Abstract: In a process for preparing C2-oxygenates by reaction of CO and H2over a rhodium-containing supported catalyst, the catalyst comprises, based on the total weight, from 0.01 to 1O% by weight of rhodium, from 0.001 to 10% by weight of zirconium, from 0.01 to 5% by weight of iridium, from 0.01 to 10% by weight of at least one metal selected from among copper, cobalt, nickel, manganese, iron, ruthenium and molybdenum, from 0.01 to 10% by weight of at least one alkali metal or alkaline earth metal selected from among lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, magnesium and calcium, on an inert support.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process for preparing aminoplastics and/or phenolics, in which a precondensate solution is prepared in a first extruder (14), the precondensate solution is continuously fed, with addition of additives, to a second extruder (20) with partial filling in the feed section (E) and devolatilization section (G), devolatilized in the second extruder (20) and then formed to give a molding composition or an end product. The process is particularly suitable for preparing melamine resins, in particular melamine-formaldehyde resins, as well as for preparing urea-formaldehyde resins.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for dispensing chemical material, and in particular, granular, agricultural material, from a moving device driven over terrain to be treated with the material. A metering system for dispersing the material includes on apertured metering disk positioned above a rotatable impeller. The apertured disk meters material from a product container, by gravity feed, onto the impeller below at a rate proportional to the linear speed at which the apparatus is driven to dispense material at a uniform density over the terrain. The metering disk is a component of a product container which is removably mounted to the device. The impeller rotates at a constant speed to disperse the deposited material at a uniform distance from the apparatus, and the position on which the material is deposited on the impeller is adjustable.

Abstract: In a process for improving the adhesive strength of radiation-cured films of acrylate resins which comprise compounds having at least one amine group and at least one unsaturated acrylate group and, in particular, an amino-modified acrylate resin having a molecular weight Mn of at least 300, on substrates, the acrylate resins are admixed with amine-hardenable polyepoxides having an epoxide value of from 1 to 15 mol/kg such as polyglycidyl esters or polyglycidyl ethers. Preferred curable mixtures of amine-modified acrylate resins with polyepoxides have amine numbers of from 1 to 250 mg KOH/g and epoxide values of from 0.1 to 4 mol/kg. The mixtures applied as coating films to metal substrates or plastics substrates, in particular, are radiation-cured with, e.g., UV light and an at least partial amine hardening of the polyepoxide compounds in the mixture is conducted by thermal conditioning at, e.g., from 50 to 120° C.

Abstract: The novel compounds of formula I: 1

Abstract: Polyamide-6 articles exhibit dramatically improved dye bleed and perspiration performance characteristics, as well as reduced color change of fluorescent dyed polyamide-6. These improvements are achieved according to the present invention by modifying conventional dyeing and aftertreatment conditions. That is, conventional temperatures used for dyeing and the aftertreatment of polyamide-6 yarns are typically about 100° C. and 77° C., respectively. In contrast, the dyeing and aftertreatment procedures of this invention are carried out at about 80° C. or lower, and about 50° C. or lower, respectively. Bath ratios of between about 15:1 to about 20:1 are employed with the polyamide-6 article being retained in the bath sufficient to achieve about 75% dye uptake.

Abstract: Latently crosslinking aqueous polyurethane dispersions contain

Abstract: In a process for the metal-catalyzed preparation of copolymers of carbon monoxide and an olefinically unsaturated compound having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms in an aqueous medium, the copolymerization is carried out in the presence of a water-soluble macromolecular host compound which has a hydrophobic cavity and a hydrophilic shell.

Abstract: A method of preparing a carbamate or urea-functional compound is described comprising the step of reacting a lactone or hydroxy carboxylic acid with a compound (A) comprising a carbamate or urea group or a group that can be converted to a carbamate or urea group, and an active hydrogen group capable of reacting with the hydroxy carboxylic acid or in a ring-opening reaction with a lactone. The compound thus prepared is useful in curable compositions.

Abstract: Polyamide-6 articles exhibit dramatically improved dye bleed and perspiration performance characteristics, as well as reduced color change of fluorescent dyed polyamide-6. These improvements are achieved according to the present invention by modifying conventional dyeing and aftertreatment conditions. That is, conventional temperatures used for dyeing and the aftertreatment of polyamide-6 yarns are typically about 100° C. and 77° C., respectively. In contrast, the dyeing and aftertreatment procedures of this invention are carried out at about 80° C. or lower, and about 5° C. or lower, respectively. Bath ratios of between about 15:1 to about 20:1 are employed with the polyamide-6 article being retained in the bath sufficient to achieve about 75% dye uptake.

