Abstract: A description is given of a laser-engravable recording material for producing relief printing plates, in particular for producing flexographic printing plates, comprising a dimensionally stable support and a recording layer comprising silicone rubbers and inorganic ferrous solids and/or carbon black as absorbers for laser radiation; of processes for producing relief printing plates by laser engraving such recording materials; and of relief printing plates having a printing relief comprising silicone rubbers and inorganic ferrous solids and/or carbon black.

Abstract: An index filtration method is disclosed for filtering graft polyol dispersions. The method allows for the rapid filtration of large volumes of graft polyol dispersion in an economical manner. The process can be highly automated. The resulting filtered graft polyol dispersion mainly has particles of 25 microns or smaller and is stable under a variety of conditions for at least 9 weeks.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a method of forming high resilience slabstock polyurethane foam having random cell structures to produce latex-like feel and characteristics. The method includes the first step of providing an isocyanate-reactive component and an isocyanate component to react with the isocyanate-reactive component. A first nucleation gas is provided under low pressure and is added into at least one of the isocyanate-reactive component and the isocyanate component to produce a first cell structure in the polyurethane foam. A second nucleation gas is provided under low pressure, being different than the first nucleation gas, and is added into at least one of the isocyanate-reactive component and the isocyanate component to produce a second cell structure in the polyurethane foam that is different than the first cell structure.

Abstract: The invention concerns a novel aqueous composition that can be hardened physically, thermally and/or with actinic radiation, containing a compound of general formula (I): X[NH—C(═O)—NH—Y—NH—C(═O)—OR]2 having at least one urea and urethane group, wherein the variables have the following meaning: R represents identical or different polyalkylene glycol ether radicals; X represents a bivalent substituted or unsubstituted arylene radical; Y represents identical bivalent substituted or unsubstituted arylene radicals, which are the same as or different from radical X or different bivalent substituted or unsubstituted arylene radicals of which none or one is identical to radical X. The invention also concerns the utilization of said compound for the production of novel aqueous coating materials, adhesives and sealants that can be hardened physically, thermally or thermally and with actinic radiation and their derivatives.

Abstract: Aqueous primary dispersions comprising dispersed and/or emulsified, solid and/or liquid polymer particles and/or dispersed solid core-shell particles having a diameter≦500 nm, preparable by free-radical microemulsion or miniemulsion polymerization of at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer (A) in the presence of at least one polyhydroxy-functionalized cyclic and/or acyclic alkare having from 9 to 16 carbon atoms in the molecule, and their use in automotive OEM finishing and refinishing, in furniture coating and in industrial coating, including coil coating, container coating and the coating of electrical components.

Abstract: The invention describes a process for the preparation of novel surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers by derivatization of olefins having from about 10 to 20 carbon atoms or of mixtures of such olefins to give alkanols, and optional subsequent alkoxylation, which comprises

Abstract: A process for continuous production of crosslinked fine particles of polymer gel by copolymerizing

Abstract: The subject invention provides a method of forming high resilience slabstock polyurethane foam having random cell structures to produce latex-like feel and characteristics. The method includes the first step of providing an isocyanate-reactive component and an isocyanate component to react with the isocyanate-reactive component. A first nucleation gas is provided under low pressure and is added into at least one of the isocyanate-reactive component and the isocyanate component to produce a first cell structure in the polyurethane foam. A second nucleation gas is provided under low pressure, being different than the first nucleation gas, and is added into at least one of the isocyanate-reactive component and the isocyanate component to produce a second cell structure in the polyurethane foam that is different than the first cell structure.

Abstract: Incipiently chlorinated copper phthalocyanine pigments having a chlorine content of from 10 to 40% by weight and a dispersion harshness ≦10 in LDPE are useful for coloring plastics.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method of using melamine resin fibers, to an insulating material comprising a) from 5 to 95% by weight of melamine resin, and b) from 5 to 95% by weight of polyalkylene terephthalate fibers, and to processes for producing it.

Abstract: The polyisocyanate polyaddition products comprise hydrophobic compounds plus at least one further compound selected from the group consisting of: (i) organic, cyclic compounds having a molecular weight of from 200 to 3000 g/mol, (ii) salts of metals of transition groups I, II and/or VIII, (iii) organic and/or inorganic acid anhydrides, (iv) cyclic sulfonic esters and/or sulfones, (v) lactones, lactams and/or cyclic esters and/or (vi) &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acids, &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives, &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated ketones and/or &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated aldehydes.

