Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials containA) not less than 5% by weight of a polymer component consisting of from 50 to 100% by weight of polyphenylene ethers and from 0 to 50% by weight of a styrene polymer differing from component C),B) not less than 5% by weight of a polyester,C) not less than 0.1% by weight of a copolymer consisting ofC.sub.1) not less than 20% by weight of .alpha.-olefins of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, styrene or substituted styrenes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R and R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, hydrogen and/or halogen and n is 0, 1 or 2, or a mixture of these monomers,C.sub.2) not less than 0.5% by weight of a polymerizable monomer containing epoxide groups, and/orC.sub.3) not less than 0.05% by weight of a halobenzyl-containing polymerizable monomer having the structural unit (II) ##STR2## where X is halogen and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or hydrogen and n is 1, 2 or 3, and/orC.sub.4) not less than 0.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,A) from 5 to 94% by weight of a polyamide,B) from 5 to 94% by weight of a polyphenylene ether,C) from 1 to 20% by weight of a partially hydrogenated PQP' block copolymer, where.alpha.) the blocks P and P' consist of vinylaromatic monomers and the total amount of these blocks in the block copolymer is from 25 to 40% by weight,.beta.) the number average molecular weight of block P is not more than 8,000 and is smaller than the number average molecular weight of block P',.gamma.) block Q consists of conjugated diene monomers and accounts in total for from 60 to 75% by weight of the block copolymer and.delta.) from 5 to 30% by weight of the double bonds in block Q are not hydrogenated, andD) from 0 to 50% by weight of a vinylaromatic polymer.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials which consist of polyesters and polycarbonates and have good low-temperature impact strength contain(A) from 5 to 94 parts by weight of one or more aliphatic polyesters of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid,(B) from 5 to 94 parts by weight of one or more aromatic polycarbonates,(C) from 1 to 40 parts by weight of one or more olefin polymers which contain epoxide groups,the amounts of components A, B and C summing to 100 parts by weight, and, if required,(D) additives in effective amounts.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,A) 5-92% by weight of a polyphenylene ether which can contain up to 50% by weight of a styrene polymer which differs from C),B) 5-92% by weight of a nylon,C) 3-50% by weight of a copolymer composed of C.sub.1) 97-99.9% by weight of styrene and/or substituted styrenes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or halogen, R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or halogen and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3,C.sub.2) 0.1-3% by weight of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarbonyl compound andC.sub.3) 0-10% by weight of further, nonionic comonomers, andD) 0-35% by weight of a rubber impact modifier.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of imidazoles which are substituted with p-nitrophenyl in the 2- and/or 4- and/or 5-position and may carry additional substituents, by reacting imidazoles which are substituted by phenyl in the 2- and/or 4- and/or 5-position and may carry additional substituents with mixtures of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of urea.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials containing, as essential components,(A) 5-95% by weight of a partially aromatic copolyamide essentially composed of(A.sub.1) 20-90% by weight of units derived from terephthalic acid and hexamethylenediamine(A.sub.2) 0-50% by weight of units derived from .epsilon.-caprolactam and(A.sub.3) 0-80% by weight of units derived from adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine,(B) 5-95% by weight of a polyphenylene ether,(C) 0-45% by weight of a vinylaromatic polymer and(D) 0-40% by weight of a rubber impact-modifier, are prepared.