Abstract: Water soluble radiation curable products (A) obtainable by mixing mixing with or without reaction of at least one hyperbranched polyurethane (a) with at least one photoinitiator (b) or by synthesis of at least one hyperbranched polyurethane (a) in the presence of at least one photoinitiator (b), are used to produce aqueous inks for the ink jet process.

Abstract: A process for coloring a textile substrate comprises a textile substrate (a) being pretreated with an aqueous pretreatment liquor comprising (A) at least one resin selected from melamin derivatives, dimethyloldihydroxy-ethyleneurea (DMDHEU) and derivatives of DMDHEU, and (B) at least one thickener, and thereafter (b) being printed by the ink jet process.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion comprises a pigment (B) at least partially enveloped by at least one radiation-curable polyurethane (A), at least one radiation-curable polyurethane (A) being obtainable by reaction of (a) at least one di- or polyisocyanate comprising on average from 1 to 10 allophanate groups and on average from 1 to 10 C—C double bonds per molecule, with (b) at least one further diisocyanate and with (c) at least one compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to UV-curable polyurethane dispersions, to a process for preparing them, and to their use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprises a pigment (B) at least partially enveloped by at least one radiation-curable polyurethane (A), at least one radiation-curable polyurethane (A) being obtainable by reaction of (a) at least one diisocyanate with (b) at least one compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups and (c) at least one compound of the general formula I where R1 and R2 are the same or different and are independently selected from hydrogen and C1-C10-alkyl, X1 is selected from oxygen and N—R3, A1 is selected from C1-C20-alkylene which is unsubstituted or singly or multiply substituted by C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl or O—C1-C4-alkyl, and in which one or more nonadjacent CH2 groups may be replaced by oxygen; X2 is selected from hydroxyl and NH—R3, R3 is in each occurrence the same or different and selected from hydrogen, C1-C10-alkyl and phenyl.

Abstract: A process for producing structured surfaces possessing a high level of hydrophilicity comprises coating the surfaces with (a) particles having a number average diameter in the range from 0.1 to 10 ?m and (b) particles having a number average diameter in the range from 5 nm to 0.5 ?m and a 20° C. surface energy of not less than 100 mN/m.

Abstract: Water soluble radiation curable products (A) obtainable by mixing with or without reaction of at least one hyperbranched polyurethane (a) with at least one compound having at least one ethylenic double bond per molecule (b) or by synthesis of at least one hyperbranched polyurethane (a) in the presence of at least one compound having at least one ethylenic double bond per molecule (b) are used to produce aqueous inks for the ink jet process.

Abstract: A process for finishing absorbent material which comprises it being (A) hydrophilicized in a first step (B) treated in a subsequent step with at least one aqueous liquor comprising (a) at least one organic polymer, (b) at least one organic or inorganic solid in particulate form other than (a), and (c) at least one emulsifier.

Abstract: A process for finishing absorbent materials by treatment with at least one aqueous liquor comprising at least one organic polymer, at least one organic or inorganic solid in particulate form, and at least one emulsifier selected from emulsifiers of the general formula I where: R1 is selected from C6-C40-alkyl, R2 is at each instance the same or different and selected from hydrogen and methyl m and n are the same or different and each selected from integers in the range from 0 to 10, R3 is at each instance the same or different and selected from C6-C20-alkyl, M is an alkali metal or ammonium.

Abstract: A process for preparing and/or working up mixtures by (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic ester in the presence of at least one polymerization inhibitor and at least one oxygenous gas, which comprises metering in at least part of the oxygenous gas at an exit rate of at least 50 mm/s.

Abstract: The present invention relates to wax formulations comprising a wax constituent a) plus at least one high molecular mass isobutene polymer b) in an amount of from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight per part by weight of constituent a).

Abstract: A process for preparing and/or working up mixtures by (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic ester in the presence of at least one polymerization inhibitor and at least one oxygenous gas, which comprises metering in at least part of the oxygenous gas at an exit rate of at least 50 mm/s.

Abstract: The present invention relates to wax formulations comprising a wax constituent a) plus at least one high molecular mass isobutene polymer b) in an amount of from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight per part by weight of constituent a).

Abstract: Noninvasive process for inline and/or online determination of polymer deposited from (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic esters by means of sound velocity measurements, measurements of the absorption coefficients in the infrared, near infrared, ultraviolet and/or visible region of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, or Raman spectroscopy, which allows precise control of the process parameters to be carried out during the thermal purification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing surfaces on which, at a temperature T≧T1, liquids A do not adhere or adhere only poorly, and in particular for producing surfaces with low susceptibility to soiling. The invention also relates to articles which have at least one such surface.