Abstract: Process and intermediate for preparing an intrinsically foamed thermoplastic polymer comprising a vinyl monomer and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride, in which process a polymer composition comprising:a) a core polymer based ona.1) 12-50 moles % maleic acid and/or maleic anhydridea.2) a vinyl monomer, anda.3) optionally a third monomer, where the sum total of a1+a2+a3 is 100 moles % and the weight average molecular weight of the core polymer is 50000-500000, andb) optionally a nucleating agent, is introduced into equipment suited for making foam, in which process the core polymer, and optionally the nucleating agent, are brought to a temperature which is high enough to release CO.sub.2 from the core polymer, and in which process the polymer melt is expanded to form a polymer foam with the desired density. The core polymer is preferably a polymer of styrene and maleic anhydride.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of substituted pyridines by allowing 1-aza-1,3-butadienes to react, in the presence of a catalytic amount of secondary amine and acid, with an aldehyde or ketone, and new 1-aza-1,3-butadienes which are used in this process. Said pyridines can be obtained in high yield in a simple process with a short reaction time. The 1-aza-1,3-butadiene can, if so desired, be prepared in situ from an imine and an aldehyde.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of a polymeric object starting from a solution of a polymer in a solvent and comprising drawing a solvent-containing polymeric object, the solvent containing a first and a second component, the first component being more volatile than the second one and drawing being effected in the presence of the second component after removal of the first component, and a solution of a spinable polymer in a solvent containing two components, one of the components being more volatile than the other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a polymer in which in situ polymerization of monomers takes place in the presence of a catalyst, in which the monomers are obtained by in situ activation of precursor monomers.According to the invention a premature polymerization is avoided, but polymerization only starts at the desired moment.

Abstract: A catalyst precursor is provided that is useful in the selective hydrogenation of olefinic unsaturation in polymers or copolymers. The precursor comprises a palladium salt that is complexed with a complexing agent selected from the group consisting of organic phosphates, dialkylidene acetones, and tetraalkyl ammonium hydroxides. The catalyst precursor may be used in batch, step-wise addition, or continuous systems.

Abstract: Solution of UHMWPE in an organic solvent having a total PE concentration of at least 15% by weight and in which some of the PE present is crosslinked.

Abstract: A composition which is cured upon exposure to ultraviolet light in the absence of solvent is disclosed. The liquid composition is prepared by combining a liquid maleate polyester and at least one of a vinyl compound and an allyl functional compound. A photoinitiator is then added to the polymerizable liquid composition. A substrate is impregnated with the polymerizable liquid composition and exposed to actinic energy of a sufficient dosage for a sufficient amount of time to polymerize the composition to a sufficient degree to impart useful properties to the substrate. The composition can be used as a binder for fiberglass insulation, in the manufacture of transparent or semi-transparent paper and to manufacture paper for use in photocopy machines.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of an optically active ester of trans-3-phenylglycidic acid in which a mixture of the 2 enantiomers of the trans-3-phenylglycidic acid ester is stereoselectively hydrolyzed using an enzyme originating from Candida antarctica and the non-hydrolyzed ester is separated off from the reaction mixture.A racemic mixture of trans-phenylglycidic acid esters is selectively and enzymatically hydrolyzed in a relatively short reaction time, the residual ester being obtained in a high yield and with a high e.e. Such esters are used for the preparation of pharmaceuticals such as benzothiazepines and benzazepines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the continuous preparation of a mixture of a cycloalkanone, a cycloalkanol and a cycloalkylhydroperoxide. In the method, a cycloalkane, corresponding to the cycloalkenone, cycloalkenol and cycloalkylhydroperoxide, is oxidized in a continuous process, with the aid of an oxygen-containing gas, in the absence of a metal catalyst, at a temperature of between 130.degree. C. and 200.degree. C. The oxidation is at least partly carried out in the presence of between 0.002 and 2 mmol of a phenolic compound per kg of reaction mixture (mmol/kg).

