Abstract: Electrically conductive layers are applied on to carbon fibers or filaments or sheet-like structures of these by a process in which monomers from the class consisting of the anilines or of the pyrroles or thiophenes are polymerized on the surface of the carbon structures in the presence of an electrolyte.

Abstract: A layer of electrically conductive polymers is applied by a process in which carbon fibers of filaments or sheet-like structures of carbon fibers or filaments are coated with sulfonic acids of phthalocyanines or porphyrins, the filaments treated in this manner are made the anode in a solution which contains monomers from the class consisting of the 5-membered heterocycles, and the monomers are anodically polymerized so that a conductive layer is formed on the fibers, filaments or sheet-like structures.

Abstract: Polyphenylene ethers are prepared from monohydric phenols, which possess alkyl substituents in the two ortho-positions and, if desired, in the meta-position, but not in the para-position, by an oxidative coupling reaction with oxygen at from 15.degree. to 50.degree. C. and under from 1 to 10 bar in the presence of a catalyst complex, of a solvent and, if required, of an activator, by a method in which the conversion of the phenols is carried out in two more reaction zones, in which some or all of the solvent, the catalyst complex and the phenols and, where relevant, the activator is initially taken and is circulated by means of a conveying unit, and about 60-100% of the stoichiometric amount of oxygen required for the oxidative coupling is introduced into the first reaction zone and from 0 to about 40% of the said stoichiometric amount is introduced into the second reaction zone.

Abstract: Thermoplastic mixtures based on macromolecular compounds and pyrrole polymers contain finely divided pyrrole polymers which are embedded in a matrix of the macromolecular compound. Such mixtures are prepared by a process in which solutions of the macromolecular compounds and compounds from the class consisting of the pyrroles are polymerized with an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent, and the resulting mixture is separated off from the solvent. Moldings obtained from such mixtures are used as electrical conductors or as electrodes.

Abstract: Highly electrically conductive copolymers of pyrroles and alkynes and/or aromatics, which possess good mechanical properties coupled with a well-balanced spectrum of properties, are prepared by anodic polymerization of the pyrroles and alkynes and/or aromatics in a polar solvent in the presence of a suitable conductive salt.

Abstract: A flameproofed thermoplastic molding material consists ofA. a thermoplastic resin containing a vinylaromatic monomerand furthermore containsB. from 0 to 100 parts by weight of an elastomer having a glass transition temperature Tg 0.degree. C., as an impact modifier,C. from 2 to 50 parts by weight of a halogen-containing organic compound (flameproofing agent),D. from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a compound containing a metal or non-metal (synergistic agent) andE. from 5 to 50 parts by weight of a novolak (phenol/aldehyde resin).The novolak is obtained from an aldehyde of the formula (I)R.sup.1 --CHO (I)where R.sup.1 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, cycloalkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 -aryl or .omega.-aryl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, and a mixture of phenols, and this mixture contains two or more monosubstituted phenols and the substituents can be alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or CN.The molding material is used for the production of flameproofed moldings.

Abstract: The long-term stability of the electrical conductivity of pyrrole polymers is improved by a process in which the polymers are treated with an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution. Pyrrole polymers treated in this manner are used as electrical conductor elements or resistive films.

Abstract: Moldings from the class of the pyrrole polymers which are complexed with anions are used as electrical heating elements.

Abstract: Electrochemical processes for selectively separating ions in aqueous soltuion are carried out using apparatuses in which two or more different spaces are separated by means of ion exchange membranes, and the membrane material consists of electrochemically prepared pyrrole polymers. Such ion exchange membranes are used as proton and anion exchange membranes.

Abstract: The long-term stability of the electrical conductivity of pyrrole polymers is improved by a process in which the polymers are treated with an aqueous acid. Pyrrole polymers treated in this manner are used as conductor elements in the electrical industry.

Abstract: Polypyrroles are prepared by electrochemical polymerization, in particular anodic oxidation, of pyrrole alone or together with comonomers, in an aqueous electrolyte solvent which consists of not less than 50% by weight of water, in the presence of aromatic sulfonic acids and/or their salts as conductive salts. The process gives polypyrrole films which have good mechanical properties and high electrical conductivities.

Abstract: Highly electrically conductive copolymers of pyrroles and other heterocyclic compounds having a conjugated .pi.-electron system, which possess good mechanical properties coupled with a well-balanced spectrum of properties, are prepared by anodic polymerization of the pyrroles and other heterocyclic compounds and/or their dimers or oligomers in a polar solvent in the presence of a suitable conductive salt.

