Abstract: A method for producing a carrier for a catalyst comprising the steps of mixing solutions of a soluble salt of aluminum and a soluble salt of silicic acid in a ratio that gives a precipitate comprising aluminum silicate having a weight ratio of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :SiO.sub.2 of 1:5 to 1:7, forming the precipitate into a carrier body, consolidating the carrier body by heating, and contacting the carrier body with an acid to reduce the Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 content to 1-5%. Thus produced carrier bodies are useful for catalyzing the hydration of olefins to alcohols when impregnated with phosphoric acid.

Abstract: A water-soluble polymer having quaternary ammonium groups, is prepared by reacting(a) a low molecular weight alkylating agent with(b) a corresponding polymer carrying tertiary, quaternizable amino groups.

Abstract: Process for activating or reactivating silver substrate catalysts having promoter metals used in the production of ethylene oxide by oxidizing ethylene with oxygen or with gases containing oxygen.At least part of the mixture of reaction gases is made to pass at least in part through a bed arranged before the catalyst zone, this bed containing uniformly distributed compounds of the promoter metals.

Abstract: The invention concerns embedding media for producing essentially non-polar and polar embedding mediums. The non-polar embedding medium comprises ethylmethacrylate, n-hexylmethacrylate, triethyleneglycoldimethacrylate and a small amount of polymerization initiator. The polar embedding medium comprises 2-hydroxyethylacrylate, 2-hydroxypropylmethacrylate, n-hexylmethacrylate, triethyleneglycoldimethacrylate, and a small amount of polymerization initiator. The embedding mediums of the invention are particularly suitable for the preparation of a polymer embedded biological material for light or electron microscopic study of thin sections thereof. The embedding mediums can be polymerized at low temperature and UV light employed for initiating polymerization.

Abstract: In a low pressure process for polymerizing ethene using a Ziegler mixed catalyst comprising (a) a titanium compound, a vanadium compound or a mixture thereof and (b) an aluminum-organic compound or a mixture thereof, an improvement is provided wherein the process is carried out in multi-stages comprising:polymerizing, in a first polymerization stage, in the liquid phase in a dispersion medium of a C.sub.3 - to C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon, andpolymerizing, in a last polymerization stage, in the gas phase.

Abstract: Copolyether ester amides having a melting point between about 85.degree. and 140.degree. C. are produced from:(A) lactams or omega-aminocarboxylic acids and/or equivalent amounts of dicarboxylic acids and diamines as polyamide-forming compounds; and(B) dicarboxylic acids and polyalkylene oxide diols as polyether ester forming compounds as thermoplastic adhesives for heat sealing textiles, wherethe polyamide forming compounds consist of at least 30% by weight of lauryllactam and the remaining compounds together with lauryllactam result in copolyamides which have melting points which lie in the range between about 90.degree. to 150.degree. C.;aliphatic dicarboxylic acids are used as the dicarboxylic acids; andcomponents A and B are used in the weight ratio from 93/7 to 35/65.

Abstract: In a process for preparing a vinyl chloride resin by polymerizing vinyl chloride alone or with up to 20% by weight of other polymerizable unsaturated monomers, in an aqueous suspension, in the presence of a monomer-soluble free radical catalyst and a suspension stabilizer which is partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate or cellulose ether, there is an improvement wherein the polymerization is conducted in the presence of 0.02-0.3% by weight, based on the amount of monomer to be polymerized, of a cosuspension stabilizer which is a copolymer of 2-n-propyl-.DELTA..sup.2 -oxazoline, 2-isopropyl-.DELTA..sup.2 -oxazoline or both and 2-methyl-.DELTA..sup.2 oxazoline, 2-ethyl-.DELTA..sup.2 -oxazoline or both, the copolymer having a viscosity number of 35-70 (ml/g), measured at 25.degree. C. in an isopropanol/water mixture (50 vol-% of isopropanol), in a concentration of 0.5% (weight/volume of the solution).

