Abstract: The invention relates to the use of grafted polymers as greying inhibitors during the washing and aftertreatment of textile goods. Said polymers are obtained by polymerising A) 10 to 95 wt. % of grafted monomers containing, in relation to A), a) 1 to 99 wt. % of at least one vinyl ester, b) 1 to 99 wt. % of at least one N-vinyl lactam, c) 0 to 90 wt. % of at least one other monoethylenically unsaturated monomer which can be copolymerized with monomers a) and b), and d) 0 to 5 wt. % of at least one monomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated, non-conjugated double bonds in the molecule, in the presence of A) 5 to 90 wt. % of at least one polymer B), chosen from polyalkylene oxides containing at least 3 units of a C2 to C4 alkylene oxide, and polytetrahydrofuranes containing at least 3 units of tetramethyl oxide units, and the mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to cleaning formulations and to the use of the cleaning formulations for preventing the discoloration of plastic articles during washing in machine dishwashers.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of copolymers in cleaner formulations for preventing glass from corroding when cleaned in a dishwasher.

Abstract: N-Vinyl-containing polymers obtainable by free-radically initiated polymerization of a monomer or monomer mixture of (A) from 5 to 100% by weight of an N-vinylamide or N-vinylamine, (B) from 0 to 95% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms or their derivatives, (C) from 0 to 95% by weight of other N-vinyl and/or C-vinyl compounds and (D) from 0 to less than 10% by weight of other copolymerizable monomers, are useful in the form of aqueous solutions or dispersions as tanning materials for self-tanning, pretanning and cotanning of leather pelts and fur pelts and for retanning leather and fur.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of grafted polymers as greying inhibitors during the washing and aftertreatment of textile goods. Said polymers are obtained by polymerising A) 10 to 95 wt. % of grafted monomers containing, in relation to A), a) 1 to 99 wt. % of at least one vinyl ester, b) 1 to 99 wt. % of at least one N-vinyl lactam, c) 0 to 90 wt. % of at least one other monoethylenically unsaturated monomer whieh can be copolymerised with monomers a) and b), and d) 0 to 5 wt. % of at least one monomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated, non-conjugated double bonds in the molecule, in the presence of A) 5 to 90 wt. % of at least one polymer B), chosen from polyalkylene oxides containing at least 3 units of a C2 to C4 alkylene oxide, and polytetrilaydrolfuranes containing at least 3 units of tetramethyl oxide units, and the mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to granular, coated N-alkylammoniumacetonitrile salts of the formula (I)

Abstract: A formaldehyde-free aqueous binder comprising A) a free-radically polymerized polymer containing from 5 to 100% by weight of units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated acid anhydride or from an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid whose carboxyl groups can form an anhydride group, and B) an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxyl groups, is useful as binder for renewable raw materials in the form of fibers or chips to produce shaped articles.

Abstract: Agglomerated polymer particles of finely divided, water-soluble or water-swellable polymers containing ammonium carboxylate groups are prepared by azeotropic removal of water from water-in-oil emulsions of the water-soluble or water-swellable polymers which contain ammonium carboxylate groups in the presence of from 0.1 to 40% by weight, based on the polymers, of polyalkylene glycols which have an agglomerating effect and which are obtainable by an addition reaction of C2-C4-alkylene oxides with alcohols, phenols, amines or carboxylic acids and contain at least two polymerized alkylene oxide units and additionally of from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the polymers, of protective colloids which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of C8-C40-monoolefins with monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C6-dicarboxylic anhydrides by a mass polymerization method at from 80 to 300° C.

Abstract: Agglomerated polymer particles of finely divided, water-soluble or water-swellable polymers containing ammonium carboxylate groups are prepared by azeotropic removal of water from water-in-oil emulsions of the water-soluble or water-swellable polymers which contain ammonium carboxylate groups in the presence of from 0:1 to 40% by weight, based on the polymers, of polyalkylene glycols which have an agglomerating effect and which are obtainable by an addition reaction of C2-C4-alkylene-oxides with alcohols, phenols, amines or carboxylic acids and contain at least two polymerized alkylene oxide units and additionally of from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the polymers, of protective colloids which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of C8-C40-monoolefins with monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C6-dicarboxylic anhydrides by a mass polymerization method at from 80 to 300° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of water soluble or water dispersible polymers containing carboxyl groups, optionally in latent form, and side-chains of general formula (I) -X-Y-[-O-(-Alk-O) n -R] k as additives in mineral building materials, wherein X, Y, Alk, R, n and k have the meanings cited in claim 1. Said polymers can be obtained by polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of compounds containing phosphorus and, optionally, by additional polymer-analogous transformation. The invention further relates to the production of said polymers and the use thereof. Also described are polymers, which can be obtained by polymerizing aromatic vinyl compounds, olefins, cycloolefins and/or dienes, as D monomers and anhydrides of ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids as E monomers and which can be used both as parent compounds for the above-mentioned polymers and as additives for mineral building materials.