Abstract: Finely divided electrically conductive pyrrole polymers are prepared by a process in which a finely divided pyrrole polymer, obtained by polymerization of pyrroles in solution with an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent, is electrochemically charged in the presence of a conductive salt. The finely divided electrically conductive pyrrole polymers can be used for the production of moldings.

Abstract: Finely divided electrically conductive pyrrole polymers are prepared by a process in which the pyrroles, in solution and in the presence of a conductive salt, are treated with an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent. The finely divided conductive pyrrole polymers can be used for the production of moldings.

Abstract: A process for depositing metals onto electrically conductive, polymeric carriers, wherein a finely divided metal M having a standard potential E.sub.o of >-2 V is deposited, from a solution of a metal cation compound of the formula (I) ##EQU1## where M', L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3, L.sup.4, l, m, n, o, and p are as defined in the claims, in an aprotic polar or non-polar solvent, onto a polymeric, electrically conductive carrier of the formula (II) ##EQU2## where M" is Li, Na, K, Rb or Cs,P is P=--CH--, --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --, --C.sub.4 H.sub.2 S--, --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 S--, --C.sub.4 H.sub.2 O--, --C.sub.4 H.sub.2 NH-- --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 O-- or --C.sub.5 H.sub.3 N--y is from 0.001 to 0.6 andx is from 5 to 1,000, or onto a polymeric, electrically conductive carrier of the formula (III)[(P)(X).sub.y ].sub.x (III)whereP is one of the groups listed for formula (II), X is ClO.sub.4.sup..crclbar., AsF.sub.6.sup..crclbar., PF.sub.6.sup..crclbar., SbF.sub.6.sup..crclbar., BF.sub.4.sup..crclbar., HSO.sub.4.sup..crclbar.

Abstract: Pyrroles or mixtures of pyrroles with comonomers are polymerized electrochemically by anodic oxidation of the monomers in solution or dispersion in an electrolyte solvent, in the presence of a conductive salt, with deposition of the pyrrole polymer at the sheet-like anode, by a process in which the anode used consists of an electrically non-conductive sheet-like element which can be impregnated with the electrolyte solution and one or more electrically conducting support and contact strips which connects electrically to a current supply for the anode.The special anode for the electrochemical polymerization of pyrroles, and the products obtainable by the process.

Abstract: In batteries or electrochemical stores, in particular secondary cells, the active material of the cathode and/or the anode consists of one or more electrically conductive polymers which have an electrical conductivity greater than 10.sup.-2 Ohm.sup.-1 cm.sup.-1 and contain electrochemically oxidizable and/or reducible redox groups which have a defined structure and are capable of forming two or more stable oxidation states which preferably are reversibly interconvertible.

Abstract: Highly electrically conductive copolymers of pyrroles and alkynes and/or aromatics, which possess good mechanical properties coupled with a well-balanced spectrum of properties, are prepared by anodic polymerization of the pyrroles and alkynes and/or aromatics in a polar solvent in the presence of a suitable conductive salt.

Abstract: Air-stable, electrically conductive systems having conductivities greater than 1.times.10.sup.-3 .OMEGA..sup.-1 cm.sup.-1 are prepared by reacting a metal cation of an element of sub-group VII, VIII or I of the periodic table with a 1,9-substituted phenalene of the general formula (I) ##STR1## where X is O, NH, S, Se or Te and Y is OH, NH.sub.2 or SH, to give a metal chelate, and oxidizing this metal chelate by means of an organic electron acceptor. The electrically conductive systems can be used in the electrical industry for the production of solar cells and for converting and fixing radiation, for producing electric and magnetic switches and electrochemical stores, and for the antistatic treatment of plastics.

Abstract: Photosensitive recording materials which are suitable for the production of printing plates and relief plates and possess a photopolymerizable relief-forming layer which can be developed with water and is based on a polyvinylalcohol/monomer mixture contain, as a binder in the said layer, a polyvinylalcohol derivative which is obtained by reacting polyvinylalcohol with an acylating agent which has groups which are polymerizable by free radicals, the reaction being carried out in the heterogeneous phase, in an aprotic dispersant, using the acylating agent in an amount which corresponds to not less than twice the molar amount required to achieve the desired degree of acylation.