Abstract: There is provided a method for the treatment of wood particles for use in the production of alcoholic beverages, comprising the steps of: (a) washing the wood particles with water under agitation at a temperature of at least 60° C.; wherein the wood particles may optionally already be toasted; (b) removing the water from the wood particles; (c) thermally drying the wood particles; (d) toasting the wood particles to obtain wood particles according to the invention; (e) optionally, incubating the wood particles according to the invention with an aroma-bearing liquid, the subsequent removal of any overlying aroma-bearing liquid, and, optionally, the subsequent drying the wood particles according to the invention to obtain aromatised wood particles according to the invention.

Abstract: There is provided a method for the treatment of wood particles for use in the production of alcoholic beverages, comprising the steps of: (a) washing the wood particles with water under agitation at a temperature of at least 60° C.; wherein the wood particles may optionally already be toasted; (b) removing the water from the wood particles; (c) thermally drying the wood particles; (d) toasting the wood particles to obtain wood particles according to the invention; (e) optionally, incubating the wood particles according to the invention with an aroma-bearing liquid, the subsequent removal of any overlying aroma-bearing liquid, and, optionally, the subsequent drying the wood particles according to the invention to obtain aromatised wood particles according to the invention.

Abstract: There is provided a method for the treatment of wood particles for use in the production of alcoholic beverages, comprising the steps of: (a) washing the wood particles with water under agitation at a temperature of at least 60° C.; wherein the wood particles may optionally already be toasted; (b) removing the water from the wood particles; (c) thermally drying the wood particles; (d) toasting the wood particles to obtain wood particles according to the invention; (e) optionally, incubating the wood particles according to the invention with an aroma-bearing liquid, the subsequent removal of any overlying aroma-bearing liquid, and, optionally, the subsequent drying the wood particles according to the invention to obtain aromatised wood particles according to the invention.

Abstract: There is provided a method for the treatment of wood particles for use in the production of alcoholic beverages, comprising the steps of: (a) washing the wood particles with water under agitation at a temperature of at least 60° C.; wherein the wood particles may optionally already be toasted; (b) removing the water from the wood particles; (c) thermally drying the wood particles; (d) toasting the wood particles to obtain wood particles according to the invention; (e) optionally, incubating the wood particles according to the invention with an aroma-bearing liquid, the subsequent removal of any overlying aroma-bearing liquid, and, optionally, the subsequent drying the wood particles according to the invention to obtain aromatised wood particles according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble polymers built up of a) monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and/or their salts, b) monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids and/or their salts, c) monounsaturated monomers which, after hydrolysis or saponification, can be converted into monomers having a hydroxyl group covalently bonded at the C—C-chain, d) monoethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid groups or sulfate groups-containing monomers, and optionally e) further radically copolymerizable monomers, with the sum of the monomers of a) to e) amounting to 100%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to superabsorbent cross-linked polymers for watery liquids, which are built-up of partially neutralized monomers having monoethylenlcally unsaturated acid groups, optionally further monomers copolymerizable therewith, as well as polymers optionally suitable as graft basis, and which can be manufactured by using a cross-linker/monomer combination ofCH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR.sup.6 --CO--(OCHR.sup.3 --CHR.sup.3).sub.z O--CH.sub.2 --CHR.sup.6 .dbd.CH.sub.2CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR.sup.6 --R.sup.5 --(OCHR.sup.3 --CHR.sup.3).sub.v OR.sup.4R.sup.1 --?O(CHR.sup.3 --CHR.sup.3 O).sub.u --CO--R.sup.2 !.sub.x, and/or di- or triallylamine and/or bisacrylamidewithR.sup.1 : multivalent C2-10-alkyl,R.sup.2 : linear or branched C2-10-alkenyl,R.sup.3 : H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5,R.sup.4 : H, linear or branched C1-10-alkyl,R.sup.6 : CO, CH.sub.2R.sup.8 : H, CH.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biodegradable polymers built-up ofa) monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and/or the salts thereof,b) monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids and/or the salts thereof,c) monounsaturated monomers which, after hydrolysis, can be converted to monomers with a hydroxyl group covalently bonded to the C-C-chain, and, optionally,d) further radically copolymerizable monomers,with the sum of the monomers according to a) to d) amounting to 100%.The present invention further relates to a process of producing said polymers by radical polymerization and hydrolysis in aqueous medium, and to the use of said polymers as additive or cobuilder in detergents and cleaning agents, in the pretreatment of cotton, as bleaching stabilizers, as auxiliary agent in textile printing and in the manufacture of leather, as well as in the inhibition of water hardness and as dispersing agent.

