Abstract: The invention relates to substituted amidine compounds of formula (I), to the enantiomers, diastereomers and salts thereof and to compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to the use of the substituted amidine compounds, of their salts or of compositions comprising them for combating animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to methods of applying such substituted amidine compounds. The substituted amidine compounds of the present invention are defined by the following formula I: wherein A1 to A4, B1 to B3, R1 to R3, (R4)p, (R5)q, X and Y are defined as in the description.

Abstract: Provided are exhaust systems and components suitable for use in conjunction with gasoline engines to capture particulates in addition to reducing gaseous emission such as hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxides. Exhaust treatment systems comprising a three-way conversion (TWC) catalyst located on a particulate filters are provided. Coated particle filters having washcoat loadings in the range of 1 to 4 g/ft3 result in minimal impact on back pressure while simultaneously providing TWC catalytic activity and particle trapping functionality to meet increasingly stringent regulations such as Euro 6. Sufficient to high levels of oxygen storage components (OSC) are also delivered on and/or within the filter. The filters can have a coated porosity that is substantially the same as its uncoated porosity. The TWC catalytic material can comprise a particle size distribution such that a first set of particles has a first d90 particle size of 7.

Abstract: The present patent application relates to a gel formulation that is stable for storage, comprising at least two substantially un-mixed hydrogels, wherein each hydrogel contains at least one electrolyte-sensitive thickener. Also, one of the hydrogels (phase A) contains at least one material A that is not compatible with at least one of the materials B contained in another hydrogel (phase B), or that is not compatible therewith in the amounts in which said materials B are contained in the gel formulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures which comprise, as components K1), one or more merocyanines selected from the group of the compounds of the general formulae I, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and IIIe, as defined in more detail in the description, as an electron donor or electron acceptor, and, as component K2), one or more compounds which, with respect to component K1), act correspondingly as an electron acceptor or electron donor, for producing photoactive layers for organic solar cells and organic photodetectors, to a process for producing photoactive layers, corresponding solar cells and organic photodetectors, and to mixtures which comprise, as components, one or more compounds of the general formulae I, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and/or IIIe of component K1, as defined in more detail in the description, and one or more compounds of component K2.

Abstract: The catalytically active mass of a catalyst molded body comprises a multi-element oxide containing vanadium and phosphorus. The specific pore volume PV (in ml/g) of the catalyst molded body, the bulk density p of the catalyst molded body (in kg/l), the geometric surface area Ageo (in mm2), and the geometric volume Vgeo (in mm3) of the catalyst molded body satisfy the condition 0.275<PV·?·Ageo/Vgeo. In a method for producing maleic acid anhydride by heterogeneously catalytic gas phase oxidation of a hydrocarbon, the catalyst molded body allows a lower pressure loss and a high yield.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixed crystals comprising a) leavening agent and b) 0.1 to 5000 ppm by weight of crystallization aid, based on the total amount of the leavening agent, in the form of at least polymer, wherein when hydrophilic cellulose derivatives are used as crystallization aid, the amount thereof is reduced to less than 100 ppm by weight, based on the total amount of the leavening agent. The present invention further relates to the production of the mixed crystals and to the use thereof in the production of bakery products, as acid regulator in foods, in the production of cosmetics products, in the synthesis and formulation of pharmaceutical products, and also as blowing agent in industrial processes such as, for example, the production of foam rubber, or for fire-extinguishing formulations. The present invention relates, furthermore, to the production of bakery products.

Abstract: A block copolymer with weight-average molar mass Mw of at least 100 000 g/mol, comprising a) at least one block S composed of from 95 to 100% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 0 to 5% by weight of dienes, and b) at least one copolymer block (S/B)A composed of from 63 to 80% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 20 to 37% by weight of dienes, with glass transition temperature TgA in the range from 5 to 30° C., and c) at least one copolymer block (S/B)B composed of from 20 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 40 to 80% by weight of dienes, with glass transition temperature TgB in the range from 0 to ?80° C., where the proportion by weight of the entirety of all of the blocks S is in the range from 50 to 70% by weight, and the proportion by weight of the entirety of all of the blocks (S/B)A and (S/B)B is in the range from 30 to 50% by weight, based in each case on the block copolymer A, and also mixtures thereof, and their use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising a hydrophilic and at least one hydrophobic ionic liquid, to the use thereof as a working fluid in liquid ring compressors and to a corresponding method.