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain(A) from 5 to 95% by weight of a nylon and(B) from 5 to 95% by weight of a copolymer composed of(B.sub.1) from 50 to 99.9% by weight of a styrene of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl or 1 to 4 carbon atoms or hydrogen, R.sup.2 is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or halogen and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3,(B.sub.2) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of a monomer containing epoxide groups (II) ##STR2## or of a monomer containing lactam groups (III) ##STR3## or of a monomer containing halobenzyl groups (IV) ##STR4## where R.sup.3 is a divalent, branched or straight-chain alkyl group of 2 to 15 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 is alkyl of not more than 6 carbon atoms, X is halogen, n is 1, 2 or 3 and r is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and(B.sub.3) from 0 to 48% by weight of further comonomers.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain(A) not less than 5% by weight of a polymer component consisting of from 50 to 10 % by weight by polyphenylene ethers and from 0 to 50% by weight of a styrene polymer differing from component (C),(B) not less than 5% by weight of a polyester,(C) not less than 0.1% by weight of a copolymer consisting of(C.sub.1) not less than 20% by weight of .alpha.-olefins of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, styrene or substituted styrenes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R and R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, hydrogen and/or halogen and n is 0, 1 or 2, or a mixture of these monomers,(C.sub.2) not less than 0.5% by weight of a polymerizable monomer containing epoxide groups,and/or(C.sub.3) not less than 0.05% by weight of a halobenzyl-containing polymerizable monomer having the structural unit (II) ##STR2## where X is halogen and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or hydrogen and n is 1, 2 or 3,and/or(C.sub.4) not less than 0.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials containing(A) not less than 5% by weight of a polyphenylene ether and(B) not less than 5% by weight of a nylon furthermore contain(C) not less than 0.1% by weight of a copolymer composed of(C.sub.1) not less than 30% by weight of a styrene of the general formula I ##STR1## where R and R.sup.1 are alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, hydrogen and/or halogen and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3,(C.sub.2) not less than 0.5% by weight of an epoxide-containing polymerizable monomer and/or(C.sub.3) not less than 0.05% by weight of a halobenzyl-containing polymerizable monomer possessing a structural unit (II) ##STR2## where X is halogen, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or hydrogen and n is 1, 2 or 3, and/or(C.sub.4) not less than 0.05% by weight of a polymerizable monomer containing oxazoline groups and(C.sub.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,(A) 5-95% by weight of a polyamide;(B) 5-95% by weight of a modified polyphenylene ether, prepared from(b.sub.1) 4.95-99.9% by weight of a polyphenylene ether,(b.sub.2) 0-90% by weight of a vinylaromatic polymer,(b.sub.3) 0.05-10% by weight of one or more compounds from the group consisting of(b.sub.31) an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarbonyl compound,(b.sub.32) a monomer containing amide groups and a polymerizable double bond and(b.sub.33) a monomer containing lactam groups and a polymerizable double bond,(b.sub.4) 0-80% by weight of further graft-active monomers and(b.sub.5) 0.01-0.09% by weight of a free radical initiator,(C) 0-90% by weight of an unmodified polyphenylene ether,(D) 0-45% by weight of a vinylaromatic polymer and(E) 0-40% by weight of a rubber impact modifier.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials based on polyphenylene ethers and nylons are prepared in an extruder by a continuous process in which a modified polyphenylene ether is prepared in a first zone of the extruder and is then mixed with nylons and, if required, further additives in one or more further zones.

