Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active components the Bacillus strains AP-136, AP-188, APP-218, AP-219, AP-295, AP-209 and/or AP-217 as defined herein and a pesticide II as defined herein and respective agricultural uses thereof.

Abstract: Novel uses of copolymers for removing and/or reducing the level of deposits in the fuel system and/or injection system of direct injection diesel and/or gasoline engines are provided. What is provided is the use of particular copolymers as fuel additive or lubricant additive; to processes for preparation of such additives, and fuels and lubricants added therewith, such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; to use of these copolymers for reducing the level of or preventing deposits in the fuel systems and especially the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and as an additive for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.

Abstract: The invention provides specific transgenic cotton plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific herbicide tolerance transformation event at a specific location in the cotton genome. Tools are also provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification of the event in biological samples.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid antioxidant composition used for raw rubbers comprising 5% to 30% by weight of at least one aromatic amine-based antioxidant agent, 20% to 70% by weight of at least one hindered phenol-based antioxidant agent, 0% to 40% by weight of at least one phosphite-based antioxidant agent; and 20% to 40% by weight of at least one solvent having boiling point higher than 185° C. and freezing point lower than ?10° C. under 101.325 KPa, the weight percentage of component a), b), c) or d) is based on the total weight of antioxidant composition, wherein the mixture of component a), b) and c) is liquid at 25° C. under 101.325 KPa. The weight percentage is based on the total weight of antioxidant composition. The present invention further provides an application of said liquid antioxidant composition in raw rubbers such as natural rubber and raw rubbers synthesized via solution polymerization.

Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of pigment particles is described. The pigment particle contains a pigment and an aminoplast resin which surrounds or embeds the pigment. The process includes (i) a step of subjecting an aqueous suspension of a pigment in the form of coarse particles to milling so that the coarse particles are comminuted in the presence of a polymeric dispersant to a particle diameter d(v 0.9) of below 1500 nm, as determined by laser diffraction; and (ii) a step of polycondensation of an aminoplast pre-condensate in the aqueous suspension of the comminuted particles of the pigment obtained in step (i) or during the milling of step (i). The polycondensation is performed in the presence of an acid catalyst at pH of below 5.5. The aqueous dispersion obtained by the process and the use of the aqueous dispersion for tinting waterborne liquid coating composition are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trifluoromethyloxadiazoles of the formula I as defined herein, or an N-oxide and/or their agriculturally useful salts and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi; to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; to a process for preparing compounds of the formula I; to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one compound of the formula I; and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.

Abstract: The invention relates to pesticidal mixtures of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and cis-jasmone in synergistically effective amounts; methods of application of the pesticidal mixtures for controlling pests; and plant propagation material comprising the pesticidal mixtures.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are microcapsules as core-shell-particles, including a polymeric shell, a method of making them, a dispersion of those microcapsules in a liquid medium and use thereof. The microcapsules include a core that contains a hydrophobic component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a dialkyi or dialkenyl ether of a cycloaliphatic or araliphatic diol, which comprises (i) reacting the cycloaliphatic or araliphatic diol with metallic sodium in an aprotic organic solvent in the presence of a catalytic amount of at least one monoether-monoalcohol of formula (I) wherein Y is identical or different and selected from C2-C4-alkylene, n is an integer in the range from 1 to 10, and R1 is C1-C4-Alkyl, whereby the corresponding disodium dialcoholate is obtained, reacting the disodium dialcoholate obtained in step (i) with an alkylation alkenylation reagent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a porous material comprising at least one polyfunctional isocyanate (a1) and at least one polyfunctional substituted aromatic amine (a2-s) of the general formula (I): where R1 and R2 are selected from among hydrogen and linear or branched alkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and all substituents Q1 to Q5 and Q1? to Q5? are selected from among hydrogen, a primary amino group and a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, where at least one of Q1, Q3 and Q5 and at least one of Q1?, Q3? and Q5? is a primary amino group and the compound has at least one linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the ? position relative to at least one primary amino group bound to the aromatic ring in formula (I).

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve production efficiency of lithium hydroxide anhydride in a method for producing lithium hydroxide anhydride from lithium hydroxide hydrate by using a rotary kiln. The method for producing lithium hydroxide anhydride comprises steps of: supplying the lithium hydroxide hydrate to a region between a heating part which is the part of the furnace core tube surrounded by the heating furnace and one end of the furnace core tube; delivering the supplied lithium hydroxide hydrate toward the other end of the furnace core tube; feeding a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C. or higher to the region between the one end and the heating part of the furnace core tube, when the lithium hydroxide hydrate is supplied; and heating and dehydrating the lithium hydroxide hydrate by the heating furnace which is set to 230-450° C. during the lithium hydroxide delivering step, to form lithium hydroxide anhydride.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a polymer membrane for the selective extraction of cobalt (II) ions as well as a method for extracting cobalt (II) ions using said polymer membrane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide composition (PC) which comprises at least one polyamide (P) and at least one additive (A). The present invention further relates to the use of the polyamide composition (PC) in a selective laser sintering process, in an injection molding process, for producing molded articles and in an extrusion process.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides catalysts, catalyst articles and catalyst systems including such catalyst articles. In particular, the catalyst composition includes a metal ion-exchanged molecular sieve ion-exchanged with at least one additional metal, which reduces the number of metal centers often present in metal promoted zeolite catalysts. Methods of making and using the catalyst composition are also provided, as well as emission treatment systems including a catalyst article coated with the catalyst composition. The catalyst article present in such emission treatment systems is useful to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in gas exhaust in the presence of a reductant while minimizing the amount of dinitrogen oxide emission.

Abstract: A catalyst includes a mixed metal oxide; an alumina; silica, and calcium, where the mixed metal oxide includes Cu and at least one of Mn, Zn, Ni, or Co. Such catalysts exhibit enhanced tolerance sulfur-containing compounds and free fatty acids.

Abstract: The cotton variety ST 5122GLT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5122GLT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 5122GLT and to plants of ST 5122GLT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 5122GLT.

Abstract: Described are compositions comprising a defoamer mixture comprising mineral oil and hydrophobic particles such as for example wax particles; di- or monoalkyl sulfosuccinate having at least 9 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and certain ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymers. Also described are aqueous dispersions of hydrophobic polymers comprising these compositions and the use of the aqueous polymer dispersions as an adhesive, for example for producing composite films from transparent polymer films.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU-1) obtained or obtainable by reaction of an isocyanate composition (IZ) comprising MDI with a polyol composition (PZ), wherein the polyol composition (PZ) comprises at least one polyol (P1) and a chain extender (KV1), wherein the polyol (P1) is selected from polytetrahydrofurans having an average molecular weight Mn in the range from 1200 to 2000 g/mol and the chain extender (KV1) is selected from the group consisting of 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol and 1,6-hexanediol and also to a process for producing a ski shoe or a part of a ski shoe from the thermoplastic polyurethane according to the invention and to the ski shoe or part of a ski shoe per se.

Abstract: A barrier film laminate (1) comprising an organic layer (4) that is situated in between two inorganic layers (2,3). The organic layer comprises submicron getter particles (5) at an amount between 0.01 and 0.9% by weight. The barrier film laminate can be used for encapsulating organic electronic devices such as OLEDs. The long term homogenous transparency makes this laminate in particular suited for protecting the light emitting side of an OLED.