Abstract: A process for the catalytic skeleton isomerization of n-alkenes to isoalkenes comprises contacting the n-alkene with a fluorinated aluminum oxide as the catalyst at temperatures of 250.degree.-550.degree. C., in the presence of 0.5-150% by weight of water, based on the weight of the alkene employed and replenishing the fluorine discharged from the catalyst in metered amounts, continuously or discontinuously, using, e.g., a volatile fluorine compound. The catalyst, partially deactivated by coking, is regenerated by burning it off with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of steam.

Abstract: A process for producing an elastomer-filler mixture optionally containing an extender oil, comprising the combined precipitation of a homogeneous mixture of a synthetic elastomer latex, produced by emulsion polymerization in an anionic emulsifier system, and an aqueous suspension of a silicic acid based filler, using an acid and, optionally, an electrolyte or other flocculant; separation of the precipitated mixture; and drying of the mixture; is improved in that the filler suspension contains 0.1-5% by weight, based on the amount of filler, of a copolymer of acrylamide and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate.

Abstract: A method for the uniform blending of additives into thermoplastic synthetic resins. A solution or finely divided dispersion of the additive is produced in a polymerizable cyclic ester of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents respectively hydrogen or an alkyl group of 1-18 carbon atoms,A represents a --O-- or --COO-- group,x and y represent integers from 1 to 15, andz represents 0 or 1.This solution or dispersion, optionally after polymerization of the cyclic ester, is admixed to the thermoplastic synthetic resin at the end of its manufacturing process or in a subsequent processing stage.

Abstract: A process for producing linear or slightly branched 2-(C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 -alkyl)-.DELTA..sup.2 -oxazoline copolymers from more than 50 mole % of 2-(isopropyl- and/or n-propyl)-.DELTA..sup.2 -oxazoline and less than 50 mole % of 2-(methyl- and/or ethyl)-.DELTA..sup.2 -oxazoline, the copolymers having a viscosity number in the range of 35 to 70 ml/g which is easily reproducible from batch to batch, comprises polymerizing the corresponding monomers in the presence of a cation-active catalyst having an anion of slightly nucleophilic nature, wherein,1. the monomers contain less than 200 mg of water per liter of monomer and less than 0.003% by weight of basic nitrogen, the monomers being obtained by specified purification operations:2.1 the polymerization is discontinuous and is carried out in a stirring vessel having a reflux condenser adequately dimensioned to remove the heat of polymerization by evaporative cooling,2.

Abstract: A process for the production of alkyl esters of saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids by reacting in an alkoxycarbonylation stage olefins with carbon monoxide and alkanol in the presence of a catalyst consisting of a cobalt compound and a promoter from the group of pyridine, non-ortho-substituted alkylpyridine or mixtures thereof at elevated pressure and elevated temperature. The reaction mixture produced is reprocessed and the pyridine, non-ortho-substituted alkylpyridine, or mixture used as the promoter is rectified prior to its feedback into the alkoxycarbonylation stage in the presence of a given carboxylic acid which is thermally stable under the conditions of reprocessing and which forms a maximum azeotrope with the promoter under the conditions of rectification.

Abstract: A process for preparing a copolymer by copolymerizing ethylene and at least one other 1-monoolefin and, optionally, and unconjugated diene in the presence of a mixed catalyst of (1) a compound of a metal of main Groups I-III of the periodic table having at least one hydrogen atom or an alkyl or aryl group bound to the metal atom, and (2) a compound of a metal of Subgroups IV-VI of the periodic table, comprises performing the copolymerization in the presence of an amount effective as an activator of a 2, 3,4,4-tetrachloro-2-butenoic acid ester of the fromulaHCCl.sub.2 --CCl=CCl--COORwherein R is an optionally halogenated alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl group, and wherein the cycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl groups are optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups.

Abstract: A process for the regeneration and further condensation of a linear polyalkylene terephthalate, which is inactive due to recondensation treatment in the solid phase, and which has a viscosity number of at least 60 cc/g, the process being conducted in two stages, at an elevated temperature, in the presence of an alkanediol, comprises, in a first stage, treating the inactive polyalkylene terephthalate at a reaction temperature of 30.degree.-80.degree. C. below its melting point, with 0.3-3.5% by weight, based on the weight of the polyalkylene terephthalate, of an alkanediol whose boiling point under normal pressure is 20.degree.-70.degree. C. above the reaction temperature, in an inert gas stream, wherein the amount of inert gas passed through per hour, measured under standard conditions, corresponds to 0.3-2 times the gross reactor volume; and, in a second stage, condensing the polyalkylene terephthalate at a temperature of 5.degree.-25.degree. C.