Abstract: Laser-optical recording material comprises:(a) an optically transparent and isotropic, homogeneous substrate which is free of orientation birefringence and(b) one or more amorphous, thermally alterable recording layers,wherein the substrate (a)(a.sub.1) has one or two structured surfaces, the structures being in the micrometer and/or submicrometer range, and is formed form a blend of poly-(2,6-dimethylphenylene ether) (PPE) with one or more styrene polymers, the content of PPE in this blend being about 25-45% by weight, based on the blend, and(a.sub.2) that part of the blend which is not PPE contains, based on this part (a.sub.2),(a.sub.21) from 0.1 to 8% by weight of cyanoethylene groups and/or(a.sub.22) from 1 to 60% by weight of 1-methyl-1-phenylethylene groups and/or(a.sub.23) from 1 to 60% by weight of 4'-methylphenylethylene groups and/or(a.sub.24) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of groups of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl and R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.

Abstract: Self-extinguishing, thermoplastic polyphenylene ether/polyamide molding materials contain, as essential components,(A) from 10 to 90% by weight of component (A), which consists of(A.sub.1) from 70 to 99% by weight of a modified polyphenylene ether,(A.sub.2) from 1 to 30% by weight of a compound containing bound phosphorus, the percentages by weight being based on the total weight of component (A), and(B) from 90 to 10% by weight of component (B), which consists of(B.sub.1) from 80 to 99% by weight of one or more polyamides and(B.sub.2) from 1 to 20% by weight of one or more compounds containing a bound triazine radical and from the group consisting of cyanuric acid and its derivatives.

Abstract: Graft polymers of(A) a polyphenylene ether as a base polymer and(B) a half ester of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid of the general formula ##STR1## as a graft monomer, where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.25 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.25 -alkylene or aryl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each H, Br, Cl or one of the radicals R.sup.1, and Q is H or an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or an ammonium cation,with or without(C) further olefinically unsaturated monomers,and their preparation.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,(A) from 10 to 89.99% by weight of a polyester,(B) from 10 to 89.99% by weight of a polycarbonate and(C.sub.1) from 0.01 to 1% by weight of a low molecular weight organic compound of not more than 70 carbon atoms which contains (--SO.sub.3).sub.m Q groups where Q is hydrogen, NH.sub.4 or an alkali or alkaline earth metal and m is an integer equal to the valency of Q, and/or(C.sub.2) from 0.01 to 30% by weight of a polymer containing sulfo groups and having a weight average molecular weight of not less than 1000,and, as a further component,(D) from 0 to 30% by weight of a rubber impact modifier.

Abstract: Impact-resistant thermoplastic molding materials based on a resin A containing one or more vinylaromatic monomers are prepared by reacting the resin A (component A) with one or more monomers from the group consisting of the .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarbonyl compounds (component B) by a process in which the reaction is carried out in a melt of A in the presence of B and in the absence of initiators, and the resin A used is one which contains from 3 to 50% by weight, based on A, of one or more elastomers a.sub.1 (rubber) and has been prepared in a conventional manner by polymerizing one or more vinylaromatic monomers of 8 to 12 carbon atoms in the presence of the elastomer a.sub.1 are used for the production of moldings.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials based on(A) polycarbonates and(B) polyesters containing from 1 to 30% by weight, based on (A)+(B)+(C),(C) of a graft copolymer based on(C.sub.1) from 60 to 99% by weight of an elastomeric component based on acrylic acid esters, methacrylic acid esters and/or conjugated dienes as well as, if desired, further comonomers, as graft base and(C.sub.2) from 1 to 40% by weight of an expoxy-containing monomer as applied graft.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,(A) from 10 to 89% by weight of a blend of(A.sub.1) from 20 to 98% by weight, based on (A.sub.1)+(A.sub.2), of a polyester of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic dihydroxy compound and(A.sub.2) from 2 to 80% by weight, based on (A.sub.1)+(A.sub.2), of a polyester of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aromatic dihydroxy compound of the formula I ##STR1## or its C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or halogen derivative substituted in the nucleus, where Z is an alkylene or cycloalkylene group of not more than 8 carbon atoms, an arylene group of not more than 12 carbon atoms, --O--, --S--, ##STR2## or a chemical bond and m is 0 or 1, (B) from 10 to 89% by weight of a polycarbonate and(C) from 1 to 30% by weight of a rubber toughener having a glass transition temperature of less than -30.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of modified polyphenylene ether resins by grafting fumaric acid, preferably at from 270.degree. to 350.degree. C., onto polyphenylene ethers which are mixed with vinylaromatic polymers, and modified polyphenylene ether resins consisting of from 4.95 to 95 parts by weight of polyphenylene ether, from 95 to 4.95 parts by weight of vinylaromatic polymer and from 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of grafted fumaric acid.

Abstract: A halogen-free self-extinguishing thermoplastic composition comprising as the flame retardant, one or more phosphorus-containing compounds or elemental phosphorous, a polyphenylene ether, a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, a phenol/aldehyde resin, a terpolymer of styrene, acrylonitrile and a hydroxy-containing ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid on which a polyphenylene ether is grafted, and optionally, a diene elastomer having grafted thereon styrene and acrylonitrile monomers.