Abstract: Silica glass granule having the following features: Area: 100 to 5000 ?m2, ECD: 5 to 100 ?m, Circumference: 20 to 400 ?m, Maximum diameter: 10 to 140 ?m, Minimum diameter: 5 to 80 ?m, where all values are medium values, Specific BET surface area: <1 m2/g Impurities: <50 ppm It is prepared by a) compacting pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder with a tamped density of 15 to 190 g/1 to slugs, b) subsequently crushing them and removing slug fragments with a diameter of <100 ?m and >800 ?m, c) the slug fragments having a tamped density of 300 to 600 g/l, and d) subsequently treating them at 600 to 1100° C. in an atmosphere which comprises one or more compounds which are suitable for removing hydroxyl groups, and e) then sintering them at 1200° C. to 1400° C.

Abstract: Adhesive and sealant systems on the basis of unsaturated polyester resins, epoxy resins, polyurethane, silane-terminated polymers, vinyl ester resins, acrylates, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl ethers, ethylene-vinyl acetate, ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers, polyvinyl acetates, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, styrene-butadiene rubber, chloroprene rubber, nitrile rubber, butyl rubber, polysulphide, polyethylene, polypropylene, fluorinated hydrocarbons, polyamides, saturated polyesters and copolyesters, phenol-formaldehyde resins, cresol-/resorcinol-formaldehyde resins, urea-formaldehyde resins, melamine-formaldehyde resins, polyimides, polybenzimidazoles or polysulphones and containing 1% to 15% by weight of a hydrophilic fumed silica structurally modified by grinding.

Abstract: An isolated mutant of a coryneform bacterium comprising a gene coding for a polypeptide having GTP-pyrophosphate kinase activity, wherein said polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence in which one of the proteinogenic amino acids other than L-proline is present in position 38 or a corresponding or comparable position. In addition, an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having GTP-pyrophosphate kinase enzyme activity, a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism comprising the vector, and a process for preparing the recombinant coryneform bacterium is described. A method for over-expressing a GTP-pyrophosphate kinase, a method of preparing an L-amino acid, an L-lysine comprising and L-tryptophan comprising feed is also described.

Abstract: Nitro-compounds are hydrogenated with an activated Ni catalyst that is doped during and/or after activation with one or more elements from the list of Mg, Ca, Ba, Ti, Zr, Ce, Nb, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Co, Ir, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, Rh, Ru and Bi whereas the Ni/Al alloy may not, but preferentially can contain prior to activation one or more doping elements from the list of Ti, Ce, V, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt and Bi. If the Ni/Al alloy contained one or more of the above mentioned suitable alloy doping elements prior to activation, the resulting catalyst can then be doped with one or more of the elements from the list of Mg, Ca, Ba, Ti, Zr, Ce, V, Nb, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au and Bi by their adsorption onto the surface of the catalyst.

Abstract: The process for producing granular sodium percarbonate by fluidized bed buildup granulation comprises the spraying of an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide and of an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate with at least one multisubstance nozzle with external mixing into a fluidized bed comprising sodium percarbonate particles and simultaneously evaporating water, and is characterized in that the solution of sodium carbonate additionally comprises sodium carbonate and/or sodium percarbonate in suspended form and is passed through a dispersing apparatus for dispersion of solids before being fed to the multisubstance nozzle. The process allows the blockage of the multisubstance nozzle to be avoided and sodium percarbonate dust to be recycled from the offgas stream of the fluidized bed into the granulation.

Abstract: A dispersion comprising particles of cerium oxide and sheet silicate and one or more aminocarboxylic acids and/or salts thereof, where the zeta potential of sheet silicate particles is negative and that of the cerium oxide particles is positive or equal to zero, and the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative overall, the mean diameter of the•cerium oxide particles is not more than 200 nm•sheet silicate particles is less than 100 nm, the content, based in each case on the total amount of the dispersion, of•cerium oxide particles is from 0.1 to 5% by weight•sheet silicate particles is from 0.01 to 10% by weight and•aminocarboxylic acid or salt thereof is from 0.01 to 5% by weight and the pH of the dispersion is from 7.5 to 10.5.

Abstract: Aluminium oxide powder produced by flame hydrolysis and consisting of aggregates of primary particles, having a BET surface area of from 100 to 250 m2/g, a dibutyl phthalate absorption of from 50 to 450 g/100 g of aluminium oxide powder, which powder shows only crystalline primary particles in high-resolution TEM pictures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrophobic, fumed silica which is obtained by milling a fumed silica which has fixed dimethylsilyl and/or monomethylsilyl groups on the surface due to silanization; and to a process for the preparation of the silica according to the invention, and to silicone rubber materials containing the silica according to the invention.

