Abstract: Process for producing a shaped metallic body from a thermoplastic composition by injection molding or extrusion to form a shaped part, removal of the binder and sintering, wherein a thermoplastic composition composed of a metal powder and a polymer mixture B1) and B2) based on a polyoxymethylene homopolymer or copolymer B1) is used as binder and to remove the binder a) the shaped part is treated with a solvent which extracts the binder component B2) from the shaped part and in which the binder component B1) is insoluble, b) the solvent is then removed from the shaped part by drying and c) the shaped part is treated thermally at from 140 to 200° C. in an oxygen-comprising atmosphere, as a result of which the binder component B1) is removed from the shaped part; and also a shaped metallic body which can be obtained in this way.

Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry [BiaZ1bOx]p[BicMo12FedZ2eZ3fZ4gZ5hZ6iOy]1, in which a finely divided oxide BiaZ1bOx and, formed from element sources, a finely divided mixture of stoichiometry BicMo12FedZ2eZ3fZ4gZ5hZ6i are mixed in a ratio of p:1, this mixture is used to form shaped bodies and these are treated thermally, where 0<c?0.8.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hollow bodies having freely displaceable particles enclosed in the hollow body, wherein a) a gel-forming liquid in which the particles are suspended is brought into a cross-linking bath, b) the gel cores that form are isolated, c) the cores are coated with a composition comprising sinterable material and a binder, and d) the coated cores are subjected to a heat treatment wherein the gel and the binder are expunged and the sinterable material is sintered into a closed shell. The gel forming material is, for example, sodium alginate, and the cross-linking bath comprises calcium ions. The particles are selected, for example, from ZrO2, Al2O3, TiO2, and SiO2 or mixtures thereof. The sinterable material is, for example, a metal powder such as carbonyl iron powder.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the field of nucleic acid manipulation and particularly DNA manipulation, and uses thereof. Specifically, the invention pertains to methods involving the joining of nucleic acids and uses of such joined nucleic acids, for example for creating transformed microorganisms. Also, the invention pertains to materials useful in such methods.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an antimicrobial metal composite formed by vaporizing an antimicrobial metal or antimicrobial metal salt such as silver, copper or salts thereof using an plasma system and cooling the formed vapor in the presence of a fluidized gas of filler powder. Alternatively, the filler or a filler precursor is entrained with the antimicrobial metal or antimicrobial metal precursor and vaporized and then upon cooling the antimicrobial metal vapor and filler vapor condense to form the composite. The composite shows high antimicrobial activity and can be incorporated into or onto polymers, coatings, textiles, paper, gels (for example for wound care), lubricants, adhesives and cosmetics or pharmaceutical, especially medical devices.

Abstract: A process and an apparatus for obtaining pure water from seawater, comprising: a) a raw water is provided that comprises at least one non-volatile component (salt), b) the raw water provided is passed as cooling medium into a heat ex-changer, c) additional heat is supplied to the raw water that is heated in the heat exchanger, d) the raw water from step c) is fed to an evaporation zone, e) a carrier gas suitable for water vapour is provided (air), f) the carrier gas is brought into contact with the raw water in counter current flow in the evaporation zone which contains baffles, wherein the carrier gas takes up water vapour from the raw water, g) the raw water that is obtained in step f) that is enriched with the at least one non-volatile component is taken off from the evaporation zone, h) the water vapour- loaded carrier gas from the evaporation zone is fed to the heat exchanger and is cooled in counter current flow to the raw water, wherein the water vapour present in the carrier gas partially condenses ou

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing and using a solid sodium diformate having a high formic acid content, to the use thereof in animal foods in the form of an acidifier, preservatives, ensilage auxiliary agents, fertilizers, and a growth and productivity-stimulating agent and the inventive animal food additives containing sodium diformate.

Abstract: The use of water-absorbing polymer particles for dewatering feces, the water-absorbing polymer particles being obtainable by polymerizing a foamed monomer solution or suspension, drying the polymeric foam and grinding the dried foam.

