Abstract: Water-redispersible polymer powder compositions based on homopolymers or copolymers of one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, methacrylic esters and acrylic esters of alcohols having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics, olefins, dienes and vinyl halides, one or more protective colloids, if desired antiblocking agents, contain one or more compounds from the group of pozzolanas. The pozzolanic compounds preferably take the place of anti-blocking agents conventionally used.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyvinyl alcohols and polyvinyl acetals which contain silane and can be obtained by means of a) radical polymerization of at least one vinyl ester of unbranched or branched alkyl carboxylic acids comprising between 1 and 18 C atoms, in the presence of aldehydes containing silane or the hemiacetals or full acetals thereof, b) saponification of the vinyl ester polymers obtained thereby, and optionally c) acetalation of the partially saponified or fully saponified vinyl ester polymers.

Abstract: Polyvinyl acetals are obtained in a cost-effective and environmentally advantageous manner by employing as at least a portion of the aqueous acetalization medium, the mother liquor from a previous acetalization reaction.

Abstract: Silane-containing polymers are prepared by the polymerization of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of a silane-containing aldehyde, hemiacetal, or acetal as a regulator, optionally with further regulators as well. The silane-containing regulators produce polymers with superior properties and with improved polymerization parameters as compared to the conventional mercaptosilane regulators.

Abstract: Organosilicone and vinyl ester copolymers free from phase separation are prepared by copolymerizing at least one vinyl ester monomer with organosilicones containing difunctional silicone monomers and optionally a minor amount of monofunctional silicone monomers, in a non-aqueous solvent mixture containing at least one solvent with a transfer coefficient greater than 20·10?4 relative to vinyl acetate.

Abstract: Water-redispersible polymer powder compositions with accelerated-setting action based on homo- or copolymers of one or more monomers of vinyl esters of optionally branched C1-15 alkylcarboxylic acids, (meth)acrylic esters of C1-15 alcohols, vinylaromatics, olefins, dienes, and vinyl halides, one or more protective colloids, and optionally antiblocking agent(s), contain one or more setting-accelerants NR3, R2N—(CH2)n—NR2, or one or more singly or doubly NH2-terminated polyalkylene glycols having a C1-C6-alkylene group is/are present, where n=from 1 to 4, and where the radicals R are identical or different, and are hydrogen, a C1-C6-alkyl radical, or a C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl radical, where at least one radical R is a C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl radical, and wherein the setting-accelerants may optionally be present in the form of their salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the stabilization of dusting surfaces characterized in that the dusty ground is tilled or scarified and mixed with polymers in form of water-redispersible polymer powders, which are optionally reemulsifiably modified, or reemulsifiable modified aqueous polymer dispersions, which are optionally sprayed on to the untreated dusty ground. In a preferred embodiment the redispersible polymer powder, respectively the reemulsifiable modified redispersible polymer powder or the reemulsifiable modified aqueous polymer dispersion, is combined with hydraulically setting compounds, preferably cement and/or gypsum.

Abstract: Polyvinyl-alcohol-stabilized redispersible powders which have plasticizing properties are obtained by drying polyvinyl-alcohol-stabilized aqueous dispersions of polymers of one or more monomers from the group of vinyl esters of optionally branched C1-18 alkylcarboxylic acids, (meth)acrylic esters of optionally branched C1-15 alcohols, dienes, olefins, vinylaromatics and vinylhalides, in the presence of a copolymer formed from a) one or more monomers from the group of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, each having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and salts thereof, b) one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds containing sulfonic, sulfuric, and/or phosphonic acid groups, and salts thereof, and c) one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters of optionally branched C1-18 alkylcarboxylic acids and (meth)acrylic esters of optionally branched C1-15 alcohols.

Abstract: Hydrophobically modified polymer compositions contain at least one polymer based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersions or water-redispersible polymer powder prepared therefrom, further containing, a) one or more silanes, polysilanes, oligosiloxanes, polysiloxanes, carbosilanes, polycarbosilanes, carbosiloxanes, polycarbosiloxanes, polysilylenedisiloxanes, and b) one or more fatty compounds from the group of the fatty acids having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, their metal soaps, their amides, and their esters with monohydric alcohols having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, with glycol, with polyglycol, with polyalkylene glycol, with glycerol, with mono-, di-, or triethanolamine, or with monosaccharides.

Abstract: The invention provides organic silicone copolymers based on a) from 30 to 99% by weight of a vinylaromatic, (meth)acrylic ester, vinyl ester, olefin, diene, and/or vinyl halide monomer, and b) from 1 to 70% by weight of a mixture of at least two diorganopolysiloxanes having the general formula R1aR3-aSiO(SiR2O)nSiR3-aR1a, in which each R denotes a monovalent, optionally substituted, C1-18 alkyl or C1-18 alkoxy radical, R1 denotes a polymerizable group, a is 0 or 1, at least one a being 1, and n is an integer, where b1) from 5 to 65% by weight of the silicone component b) is a diorganopolysiloxane with n?30 and only one terminal polymerizable group R1, and b2) from 35 to 95% by weight of the silicone component b) is a diorganopolysiloxane with n?55 and with one or two terminal polymerizable groups R1.