Abstract: A refinish basecoat composition includes at least one pigment and an hydroxyl-functional acrylic polymer. The acrylic polymer has a number average molecular weight of at least about 6000 and is polymerized using at least about 45% by weight cycloaliphatic monomer, based on total monomer weight polymerized. A mixer system that can be used to prepare the refinish basecoat has a plurality of color components, each independently including at least one pigment dispersed by the hydroxyl-functional acrylic polymer, and a pigment-free component containing the hydroxyl-functional acrylic polymer.

Abstract: Laser-engravable flexographic printing elements including a thermally crosslinked, elastomeric, laser-engravable relief-forming layer E are made by producing a multilayer composite which has at least a two-layer composite formed of a depot layer D and an uncrosslinked precursor layer V for the relief-forming layer E which is directly adjacent to the depot layer D. Optionally, the multilayer composite may include further layers, such as support foils or films and/or protective films. The precursor layer V most preferably includes at least one elastomeric binder, and at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and, optionally an absorber for laser radiation and/or further additives. The depot layer D most preferably includes at least one elastomeric binder, and at least one thermally decomposing polymerization initiator and, optionally, an absorber for laser radiation and/or further additives.

Abstract: A process for preparing &bgr;-alkoxynitriles by reacting &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated nitriles with monohydric, dihydric or trihydric alcohols in the presence of basic catalysts at from −20 to +200° C. comprises using a diazabicycloalkene catalyst of the formula I where from 1 to 4 hydrogen atoms may be independently replaced by the radicals R1 to R4, in which case R1, R2, R3, R4 are each C1-20-alkyl, C6-20-aryl or C7-20-arylalkyl, and n and m are each an integer from 1 to 6.

Abstract: Disclosed are polymerizable liquid-crystalline compounds of the general formula (I) where A1 and A2 are identical or different and are each a crosslinkable group; the radicals X are identical or different and are each a single bond, —O—, —S—, —C═N—, —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—O—, —CO—NR—, —NR—CO—, —NR—, —O—CO—NR, —NR—CO—O—, —CH2—O— or —NR—CO—NR, in which R is H or C1-C4-alkyl; and M is a mesogenic group, a process for their preparation and their use for preparing cholesteric phases.

Abstract: A composition which comprises a) at least one sulfonylurea of the formula I  wherein the radicals R1 to R5 and the index n are as defined in the specification, or an environmentally compatible salt of the sulfonylurea, and b) at least one herbicidal compound selected from groups b1 to b41 as defined in the specification, or an environmentally compatible salt of the herbicidal compound, and which exhibits a synergistic herbicidal effect.

Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of O—, S— and N-alkenyl compounds by reaction of the corresponding OH, SH or NH compound with an acetylene in the liquid phase in the presence of basic alkali or alkaline earth metal compounds at from 40 to 300° C. and from 0.11 to 5 MPa absolute comprises continuously feeding the corresponding OH, SH or NH compound and the acetylene and operating at a conversion of the corresponding OH, SH or NH compound of ≧90%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process halogenation, which comprises halogenating a chemical compound in the presence of a halogenase, where the halogenase is (a) encoded by the sequence specified in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence derived therefrom on the basis of the degeneracy of the genetic code, or is (b) encoded by a nucleic acid sequence which codes for a functional fragment of (a) or (c) by a sequence which hybridizes with (a) or (b) under standard conditions, or is (d) encoded by a sequence which has more than 30% identity or more than 60% similarity with the sequence specified under (a).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent-free pigmented formulation comprising I) a binder based on at least one copolymer P in an aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable by free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture containing a) from 45 to 69.95% by weight of at least one monomer a) whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature Tg of less than 20° C., b) from 30 to 54.95% by weight of at least one monomer b) whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature Tg of more than 50° C., c) from 0.05 to 1.5% by weight of itaconic acid and/or its anhydride and/or its salts, as acidic monomer c), and d) from 0 to 2% by weight of at least one further monomer d), the sum of the % by weight of a) to d) being 100% by weight, II) at least one pigment, III) at least one pigment dispersant having an acid number to DIN 53402 of less than 600, IV) if desired, an inorganic filler, and V) customary auxiliaries.

Abstract: In a process for preparing a multiplephase multimetal oxide composition comprising Mo, V, Cu and, if desired, further elements, at least one phase is preformed separately and dispersed in a plastically deformable precursor composition of a further phase. The mixture is dried and calcined. The multimetal oxide composition is suitable as active composition of catalysts for the catalytically oxidation of organic compounds in the gas phase, in particular for the oxidation of acrolein to acrylic acid.