Abstract: Formulations containing pigments and/or delustrants, a solution of a pigment binder and, if appropriate, additives, characterized in that the pigment binder is a copolymer of, relative to the weight of the copolymer,10-40% by weight of an acrylic acid ester having 1-12 C atoms in the alcohol chain,10-40% by weight of a methacrylic acid ester having 1-4 C atoms in the alcohol chain,10-30% by weight of N-vinylpyrrolidone,5-15% by weight of acrylic acid and10-20% by weight of a vinyl ester having 1-4 C atoms in the acid chain,which have been prepared in an organic solvent which is miscible with water in the presence of a regulator and of a per-compound or an azo compound which donates free radicals at the polymerization temperature, and the use of these formulations for pigmenting and/or delustring dressing agents for leather and leather imitations.

Abstract: Low-foam surface sizing agents for paper in the form of aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic alkali metal, amine or ammonium salt solutions of copolymers containing carboxylic acid semi-amide groups obtainable by reacting copolymers of maleic acid anhydride and diisobutylene and/or terpolymers of maleic acid anhydride, diisobutylene and a vinyl monomer copolymerizing with maleic acid anhydride, with from 5 to 50 mole percent, based on maleic acid anhydride groups, of a primary aliphatic or aromatic monoamine. The solutions may optionally contain urea or derivatives of urea.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of coatings using a coating composition containing as binder optionally blocked lacquer-grade polyisocyanates in combination with polyhydroxy polyacrylate resins based on copolymers of certain hydroxy alkyl(meth)acrylates, methyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and, optionally, (meth)acrylic acid, wherein the molecular weight is in the range from about 30,000 to 80,000, the content of low molecular weight constituents having molecular weights of at most about 3000 amounts to between 3 and 15% by weight, the molecular heterogeneity factor amounts to between about 1.0 and 10.0, and the parameter for the chemical heterogeneity of the copolymer is between 0 and about 0.06.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new water-soluble polyquaternary compounds which are obtained by imidation of (A) specific alternating copolymers of maleic anhydride and olefines with (B) specific amines and (C) subsequent alkylation of the reaction product AB, the components (A) and (B) having the meaning given in the text of the Application. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of these water-soluble polyammonium compounds and their use as agents for improving the wet and dry tear strength of paper. The invention also relates to new intermediate products for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention.

Abstract: The aqueous solution of a statistical terpolymer containing quaternized amino groups and having a regular chemical structure of(a) from 8 to 20%, by weight, of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate and/or N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate;(b) from 45 to 80%, by weight, of styrene; and(c) from 8 to 35%, by weight, of acrylonitrile;the sum of (a) to (c) being 100%, by weight, and at least 10% of the dimethylamino groups of the terpolymer being quaternized and the remainder protonated is suitable as cationic paper sizing agent.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of polymers containing (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester units which contain the polymer in the form of relatively large, non-agglomerated, spherical particles (=main spheres) and relatively small, non-agglomerated, spherical particles (=filler spheres), wherein the smaller filler spheres have an average particle diameter d.sub.F measured using an electron microscope of from 50 to 150 nanometers (nm) and the average diameter of the large main spheres d.sub.H is from 1.35 to 3.5 times larger than the average particle diameter d.sub.F, provided that d.sub.H is at least 140 nm, and wherein the ratio of the total mass of the polymer composed of main spheres M.sub.H to the total mass of the polymer composed of filler spheres M.sub.F isM.sub.H :M.sub.F =20:1 to M.sub.H :M.sub.F =1:20and wherein at least 70% of the number of main spheres and at least 70% of the number of filler spheres lie in the range of .+-.25% of the respective average value of d.sub.H or d.sub.F.

Abstract: Non-crosslinking, water-soluble polyamines which can be obtained by reacting(A) basic polyureas which have been prepared by condensation of ureas with polyamines containing at least three amino groups, of which at least one is a tertiary amino group, or with mixtures of these polyamines with aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic or heterocyclic polyamines containing two primary or two secondary amino groups or one primary or one secondary amino group, and optionally with .omega.-aminocarboxylic acids containing at least three carbon atoms, or lactams thereof,(B) polyalkylenepolyamines of the general formula ##STR1## in which R denotes H or CH.sub.

Abstract: Non-crosslinking, water-soluble polyamines which can be obtained by reacting(A) basic polyureas which have been prepared by condensation of ureas with polyamines containing at least three amino groups, of which at least one is a tertiary amino group, or with mixtures of these polyamines with aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic or heterocyclic polyamines containing two primary or two secondary amino groups or one primary or one secondary amino group, and optionally with .omega.-aminocarboxylic acids containing at least three carbon atoms, or lactams thereof,(B) polyalkylenepolyamines of the general formula ##STR1## in which R denotes H or CH.sub.

