Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane composition includes thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a polysiloxane, an acetal polymer, and an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymer. A method of forming the TPU composition includes the step of combining the TPU, the polysiloxane, the acetal polymer, and the ABS copolymer. The thermoplastic polyurethane composition is also used to form an article. The TPU composition has an increased abrasion resistance and decreased coefficient of friction as compared to existing TPUs.

Abstract: Polypeptides of the general structural formula (I) Xn—C1—X1-50—C2—X0-5—C3—X1-100—C4—X1-100—C5—X1-50—C6—C0-5—C7—X1-50—C8—Xm??(I) production and use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microcapsular powder having a latent heat storage material as a capsule core and a capsule wall constructed of from 10% to 100% by weight of one or more C1-C24-alkyl esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid (monomers I), from 0% to 80% by weight of a water-insoluble or substantially water-insoluble bi- or polyfunctional monomer (monomers II), and from 0% to 90% by weight of other monomers (monomer III) all based on the total weight of the monomers, having an average particle size in the range of 150-400 ?m and having 80% by weight of particles ?90 ?m in diameter, to a process for its production and to its use in bindered building materials, textiles and dumped beds.

Abstract: Dendritic or hyperbranched polyurethanes are prepared by 1) reacting diols or polyols having at least one tertiary nitrogen atom and at least two hydroxyl groups of differing reactivity toward isocyanate groups with diisocyanates or polyisocyanates to form an addition product, with the diols or polyols and diisocyanates or polyisocyanates being selected so that the addition product has, on average, one isocyanate group and more than one hydroxyl group or one hydroxyl group and more than one isocyanate group, 2) converting the addition product from step 1) into a polyaddition product by intermolecular reaction of the hydroxyl groups with the isocyanate groups, and with a reaction with a compound containing at least two hydroxyl groups, mercapto groups, amino groups or isocyanate groups also being able to be carried out first, 3) if desired reacting the polyaddition product from step 2) with a compound containing at least two hydroxyl groups, mercapto groups, amino groups or isocyanate groups.

Abstract: Non-ceramic floor coverings are bonded to a substrate by an aqueous adhesive that comprises a synthetic polymer as a binder and hydrolyzable silane groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing rigid polyurethane foams by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups in the presence of c) blowing agents wherein a mixture of b1) a polyether alcohol which has a functionality of 4 and a hydroxyl number of from 380 to 450 mg KOH/g and a viscosity of greater than 12 000 mPa·s and can be prepared by addition of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide onto TDA, b2) a polyether alcohol which has a functionality of from 5 to 7.

Abstract: A process for storing a monomer phase which is liquid under the conditions of storage and comprises methacrylic monomers to an extent of ?95% by weight and has been obtained by condensation out of a gaseous phase or by melting a crystalline phase, in a storage vessel, in which polymer of the monomer present in dissolved form in the liquid monomer phase is removed therefrom on the route from its generation into the storage vessel, and also a process for withdrawing liquid monomer phase from the storage vessel in which polymer of the monomer present in dissolved form in the monomer phase is likewise removed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of fatty acid esters which comprise unsaturated fatty acids with at least three double bonds, and to free unsaturated fatty acids with a content of at least 1% by weight based on the total fatty acids present in the plants, by expressing at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?6-desaturase activity and at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?6-elongase activity. Advantageously, these nucleic acid sequences can, if appropriate, be expressed in the transgenic plant together with a third nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?5-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to the use of defined nucleic acid sequences which encode polypeptides with a ?6-desaturase activity, ?6-elongase activity or ?5-desaturase activity selected from a group of nucleic acid sequences, and/or to the use of nucleic acid constructs comprising the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences.

Abstract: Described are merocyanine derivatives of formula wherein R2 is hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; cyclo-C3-C8alkyl; unsubstituted or C1-C6alkyl- or C1-C6alkoxy-substituted C6-C20aryl; a cyano group; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them form a —(CH2)m— ring which is optionally interrupted by —O— or by —NR7—; R4 is a cyano group; or -Q1-R5; Q1 is —COO—; —CONH—; —CO—; —SO2—; or —CONR6—; R5 is C1-C22alkyl; cyclo-C3-C8alkyl; or unsubstituted or C1-C6alkyl-substituted C6-C20aryl; R6 is hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; cyclo-C3-C8alkyl; unsubstituted or C1-C6alkyl- or C1-C6alkoxy-substituted C6-C20aryl; R7 is hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; cyclo-C3-C8alkyl; unsubstituted or C1-C6alkyl- or C1-C6alkoxy-substituted C6-C20aryl; the cyclohexene radical C is not substituted or substituted by one or more C1-C5alkyl; m is from 3 to 7; n is from 2 to 4; and o is from 2 to 4.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a transcription factor stress-related protein (TFSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated TFSRP, and isolated nucleic acid coding TFSRP, and vectors and host cells containing the latter. Further provided are methods of producing transgenic plants expressing TFSRP, methods of increasing expression of other genes of interest using the TFSRP, methods of identifying novel TFSRP, and methods of modifying the expression of TFSRP in plants.

