Abstract: A radiation-polymerizable mixture comprising a polymeric binder, a radiation-activatable polymerization initiator and a polymerizable acrylate or methacrylate ester having at least two urethane groups in the molecule, said ester being a reaction product of glycerol dimethacrylate or glycerol diacrylate and a polyisocyanate obtained by reacting a polyhydroxy compound having from two to six hydroxyl groups with a diisocyanate or a reaction product of glycerol dimethacrylate or glycerol diacrylate and a diisocyanate. The new polymerizable urethanes provide the mixture with a high light-sensitivity, good reciprocity and a low tendency to crystallize.

Abstract: A process and an aqueous treatment solution for cleaning copper surfaces, in particular for removing residues of photoresist layers, which residues still adhere after development to the cleared copper areas, are described. The solution contains a water-soluble aliphatic sulfonic acid having 8 to 30 carbon atoms or a water-soluble salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photopolymerizable mixture comprising a compound with at least two terminal ethylenically-unsaturated groups, a boiling point above 100.degree. C. and which is capable of addition polymerization, a polymeric binder, a photoinitiator, and a monoazo dye corresponding to Formula I: ##STR1## R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are alkyl or alkenyl groups which may be substituted, and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are hydrogen or halogen atoms, or alkyl or alkoxy groups.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a photopolymerizable transfer material comprising a flexible base, and a thermoplastic photopolymerizable copying layer, the improvement comprising including an adhesion-imparting substance at the boundary of said copying layer away from said base, said substance having the formula ##STR1## in which n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3,R.sub.1 is H or OH,R.sub.2 is H or COOR.sub.3, andR.sub.3 is an alkyl group having about 1 or 25 carbon atoms.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a negative-working light-sensitive copying composition comprising at least one condensation product of a diazonium salt, at least one water-soluble synthetic polymer and at least one acrylic resin which is soluble or at least swellable in an aqueous alkaline solution, the immprovement that the water-soluble synthetic polymer is a copolymer of a C.sub.3 to C.sub.16 alkyl acrylate and an N-vinyl-N-alkyl carboxylic acid amide, the alkyl and carboxylic acid groups of which contain 1 to 6 carbon atoms each. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of a planographic printing foil using the novel light-sensitive composition.