Abstract: New, substituted O-(aminosulfonyl)-glycolic amides having a strong herbicidal action, herbicides containing these active ingredients, a process for controlling the growth of unwanted plants with these compounds, and a process for producing these compounds.

Abstract: Method of biologically treating waste water with gasifying nozzles producing a screw-type flow in the activated sludge system. The method provides a maximum partial pressure gradient for the transfer of oxygen to the mixture of waste water and activated sludge.

Abstract: Opacifying agents for liquid detergents, cleaning agents and cosmetic compositions, obtained by free-radical emulsion polymerization of styrene or emulsion copolymerization of styrene with methacrylates or acrylates in the presence of sodium polyacrylate having a K value of 15 to 35 and sarcosides of unsaturated fatty acids, the solid polymer particles having a softening point above 90.degree. C.

Abstract: New and valuable substituted pyrazoles, herbicides containing these compounds as active ingredients, and a process for controlling the growth of unwanted plants with these compounds.

Abstract: Process for the recovery of phthalic anhydride in which gases as obtained in the catalytic atmospheric oxidation of o-xylene or naphthalene are treated with a hydrocarbon containing C.sub.26.sub.- paraffins, cooling, if necessary, the hydrocarbon laden with phthalic anhydride, separating the solid phthalic anhydride followed by melting and distillation thereof.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of nuclear-iodinated iodine compounds of aromatic character, by reaction of aromatic diazonium salts with hydriodic acid or its salts in aqueous solution in the presence of a reducing agent.

Abstract: Supported catalyst for the oxidation of o-xylene or naphthalene to phthalic anhydride, comprising an inert carrier and the active material applied thereto, which contains from 1 to 40 per cent by weight of vanadium pentoxide, from 60 to 98.84 per cent by weight of titanium dioxide and from 0.16 to 0.6 per cent by weight, based on titanium dioxide, of rubidium in the form of rubidium oxide, the vanadium pentoxide content being from 0.05 to 4 per cent by weight, based on the (complete) catalyst.

Abstract: 1-(Bis-ethoxycarbonyl)-acetylamino-3-methyl-3-(bis-ethoxycarbonyl)-acetylam inomethyl-5-dimethyl-cyclohexane, a new blocked diisocyanate, its manufacture from isophorone diisocyanate and diethyl malonate, and its use.

Abstract: Dioxane is produced by reaction of ethylene glycol or a polyethylene glycol using an acid catalyst. The reaction product containing dioxane, water and byproducts is subjected to extractive distillation with a high-boiling agent which is miscible with water.

Abstract: Particulate olefin polymers are prepared by catalytic polymerization of monoolefins in an auxiliary liquid containing the monomers to be polymerized in dissolved form and the particulate polymer product in suspended form. The reaction mixture is recycled in a loop to which the starting materials are fed and from which the particulate polymer formed is removed. The essential features are (a) that a side stream is branched off from the loop, (b) that the side stream is caused to pass through a separating zone in which particulate olefin polymer is separated by centrifugal acceleration at temperatures and pressures in the same range as present in the loop and (c) that the separated particulate olefin polymer is discharged through flashing means.

Abstract: Textile materials are treated with an alkaline aqueous medium having a pH value of 7.5-11 and containing 0.25-4% by weight of a dissolved water soluble hydrophilic soil release polymer having carboxylic acid groups and 0.05-1% by weight of a dispersed hydrophobic soil repellent fluorochemical. The soil release polymer and the soil repellent fluorochemical are deposited on the surfaces of the textile fibers and the resulting textile material is dried to impart the desired nondurable soil release and soil repellency properties. The aqueous medium also may contain polyvinylpyrrolidone to further improve the finish. In a preferred variant, the textile material is first contacted with an alkaline aqueous solution of the soil release polymer, and thereafter with an alkaline aqueous medium containing the dispersed soil repellent fluorochemical to reduce the tendency of the deposited soil release polymer to cover the deposited soil repellent fluorochemical molecules.

Abstract: Detergent-iodine complexes consisting of oxyalkylation products of fatty alkyl-imidazolines which have been reacted with iodine.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the encoding with synchronization information of video signals to be recorded and for subsequently decoding the signals in a synchronous manner. A standard broadcast format video signal is stripped of its sync signal and separated into its luminance and chrominance components. Additional sync or chroma identifying information for decoding purposes is added in the blanking period between each horizontal sync pulse and each subsequent picture signal information. The chrominance signals and added sync information are processed by a two-stage modulation network, added to the luminance signal and recorded. Upon playback, the encoded signal is decoded by a two-stage demodulation network which utilizes the added sync information to achieve synchronization.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium consists of a non-magnetic base, on which the magnetic coating is a layer of a dispersion, containing a lubricant, of a magnetic pigment in a polymeric binder. The lubricant is a block copolymer which contains siloxane units and alkyleneoxy units of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, the alkyleneoxy units being bonded to the polysiloxane radical through a Si--O--C or Si--C group. The use of this lubricant gives a magnetic recording medium which has the advantages of good fluid lubrication and an excellent coefficient of friction which does not vary with time.

Abstract: Dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is --O--, --S-- or --CH=CH-- and X and Z are substituents, obtained from the corresponding 2-iminocoumarines by reaction with a compound of the formula ##STR2## The dyes give brilliant yellow to red shades on textile material, particularly polyesters and acrylonitrile polymers.

Abstract: Isotridecylammonium salts of chromium or cobalt 1:2 complex azo dyes, their production and their use as colorants for printing inks and surface coatings. The salts are distinguished by particularly good solubility in organic solvents.

Abstract: Otto cycle engine fuels, for example gasoline, can be improved to such an extent by additives that no deposits or residues form in the carburetor or on the valves. In accordance with the invention esters, amides or imides of hydroaromatic polycarboxylic acids are added which are very effective in cleaning the carburetor and the valves.

Abstract: Aliphatic isocyanates are produced by thermal decomposition of the corresponding .beta.-naphthyl carbamates.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing magnetic recording media in which the magnetic particles in the recording layer are oriented in a preferred direction, the fluid coating applied to the base being subjected to the action of a magnetic field produced in the air gaps between the spaced apart poles of two magnetic circuits, one on each side of the coated face, arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane of the coated base, the edges of the poles adjacent to the coated base terminating in screening elements shaped in such a way that the distance between the surfaces of the screening elements facing the coated base and the coated base itself increases as the screening elements extend away from the edges of the poles. A high degree of magnetic anisotropy in the recording layer can also be obtained when the magnetic circuits are at a relatively large distance from the still fluid magnetic coating.

Abstract: Dimethylaminobenzenecarboxylic acid esters are produced by reaction of nitrobenzenecarboxylic acid esters with formaldehyde and hydrogen under pressure in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst containing metals of atomic numbers 24 to 29 and of a weak acid, at temperatures from 35.degree. to 150.degree. C. The products are starting materials for the synthesis of dyes, especially of crystal violets, and of reactive dyes and pesticides.