Abstract: Aliphatic ethers of hydroxymethylcyclododecane of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon residue of 1-4 carbon atoms, are valuable odoriferous substances possessing a long-lasting, intense woodsy scent with a balsam note of great richness.

Abstract: A process for producing a shelf-stable ethylene-.alpha.-olefin (diene) elastomer powder which comprises a release agent, comprising grinding crumbs or preliminarily comminuted particles of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin (diene) elastomer having a green strength of 5-20 MPa and a Mooney viscosity ML (1+4) 100.degree. C. of 50-150, and, prior to, during or after the grinding step, adding 0.5-10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the ethylene-.alpha.-olefin (diene) elastomer, of a release agent which is(a) polyethylene of a density of 0.910-0.975 g/cm.sup.3, a viscosity number of 50-330 cm.sup.3 /g and a melt index of 0.2-50 g/10 min, polypropylene of a density of 0.90-0.910 g/cm.sup.3, a viscosity number of 100-1000 cm.sup.3 /g and a melt index of 0.1-50 g/10 min, polybutene-1 of a density of 0.910-0.975 g/cm.sup.3, a viscosity number of 100-1000 cm.sup.3 /g and a melt index of 0.1-100 g/10 min, polyvinyl chloride of a viscosity number of 50-200, all having an average secondary particle size of 5-50 .mu.

Abstract: Cyclic imides of the formula: ##STR1## in which R represents a saturated or unsaturated, optionally alkyl- or alkenyl-substituted alkylene or cycloalkylene radical having 2-120 C-atoms and R' represents hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting ofan alkyl radical having 1-20 C-atoms,an alkenyl radical having 3-5 C-atoms,an aralkyl radical having 7-12 C-atoms,--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CN,--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --COO--alkyl,--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 (CH.sub.3)--COO-alkylan acyl radical or--(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H, wherein n is 1-10are stabilizers for synthetic resins especially for polyolefins.

Abstract: Storage stable epoxy resin powder coating compositions are disclosed, which contain a solid epoxy resin and, as hardening agent, a blocked polyisocyanate compound or isocyanate terminated polymer, wherein the blocking agent is an imidazoline compound.

Abstract: Powdered coating compositions having good storage stability and particle size smaller than 0.25 mm, particularly 0.02 and 0.06 mm, based on polyesters which contain hydroxyl groups and melt between 40.degree.-120.degree. C., .epsilon.-caprolactam blocked isophorondiisocyanate adducts, and catalysts, if necessary, and customary additives, wherein isophoronediisocyanate adducts partially blocked with .epsilon.-caprolactam are used as curing agents.Methods for producing the above mentioned powdered coating compositions, wherein the polyesters containing hydroxyl groups are reacted in the melt or in solvents at temperatures of 0.degree.-150.degree. C., particularly 80.degree.-120.degree. C., with an isophorondiisocyanate adduct blocked with .epsilon.-caprolactam which contains 0.1 to 1 mole of free NCO-groups per mole of adduct and 0.4-1.1 NCO-equivalents separate to OH equivalent.

Abstract: A process for removing troublesome precipitates of condensable gases in a heat exchanger of a continuously operated low temperature installation in which gas to be cooled, such as air, which contains condensable gases at ambient temperature is passed from a warm end to a cold end of the exchanger through a storage material and over heat exchange surfaces--maintained at a temperature ranging from -165.degree. C. to -160.degree. C. at the cold end--and cold regenerator gas free of condensable gases is alternately passed from the cold end to the warm end over the storage material and heat exchanger surfaces to remove precipitates of the condensable gases therefrom in a cyclic operation, without total shut-down of the installation, involves the further step of introducing warm gas which is at a temperature of between 0.degree. C. and +110.degree. C.