Abstract: A fluidized-bed reactor for carrying out a gas-phase reaction, in which a gaseous reaction mixture flows from the bottom upward through a heterogeneous particulate catalyst forming a fluidized bed and internals are arranged in the fluidized bed, wherein the internals divide the fluidized bed into a plurality of cells arranged horizontally in the fluidized-bed reactor and a plurality of cells arranged vertically in the fluidized-bed reactor, with the cells having cell walls which are permeable to gas and have openings which ensure an exchange number of the heterogeneous particulate catalyst in the vertical direction in the range from 1 to 100 liters/hour per liter of reactor volume, is proposed.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of aqueous polymer dispersions comprising at least one lipophilic active substance by emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one lipophilic active substance, wherein (i) at least one lipophilic active substance which has a water solubility of not more than 5 g/l (determined at 25° C. and 1013 mbar) and a melting point below 130° C.

Abstract: A process for preparing crystalline hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid by a. reacting hydroxylamine or a hydroxylammonium salt with oleum/sulfuric acid or with chlorosulfonic acid/sulfuric acid at a temperature in the range from 90 to 130° C., b. continuing to stir the reaction mixture at a temperature in the range from 90 to 130° C. for a period of from 2 to 24 hours, c. cooling the reaction mixture to a temperature in the range from 10 to 40° C. within a period of from 1 to 12 hours and d. subsequently removing and washing the hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid which has crystallized out.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated HMA699ND, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred maize line HMA699ND, to the plants of inbred maize line HMA699ND and to methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line HMA699ND with itself or another maize line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from the inbred HMA699ND.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrophoretic display, comprising electrodes and cells containing at least one kind of ionic, monochrome particles, a non-polar liquid and a dispersant, wherein the ionic, monochrome particles of at least one kind are essentially aggregates consisting of a carbon containing pigment and an anionic pigment or anionic pigment derivative, and the dispersant is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylates, polyesters, polyurethanes and copolymers. In general, the whole quantity of the pigment and the main part, preferably at least 80%, most preferred from 95% to 100%, of the whole anionic pigment or anionic pigment derivative present within the cells is comprised in the aggregates, with essentially no pigment and only a minor part of the anionic pigment or anionic pigment derivative physically distinct from the aggregates.

Abstract: Provided are catalyst composites comprising: a catalytic material on a carrier, the catalytic material comprising a precious metal selected from a palladium component and an oxygen storage component, the oxygen storage component being present in an amount of at least 10% by weight, wherein substantially all of the oxygen storage component is in intimate contact with the palladium component and the catalytic material is effective to substantially simultaneously oxidize carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and reduce nitrogen oxides. A catalyst composite comprising: a catalytic material on a carrier, the catalytic material comprising a palladium component and a ceria-zirconia composite support, the ceria being present in an amount in the range of 10 to 70% by weight, wherein substantially all of the ceria is in intimate contact with at least a portion of the palladium component. Methods of making and using these catalysts along with systems containing these catalysts are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions comprising water and at least one metal cyanide, at least a part of the water being obtained from wastewater which occurs as depleted wastewater in a process for extracting noble metals from noble metal-containing ores by the cyanide process, the process for the preparation of solutions according to the invention and to the use of the solutions according to the invention in a process for extracting noble metals from noble metal-containing ores by the cyanide process, to a process for extracting noble metals from noble metal-containing ores by the cyanide process, wherein the solution according to the invention is used, and to the use of depleted wastewater occurring in the extraction of noble metals from noble metal-containing ores by the cyanide process to the preparation of solutions comprising water and at least one metal cyanide.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated HHA601ND, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred maize line HHA601ND, to the plants of inbred maize line HHA601ND and to methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line HHA601ND with itself or another maize line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from the inbred HHA601ND.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising methacrylic acid and N-methylolacrylamide as a binder for producing filter materials and for base paper for decorative sheets.

Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers which comprise ethyl methacrylate, at least one ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated amide group-containing compound and at least one monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid in copolymerized form, to cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions which comprise at least one such copolymer, and to the use of these copolymers.

Abstract: An emission treatment system including a catalyzed soot filter comprising a wall flow monolith and a catalyst comprising at least two types of support particles is described. The first support particle contains at least a platinum component, the second support particles contains at least a palladium component. The wall flow monolith may be washcoated with a slurry comprising at least two types of particles without applying a passivation layer to the wall flow monolith.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one hydrophobin or of a derivative thereof as a defoamer in additive compositions or fuels, to a process for defoaming fuels, to an additive and fuel composition comprising at least one hydrophobin or derivative thereof and at least one further fuel additive, and to a process for preparing at least one fuel composition.