Abstract: A synthetic unsaturated wax ester prepared from unsaturated carboxylic acids of 18 to 22 carbon atoms and unsaturated fatty alcohols of 12 to 22 carbon atoms is proposed as a substitute for jojoba oil.

Abstract: In a method for the removal of alkali halides by washing them out of reaction products prepared, in the presence of ketones which form a miscibility gap with water, by a reaction of xylylene dichlorides and/or bromides with bisphenols in the presence of alkaline compounds or in the form of alkali salts, at 85.degree. to 160.degree. C., with the addition in some cases of terminal-group-closing monophenols or monohalogen alkyl compounds, water or a water-ketone mixture solvent is added to the reaction mixture before beginning the filtration, and afterward is recycled. For the complete recovery of the ketones and alkali halides and the reuse of the ketones with reduced energy consumption a kentonous phase and an aqueous phase are recovered by separate evaporation after the separation of the filtrate in two liquid phases, both of the condensates are combined to a ketone-water mixture, the filter cake is stirred up again in the ketone-water mixture and filtered a second time.

Abstract: A training cartridge has a synthetic resin projectile or dummy projectile wherein the projectile or dummy projectile is integrally molded to a synthetic resin sleeve or tube open at the rear end. The sleeve is inserted from the front end of a cartridge case of metal that is open at its front end. The sleeve is held within the cartridge case by drawing the cartridge case inwards, after insertion of the synthetic resin sleeve, in its frontal zone to form a conical case shoulder and a cylindrical case neck, which shoulder and neck encompass the synthetic resin sleeve in firm contact therewith. This arrangement achieves clean separation of the projectile from the remainder of the synthetic resin sleeve and/or avoids uncontrolled tearing off of parts of the synthetic resin sleeve.

Abstract: There are disclosed substituted lactones of the formula ##STR1## wherein A stands for --CH--CH.sub.2 X (X being Cl, Br or OH), --CHY--CHY-- (Y being Cl or Br), or ##STR2## and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are the same or different radicals from the group of hydrogen and C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyls, at least one of the radicals R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 being such an alkyl radical, and process for making the same.

Abstract: A method for the continuous preparation of an alkoxysilane with hydrogen chloride contents of less than 20 ppm. In the method, the esterification is performed continuously in a reactor, and the raw esterification product is delivered to the top of a column. In this column, the reactant alcohol is vaporized and condensed at the top. The raw product drips from the top of the column to the bottom where it is collected as pure product. The method is suitable for the preparation of both tetraalkoxysilanes and of substituted alkoxysilanes. Partially condensed alkoxysilanes having a defined silicon dioxide content can also be made by this method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid accelerators for the setting of concrete mixtures. These accelerators have a long shelf life even in higher concentrations than the liquid accelerators known heretofore and, within the defined concentrations, produce no precipitation. The new accelerators are characterized by containing only potassium aluminate, potassium carbonate and potassium hydroxide in a defined range. They can be used in any known hydraulic binding agents, they shorten the set time of these binding agents, and they improve the compressive strength of the products made with them.

Abstract: A die, associated with an extruder and provided with an inwrought flow channel with displacement cores for shaping a plasticized synthetic resin bulk stream into a profile cross-section with hollow chambers, has a die housing that is composed of several die members with vertical and/or horizontal mold joints. The displacement cores in the flow channel are connected to the die housing by core-holding webs that separate the flow channel by distances corresponding to the thicknesses of the webs, thus subdividing the bulk stream into separate partial streams, the cross-section of the combined partial streams being equal to the cross-section of the bulk stream, and the displacement cores being enlarged by the thickness of the core-holding webs so that the partial streams, with the flow cross-sections remaining the same, are conducted along the core-holding webs.

Abstract: Minimum probability of collision during the dispensing procedure is desirable in the distribution of submunition, such as mines, bomblets, or subsidiary projectiles by means of rockets or shells.For this purpose, a dual ejection process is provided wherein the individual submunitions are accommodated severally in special dispensing units which units, in turn, are inserted as secondary elements in the rockets or shells. Upon primary ejection over the target area, the dispensing units are ejected, stabilized at a distance from the rockets or shells, and subjected to a deceleration different from that of the rockets or shells so that the flight paths diverge, thus precluding collision. Subsequently, in a secondary ejection, the submunition is ejected from the dispensing units.

Abstract: A flash guide tube arrangement utilized primarily in propellant charge igniters for large-caliber ammunition with laterally located openings from which the ignition gases, emitted by conventional ignition systems, exit, either for the ignition of an ignition booster charge or for the direct ignition of a propellant charge. Indentations emanate axially from these openings and extend into the interior of the flash guide tube, the depth of the individual indentations decreasing in the direction toward the rear end of the flash guide tube. The indentations are preferably radially arranged and several of such radially disposed indentations can be provided in the flash guide tube. The rear end of the flash guide tube can furthermore be constructed as a cone having its apex pointing toward the ignition system.

