Abstract: Mixtures of two or more cobalt 1:2 complexes of azo dyes of the formula I ##STR1## where R is ##STR2## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, or hydroxyalkyl or alkoxyalkyl which may be interrupted by oxygen, and X and Y are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy.The mixtures according to the invention are particularly useful for dyeing leather.

Abstract: A device for positioning objects which have a low mass, especially for positioning magnetic heads over preselected magnetic tracks on at least one magnetic disk, which can be coupled to a drive, in a memory processing unit, in which a carriage, which is capable of being moved toward and away from the axis of rotation of the magnetic disk, carries at least one magnetic head, this carriage being so mounted between guide elements that it can be displaced by a drive motor longitudinally with respect to the chassis of the unit, wherein the guide elements, in particular pairs of anti-friction bearings, engage either side of the carriage, at least one of the pairs of anti-friction bearings being gimbal-mounted in order to counteract any tilting moments which may act on the carriage. The device advantageously includes a band-type drive mechanism for displacing the carriage, comprising a rotatable cylindrical member around which the band means is wound and which may serve as an additional bearing element.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to water-in-oil emulsions which are non-irritating to the skin, low in toxicity, colorless and easy to wash off, which contain as the emulsifying agent a polyoxyalkylene compound of the formula:Y(A).sub.m --(B).sub.n Hwherein Y is the residue formed by the removal of one atom of active hydrogen from a suitable initiator, A is a hydrophobic, heteric mixture of an oxytetramethylene radical, derived from tetramethylene oxide and a vicinal alkylene oxide radical derived from propylene oxide; B is primarily C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O; m is an integer such that the total molecular weight of the hydrophobe is about 500 to 2000 and n is an integer such that B is about 20 to 50 percent of the total weight of the compound.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of propafenone wherein1. 2'-hydroxyacetophenone is reacted with epichlorohydrin,2. the resulting 2-(2',3'-epoxypropoxy)-acetophenone is reacted with propylamine,3. the resulting 2-(2'-hydroxy-3'-propylaminopropoxy)-acetophenone is reacted with benzaldehyde, accompanied by elimination of water, and4. the resulting 2-(2'-hydroxy-3'-propylaminopropoxy)-benzalacetophenone is hydrogenated.

Abstract: Herbicidal agents containing a composition of a diphenyl ether of the formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, a cation, alkyl or haloalkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a substituted thiadiazin-4(3)-one-2,2-dioxide of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, a cation, cyano or alkoxyalkyl of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or halogen, or of the formula ##STR3## where R.sup.4 is hydrogen or a cation and R.sup.2 is alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A process for the continuous preparation of hydrocarbon oils from coal by cracking hydrogenation under pressure in two stages. In the first stage (carried out in the bottom phase) milled coal, together with finely divided catalysts, is pasted with an oil mixture, and the slurry is hydrogenated by heating to 380.degree.-440.degree. C. under a hydrogen pressure of from 200 to 700 bar. The gaseous and liquid reaction products are separated from the solid products and subjected to a further hydrogenation (this time in the gas phase), using a fixed hydrogenation catalyst. The heat of the hydrogenated product is indirectly and separately transferred to the coal/oil mixture and the hydrogen by heat exchange in not less than three stages.

Abstract: A mixture, soluble in organic solvents, of compounds of the formula ##STR1## where D is a radical of the formula ##STR2## n is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, methoxy or ethoxy;with the proviso that the mixture contains compounds with n=0, 1 and 2 and, optionally, 3; is disclosed as being exceptionally suitable for dyeing petroleum products, waxes and greases.

Abstract: This invention relates to a stable electrode cream capable of carrying weak electric current comprising an electrolyte in normal electrolyte amounts, a polyoxyethylene-polyoxybutylene block copolymer wherein the polyoxybutylene portion of the compound has a molecular weight of at least about 1000, and the polyoxyethylene portions contribute from about 60 to 90 percent by weight of the compound, the amount of the block copolymer being about 10 to 30 percent by weight and the balance substantially water.

Abstract: Modified benzyl ether-containing resole polyols derived from phenol, paraformaldehyde and an aliphatic hydroxyl compound are prepared using a metal derivative as a catalyst. These polyols react with organic polyisocyanates to yield closed cell, low friability, low combustibility, rigid polyurethane foams without the need for post curing at elevated temperature. They are also useful in the preparation of modified rigid polyisocyanurate foams.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for the aqueous solution or emulsion polymerization of acrylamide monomer to produce homopolymers of very high molecular weight using mixtures of water and monomer at least one of which can be contaminated with small amounts of polymerization inhibiting components. In the process, a minimum effective amount of a redox catalyst is utilized in order to obtain very high molecular weight by incrementally adding one member of a redox pair to a solution of the monomer containing a second redox pair number. The process can be initiated at ambient temperatures and pressures, and polymerization is effected without providing additional heat to the reaction mass. Utilizing monomer concentrations of about 10 to about 50 percent by weight, molecular weights of about 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 can be obtained.