Abstract: A dispersion comprising particles of cerium oxide and colloidal silicon dioxide and in each case one or more aminocarboxylic acids and/or salts thereof, where the zeta potential of the silicon dioxide particles is negative and that of the cerium oxide particles is positive or equal to zero, and the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative overall, the mean diameter of the • cerium oxide particles is not more than 200 nm silicon dioxide particles is less than 100 nm, the content, based in each case on the total amount of the dispersion, of • cerium oxide particles is from 0.1 to 5% by weight silicon dioxide particles is from 0.01 to 10% by weight and • aminocarboxylic acid or salt thereof is from 0.01 to 5% by weight and —the pH of the dispersion is from 7.5 to 10.5.

Abstract: RTV two-component silicone rubber which contains structurally modified hydrophobic fumed silicas which have vinyl groups fixed on the surface, further hydrophobic groups, such as trimethylsilyl and/or dimethylsilyl and/or monomethylsilyl groups, additionally being fixed on the surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to coryneform bacteria which have, in addition to at least one copy, present at the natural site (locus), of an open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele which codes for the synthesis of a protein or an RNA, in each case a second, optionally third or fourth copy of this open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele at in each case a second, optionally third or fourth site in a form integrated into the chromosome and processes for the preparation of chemical compounds by fermentation of these bacteria.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, to a reactor and to a process for continuous industrial performance of a reaction wherein allyl glycidyl ether A is reacted with an HSi compound B in the presence of a catalyst C and optionally of further assistants, and the system is based at least on the combination of reactants (3) for components A (1) and B (2), at least one multielement reactor (5) which in turn comprises at least two reactor units in the form of exchangeable pre-reactors (5.1) and at least one further reactor unit (5.3) connected downstream of the prereactors, and on a product workup (8).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coating substrates, comprising the steps: a) provision of a substrate, b) application of a composition to a first side of the substrate, the composition containing an inorganic compound and the inorganic compound containing at least one metal and/or semimetal selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, Nb, V, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, B, Al, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Zn, Pb, Sb, Bi or mixtures thereof and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Te, Se, S, O, Sb, As, P, N, C, Ga or mixtures thereof, c) drying of the composition applied in step b), d) application of at least one coating to the first side of the substrate to which the composition is applied in step b), the coating containing is a silane of the general formula (Z1)Si(OR)3, in which Z1 is R, OR or Gly (Gly=3-glycidyloxypropyl) and R is an alkyl radical having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and all R may be identical or different, oxide particles selected from the oxides of Ti, Si, Zr, Al, Y

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining the transport behaviour in the pneumatic transport of granular materials, in which (A) the sample of granular material is introduced into a feed chute, (B) the sample of granular material is, after the feed chute, introduced via an injector into a regulated stream of air, (C) the sample of granular material flows through a transport section and (D) the sample of granular material is measured in a laser light scattering spectrometer, wherein in step (B) the sample of granular material is introduced via a Venturi injector. The apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a feed chute for introduction of granular materials into the transport section, a feed chute for introduction of unstressed granular materials into the laser light scattering spectrometer, an air flow regulating valve, a Venturi injector, a transport section and a laser light scattering spectrometer (4).

Abstract: The present invention provides a new corrosion control coating for metals, a process for preparing it, and its use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrophobic, fumed silica which is obtained by reacting fumed silicas with cyclic polysiloxanes of the type —[O—SiR2]n—, where R is a C1 to C6 alkyl group and n is 3 to 9, and subsequently milling the silanized silicas obtained, and to a process for the preparation of the silica according to the invention, and to silicone rubber materials containing the silica according to the invention.

Abstract: A crystalline titanium dioxide powder, containing aggregated primary particles, wherein a BET surface area of the aggregated primary particles is from 30 to 65 m2/g, and a rutile content of a sum of crystalline modifications in the crystalline titanium dioxide is from of 50-70%.

Abstract: Ink jet ink containing at least one pigment and at least one oxidized carbon black. The ink jet ink is prepared in a process wherein the pigment is dispersed in at least one solvent, followed by addition of the oxidized carbon black and renewed dispersing. The ink jet ink can be used for printing textiles, metal, foil, film, sheet, glass and paper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the gradual temperature control of chemical substances with defined entry and exit temperatures in a heater, said substances being maintained in a specific defined temperature range as they are conducted through the heater, and to a device for carrying out said method. The aim of the invention is to provide a suitable method and device for carrying out said method, said device permitting an economically advantageous, reliable and environmentally friendly operation, in particular during the start-up process for the device. This aim is achieved by the features according to the invention mentioned in claims 1;11 and 19; 22.

Abstract: The use of silanes as adhesion promoters between two uncured or partially cured organic surfaces, especially such surfaces that do not adhere well to each other, and particular applications of such silanes, such as in the formation of boat hull laminates.