Abstract: The present invention relates to surface-active peroxides which can be employed as emulsifying initiators for the preparation of low-electrolyte polymer dispersions having a low tendency to foam.

Abstract: A binder for textile structures which are graft copolymer latices in which the following are incroporated in the graft copolymer:(1) as graft substrate, from 40 to 70% by weight, of a polyorganosiloxane end blocked with hydroxyl groups as indicated in the following general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 denotes alkyl groups having 1 to 24 carbon atoms or aryl groups having 6 to 10 carbon atoms,R.sup.2 denotes divalent alkylene groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms,R.sup.3 denotes alkyl groups having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, aryl groups, alkoxy groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxyl group,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together with the silicon atom may form a 5 membered or 6 membered ring containing a trivalent unbranched or branched alkyl group having to 8 carbon atoms, anda stands for 80 to 99 mol %,b stands for 1 to 20 mol %, anda+b=100 mol %and the viscosity of the polymer determined at 25.degree. C. is from 100 to 100,000 mPa.s,(2) as grafted vinyl polymer, from 30 to 60% by weight, of styrene and/or .alpha.

Abstract: A dye acceptor element for thermosublimation printing comprising a support and a dye acceptor layer containing a graft polymer of an unsaturated copolyester as the graft base and a vinyl copolymer as the graft shell is distinguished by high color density, high sharpness, good image stability and a minimal tendency towards adhesion to than dye-donor lint.

Abstract: An improved coating for heat resistant substrates is an aqueous dispersion of polymers prepared by polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers in an aqueous medium in the presence of radical formers and emulsifiers, wherein the emulsifiers are polyisocyanate addition products having a molecular weight below 20,000 and containing from 5 to 1000 milliequivalents of anionic structures corresponding to the following formula--NH--CO--N.sup..crclbar. --C.tbd.Nincorporated therein per 100 g of solids content.

Abstract: Novel graft copolymer comprising(a) 0.1 to 99.9% by weight of polyalkylene oxide-organopolysiloxane block and/or comb polymer units and(b) 99.1 to 0.1% by weight of units of polymerized perfluoroalkyl substituted allyl compounds, which graft polymers contain structural elements corresponding to the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein X denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group,Y and Z denote, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing 1 to 18 carbon atomsQ denotes a divalent alkylene group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms or other divalent radicals,R.sub.f denotes a perfluorinated aliphatic, optionally branched group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms and the group may contain at most one hydrogen or chlorine atom on two carbon atoms in addition to the fluorine atoms,R.sub.Si denotes a polyalkylene oxide-organopolysiloxane block and/or comb polymer residue andR.sub.

Abstract: The object of the invention is the use of ethylene-vinyl acetate-copolymers produced by emulsion polymerization and containing unipolymerized acids, for the modification of polyvinyl chloride.

Abstract: This invention relates to synthetic resin powders for coating agents and the use thereof for the production of coatings with reduced surface resistance.

Abstract: Organopolysiloxanes of the formula ##STR1## in which R is an alkyl radical having 6 to 18 C atoms,R' is an alkyl radical having 1 to 7 C atoms or the phenyl radical,a and b each independently is an integer from 1 to 500, the ratio of b:a being at least 2, are miscible with mineral oil and synthetic lubricating oils and have a pour point below -15.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a high-solids polyurethane reactive coating system based on blocked NCO-prepolymers, polyamines and, optionally, solvents, said coating system containing a leveller agent comprising(1) a combination of from about 1 to 10% by weight of (A) vinyl polymers and copolymers based on (meth)acrylic acid esters and, optionally, other comonomers and from about 0.1 to 2% by weight of (B) polysiloxanes and/or polyalkylene oxide/polysiloxane copolymers,(2) from about 0.2 to 2.0% by weight of (C) poly(meth)acrylic acid (hydroxy)alkyl ester graft polymers on silicones,(3) mixtures of (A), (B) and (C) in the amounts specified,(4) mixtures of (A) and (C) in the amounts specified or(5) mixtures of (B) and (C) in the amounts specified.The present invention also relates to textile substrates coated on one or both sides or surface-textured sheet-form materials, particularly velour leather, coated with the above leveller-containing, high-solids polyurethane reactive coating systems.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a high-solids polyurethane reactive coating system based on blocked NCO-prepolymers, polyamines and, optionally, solvents, said coating system containing a leveller agent comprising(1) a combination of from about 1 to 10% by weight of (A) vinyl polymers and copolymers based on (meth)acrylic acid esters and, optionally, other comonomers and from about 0.1 to 2% by weight of (B) polysiloxanes and/or polyalkylene oxide/polysiloxane copolymers,(2) from about 0.2 to 2.0% by weight of (C) poly(meth)acrylic acid (hydroxy)alkyl ester graft polymers on silicones,(3) mixtures of (A), (B) and (C) in the amounts specified,(4) mixtures of (A) and (C) in the amounts specified or(5) mixtures of (B) and (C) in the amounts specified.The present invention also relates to textile substrates coated on one or both sides or surface-textured sheet-form materials, particularly velour leather, coated with the above leveller-containing, high-solids polyurethane reactive coating systems.

