Abstract: A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer beads with high permeability by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution, comprising monomers bearing acid groups, in a gas phase surrounding the droplets, wherein the monomer solution comprises polyvalent cations and the polymer beads have a mean diameter of at least 150 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for the reduction of impurity metals from a refinery electrolyte solution. Certain methods comprise contacting a refinery electrolyte solution comprising an impurity metal with a phosphate ester having a structure represented by: wherein R1 comprises a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or aryl group, and wherein the impurity metal is selected from the group consisting of iron, antimony, arsenic, bismuth, tin and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a terephthalic diester by reacting terephthalic acid with at least one alcohol, wherein terephthalic acid is suspended in the alcohol in a dispersing tank, the preliminary suspension is passed from the dispersing tank into a reactor and converted in the presence of an esterification catalyst, and water of reaction is distilled off together with the vapor as alcohol-water azeotrope, the vapor is at least partly condensed, the condensate is separated into an aqueous phase and an organic phase, the organic phase is dewatered and the dewatered organic phase is passed at least partly into the dispersing tank.

Abstract: A zeolite-containing fixed bed catalyst is formed by pre-shaping a mixture of a reactive aluminum-containing component and a matrix component into pre-shaped particles, and contacting the pre-shaped particles with a reactive liquid containing a silicate for a sufficient time and temperature to form an in-situ zeolite within the pre-shaped particles. The contacting of the pre-shaped particles and the liquid is achieved such that there is relative movement between the pre-shaped particles and the liquid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating a phase (A) from a phase (B), phase (A) having a higher viscosity than phase (B), by inverting the direction of dispersion from phase (B) in phase (A) to phase (A) in phase (B) by recycling a stream comprising phase (B) in excess.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing surface-postcrosslinked water-absorbent polymer particles by coating of water-absorbent polymer particles having a content of residual monomers in the range from 0.03 to 15% by weight with at least one surface-postcrosslinker and thermal surface-postcrosslinking at temperatures in the range from 100 to 180° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photolatent Ti-chelate catalyst formulation, comprising (i) at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C20alkyl or C2-C20alkyl which is interrupted by one or more non-consecutive O-atoms; Y is formula (II) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y1 is formula (III) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y2 is formula (IV) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y3 is formula (V) or optionally substituted phenyl; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 independently of each other are hydrogen, halogen, optionally substituted C1-C20alkyl, or R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 independently of each other are optionally substituted C6-C14aryl, provided that only one of R2, R3, R4 is hydrogen and only one of R5, R6, R7 is hydrogen and only one of R8, R9, R10 is hydrogen and only one of R11, R12, R13 is hydrogen; and (ii) at least one chelate ligand compound of the formula IIa, IIb or IIc, wherein Y? is formula (VI) or formula (VII); Y?1 is formula (VI

Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of at least three ethylenically unsaturated monomers each different from one another, the copolymer having at least three structural units (S1) and (S2) and (S3) different from one another, to the use of this copolymer as an adhesion-promoting additive in an aqueous coating composition, to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), at least one pigment (B), and at least one copolymer of the invention, used as adhesion-promoting additive, as component (C), and also to methods for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat and for at least partly coating a substrate with a multicoat paint system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridine compounds of the formulae I and II, to their salts, to their tautomers, to their N-oxides, and to the salts of these N-oxides or tautomers. The compounds are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds. The invention further relates to plant propagation material and to agricultural compositions comprising said compounds wherein A is a radical of the formulae A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 or A6 wherein # denotes the binding site to the remainder of formulae I or II; Z is O, S or N—RN; X1 is S, O or NRa; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d; X3 is a lone pair or oxygen; R1, R2 and R3 are, inter alia, hydrogen, and RA1, RA2 RA3 RA4, RA5, RA6 and RN, are as defined in claim 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucleotides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods.

Abstract: Shelf-stable low temperature cure coating compositions that include a hydroxy-functional resin, a crosslinking agent, and a catalyst that does not catalyze the crosslinking reaction between hydroxy-functional resin and the crosslinking agent contained therein, but instead between a hydroxy-functional resin and a crosslinking agent contained in a different low temperature cure coating composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal compositions comprising as component I a compound selected from the compounds I-1 to I-31 and as component II a compound selected from compounds II-1 to II-12.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one aqueous dispersion or solution (A) of at least one electrophoretically depositable binder and optionally of at least one crosslinking agent, and also at least one aqueous sol-gel composition (B), for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material, where the aqueous sol-gel composition (B) is obtainable by reaction of at least one starting compound suitable for preparing the sol-gel composition (B) with water, with hydrolysis and condensation of the at least one starting compound, to a method for producing the coating composition, to the use thereof for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material, to a method for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material by at least partial electrophoretic deposition of the coating composition on the substrate surface, to an electrically conductive substra

Abstract: Copolymers comprising ethylene, vinyl esters, in particular vinyl acetate and esters of (meth)acrylic acid, selected from esters comprising branched alkyl, cyclic alkyl or optionally alkyl substituted aryl moieties and having a weight average molecular weight of 35,000 g/mol to 150,000 g/mol, formulations of such copolymers in organic solvents and their use as pour point depressant, wax inhibitor and flow enhancer for crude oils.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and polymers comprising at least a structure of formula (II), wherein T1 or T2 are independently of each other a group of Formula (III), Formula (iv) Qa, Qb, Qc, Qd, Qe or Qf are independently of each other O, S or NR1.

Abstract: A pigmented aqueous basecoat material that includes a dimer fatty acid/polyesterdiol reaction product which is preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one polyesterdiol of the general structural formula (I) where: R is a divalent radical including 2-10 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 are independently straight-chain or branched alkylene radicals having 2-10 carbon atoms; X and Y are independently O, S or NR3, where R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1-6 carbon atoms; and m and n are selected accordingly such that the polyesterdiol possesses a number-average molecular weight of 450-2200 g/mol, components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.3/1.7, and the resulting dimer fatty acid/polyesterdiol reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 1200-5000 g/mol and an acid number <10 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: The invention relates to a conductive paste comprising from 30 to 97% by weight of electrically conductive particles, from 0 to 20% by weight of a glass fit, from 3 to 70% by weight of an organic medium and from 0.1 to 67% by weight of a silicone oil, each based on the total mass of the paste, wherein the silicone oil hasa boiling pointor a boiling rangein the range between 180° C. and 350° C. The invention further relates to a use of the conductive paste and a process for producing electrodes on a semiconductor substrate using the paste.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an energy-absorbing component for absorbing energy of impacts thereon, where the energy-absorbing component can be plastically deformed by an impact and optionally can undergo at least some extent of destruction. The energy-absorbing component contains at least one core structure and at least one ancillary structure. The at least one core structure is manufactured from a first material which is a metal or is a polymer reinforced with continuous-filament fibers, and the at least one ancillary structure is manufactured from a second material which is an unreinforced polymer material or is a polymer material reinforced with short fibers or with long fibers. The at least one ancillary structure may include ribs and may be bonded to at least one core structure, so that the at least one ancillary structure supports the at least one core structure connected thereto. Processes for producing the energy-absorbing component are also disclosed.