Abstract: A process for producing a polymer foam comprises reacting components A to C in the presence of component D and optionally E or an isocyanate-functional prepolymer of components A and B with component C in the presence of component D and optionally component E, the total amount of which is 100 wt %, (A) 35 to 65 wt % of at least one polyisocyanate component A, wherein 10 to 100 wt % of component A is a condensation product comprising polyimide groups and resulting from condensing at least one polyisocyanate component with at least one polycarboxylic acid having at least 3 COOH groups per molecule or its anhydride, (B) 5 to 50 wt % of at least one polyol component B, (C) 1 to 59 wt % of at least one polycarboxylic acid component C, and (D) 0.01 to 3 wt % of at least one Lewis base component D, (E) 0 to 5 wt % of at least one foam stabilizer component E, wherein the reaction takes place with release of carbon dioxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an HCP5 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an HCP5 protein.

Abstract: A description is given of a process for preparing solutions of radiation-sensitive, free-radically polymerizable organic compounds, where a first starting compound, which has an acid halide group, and a second starting compound, which has an alcoholic hydroxyl group, are esterified with one another in a solvent or in a solvent mixture. The solvent comprises one or more ketones having a boiling point of below 150° C. under atmospheric pressure (1 bar), or the solvent mixture is composed to an extent of at least 50% by weight of said ketones. One of the two starting compounds has at least one radiation-sensitive group and the other of the two starting compounds has at least one ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating magnetic constituents from an aqueous dispersion comprising these magnetic constituents and nonmagnetic constituents by passing the aqueous dispersion through a reactor space in which the aqueous dispersion is separated by means of a magnet installed on the outside of the reactor space into at least one stream I comprising the magnetic constituents and at least one stream II comprising the nonmagnetic constituents, wherein the magnetic constituents in stream I are treated with a flushing stream, a reactor comprising a reactor space, at least one magnet installed on the outside of the reactor space, at least one inlet, at least one outlet for a stream I and at least one outlet for a stream II and at least one facility for treating stream I with a flushing stream, and also the use of this reactor in the process of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new, radiation-curable coating compositions producing coatings of high flexibility and enhanced tensile strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous metal organic framework comprising a bidentate organic compound coordinated to a metal ion selected from the group of metals consisting of Al, Fe and Cr, with the bidentate organic compound being derived from a dicarboxylic acid, wherein the framework has a structure whose projection along [001] has a pattern in which each side of a hexagon is bounded by a triangle. The present invention further relates to shaped bodies and a process for preparing the porous metal organic framework and its use.

Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of an aqueous composition comprising a nanocellulose and at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of the anionic polymers and water-soluble cationic polymers, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a) a herbicide compound A which is selected from ?/-1-naphthylphthalamic acid (naptalam), the salts and esters thereof; and b) a herbicide compound B which is selected from b.1 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (dicamba), the salts and esters thereof; b.2 quinolinecarboxylic acid herbicides; b.3 pyridinecarboxylic acid herbicides; and b.4 aminocyclopyrachlor, the salts and esters thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of these compositions for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops, in turf or pasture, in rangeland, in fallow, or in forestry.

Abstract: A vacuum insulation unit having at least one thermally insulating, evacuatable porous core material which is sealed in an airtight manner and a sorption medium, wherein the sorption medium containing at least one porous metal-organic framework comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to at least one metal ion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel macrocyclic lactones, to processes for their preparation and to their use as fragrances and also to products comprising the novel macrocyclic lactones.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula (I) or of a salt thereof as anti-oomycetes and to a method for combating plant pathogens using said compounds.

Abstract: A method of dissociating an organoborane-amine complex in a coating composition is provided. The method includes the step of introducing the organoborane-amine complex, the radical polymerizable compound, and optionally an amine, onto a substrate to form the coating composition. The method also includes the step of introducing carbon dioxide into the coating composition in a molar ratio of at least 1:1 of the carbon dioxide to free amine groups present in the coating composition. More specifically, a carbamic zwitterion is formed in-situ from reaction of the carbon dioxide and the free amine groups. The formation of the carbamic zwitterion leads to dissociation of the organoborane-amine complex and formation of a radical. The radical is then used to polymerize the radical polymerizable compound.