Abstract: Herbicides which contain thiazolo[2,3-b]-quinazolones of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 have the meanings given in the description, are used to regulate plant growth, and control undesired growth.

Abstract: Alkanolamine salts of amide acids having the formula: ##STR1## in which the circle represents a single nucleous aromatic ring or a monocyclic or bicyclic aliphatic ring system in each case with 5 or 6 carbon atoms per ring in which R.sup.1 represents an isoalkyl radical with the longest chain of 6 to 8 carbon atoms and a total of 8 to 12 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents a radical alkylene-X wherein the alkylene chain is a branched or straight chain and contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms; X represents OR.sup.3, O(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.n -R.sup.3, O(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.n -R.sup.3, NR.sup.3 R.sup.3, CN, CONH.sub.2, and COOR.sup.3 ; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl; n is an integer of 1 to 4; and wherein the carboxyl and carbonamide groups in said formula are bonded to non-olefinic carbon atoms and arranged in adjacent positions. The use of these salts as corrosion inhibitors in aqueous systems is also disclosed.

Abstract: 5-Amino-1-phenyl-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and A have the meanings given in the description, are used for controlling undesirable plant growth.

Abstract: Magnetic recording media are produced by dispersing finely divided anisotropic magnetic material and conventional additives in a solution of a polymeric binder in an organic solvent, or in an aqueous dispersion of a polymeric binder, adding a polymer based on hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated compounds to the magnetic dispersion, applying a layer of the dispersion to a non-magnetizable base, orienting the anisotropic magnetic material in a magentic field and drying the applied layer.

Abstract: 1,2,4,6-Thiatriazine-1,1-dioxides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, Y and n have the meanings given in the description, are used for controlling undesirable plant growth.

Abstract: Cationic dyes of the general formula ##STR1## where A and A' may be identical or different and are each a monovalent radical of a dye from the series comprising the azo or quinophthalone dyes, or A and A' independently of one another are each one of the radicals of the formulae ##STR2## R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, benzyl or aryl, R.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or aryl, D' and D" are respectively a monovalent and a divalent radical of a dye from the series comprising the triphenylmethane or xanthene dyes, n is an integer .gtoreq.1 and m is an integer .gtoreq.1, the sum (n+m) being .ltoreq.10 on average, are soluble in dilute acids, and, when they are used for wet-end dyeing of paper, give bleeding-fast, bleachable dyeings and a colorless effluent.

Abstract: A fungicidal agent contains a phenylpropylammonium salt of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted aryl or aralkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, acyl or halogen, R.sup.4 is alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy, R.sup.5 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are each hydrogen, alkyl, CH.sub.2 OH or OH, X is CH.sub.2, O, S, C.dbd.O, (CH.sub.2).sub.2 or CH.sub.2 CH--R.sup.8 where R.sup.8 is alkyl, m is 0, 1 or 2, n is 0 or 1 and Y.crclbar. is the anion of a non-phytotoxic acid, with the proviso that the bond represented by the broken line may be hydrogenated if m is 0 or 1, and is always hydrogenated if m is 2.

Abstract: Apparatus for distributing a gas, coming from a pipe, over the cross-section of a vessel whose diameter is many times greater than the pipe diameter, in particular for distributing the ammonia/air mixture from the catalytic oxidation of ammonia, wherein the entry pipe is equipped with a concentric inner pipe and internal fitments for creating a vortical motion are provided in the annular space between the entry pipe and the inner pipe.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing a polyoxyalkylene compound comprising reacting in the presence of a base catalyst at least one alkylene oxide with a blend of diethylene glycol and a Bisphenol A component selected from the group consisting of Bisphenol A and the reaction product of one mole of Bisphenol A with 1 to 10 moles of propylene oxide and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The object of this invention is a moisture-curing, storage stable, single-component polyurethane system comprising:A. a polyurethane prepolymer with a free isocyanate content of 1 to 5 percent by weight;B. a dialdimine having the formulaR[--N.dbd.CH--C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O--CO--CH--(CH.sub.3).sub.2 ].sub.2in whichR is a divalent aliphatic radical with 2 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic radical having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and containing ether oxygen and/or lower alkylamino nitrogen atoms, cycloaliphatic radical with 6 to 15 carbon atoms oraromatic radical with 6 to 21 carbon atoms;andC. an acid catalyst selected from the group consisting of aliphatic carboxylic acids, aromatic carboxylic acids, toluenesulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof.The polyurethane systems are used as coating, sealing, casting, spackling and bonding materials.