Abstract: A process for producing an elongated object of an alternating copolymer of carbon monoxide and an olefinically unsaturated monomer wherein the copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity measured in m-cresol at 100.degree. C. of at least 1 dl/g, involve converting a solution of the copolymer into a solvent-containing object, removing between 90 and 99.9% of the solvent from the solvent-containing object, and stretching the thus obtained object at a temperature below the melting point of the copolymer.

Abstract: Palladium catalyst residue is recovered from still heels by treating the still heels with hydrochloric acid, converting the palladium component to crotyl palladium chloride, and using the crotyl palladium chloride as catalyst in the carbonylation of chlorobutene to 3-pentenoyl chloride.

Abstract: A blend and a process for producing that blend in which a high ethylene content ethylene-propylene polymer and a lower ethylene content ethylene-propylene polymer are subjected to simultaneous blending and shearing to reduce their molecular weights and molecular weight distribution and to yield a product that can be recovered as a solid using conventional plastic processing equipment. The sheared blend of polymers can function as a shear stable viscosity index improver with improved lower temperature properties.

Abstract: The method concerns preparing a polymer composition containing an electrically conductive polymer which is formed, in the presence of a catalyst, from polymerizable monomer units that are converted from non-polymerizable precursor monomers with the aid of a sufficiently energy-intense light source. In this method according to the invention is that the precursor monomers have a structure according to formula (I). The method according to the invention makes it possible to very easily and rapidly, and thus economically, prepare a polymer composition containing an electrically conductive polymer. Furthermore, the method according to the invention permits a polymer composition to be produced that contains an electrically conductive polymer in specifically pre-selected areas.

Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous process for producing an adducted derivatized EPM or EPDM oil solution in which a grafted ethylene polymer is adducted with an antioxidant diamine for formation of an adduct during holding.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of the Formula:R.sub.1 --R.sub.2 --R.sub.3 --R.sub.4 --A--(R.sub.5).sub.n (R.sub.6).sub.3-nwherein: A is Si or Ti; R.sub.1 is an alkenoxy, acryloxy or ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylate group; R.sub.2 is a 2 to 18 carbon linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, acyl, aryl or poly(alkoxy) group; R.sub.3 contains a urethane, urea, or thiourethane linkage; R.sub.4 is a 2 to 18 carbon linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or acyl non-hydrolyzable silyl linking group; R.sub.5 is a 2 to 18 carbon linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or acyl group; R.sub.6 is any hydrolyzable silyl linking group (alkoxy, alkenoxy, or halogen); and n is 0 to 2.The present invention is further directed to an improved method of using of a compound of the above Formula as an adhesion promoter in a UV-curable composition for a surface with a free nucleophilic group. Preferably, that surface is glass.

Abstract: Microporous film of polyethylene with a high degree of moisture vapor transmission rate and permeability to air and a process for the production of such a film from a polyolefine by extruding a solution of the polyolefine in a first solvent, followed by cooling, the removal of the solvent and stretching of the film, in which both sides of the film are brought into close contact with a second solvent for the polyolefine before the film is contacted with the cooling agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyesters for use in outdoor-durable coating systems such as, for instance, coil coating systems. The polyester according to the invention is based on at least 50 moles % 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and a hexahydrophathalic acid (anhydride) as acid components. Up to a maximum of 50 moles % the polyester may be based also on acid components such as, for instance, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, adipic acid, sebacic acid, decanedicarboxylic acid and/or dimerized fatty acids or acid anhydrides such as, for instance, phthalic anhydride and succinic anhydride.

Abstract: Cooling system for a liquid-cooled combustion engine including a radiator having at least one inlet and one outlet, a coolant pump and at least a control valve for controlling the flow of coolant through the radiator depending on the coolant temperature. The coolant pump and the radiator are integrated into a single unit. The coolant pump is preferably integrated in a radiator end cover, into which the control valve may also be incorporated. Such an integrated end cover may be obtained by e.g. injection molding of a thermoplastic polymer, preferably a polyamide. The number of hose connections is greatly reduced by the integration.