Abstract: Impact-resistant thermoplastic molding materials prepared from a rigid component and a soft component. The rigid component consists of polystyrene, the soft component consists of a mixture of a polyolefin with a copolymer of a vinylaromatic and a diene hydrocarbon which has been prepared by anionic solution polymerization and which may have been hydrogenated. The molding materials may be used for the production of molded parts for use in domestic appliances, automobiles and refrigerators.

Abstract: An improved method of removing heat from polymerization reactions of normally gaseous monomers in the gas phase comprising feeding the monomer in liquid form to a polymerization zone, immediately after entering said zone, removing a portion of said gaseous monomer from the polymerization zone, liquefying said portion of monomer by cooling it at the same pressure as that prevailing in the polymerization zone, recycling the liquefied monomer to the polymerization zone together with fresh monomer in liquid form and causing said liquid monomer to change to the gaseous form immediately after entering said zone. The improvement consists in not only condensing the monomer outside the polymerization zone but also storing the same, in keeping the temperature in the polymerization zone constant by regulating the rate at which liquid monomer is fed to the zone, and in keeping the temperature and pressure in the polymerization zone within limits conducive to the gaseous state of the monomer.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a gas mixture containing acetylene, ethylene, methane and hydrogen by cracking a liquid hydrocarbon by means of a plurality of arcs burning under the surface of the liquid hydrocarbon and limited, in their electrical effect, by current-limiting elements, wherein the total energy acting on the system is distributed by an arrangement of the electrical components, which is responsible for the stability of the arcs, over a plurality of localized burning points, the current-limiting components being matched to the voltage so that the output of each individual arc on average does not exceed 1.2 kW.

Abstract: Manufacture of molded articles of foamed ethylene copolymers containing, attached to the polymer chain, substituents having Zerewitinoff-active hydrogen atoms, and a binder mix containing isocyanate groups, wherein the components are mixed and the mixture is compressed in molds to from 80 to 20% of its original bulk volume and is cured under pressure.