Abstract: A partially combustible propellant charge igniter in which combustible ignition-conducting tubes can be more advantageously separated. The igniter includes a metallic bottom piece accommodating an igniter charge therein, a centrally arranged ignition gas guide chamber in communication with the igniter charge for guiding ignition gas therefrom and a combustible ignition-conducting tube accommodating a propagation charge. The ignition-conducting tube is inserted into the bottom piece and extends outwardly therefrom with the propagation charge being arranged in the region of the ignition-conducting tube which extends outwardly from the bottom piece.

Abstract: A method for separating chlorosilanes from a gaseous mixture which additionally contains hydrogen and hydrogen chloride by washing the gaseous mixture with saturated hydrochloric acid is disclosed. The resulting chlorosilane hydrolysis products can remain in the hydrochloric acid serving as washing liquid, without interfering with the purifying action. The suspended hydrolysis products are easily filtrable, and can be periodically separated from the hydrochloric acid. In a preferred embodiment, the hydrochloric acid is recirculated and injected into the gas stream being washed.

Abstract: In a process for the isolation of cobalt and/or manganese in the form of precipitated, easily filtrable cobalt and/or manganese oxalates from acetic acid solutions or extracts, the solutions in question are treated with oxalic acid dimethyl or diethyl ester at temperatures of 50.degree. to 250.degree. C.

Abstract: A method for the modification of starch by silanes wherein the starch and silane are contacted in an organic solvent in the presence of a metallic acid ester of a metal of groups IVB or VB of the Periodic Table of the elements. The resulting suspension is stirred. The subsequently separated starch exhibits better working characteristics than the corresponding unmodified starch.

Abstract: A process is provided for the recovery and recycling of spent cobalt and/or manganese catalysts used in the air oxidation of alkyl aromatics in acetic acid. The catalysts are isolated in the form of oxalates of extremely low solubility from the acetic acid mother liquors and the cobalt oxalate dihydrate and/or manganese oxalate dihydrate catalysts are restored by the joint action of hydrogen bromide and acetic anhydride, acetyl bromide, or a mixture thereof, to a form in which they are soluble in acetic acid and can be used, again, as oxidation catalysts.

Abstract: An ordnance system which includes a warhead accommodating a number of secondary elements, especially explosive elements as a payload, with the secondary elements adapted to be distributed over a target area. The warhead includes a coaxially arranged rotation-producing propulsion unit such as a rocket engine.

Abstract: In a process for the recovery of cobalt oxalate and/or manganese oxalate, the solutions or extracts containing cobalt and/or manganese are treated with sodium, potassium or ammonium oxalate. To obtain an easily filtrable cobalt and/or manganese oxalate precipitate, the precipitation is performed at temperatures of 50.degree. to 160.degree. C. with 1 to 2 moles of solid alkali oxalate or ammonium oxalate. When sodium oxalate is used, the water content of the solutions or extracts is from 5 to 90% by weight, when potassium oxalate is used it is from 2 to 15% by weight, and when ammonium oxalate is used it is from 1 to 12% by weight.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of mixed polyesters with the use of titanium catalysts, wherein addition products prepared from phosphorous acid and monoepoxides are utilized, especially in the esterification stage and the subsequent polycondensation stage of the process. The resulting polyester is free from discoloration.

Abstract: A slot die apparatus for the coextrusion of an endless sheet having a thickness of about 0.1-5 mm with an optionally dyed edge strip made from a narrower, optionally colored, melt stream of a width of about 100-500 mm and from a broader melt stream of a width of about 1,000-3,000 mm of a thermoplastic synthetic resin is provided by means of two parallel-operating extruders and associated melt pumps, with merging of the two melt streams. The apparatus is also provided by flanging together, by means of a flange, two dies at their end faces, these dies having identical cross sections and a corresponding width, comprising a spreader block, deckle, bottom lip, and top lip, and a flow channel made up from these components.

Abstract: 2,4-Dihydroxypyrimidine (uracil) is prepared from alkali formyl acetic acid ester by reaction with thiourea, heating with chloroacetic acid, and heating with acids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to resin mixtures which are fluid at temperatures up to 100.degree. C. and which crosslink either at elevated temperature or under the influence of moisture. Thermal crosslinking takes place at temperatures of 100.degree. C. and up, preferably at about 120.degree. C. The mixtures contain one or more mutually compatible polymers containing hydroxyl groups, in which at least 5% and not more than 90% of the hydroxyl groups are replaced by alkoxysilyl groups. The introduction of the alkoxysilyl groups is accomplished by the reaction of a diisocyanate with a hydroxyl group on the polymer, on the one hand, and with an aminosilane or mercaptosilane ester on the other. On the basis of their fluid-to-viscous consistency at room temperature or moderately elevated temperature, the resins can be applied in a thin coating and easily crosslinked in situ.