamino, alkoxy, alkyl or phenyl, n and n' are each 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, p and p' are each 0 or 1, the sums (n+p) and (n'+p') are each not more than 4, and Me is a divalent cation of a transition metal, of zinc or of cadmium, are useful pigments or coloring polymers, printing inks and finishes.

Abstract: Cathodic coating agents which are rendered water-dilutable by the addition of an acid, contain binder systems possessing basic nitrogen groups and may or may not contain pigments, dyes, fillers, solvents, antioxidants, other surface coating assistants and/or additional crosslinking components, the binder system containing sulfonate and/or phosphonate groups or the esters of these groups in an amount of from 0.05 to 3% by weight, and the preparation of such products.The novel coating agents are useful for the cathodic electrocoating of electrically conductive substrates.

Abstract: Narrow-band electrical pulses which are delayed with respect to a first direct pulse produced are generated by a method in which space charges are pulsed in an electric field in a dielectric.

Abstract: A layer of electrically conductive polymers is applied by a process in which carbon fibers of filaments or sheet-like structures of carbon fibers or filaments are coated with sulfonic acids of phthalocyanines or porphyrins, the filaments treated in this manner are made the anode in a solution which contains monomers from the class consisting of the 5-membered heterocycles, and the monomers are anodically polymerized so that a conductive layer is formed on the fibers, filaments or sheet-like structures.

Abstract: Ethylene glycol is prepared from carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a homogeneous liquid phase under superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperatures in the presence of a rhodium-containing catalyst and in the presence of a porphyrin as organic nitrogen-containing promoter.