Abstract: Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. Embodiments include brominated sorbent substrate particles having a carbon content of less than about 10%. Other embodiments include one or more oxidatively active halides of a nonoxidative metal dispersed on sorbent substrate particles mixed with activated carbon in an amount up to 30% by weight.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing superabsorbent foams comprising the steps of foaming an aqueous mixture comprising at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing acid groups, at least one blowing agent, at least one crosslinker and at least one surfactant, polymerizing the foamed mixture and drying the polymerized mixture, to the foams and also to their use for absorbing aqueous fluids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition which comprises the following components: A) from 10 to 50% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether having an average of at most 0.5 phenolic end groups per polymer chain and having no carboxy groups, B) from 5 to 44.5% by weight of at least one polyphenylene sulfide, C) from 10 to 65% by weight of at least one fibrous and/or particulate filler, D) from 0.5 to 20% by weight of an elastic graphite, E) from 0 to 20% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether comprising carboxy groups, F) from 0 to 20% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether having an average of at least 1.5 phenolic end groups per polymer chain and having no carboxy groups, and G) from 0 to 40% by weight of at least one additive where the sum of the proportions by weight of components A) to G) is 100% by weight, based on the molding composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic molding materials comprising the following components: (A) at least one polyarylene ether, (B) at least one polyarylene sulfide, (C) optionally at least one functionalized polyarylene ether comprising carboxyl groups, (D) at least one fibrous or particulate filler and (E) optionally further additives and/or processing assistants, the ratio of the apparent viscosity of the component (A) to that of the component (B), determined at 350° C. and a shear rate of 1150 s?1, being from 2.5 to 3.7.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for isolating polyhydroxyalkanoates from production cells which comprises i) disintegrating the production cells, subsequently ii) separating off the cell fragments from the polyhydroxyalkanoate grains by means of a continuous jet separator; iii) the concentrated polyhydroxyalkanoate grains are washed with an aqueous alkali solution and then iv) with an aqueous acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing difluoromethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters, 2-(aminomethylidene)-4,4-difluoro-3-oxobutteric esters of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl or benzyl or NR2R3 is a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic radical, to a process for preparing compounds of the formula (I) wherein an appropriate 3-aminoacrylic ester is reacted with difluoroacetyl fluoride and to the use of compounds of the formula (I) in the process for preparing difluoromethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters.

Abstract: A porous metal organic framework containing an at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to a metal ion, wherein the metal ion is AlIII and the at least bidentate organic compound is 2-aminoterephthalic acid, and wherein the framework is in powder form and has a specific surface area determined by the Langmuir method (N2, 77 K) of at least 2500 m2/g. In addition, a shaped body containing the metal organic framework, processes for preparing the metal organic framework and shaped body, and processes for storing and separating gases with the metal organic framework and shaped body.

Abstract: Water-absorbing polymeric particles are produced by polymerizing a monomer solution or suspension comprising at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one hydroquinone monoether, and coating the polymeric particles with at least one salt of a tervalent metal cation of a carboxylic acid and/or at least one basic salt of a tervalent metal cation.

Abstract: The use of a mixture comprising (A) 5 to 95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble polar nitrogen compound which can interact with paraffin crystals in middle distillate fuels under cold conditions, and (B) 5 to 95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble aliphatic compound with an alkyl or alkenyl chain having at least 8 carbon atoms, obtainable from aliphatic mono- or dicarboxylic acids having 4 to 300 carbon atoms or derivatives thereof with mono- or polyamines or with alcohols, for lowering the cloud point in middle distillate fuels which, before the addition of additives, have a CP of ?8.0° C. or lower by at least 1.5° C. compared to the unadditized middle distillate fuel at a dosage of the mixture of 50 to 300 ppm by weight, with no simultaneous deterioration in the response behavior for the lowering of the cold filter plugging point on addition of cold flow improvers.

Abstract: A method for enzymatic preparation of compounds of the general formula (2) from unsaturated alkene derivatives of the general formula (1) by reducing a compound of the formula (1) in the presence of a reductase, comprising at least one of the polypeptide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, 2 or 3 or having a functionally equivalent polypeptide sequence which is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1, 2 or 3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer dispersions which comprise highly branched polycarbonates, to a process for preparing them, and to their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for working up a stream (3) comprising from 5 to 90% by weight of isocyanate by hydrolysis of the isocyanate by means of water in a reactor (1), in which the isocyanate-comprising stream (3) is introduced to the reactor (1) via a first inlet and the water is introduced via a second inlet, the isocyanate is reacted with the water in the reactor to form the corresponding: diamine, a diamine-comprising product mixture is taken off from the reactor (1) via a product outlet, wherein part of the product mixture is recirculated to the reactor and the isocyanate-comprising stream (3) is introduced into the recirculated product stream (7), with the isocyanate-comprising stream (3) being introduced continuously without interruption and the molar ratio of H-acid compounds of the hydrolyzate to isocyanate groups of the stream introduced being kept in the range from 10 to 200.