Abstract: A thermomagnetic generator which converts thermal energy to electrical energy without intermediate conversion to mechanical work and which works at temperatures in the range from ?20° C. to 200° C. comprises a thermomagnetic material selected from, for example, (1) compounds of the general formula (I) (AyBy?1)2+?CwDxEz??(I) where A is Mn or Co, B is Fe, Cr or Ni, C, D and E at least two of C, D and E are different, have a non-vanishing concentration and are selected from P, B, Se, Ge, Ga, Si, Sn, N, As and Sb, where at least one of C, D and E is Ge or Si, ? is a number in the range from ?0.1 to 0.1, w, x, y, z are numbers in the range from 0 to 1, where w+x+z=1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridazinylmethyl sulfonamides of formula I wherein Ra, n, R1, R2, R3, A, Y and Het are as defined in the claims, to the N-oxides, and salts thereof and their use for combating harmful fungi, and also to compositions and seed comprising at least one such compound. The invention also relates to a process and intermediates for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: A process for removal of a crude acrylic acid from a product gas mixture which comprises glyoxal as a by-product from a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of at least one C3 precursor compound, which comprises the absorption of the acrylic acid in a high-boiling absorbent and the rectificative workup of the resulting adsorbate, and in which absorbent present in the bottoms liquid withdrawn from the bottom space of the absorption column is distilled off in a distillation unit and recycled into the absorption, before high boilers which remain are discharged, and in which the glyoxal content of the crude acrylic acid is reduced by restricting the high boiler residence time in the distillation unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for controlling the addition of an auxiliary fuel to combustion of at least one combustible material in a combustion chamber. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the process, in which the concentration is measured in the flue gas of at least one pollutant formed by incomplete combustion. In a second step, the rate of the auxiliary fuel fed to the combustion is increased when the concentration of the at least one pollutant in the flue gas exceeds a predetermined upper limiting value, or is decreased when the concentration measured of the at least one pollutant falls below a predetermined lower limiting value. Measurement of the concentration and setting the rate of the auxiliary fuel is repeated until the measured concentration of the at least one pollutant in the flue gas is in a range between the lower and upper limiting values.

Abstract: In a process for cleaving ethanol into C1 units in a prereformer ethanol and steam are converted at a temperature in the range from 300 to 550° C. over a catalyst which comprises platinum on a support comprising a mixture of ZrO2 and CeO2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microemulsion comprising (A) 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one active ingredient as component A, (B) 0.5 to 40% by weight of at least one solvent which is fully miscible with water, being chosen from the group consisting of esters of acetic acid, of lactic acid, of benzoic acid, of dicarboxylic acids, cyclic esters, cyclic amides, carbonates, sulphur containing solvents, phosphates, ethers and mixtures thereof, as component B, (C) 10 to 40% by weight of at least one nonionic surfactant as component C, (D) 0 to 10% by weight of further additives as component D, (E) 10 to 90% by weight of water as component E and (F) 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2-(aminomethylidene)-4,4-dihalo-3-oxobutyric esters of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl or benzyl, and/or R2 together with R3 and the nitrogen atom to which the two radicals are attached are a heterocyclic radical, in which a corresponding 3-aminoacrylic ester is reacted with a halogen-substituted acetyl fluoride in the presence of at least one alkali or alkaline earth metal fluoride; and the further conversion of halogen-substituted 2-(aminomethylidene)-3-oxobutyric esters of the formula (I) to halomethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters.

Abstract: A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a composite material which consists, on its side in contact with the reaction chamber, of a steel B with specific elemental composition which, on its side facing away from the reaction chamber, either directly or via an intermediate layer of copper, or of nickel, or of copper and nickel, is plated onto a steel A with specific elemental composition, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself.

Abstract: The dirt pickup resistance of substrates, in particular coatings, is improved by the incorporation of small amount of certain layered double hydroxide particles. Methods for the preparation of effective, readily intercalated, layered double hydroxide particles and compositions comprising them, such as architectural coatings, in particular water based architectural coatings, are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to inorganic phosphors, obtainable by wet milling and having a particle size distribution of D90<5 ?m, to a method for producing said pigments and the use thereof. The use of wet milled inorganic phosphor particles wherein 90 percent of the particles have a diameter of equal to or less than 5 ?m, especially equal to or less than 3 ?m, very especially equal to or less than 1 ?m can provide for an improved fluorescence in contrast to the general believe.