Abstract: A test fixture is provided which is capable of holding test panels in a curved repeatable position relative to a spray gun. The test fixture holds a plastic test panel in such a position as to provide a gauge to measure the amount of electrostatic wrap potential a coating has.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of copolymers comprising a) 82 to 99.9 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C8-carboxylic acid; b) 0.1 to 18 mol % of at least one monomer selected from the group b1) N—C8-C30-alkyl-substituted amides of monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C8-carboxylic acids, b2) N,N—C8-C30-dialkyl-substituted amides of monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C8-carboxylic acids, b3) C8-C30-alkyl esters of monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C8-carboxylic acids; c) 0 to 17.9 mol % of at least one monomer selected from the group of c1) vinyl esters of aliphatic C8-C30-carboxylic acids, c2) C8-C30-alkylvinyl ethers, the mol % data for the individual components adding up to 100%, as solubilizer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel fungicidal composition comprising a fungicidally acceptable carrier and/or surface active agent together with, and synergistically effective amounts of (a) at least one benzophenone of formula I  wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, m and n have the meaning given; at least one fungicidal active ingredient selected from the following groups (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E): (A) an ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitor; (B) a strobilurine derivative, (C) a melanin biosynthesis inhibitor; (D) a compound selected from the group consisting of acibenzolar, benomyl, captan, carboxin, chlorothalonil, copper, cyprodinil, dinocap, dithianon, dimethomorph, dodine, ethirimol, famoxadone, fenpiclonil, fluazinam, mancozeb, metalaxyl, pyrifenox, sulfur, vinclozolin and (E) an azolopyrimidine of formula II  in which R8, R9, R10, R11, A, L and p have the meaning given; and to a method of controlling the growth of phytopathogenic fungi at a locus which

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 1,3-bis-(N-lactamyl)propane of general formula (I), wherein radicals R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently stand for hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl and at least one of said radicals does not stand for hydrogen, (NLac) and (NLac′) are the same or different and stand for N-lactamyl radicals. The invention also relates to the use of said substances as a solvent in pharmaceutical and cosmetic agents. Disclosed are novel compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 and methyl and R2-R6 stand for hydrogen.

Abstract: In a process for the preparation of acrylic acid, a product gas mixture obtained by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of a C3-precursor of acrylic acid and containing acrylic acid is directly cooled with a quench liquid and then subjected to fractional condensation in a separation column provided with baffles, said product gas mixture ascending into itself and a crude acrylic acid being removed via a side take-off, and the acrylic acid oligomers formed are cleaved and recycled.

Abstract: Shear forces are used for essentially salt-free coagulation of plastics dispersions or rubber dispersions. For this, method of use is made of an apparatus with at least one shearing module which has a stator and a rotor arranged within the stator, where the surfaces facing toward one another in the stator and in the rotor are in each case smooth, or at least the rotor exhibits a structure formed on its surface and facing from this in the direction of the stator, and between the stator and the rotor there is a gap of predetermined gap width. The process is carried out by passing the dispersion to be coagulated through the gap between stator and rotor and precipitating the dispersion by rotation of the rotor with predetermined shear rate and shear deformation.

Abstract: A method of on-line monitoring and control of monomer conversion in emulsion polymerization includes continuously balancing, as from an initialization time, the heat QIN, introduced into the reactor, the reaction enthalpy QRE introduced via the monomer feed, and the heat which has been removed from the reactor QOUT, and calculating an amount of heat which has not been removed QAD which would lead to an increase in the internal temperature and the internal pressure of the reactor in the event of a spontaneous adiabatic reaction. A check is carried out as to whether the potential adiabatic temperatures and pressures always lie below prescribed upper limits. If the upper limits are exceeded, the monomer feed to the reactor is throttled back or interrupted.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I 1

Abstract: The aromatic polyurethane elastomers of the present invention are particularly suited for methods of making objects in a mold cavity. The objects generally include an elastomeric layer formed from an aromatic polyurethane and a foam layer which is subsequently applied to the elastomer. The aromatic elastomer of the present invention lends itself to being precoated with an in-mold coating or being painted after demolding the resulting part.

Abstract: Alkylpolyalkylene glycol carboxylates are prepared by a process which comprises reacting a carboxylic ester with an alkylene oxide in the presence of a multimetal cyanide compound of the formula I