Abstract: The invention relates to water-dispersing plastic bodies made of a plastic substrate, at least one water-dispersing, inorganic coating (a) and an adhesive promoting intermediate layer (b) arranged between the plastic substrate and the inorganic coating. Said coating can be obtained in such a manner that the intermediate layer applied is (b) made of a mixture with a compound which has an evaporating number smaller than or equal to 20. The sum of the layer thicknesses of the inorganic coating (a) and the intermediate layer (b) is 07 ?m at the most.

Abstract: The invention relates to coating agents for producing rigid coatings resistant to scratching and soiling which contain: A) 1-30 mass % polymer produced by free radical polymerisation of a mixture containing A1) 1-10 weight parts of at least one sulphur compound containing at least 3 thiol groups and A2) 90-99 weight parts of alkylmethacrylate; B) 0.2-10% mass of at least one fluoralkyl(meth)acrylate having from 3 to 30 carbon atoms in an alcohol radical which comprises from 6 to 61 fluorine atoms; C) 20-80 mass % multifunctional (methyl)acrylate; D) 0.01-10 mass % of at least one initiator; E) 5-75 mass % of at least one solvent and F) 0-40 mass % ordinary additives. The rigid moulded bodies resistant to scratching and soiling and comprising a plastic substrate and scratching resistant coating are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for synthesis, by inverse bead polymerization of a monomer phase, of a bead-like, cross-linked, hydrophilic copolymer which has binding activity toward ligands containing nucleophilic groups. The invention relates to support polymer materials with high binding capacity for penicillin acylase and low swelling factor, as well as to use of the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous dispersion, by a) forming an initial charge from water and emulsifier, b) adding from 25.0 to 45.0 parts by weight of a first composition comprising A) from 50.0 to 99.9 parts by weight of alkyl methacrylates, B) from 0.0 to 40.0 parts by weight of alkyl acrylates, C) from 0.1 to 10.0 parts by weight of crosslinking monomers and D) from 0.0 to 8.0 parts by weight of styrenic monomers and polymerizing, c) adding from 35.0 to 55.0 parts by weight of a second composition comprising E) from 80.0 to 100.0 parts by weight of (meth) acrylates F) from 0.05 to 10.0 parts by weight of crosslinking monomers and G) from 0.0 to 20.0 parts by weight of styrenic monomers, and polymerizing, d) adding from 10.0 to 30.0 parts by weight of a third composition comprising H) from 50.0 to 100.0 parts by weight of alkyl methacrylates, I) from 0.0 to 40.0 parts by weight of alkyl acrylates and J) from 0.0 to 10.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an oral form of administration which decomposes immediately and releases active ingredients in the mouth. According to said method, (a) an anionic pharmaceutical active ingredient is intensively mixed with (b) a copolymer consisting of radically polymerized C1-C4 esters of the acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and other (meth)acrylate monomers containing functional tertiary amino groups, and (c) between 5 and 50 wt. %, in relation to (b), of a C12-C22 carboxylic acid in the melted mass; the mixture is solidified and ground to form a powder containing active ingredients having an average particle size of 200 ?m or less; and the powder is encapsulated in a water-soluble matrix consisting of pharmaceutically standard adjuvants, on the condition that no more than 3 wt. %, in relation to the copolymer, of emulsifiers with an HLB value of at least 14 must be contained therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures for preparing transparent plastics, encompassing a) compounds of the formula (I) and (II) where each R1, independently of the others, is hydrogen or a methyl radical, each R2, independently of the others, is a linear or branched, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, and each of m and n, independently of the other, is a whole number greater than or equal to 0, where m+n>0, and b) at least one monomer (A) capable of free-radical polymerization with a molar mass of at least 150 g/mol, which contains at least two terminal olefinic groups, where at least two of the olefinic groups of the monomer (A) have, in the ?- and/or ?-position with respect to the olefinic group, atoms which differ in nature and/or number, in the radical which connects the at least two olefinic groups.

