Abstract: A material of formula (I) M1aM2bWcOd(P(O)nRm)e??(I) wherein each of M1 and M2 is independently ammonium or a metal cation; a is 0.01 to 0.5; b is 0 to 0.5; c is 1; d is 2.5 to 3; e is 0.01 to 0.75; n is 1, 2 or 3; m is 1, 2 or 3; and R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group.

Abstract: An article comprising a substrate which carries a material of formula (I) M1aM2bWcOd(P(O)nRm)e?? (I) wherein each of M1 and M2 is independently ammonium or a metal cation; a is 0.01 to 0.5; b is 0 to 0.5; c is 1; d is 2.5 to 3; e is 0.01 to 0.75; n is 1, 2 or 3; m is 1, 2 or 3; and R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group.

Abstract: A material of formula (I) M1aM2bWcOd(P(O)nRm)e??(I) wherein each of M1 and M2 is independently ammonium or a metal cation; a is 0.01 to 0.5; b is 0 to 0.5; c is 1; d is 2.5 to 3; e is 0.01 to 0.75; n is 1, 2 or 3; m is 1, 2 or 3; and R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group.

Abstract: An article comprising a substrate which carries a material of formula (I) M1aM2bWcOd(P(O)nRm)e?? (I) wherein each of M1 and M2 is independently ammonium or a metal cation; a is 0.01 to 0.5; b is 0 to 0.5; c is 1; d is 2.5 to 3; e is 0.01 to 0.75; n is 1, 2 or 3; m is 1, 2 or 3; and R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group.

Abstract: An article comprising a substrate which carries a doped tin oxide wherein less than 50 mol % of the tin atoms in the tin oxide are substituted with a dopant element.

Abstract: An article comprising a substrate which carries a doped tin oxide wherein less than 50 mol % of the tin atoms in the tin oxide are substituted with a dopant element.

Abstract: The cross-linking of cross-linkable compositions containing hydroxyl-bearing and carboxylate-bearing addition polymers of 1,3-butadiene is achieved using catalysts containing alkali metal salts of carboxylic acids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing silver compounds. The process relates to the preparation of silver compounds of the general formula (I) RSO3Ag  (I) where R is an unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched, saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated alkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 9 carbon atoms or an unsubstituted or substituted aryl radical having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, which comprises subjecting acid of the general formula (II) RSO3H  (II)  where R has the above mentioned meaning, to an electrolytic dissolution of the anode in a membraneless electrolysis cell having metallic silver as anode.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous preparation for the pickling and activation of aluminum-steel composites prior to electroless dip tinning. Specifically, the invention provides pickling/activation solutions for the pretreatment of aluminum-steel composites prior to dip tinning which comprise sulfuric acid, hexafluorosilicic acid, at least one wetting agent, at least one transition metal cation and nitrate and/or nitrite ions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of SnS2 and comprises reacting SnSO4, tin(II) formate or tin(II) oxalate with sulfur under a standard atmosphere or under protective gas without addition of halide-containing substances.

Abstract: Acidic electrolyte for dip-tin-plating aluminum alloys, containing tin salts, surfactants and additives yielding halogen ions, fluorine complexes, having the optimum effective halogen content that corresponds to its maximum solubility, being added as additives yielding halogen ions.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing bismuth compounds, in particular a process for preparing highly concentrated solutions of bismuth methanesulfonate, that are stable to hydrolysis.The preparation takes place from aqueous solutions of bismuth compounds of the formula (I)BiX.sub.3 (I)by subjecting acid of the formula (II)HX (II)whereX is the anion of a mineral acid, an organic acid radical, fluoroborate, hexafluorosilicate or cyanide, in an electrolytic cell, to electrolytic dissolution of the anode with metallic bismuth as the anode.

Abstract: The application relates to a method for the synthesis of finely particulate organic tin (oxy) fluorides by reacting mono-organic or diorganic tin oxides or hydroxides with fluoric acid, the reaction being carried out in the presence of surface active compounds.

Abstract: A method is described for the preparation of electrically conductive, infrared-reflecting layers on glass, glass-ceramic or enamel surfaces by spraying and thermally decomposing liquid Sn(IV) compounds and fluorine compounds as preparations containing doping agents on to the surface heated to 400.degree. to 800.degree. C., yet below their softening point, wherein, as liquid preparations, ionically stabilized, organic tin(IV) acid sols are used, which contain aliphatic alcohols or ketones with, in each case, at most 6 carbon atoms in the molecule or esters with a boiling point below 180.degree. C. as liquid, organic medium, as well as fluoride ions in an adequate amount for doping. The preparations are homogenous, stable for a long time, and can readily be diluted with alcohols, ketones, and other polar solvents.