Abstract: The invention relates to a foam ply based on a biodegradable polyester mixture, comprising i) from 70 to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of at least one polyester based on aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and on aliphatic dihydroxy compounds, and ii) from 30 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of poly-lactide, and iii) from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of a copolymer which comprises epoxy groups and is based on styrene, acrylates, and/or methacrylates, and iv) from 0.5 to 15% by weight of additives; and v) from 0 to 50% by weight of inorganic or organic filler, and also to processes for production of the foam ply mentioned, and to the use of the foam plies for the production of moldings and foils, and also to moldings and foils comprising the foam plies mentioned.

Abstract: Pigment-free, aqueous polymer dispersion marked with fluorescent dyes, having a viscosity of from 500 to 900 mPa·s, determined with the aid of the Brookfield method (spindle 3, 23° C.), and comprising, based in each case on the solids of the polymer dispersion, (A) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one type of water-soluble and/or water-dispersible polymer, (B) from 1 to 20% by weight of at least one type of water-dispersible polymer particles which comprise at least one fluorescent dye and (C) from 0.001 to 3% by weight of at least one thickener; process for its preparation and its use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing water-absorbent polymer particles by radiation-induced polymerization on a continuously revolving belt, electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of greater than 400 nm being shielded.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ?-caprolactone in a purity of more than 99% by cyclizing 6-hydroxycaproic esters in the liquid phase at from 150 to 400° C. and from 1 to 1020 hPa abs., and removing and condensing the compounds which are volatile under cyclization conditions, which comprises thermally treating the remaining bottom product of the cyclization in at least one further reactor, removing and condensing volatile compounds and obtaining ?-caprolactone by distillation from the condensates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of (S)-2-amino-1-propanol (L-alaminol) from (S)-1-methoxy-2-propylamine via the hydrochloride of (S)-2-amino-1-propanol and subsequent work-up.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of hydrophobin polypeptides as penetration intensifiers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolecarboxamides of the formula I in which the variables are as defined below: X is trifluoromethyl; R1 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen or C1-C4-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl or C3-C6-cycloalkyl; W is O or S; with the proviso that, if R3 is hydrogen and W is oxygen, a) R1 and R2 are not simultaneously methyl and F, respectively; b) R1 and R2 are not simultaneously trifluoromethyl and hydrogen or fluorine, respectively. to processes for preparing these compounds, to seeds and compositions comprising them and to methods for controlling harmful fungi.

Abstract: A process for preparing perylene-3,4-dicarboximides which bear a sterically demanding substituent on the imide nitrogen atom by reacting a perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride with a sterically hindered primary amine in a substantially anhydrous reaction medium, which comprises undertaking the reaction in the presence of a tertiary amine, of a solvent based on a cyclic imine or amide and of a Lewis acid as a catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one hydrophobin or at least one hydrophobin derivative in a drilling mud.

Abstract: A process for coating internals in a reactor, except for the coating of electrically heatable, at least partly open-cell foams, with a catalytically active material or a precursor thereof, in which an aerosol which contains the catalytically active material or the precursor thereof as a disperse phase is provided and the aerosol is passed through the reactor at a rate in the range from 0.1 to 4 m/s, which is established so that the disperse phase of the aerosol is deposited on the internals in the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of transgenic plants and/or plant cells, respectively, with increased pathogen resistance, characterized in that a DNA sequence, which encodes a protein with the activity of a peroxidase, is inserted into the plant and expressed therein. The invention at hand also relates to the use of nucleic acids encoding a peroxidase for the production of transgenic plants, or plant cells, respectively, with increased pathogen resistance. Further, the invention at hand relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a peroxidase of barley.

Abstract: Round bearings comprise (i) an outer bush, (ii) a bearing element based on polyisocyanate polyadducts and (iii) a hollow inner bush. A surface of the outer bush and/or the hollow inner bush that is adjacent to (ii) the bearing element containing thermoplastic polyurethane.

Abstract: Aqueous binders for fibrous and granular substrates, based on hydrophobically modified polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions which produce coatings of high hardness and simultaneously high flexibility and/or high scratch resistance.

Abstract: It is an open-cell foam based on a melamine-formaldehyde condensation product and hydrophobicized with a compound comprising C6-C20-alkyl groups, in particular stearyl groups, such as aluminum stearate or stearyl isocyanate.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermal insulation elements comprising a) a covering layer having a thickness of from 0.2 to 1.0 mm, b) at least one vacuum insulation panel located on a), c) a further thermal insulation material, d) a further covering layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides organometallic latent catalyst compounds, which are suitable as catalysts in polyaddition or polycondensation reactions which are catalysed by a Lewis acid type catalyst, in particular for the crosslinking of a blocked or unblocked isocyanate or isothiocyanate component with a polyol or polythiolto form a polyurethane (PU).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing reactive and essentially halogen-free, especially fluorine-free, polyisobutenes from low-isobutene C4 hydro-carbon mixtures.

Abstract: A reactor (1) for reacting a fluid feed stream (2) with a fluid oxidant stream (3) in the presence of a solid catalyst (4) in two or more stages over two or more fixed catalyst beds (5) which are arranged horizontally, parallel to the longitudinal axis of a cylindrical reactor wall (6) in the interior space thereof, with caps (7) being installed in a detachable fashion at the ends of the reactor wall (6), with the fluid feed stream (2) flowing through the reactor (1) from the top downward, wherein the two or more fixed catalyst beds (5) are each formed by a plurality of modules, comprising in each case a cuboidal frame (8) which extends over the entire height of the fixed catalyst bed and in which one or more lower screens (9) and an upper screen (10) are installed and the solid catalyst (4) is present between the one or more lower screens (9) and the upper screen (10), all modules of a fixed catalyst bed (5) are enclosed in a cuboidal outer frame (11) which is arranged horizontally in the reactor (1) and

Abstract: Phosphate-free detergent formulations for machine dishwashing, comprising, as components: a) from 1 to 20% by weight of a mixture of a1) from 5 to 95% by weight of hydrophobically modified polycarboxylates I formed from a11) from 20 to 80 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C10-mono- or -dicarboxylic acid or anhydrides thereof, a12) from 0 to 80 mol % of at least one monomer of the general formula (I) ?in which R1, R2 and R3 are each independently H, CH3 or C2H5, and R4 is a linear, branched or cyclic radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic radical having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a13) from 0 to 20 mol % of at least one further monomer selected from the group consisting of olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or mixtures thereof and reactive polyisobutenes having an average of from 12 to 100 carbon atoms, a2) from 5 to 95% by weight of hydrophilically modified polycarboxylates II formed from a21) from 50 to 99 mol % of acrylic acid or acrylic acid s