Abstract: A reaction product of an acrylate resin containing glycidyl groups and secondary mono-amines containing hydroxyl groups, obtained by reacting of said acrylate resin of copolymerized, statistically distributed units of(A) 3 to 30% by weight of the glycidyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid and/or of vinyl glycidyl ether;(B) 0 to 20% by weight of at least a hydroxy C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid;(C) 5 to 80% by weight of at least an optionally substituted styrene, methyl methacrylate, (meth)acrylonitrile or any mixture thereof;(D) 5 to 70% by weight of an acrylic acid C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl-or of a methacrylic acid C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkyl ester or any mixture thereof; and(E) 0 to 10% by weight of an .alpha.,.beta.-mono-olefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid containing from 3 to 5 carbon atoms or of a maleic acid C.sub.2 -C.sub.14 -mono ester or any mixture thereof,with at least one secondary mono-amine containing at least one secondary hydroxyl group.

Abstract: For the production of matted outer layers of photographic silver halide recording materials particles of a copolymer of maleic acid anhydride and a C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 monoolefin are dispersed in an aqueous solution of a hydrophilic colloid and the dispersion thus formed is applied to one or both surfaces of the photographic recording material and the layer is dried.

Abstract: In a process for preventing the contact spots formed by contact of the back coating of photographic material with the emulsion side an aqueous polymer dispersion obtained by polymerization of halogen-free compounds and polyvinyl alcohol or partially acetylated polyvinyl alcohol in the presence of an anionic emulsifier are added to the casting composition applied as outermost back coating and/or as uppermost layer.

Abstract: Pigment preparations containing 2-70 % by weight, relative to the total preparation, of an inorganic or organic pigment dispersed in a solution of 10 to 49% by weight, relative to the total preparation, of a water-insoluble copolymer in an organic solvent, the copolymer containing 40-60% by weight of acrylic acid ethyl ester, 30-50% by weight of methacrylic acid methyl ester and 5-15 % by weight of acrylic acid hydroxyethyl and/or hydroxypropyl ester or methacrylic acid hydroxyethyl and/or hydroxypropyl ester and being prepared at 50.degree.-170.degree. C. in the presence of 0.5-5.0% by weight, relative to the sum of the monomers, of an organic per-compound or an azo compound which supplies free radicals at 50.degree.-170.degree. C., in an organic solvent, and their use for pigmenting dressing agents for leather and imitation leathers.

Abstract: Linear telechelic diene polymers with molecular weights of about 300 to about 20,000 which contain hydrazide end groups and to a process for their preparation as well as to their use for synthesizing high molecular weight polymers.

Abstract: A chlorinated colorless polyolefin, preferably a chlorinated colorless isotactic polypropylene, soluble in carbon tetrachloride and having a chlorine content of from 60% to 70% by weight and an average degree of polymerization of from 2000 to 6000, produced by chlorinating polyolefins having a degree of polymerization of from 2000 to 20,000 in suspension or solution or in suspension and solution at 40 to 60.degree. C. in the presence of a halogen transfer agent, a chlorination catalyst and from 0.2 to 0.5% by weight, based on polyolefin, of at least one compound corresponding to the general Formula (I):h.sub.2 n--r--nh>.sub.n H (I)in which R represents the ethylene, propylene or butylene group and n=1-6.

Abstract: Anionic sizes for paper or a paper-like material. Substantially equimolecular copolymers of maleic acid anhydride and diisobutylene are esterified to form the corresponding semi-esters. From 10 to 100 mol-% of the anhydride groups are reacted with an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic alcohol. At least 50 mol-% of the formed carboxylic groups are neutralized with alkali, ammonia or aliphatic amines.

Abstract: An improved process for the production of a substantially equimolecular copolymer of maleic acid anhydride and diisobutylene in which from 10 to 100 mole % of the anhydride groups are esterified with linear or branched aliphatic monoalcohols containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or with cycloaliphatic monoalcohols containing from 5 to 6 carbon atoms to form the corresponding semiesters, wherein shortly before or after the end of the solution or suspension copolymerization of maleic acid anhydride and diisobutylene a monomer corresponding to the general formula ##STR1## in which R=H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, --OR.sub.2, --O--CO--CH.sub.3, ##STR2## --CH.sub.2 OH, --CH.sub.2 O--C--CH.sub.3, R.sub.1 =H , CH.sub.3 andR.sub.2 =a linear or branched alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms,Or mixtures of these monomers with one another are added to the polymerization mixture in quantities of from 1 to 12 mole %, based on the maleic acid anhydride used.

Abstract: Stable aqueous emulsions comprising a resinic acid isocyanate, a non-ionic and/or anionic emulsifier and an optionally chlorinated hydrocarbon are used as sizing agents for paper or paper-like materials.

Abstract: An improved process for the production of powders of maleic acid anhydride/1-olefin copolymers by suspension polymerization in the presence of special dispersion agents which are obtained by the reaction of a copolymer of maleic acid anhydride and a 1-olefin with an aliphatic monohydric alcohol or an aliphatic monoamine or a mixture thereof, at least 30 mol % of the anhydride groups being esterified to semi-esters or amidated to semi-amides. The copolymer powders obtained have a surprisingly narrowparticle size distribution and can be used without grinding or sifting as reactive fillers for natural and synthetic rubbers. They also can be used for the production of paper coating agents as they dissolve easily and without residue in alkalis, ammonia or amines.