Abstract: A composition for dissolving and/or inhibiting deposition of scale on a surface of a system comprises an acidic component, a wetting agent, and a corrosion inhibitor. The composition may further comprise water. The acidic component comprises an alkanesulfonic acid, e.g. methanesulfonic acid (MSA). The wetting agent comprises a surfactant. The corrosion inhibitor comprises an amphoteric surfactant. The alkanesulfonic acid is present in an amount of at least about 50 weight percent (wt %), the surfactant is present in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 30 wt %, and the amphoteric surfactant is present in an amount of from about 0.025 to about 20 wt %, each based on 100 wt % of the alkanesulfonic acid, the surfactant, and the amphoteric surfactant combined. A method of dissolving and/or inhibiting deposition of scale on the surface of the system comprises the step of contacting the surface of the system with the composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous coating compositions comprising at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), at least one compound (B) having isocyanate groups and also having hydrolyzable silane groups, and at least one catalyst (C) wherein the compound (B) has 10 mol % to less than 90 mol % of at least one structural unit (I) —N(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m??(I) Where R?=hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl, X, X?=linear and/or branched alkylene or cycloalkylene radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, n=0 to 2, m=0 to 2, m+n=2, and x, y=0 to 2, and more than 10 to 90 mol % of at least one structural unit (II) —Z—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x) (II), where Z=—NH—, —NR—, —O— or —S—, where R=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, and x, X, R? and R? have the definition indicated for formula (I).

Abstract: Steam reforming a hydrocarbon feed such as liquefied petroleum gas is conducted in the presence of a catalyst comprising a precious metal such as rhodium on a support comprising ceria, zirconia and praseodymium oxide.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution for use in a lithium secondary battery has reduced or eliminated flammability and increased capacity retention. The electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt, a carbonate, a substituted phosphazene, a fluorinated solvent such as fluorinated carbonate, fluorinated ether, and fluorinated ester, and an organic phosphate or organic phosphonate such as fluorinated alkyl phosphate, fluorinated aromatic phosphate, fluorinated alkyl phosphonate, or fluorinated aromatic phosphonate.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a process to improve the thermostability of lubricant oils contained in an internal combustion engine, which process comprises operating the said engine with a fuel containing one or more ashless thermostability boosters selected from aromatic amines, substituted phenols and polycyclic phenolic compounds or mixtures thereof. The present invention further refers to a fuel additive composition and to a fuel composition comprising specific nitrogen-containing dispersants, carrier oils, the said ashless thermostability boosters, and optionally corrosion inhibitors and friction modifiers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyurea elastomers, in which (a) polyisocyanates are mixed with (b) polyamines, (c) optionally amine chain extenders comprising primary or secondary amine groups, (d) optionally polyols and (e) optionally auxiliaries and additives to form a reaction mixture and cured, where at least one of the components (a) to (d) comprises dispersed filler particles.

Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry [Bi1WbOx]a[Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5hOy]1, in which a finely divided oxide Bi1WbOx with the particle size d50A1 and, formed from element sources, a finely divided intimate mixture of stoichiometry Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5h with the particle size d90A2 are mixed in a ratio of a:1, this mixture is used to form shaped bodies and these are treated thermally, where (d50A1)0.7·(d90A2)1.5·(a)?1?820. A shaped catalyst body obtained by the process. A catalyst obtained by grinding the shaped catalyst body. A process for heterogeneously catalyzing the partial gas phase oxidation of an alkane, alkanol, alkanal and/or an alkenal of 3 to 6 carbon atoms using the catalyst.

Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution in a surrounding gas phase in a reaction chamber, wherein the monomer solution is metered into the reaction chamber via at least one bore, and the diameter is from 210 to 290 ?m per bore and the metering rate is from 0.9 to 5 kg/h per bore.