Abstract: This invention relates to the production and use of coating powders based on saponified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA copolymers) modified with polyalkyl (meth) acrylates. Coatings and films produced from these coating powders are distinguished by the flexibility and elasticity thereof, especially at low temperatures.

Abstract: Anhydride-group- or carboxyl-group-containing graft copolymers of vinyl esters and other suitable monomers on polysaccharide esters of (A) a polysaccharide ester of aliphatic C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -mono-carboxylic acids as the graft substrate and (B) a grafted-on monomer mixture of (a) a vinyl ester of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -monocarboxylic acid and (b) maleic acid anhydride and/or semiesters of maleic acid and/or fumaric acid with aliphatic C.sub.1 -C.sub.14 -monoalcohols, the ratio by weight of (A) to (B) being from 1:0.1 to 1:2 and the molar ratio of (a) to (b) being from 1:0.5 to 1:3, and a process for producing these graft copolymers.

Abstract: A process for spray drying aqueous suspensions of microcapsules having walls of polyurea which have been formed in known manner from polyisocyanate and polyamine by interface polyaddition, in which from 1 to 10 parts by weight, based on the microcapsules, of a water-soluble silicate and/or a water-soluble alkaline earth metal salt or hydroxide are added to the aqueous reaction mixture of polyisocyanate and polyamine.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an organopolysiloxane composition, comprising polymerizing at a temperature from about room temperature to 250.degree. C. a composition by weight comprising approximately(a) 10 to 90% organopolysiloxane,(b) 4.999 to 85% of at least one of a surfactant and a water-soluble polyether,(c) 85-5% of at least one polymerizable vinyl monomer, and(d) 0.001 to 2% of a radical forming polymerization catalyst,whereby the vinyl monomer is polymerized and forms polymer bridges between (a) and (b). The resulting composition is miscible with and/or readily dispersible in water, is storage-stable and is especially useful as a textile auxiliary.

Abstract: A process for forming a polymer suitable for use in a defoaming agent, comprising polymerizing in the presence of a free-radical-forming catalyst a composition comprising by weight approximately10-90% of a polydiorganosiloxane,5-85% of a polyalkylene oxide or polyalkylene oxide derivative, and5-85% of a vinyl monomer,thereby to form vinyl polymer bridges linking the polydiorganosiloxane and polyalkylene oxide or derivative thereof. The polymer is then blended with water and an emulsifying and/or dispersing auxiliary and subjected to high shear to form a defoaming agent.

Abstract: A graft polymer dispersion suitable for finishing textiles and comprising water, a dispersing auxiliary and a polymeric product produced by subjecting to free radical polymerization a composition comprising(A) an organopolysiloxane containing vinyl groups,(B) an organopolysiloxane containing Si-H groups, and(C) a polymerizable vinyl monomer, some of the organopolysiloxane components being linked via polymerized units of the vinyl monomer and some of the Si-H groups of the Si-H-organopolysiloxane being modified by mono-addition of the vinyl monomer.

Abstract: A graft copolymer dispersion is produced by polymerizing a mixture comprising by weight approximately(a) 1 to 99% of an organopolysiloxane mass containing Si-H groups and vinyl groups, and(b) 99 to 1% of a polymerizable vinyl monomer.Polymerization initiators and/or molecular weight controllers may also be present. The product is not crosslinked as produced but can be blended with a crosslinking agent, applied to a textile as a coating and the crosslinked.

Abstract: The invention relates to special stable dispersions which crosslink at room temperature upon exposure to moisture in the atmosphere. The dispersions comprise polysiloxanes, vinyl-grafted polysiloxanes and condensation products, e.g. by weight approximately comprisingI. 20-90% of at least one diorganopolysiloxane optionally terminated by OH,II. 5-85% of at least one aliphatic or mixed aliphatic/aromatic polycondensation product or polyaddition product, polyether, or vinyl polymer with a glass temperature T.sub.G of up to 40.degree. C. and/or a vinyl monomer-grafted derivative thereof, andIII. 5-85% of at least one organopolysiloxane modified by grafting with at least one vinyl monomer and comprising(A) 10-90% of a diorganopolysiloxane optionally terminated by OH,(B) 10-90% of polymerized units of at least one vinyl compound, and(C) 0-80% of at least one aliphatic or mixed aliphatic/aromatic polycondensation product or polyaddition product, polyether, or vinyl polymer with a glass temperature T.sub.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of copolymers of styrene and/or its derivatives by polymerization of one or more aromatic monovinyl compounds and acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile wherein up to 75% by weight of the monomer mixture may be replaced by C.sub.1 --C.sub.20 -alkyl esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid and polymerization is carried out in the presence of from 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the total quantity of monomers, of one or more enol ethers derived from aliphatic or cycloaliphatic aldehydes or ketones.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions of co-graft polymers which are obtained by the polymerization of vinyl monomers, in particular by the polymerization of unsaturated esters, in the presence of mixtures consisting of the following:1. elastomers having glass transition temperatures .ltoreq.0.degree. C.,2. polyesters, polyethers, polyesterurethanes, polyurethanes, polycarbonates or mixtures thereof, and optionally3. cellulose esters of aliphatic C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 carboxylic acids,and moulding compositions consisting of mixtures of these co-graft polymers with organic cellulose esters.