Abstract: A process for the quaternization of triethanolamine fatty acid esters and imidazolinamides with customary quaternizing agents in a reaction medium containing alkoxylated naturally occurring fats or oils, or mixtures thereof with free fatty acids, monoglycerides and/or diglycerides in the substantial absence of 2-propanol, and the use of the resulting reaction mixtures as the active components in laundry softener compositions.

Abstract: A process for the quaternization of triethanolamine fatty acid esters and imidazolinamides with customary quaternizing agents in a reaction medium containing alkoxylated naturally occurring fats or oils, or mixtures thereof with free fatty acids, monoglycerides and/or diglycerides in the substantial absence of 2-propanol, and the use of the resulting reaction mixtures as the active components in laundry softener compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of sulphonamide derivatives for the treatment of diseases caused by viruses, especially caused by enclosed viruses such as, e.g., herpes simplex, as well as to an antiviral agent having a content of these sulphonamide derivatives as active substance, optionally together with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and/or auxiliaries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process to improve the organoleptic behavior and the physical characteristics of leather by the use of aqueous solutions of copolymers of 90 to 20%-wt acrylic acid or methyacrylic acid, as well as 10 to 80%-wt of a monomer of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which are equal or different, are methyl or ethyl; x stands for an optionally branched alkylene radical with 1 to 5 carbon atoms; the amine nitrogen is optionally neutralized or quaternized; and the molecular weight of the copolymer, measured at a pH of 8.0, is less than 100,000. The concentration of the copolymer in the aqueous solution is 0.02 to 10%-wt, relative to the shaved weight of the leather.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of derivatives of natural fats and oils that is characterized in that the fats that are solid at room temperature or which contain solid fractions, mixtures of these with free fatty acids, mono- and/or diglycerides are oxyalkylated at elevated temperatures in the presence of basic catalysts having at least one 1,2-epoxide and the conversion products so obtained, optionally, after epoxidization are sulphonated in a manner known per se. The products are particularly suitable for use as leather dubbing agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process to improve the organoleptic behaviour and the physical characteristics of leather by the use of aqueous solutions of copolymers of 90 to 20%-wt acrylic acid or methyacrylic acid, as well as 10 to 80%-wt of a monomer of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which are equal or different, are methyl or ethyl; x stands for an optionally branched alkylene radical with 1 to 5 carbon atoms; the amine nitrogen is optionally neutralized or quaternized; and the molecular weight of the copolymer, measured at a pH of 8.0, is less than 100,000. The concentration of the copolymer in the aqueous solution is 0.02 to 10%-wt, relative to the shaved weight of the leather.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of textiles that are coated with polyurethane, in which the material that is to be coated is coated with two oppositely charged aqueous ionic dispersions of polyurethanes that contain no free isocyanate groups and contain covalently bonded, solubility-enhancing ionic groups, dried and optionally waterproofed. Cationic and anionic polyurethane dispersions are preferred in a weight ratio of 1:1, and are applied to the textile material in a two-coat technique, wet-on-wet. In addition, the invention relates to textile material produced in this way, with improved waterproof qualities and the use of such textiles for the production of breathable, water- and wind resistant clothing, industrial textiles, and leather substitutes, all of which are permeable to water vapour.

Abstract: A process for the finish dressing of leathers dressed by a mineral or a combined method, by treatment with an aqueous solution of water soluble polymer dressing substances that are polymers of unsaturated monomers that contain sulfonic groups. These polymers contain, if necessary, additional basic units that do not affect the water solubility, these being derived from the comonomers that can be copolymerized with the monomers that contain the sulfonic groups and which do not contain phosphorus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for improving the lightfastness of conventionally dyed leathers by treating the leathers before, during or after fatting with alkane and/or chloroalkane sulfonamides in amounts of about 0.1 to 8 weight percent, based on the shaved weight of the leather. Used as alkane sulfonamides and chloroalkane sulfonamides are preferably products with a chain length of about 10 to 35 carbon atoms and a chlorine content of about 10 to 40%. The alkane and/or chloroalkane sulfonamides are advantageously used in aqueous solution or in stable emulsion. A substantial improvement in lightfastness is obtained regardless of the type of the dye, tanning agent, fatting agent or other leather treating agent used.

Abstract: The antistatic composition for application to flat fibrous articles such as textiles, carpets, fabrics and the like which comprises a salt of a polymeric acid with an amine of the general formula ##STR1## wherein A=H, --OR.sub.2, ##STR2## R.sub.1 =H, a lower alkyl radical, a hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, polyalkylene imine or polyalkylene glycol ether radical;R.sub.2 =H, a lower alkyl radical, a hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, polyalkylene imine or polyalkylene glycol ether radical;R.sub.3 =H, a lower alkyl radical, a hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, polyalkylene imine or polyalkylene glycol ether radical;R.sub.