Abstract: Polymers stabilized by protective colloids and/or emulsifiers and consisting of at least one comonomer unit from the group consisting of vinyl esters of utinbranched or branched alkyl carboxylic acids containing between 1 and 18 C atoms, acrylic acid esters or methacrylic acid esters of branched or unbranched alcohols containing between 1 and 15 C atoms, dienes, olefins, vinyl aromates and vinyl halogenides, optionally containing between 0.1 and 20 wt. % more of functional comonomer units from the group comprising carboxyl-functional, hydroxyl-functional and NH-functional, ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, are useful as additives to moldable starch compositions.

Abstract: Cationic polyvinyl acetals are prepared by copolymerizing one or more cationic N-alkyldiallylammonium salt monomers with one or more vinyl esters of branched or unbranched carboxylic acids having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, hydrolyzing the resulting copolymers to copolymers containing >50 mol % vinyl alcohol units, and acetalizating the vinyl alcohol units with one or more aliphatic aldehydes having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, their acetals, and/or hemiacetals, wherein the copolymerization takes place in a mixture of water and monovalent aliphatic alcohol having a water content of 2% to 35% by weight.

Abstract: Release films or papers with improved properties are prepared by employing a binder which is a partly or fully hydrolyzed silane-group-containing polyvinyl alcohol polymer derived from a vinyl ester polymer containing 1-alkylvinylester moieties.

Abstract: The invention relates to degradable chewing gum bases comprising elastomer, polymer resin, filler and further additives, in which the filler portion is entirely or partially replaced by an photoactive filler.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the stabilization of dusting surfaces characterized in that the dusty ground is tilled or scarified and mixed with polymers in form of water-redispersible polymer powders, which are optionally re-emulsifiably modified, or reemulsifiable modified aqueous polymer dispersions, which are optionally sprayed on to the untreated dusty ground. In a preferred embodiment the redispersible polymer powder, respectively the reemulsifiable modified redispersible polymer powder or the reemulsifiable modified aqueous polymer dispersion, is combined with hydraulically setting compounds, preferably cement and/or gypsum.

Abstract: Silane-modified polyvinyl alcohol mixtures comprising: a) a low molecular weight, silane-containing polyvinyl alcohol having a Höppler viscosity according to DIN 53015 as a 4% by weight aqueous solution of from 1 to 25 mPas, and b) a higher molecular weight, silane-containing polyvinyl alcohol having a Höppler viscosity according to DIN 53015 as a 4% by weight aqueous solution of from 10 to 50 mPas, the silane-containing polyvinyl alcohol a) having a lower Höppler viscosity than the silane-containing polyvinyl alcohol b), are useful as non-dilatant polymeric binders for paper coating slips.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing wood fiberboard by pressing wood fibers which have been treated with binder, in which the wood fibers are boiled and milled at elevated temperature under steam pressure in a refiner unit, subsequently are transferred to a blow-line, then dried and finally pressed under pressure and, if desired, at elevated temperature to produce boards, wherein the treatment with binder is carried out using a multi-component binder, preferably with one component A) containing functional groups which are nonreactive at elevated temperature and a second component B) containing functional groups which are reactive at elevated temperature the component A) being added in the refiner unit at a temperature of from 120° C. to 200° C. prior to the milling step, during the milling step, or shortly after the milling step in the front section of the blow-line and component B) being added at a lower temperature of not more than 150° C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of vinyl chloride copolymers involves free radical suspension polymerization or emulsion polymerization of a mixture of vinyl chloride, epoxide-containing vinyl monomers and further comonomers copolymerizable therewith, wherein a) from 49.5 to 90% by weight of vinyl chloride, b) from 0.01 to 0.7% by weight of epoxide-containing vinyl monomers and c) from 9.5 to 50% by weight of further comonomers copolymerizable with a) and b) are polymerized, the data in % by weight totaling 100% by weight, and from 0.001 to 0.1% by weight of one or more aliphatic or alicyclic, saturated or unsaturated dicarboxylic acids having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or aliphatic and alicyclic, saturated and unsaturated hydroxymono-, hydroxydi- and hydroxytricarboxylic acids having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and 1 to 4 hydroxyl groups are added during or after the polymerization, and the vinyl chloride copolymer is isolated as a solid resin.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of epoxy-modified vinyl chloride-vinyl ester copolymers in the form of the solid resins involves aqueous, free radical polymerization of a mixture comprising a) from 50 to 90% by weight of vinyl chloride, b) from 5 to 25% by weight of epoxide-containing vinyl monomers and c) from 5 to 25% by weight of one or more vinyl esters of straight-chain or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, d) from 0 to 40% by weight of further comonomers copolymerizable with a), b) and c), the data in % by weight summing to 100% by weight, and subsequent drying of the aqueous dispersions obtained thereby, polymerization being effected by means of suspension polymerization in the presence of aldehyde regulators.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of copolymers stabilized with a protective colloid, in the form of their polymer powders redispersible in water or in the form of their aqueous polymer dispersions, in cement-free or low-cement coating materials, wherein the copolymer is obtainable by free radical polymerization, in water, of a) from 35 to 65% by weight of vinyl acetate, b) from 5 to 20% by weight of ethylene, c) from 40 to 70% by weight of vinyl esters of alpha-branched, tertiary monocarboxylic acids having 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and optionally d) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of further copolymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, the data in % by weight totaling 100% by weight.