Abstract: Water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers which contain carboxyl groups, possibly in latent form, and side chains of the formula I,

Abstract: Additives for mineral building materials made of water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers containing a carboxyl group, optionally in latent form, and at least one side chain of formula I: —X—Y—[O—(Alk—O)n—R]k  (I) wherein k is 1, 2, 3 or 4; Y is a C1-C4-alkylene unit, or a single bond if X is a carbonyl group, or when k≠1, can also be  X is  wherein R′ is hydrogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C5-C10-cycloalkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C1-C20-alkanoyl, C7-C21-aroyl, (Alk-O)n—R or -Alk′-O(Alk-O)n—R; Alk is C2-C4-alkylene; Alk′ is C1-C4-alkylene optionally having an OH group; n is a number in the range from 15 to 300; and R is hydrogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C5-C8-cycloalkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C1-C20-alkanoyl or C7-C21-aroyl; are obtained by polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of phosphorus-containing compounds and, if appropriate, subsequent polymer-analogous conversion.

Abstract: Aqueous solutions or aqueous emulsions of copolymers are obtainable by copolymerization of (a) from 20 to 95 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C12-dicarboxylic acid or the anhydride thereof with (b) from 5 to 80 mol % of at least one branched oligomer or polymer which has a vinyl, vinylidene or alkylvinylene terminal group and is of at least 9 carbon atoms and (c) from 0 to 50 mol % of at least one further monoethylenically unsaturated compound which is copolymerizable with the monomers (a) and (b) and contain from 0.5 to 70% by weight, based on the total amount of the solutions or emulsions, of these copolymers. These copolymer solutions or emulsions are suitable as leather assistants and as dispersants for pigments.

Abstract: Aqueous solutions or dispersions of copolymers obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of (a) from 20 to 90% by weight of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C4-6-dicarboxylic acid or the anhydride thereof, as component A, (b) from 5 to 50% by weight of at least one olefin having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, as component B, (c) from 5 to 50% by weight of at least one hydrophobic comonomer from the group consisting of long-chain olefins, esters of long-chain alcohols with acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, long-chain amides of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, and long-chain alkyl vinyl ethers, as component C, (d) from 0 to 40% by weight of further comonomers which can be copolymerized with the above monomers, as component D, where the sum of the amounts of components A, B, C and, if used, D is 100% by weight, followed by at least partial esterification or hydrolysis and neutralization and/or reaction of the carboxyl groups formed during the hydrolysis with bases, for treating leather and/or fur skins.

Abstract: In a process for producing self-releasing, compact or cellular moldings which comprise polyisocyanate polyaddition products and may contain reinforcing material by reacting a) organic and/or modified organic polyisocyanates with b) at least one compound containing at least two reactive hydrogen atoms and having a molecular weight of from 62 to 10,000 and, if desired, c) chain extenders and/or crosslinkers in the presence of d) internal mold release agents and in the presence of or absence of e) catalysts, f) blowing agents, g) reinforcing materials and h) auxiliaries in an open or closed mold, the internal mold release agents (d) used are diesters and/or monoesters of alkylsuccinic acids and/or diesters and/or monoesters of alkenylsuccinic acids.

Abstract: The use of a formaldehyde-free aqueous binder comprisingA) a polymer obtained by free-radical polymerization comprising 5-100% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated acid anhydride or of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid whose carboxyl groups may form an anhydride group, andB) an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxyl groupsas a coating composition for shaped articles.

Abstract: Thermally curable mixtures of hydroxyalkylated polyamines and polycarboxylic acids are formaldehyde-free and particularly useful as binders for shaped articles.

Abstract: A method for forming shaped products by mixing a formaldehyde-free aqueous binder comprising A) a free-radically polymerized polymer containing from 5 to 100% by weight of units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated acid anhydride or from an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid whose carboxyl group can form an anhydride group, and B) an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxyl groups, with fibers or chips to form a shaped article, wherein said binder has a property of drying at 50.degree. C. in 72 hours to a film from 0.3 to 1 mm in thickness and, following a subsequent 15 minute cure at 130.degree. C. in air, has a gel content of above 50% by weight, wherein the binder includes less than 0.1% by weight, based on A)+B), of a phosphorus-containing reaction accelerant with fibers or chips.

Abstract: Formaldehyde-free aqueous binders compriseA) a polymer containing from 5 to [lacuna]% by weight of units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated acid anhydride or from an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid whose carboxyl groups can form an anhydride group, andB) an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: The use of aqueous solutions or dispersions of copolymers composed ofA) from 5 to 95 mol % of ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids having 3 to 10 carbons, their anhydrides, their alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts, or mixtures thereof,B) from 5 to 95 mol % of ethylenically unsaturated acetals, ketals or orthocarboxylic esters of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.12 independently are hydrogen or an organic radical anda to d independently are 0 or 1, andC) from 0 to 70 mol % of other copolymerizable monomersor their hydrolysis products or polymer-analogous reaction products, as tanning agents for the self-tanning, pretanning or assist tanning of leather pelts and skin pelts or for the retanning of leather and skins.