Abstract: The invention pertains to pigment granulates for the coloring of asphalt, bitumen, bituminous materials, tar, and plastics as well as processes to manufacture such granulates. The mixture to be granulated comprises a mixture containing one or more pigments, at least one agent to promote the coloring and distribution in homopolar media and/or at least one dispersant for polar systems as well as one or more solvents if necessary.

Abstract: The invention pertains to pigment granulates for the coloring of building materials and processes to manufacture such granulates. The pigment granulates are granulated from a mixture containing the pigment, at least one wetting agent and/or binder and/or explosive, an agent to reduce the tendency to blister and/or an agent to increase the pigment content in the mixture to be granulated.

Abstract: Silanes of the general formula (I):{X.sub.a R.sub.b Si(R'(A).sub.c).sub.(4-a-b) }.sub.x B (I)in which the groups and indices have the following meaning:X: hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, acyloxy, alkyl carbonyl, alkoxycaryl or --NR".sub.2 ;R: alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkaryl, or aralkyl;R': alkylene, arylene or alkylene arylene;R": hydrogen, alkyl or aryl;A: O, S, PR", POR", NHC(O)O or NHC(O)NR";B: straight chain or branched organic group, which is derived from a B' compound with at least one C.dbd.C double bond for c.dbd.1 and A.dbd.NHC(O)O or NHC(O)NR") or at least two C.dbd.C double bonds, and 5 to 50 carbon atoms;a: 1, 2 or 3;b: 0, 1 or 2;c: 0 or 1;x: whole number, whose maximum value corresponds to the number of double bonds in compound B' minus 1, or is equal to the number of double bonds in compound B', when c.dbd.

Abstract: Silanes of the general formula (I):{(X.sub.a R.sub.b Si(R'(A).sub.c).sub.(4-a-b) }.sub.x B (I)in which the groups and indices have the following meaning:X: hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, acyloxy, alkyl carbonyl, alkoxycaryl or --NR".sub.2 ;R: alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkaryl, or aralkyl;R': alkylene, arylene or alkylene arylene;R": hydrogen, alkyl or aryl;A: O, S, PR", POR", NHC(O)O or NHC(O)NR";B: straight chain or branched organic group, which is derived from a B' compound with at least one C.dbd.C double bond for c=1 and A=NHC(O)O or NHC(O)NR") or at least two C.dbd.C double bonds, and 5 to 50 carbon atoms;a: 1, 2 or 3;b: 0, 1 or 2;c: 0 or 1;x: whole number, whose maximum value corresponds to the number of double bonds in compound B' minus 1, or is equal to the number of double bonds in compound B', when c=1 and A stands for NHC(O)O or NHC(O)NR";are suitable to prepare homo and copolycondensates and homo or copolymers according to the sol-gel method or by photochemical or thermal polymerization.

Abstract: Polycondensates modified with unsaturated organic groups on the basis of rolytically condensable compounds of silicon and optionally other elements from the group B, Al, P, Sn, Pb, the transition metals, the lanthanides and the actinides, in which 5 to 100 mole %, based on the monomer compounds, of the fundamental hydrolytically condensable compounds are selected from silanes of the general formula (I):{X.sub.a R.sub.b Si(R'(A.sub.c).sub.(4-a-b) }.sub.x B (I)in which the groups and indices have the following meaning:X: hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxyl acyloxy, alkyl carbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl or -NR".sub.2 ;R: alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkaryl, or aralkyl;R': alkylene, arylene or alkylene arylene;R": hydrogen, alkyl or aryl;A: O, S, PR", POR", NHC(O)O or NHC(O)NR";B: straight chain or branched organic group, which is derived from a compound B' with at least one C.dbd.C double bond (for c=I and A=NHC(O)O or NHC(O)NR"), or at least two C.dbd.