Abstract: Injection-molding materials comprised of polycarbonate can be processed into optically isotropic films in a chill roll extrusion method. The optically isotropic films for protecting data carriers (CD-ROMS) from becoming scratched, or they are used as supporting materials for the information layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one compound from the tocopherol group for the color stabilization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, particularly hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylates, which already comprise at least one polymerization inhibitor for base stabilization or storage stabilization. Such color-stabilized and polymerization-inhibited monomers are preferably used in clearcoat and high solid paints.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes for preparing derivatized and partially derivatized polymethacrylimides. The properties of the material can be adjusted by appropriate selection of the derivatization, in terms of number and type.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dispersion suitable for use as coating agent and binder for pharmaceutical forms, having a solids content of 10–70% by weight consisting of a) from 90 to 99% by weight of a methacrylate copolymer consisting of at least 90% by weight of (meth)acrylate monomers containing neutral radicals and having a glass transition temperature Tg of from ?20° C. to +20° C. as determined by the DSC method, and b) 1–10% by weight of a nonionic emulsifier having an HLB of from 15.2 to 17.3.

Abstract: A plastisol formulation which can be used for coatings of metal sheets, the coatings having high abrasion resistance, contains a) a plasticizer or mixture of plasticizers; and b) a mixture of polymer particles containing at least two components A and B; c) at least one member selected from the group consisting of fillers, coupling agents, stabilizers, desiccants, rheological additives, hollow bodies and mixtures thereof; wherein the polymer particles containing at least two components A and B have one of the following structures ba) a 2-stage structure, a 3-stage structure or multi-stage structure, or bb) a gradient polymer structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a moulding composed of a plastics matrix composed of a transparent plastic, comprising a soluble fluorescent dye and a scattering agent whose refractive-index difference from the plastics matrix is +/? from 0.003 to 0.2, characterized in that a white pigment whose refractive-index difference from the plastics matrix is from +0.4 to 1.5 is also present, at a concentration of from 0.001 to 0.1% by weight.

Abstract: A process for the production of hydrogen cyanide is provided, wherein hydrogen cyanide is synthesized by reacting methane or methane-containing natural gas, ammonia and oxygen-enriched air or oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising platinum or a platinum alloy; wherein the reactants are present in the following molar ratios [ O 2 ] [ O 2 + N 2 ] = 0.25 ? ? to ? ? 1.0 ; [ CH 4 ] [ NH 3 ] = 0.95 ? ? to ? ? 1.05 ; and where a molar ratio of ammonia to the sum of oxygen and nitrogen obeys the following relationship: Y=m·X?a, wherein Y = [ NH 3 ] [ O 2 + N 2 ] X = [ O 2 ] [ O 2 + N 2 ] m=1.25 to 1.40; and a=0.05 to 0.14.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for producing pharmaceuticals or parts of pharmaceuticals or food supplements or parts thereof, by coating substrates with a mixture of two film-forming coating agents that can contain other pharmaceutically standard additives, especially softeners and/or a pharmaceutical active ingredient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuous preparation of alkyl (meth)acrylates by transesterification of methyl (meth)acrylate using alcohols which are high-boiling relative to methanol. A particular workup technique achieves product qualities which have hitherto not been attained. Very high space-time and overall yields can also be achieved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing pharmaceuticals or parts thereof or food supplements or parts thereof, by coating substrates for pharmaceutical uses or for using as food supplements for humans or animals, with a film-forming coating agent mixed with at least one other substance suitable for the cited purposes. The film-forming coating agent and the other substance first constitute separate liquid, sprayable individual portions, and are sprayed by means of at least one spray device which are provided, individually or together, with at least two separate nozzles for liquids, and have overlapping spray jets—in such a way that the individual portions sprayed out of the separate nozzles mix during the spraying process and the mixture forms a continuous film coating on the substrate, forming the food supplement, the pharmaceutical or the part thereof. The invention is characterized in that the coating agent and the other substance are in a concentration gradient from the inside to the outside.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures containing A) compounds of the formula (I) and (II) where R1 is independently at each instance hydrogen or a methyl radical, R2 is independently at each instance a linear or branched, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical and m and n are each independently an integer of not less than 0 subject to the proviso that m+n>0, and B) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (A) which is different from the compounds of the formula (I) and (II). The present invention further relates to processes for polymerizing these mixtures, the highly transparent polymers thus obtainable and to their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymer beads having a high content of diacyl peroxides. A prolongation of the pot life in reaction resins based on high-boiling methacrylate esters is achieved due to this high content of peroxides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride by reacting an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a lower aliphatic carboxylic acid anhydride in the presence of a stabilizer and catalyst that contains a metal salt of an anionic organic compound which has at least one carboxyl group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing ROHACELL® foams with a compacted surface. Markedly less adhesive then has to be applied during lamination and the good mechanical properties of the ROHACELL® foams are retained. The invention further permits the use of ROHACELL® foams as a removable core.