Abstract: Magnetic recording media comprise a non-magnetic base and one or more magnetic layers consisting of an organic binder matrix containing finely divided magnetic material, the said matrix being obtained by electron beam curing of a mixture of from 50 to 100% by weight of a polyurethane acrylate polymer possessing polymerizable double bonds and from 0 to 50% by weight of an acrylate and/or an acrylate prepolymer and/or an N-vinyl monomer and/or an N-vinyl prepolymer.

Abstract: In heat-setting mixtures which have a long shelf life at room temperature and comprise a polyisocyanate and one or more compounds which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, the polyisocyanate is present, in the form of discrete particles, in a saturated or unsaturated amino-, hydrazide-, mercaptan- and/or carboxyl-containing polymer, polycondensate or polyadduct which has a functionality of more than 1 and some of which can be replaced by a polyol, and the polyisocyanate particles are deactivated at their surface so that from 0.01 to 20 equivalent percent of the total amount of isocyanate groups present is deactivated. These mixtures are useful as coating compositions, adhesives and sealant materials, particularly as undersealants for motor vehicles.

Abstract: In heat-setting mixtures of a polyisocyanate with a polyol which have a long shelf life at room temperature, the polyisocyanate is present, in the form of discrete particles, in the polyol, and the polyisocyanate particles are deactivated at their surface. From 0.01 to 0.499 equivalent percent of the total amount of isocyanate groups present is deactivated by a primary or secondary amine or water, or from 0.01 to 20 equivalent percent of the said isocyanate groups is deactivated with a compound containing carboxyl, phenolic hydroxyl, amide or hydrazide groups.These mixtures are useful as coating compositions, adhesives and sealant materials, particularly as undersealants for motor vehicles.

Abstract: Water-soluble homopolymers and copolymers of di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkylaminoneopentyl (meth)acrylates, the homopolymers and copolymers having a K value of from 150 to 300, are used as retention agents, drainage agents and flocculants in papermaking. Increased retention, drainage rate and flocculation are achieved in comparison with the conventional basic polyacrylates.

Abstract: Flocculants based on polymers of neutralized or quaternized di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkylaminoneopentyl (meth)acrylates and copolymers thereof are used for clarifying waste water and for flocculating sludges.

Abstract: Curable coating agents, a process for the production of scratch-resistant coatings on plastics, and articles coated by this process.The coating agents are polycondensates ofa reaction product, containing two or more carbon-carbon double bonds and one or more hydroxyl or alkoxy groups per molecule, obtained from an olefinically unsaturated silane containing 2 or more hydroxyl or alkoxy groups, whose olefinically unsaturated organic radical is bonded via a C-Si bond, and a hydroxyl-containing .alpha., .beta.-olefinically unsaturated monomer,an olefinically unsaturated silane of the general formulaR.sup.1 --Si(OR.sup.2).sub.3where R.sup.1 is a vinyl radical or an alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate radical bonded to the Si atom via a C--Si bond and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a saturated hydrocarbon radical, anda saturated silane of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of magnetic recording media, comprising a non-magnetic base and, applied thereto, one or more magnetizable layers, consisting of an anisotropic magnetic material finely dispersed in an organic binder, wherein the binder contains at least 40% of an aqueous ionomeric polyurethane dispersion which at 50.degree. C. forms films having a modulus of elasticity of from 50 to 700 N/mm.sup.2 and a DIN No. 53,157 pendulum hardness of from 20 to 110 s, the corresponding values of the modulus and hardness at room temperature being more than 3.5 times higher.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of modified poly-N-vinylpyrrolid-2-one containing two identical reactive groups, wherein polyvinylpyrrolidone is treated with complex hydrides, with or without further reaction of the modified polyvinylpyrrolidone with a reactive bifunctional compound, to give a polymer which has a molecular weight at least 2.5 times as great as that of the starting polymer.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of modified poly-N-vinylpyrrolid-2-one containing two identical reactive groups, wherein polyvinylpyrrolidone is treated with complex hydrides, with or without further reaction of the modified polyvinylpyrrolidone with a reactive bifunctional compound, to give a polymer which has a molecular weight at least 2.5 times as great as that of the starting polymer.

Abstract: Production of polymers in bead form by forming a water-in-oil suspension of an aqueous solution containing at least one water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an inert hydrophobic liquid organic dispersion medium and polymerizing the suspended monomer in the presence of a polymerization initiator and a protective colloid obtained by reacting an oily or resinous polymer of an olefin and/or diolefin, said polymer containing hydrogen atoms in the allyl position, with 2 to 30% by weight, based on the oil and/or resin, of maleic anhydride.

Abstract: A process for reducing the residual monomer content of a copolymer prepared by copolymerizing vinyl esters and N-vinyl-lactams in a solvent in the presence of a free radical polymerization initiator. Following the main polymerization, from 0.05 to 0.5% by weight, based on the monomers employed, of di-tert.-butyl peroxide, di-tert.-amyl peroxide, dicumyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-bis-(tert.-butylperoxy)-hexane, 2,2-bis-(tert.-butylperoxy)-butane, 1,1-bis-(tert.-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 4,4-di-(tert.-butylperoxy)-butyl valerate, or a mixture of these, is added to the reaction mixture and the after-polymerization is carried out at a higher temperature than the main polymerization.

Abstract: Production of polymers in bead form by forming a water-in-oil suspension of an aqueous solution containing at least one water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an inert hydrophobic liquid organic dispersion medium and polymerizing the suspended monomer in the presence of a polymerization initiator and a protective colloid obtained by polymerizing (A) 60 to 100% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene, tricyclopentadiene and alkyl-substituted derivatives thereof, and (B) 0 to 40% by weight, based on the mixture of (A) and (B), of a mono- or diethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with (A).

Abstract: A polyamide-imide precondensate which is solid at room temperature, but is fusible and soluble in polar solvents. It is manufactured by first condensing 1 mole of diamine with 2 moles of tricarboxylic acid anhydride in a diol as the solvent, to give a diimide-dicarboxylic acid, then esterifying the diimide-dicarboxylic acid with the diol and finally effecting the polycondensation by adding 1 mole of diamine per mole of diester. The precondensate may be used, as a melt, as a solution in organic solvents or as an aqueous dispersion, for coating electrical conductors.

Abstract: A surface-coating binder which is substantially free from epoxide groups is obtained by reacting Mannich bases, obtained from condensed phenols, secondary amines which contain at least one hydroxyalkyl group, and formaldehyde, with epoxy resins having an epoxide value of from 0.15 to 0.6, which carry blocked isocyanate groups. In the protonized form, the binders may be used for the cationic electrocoating of metal articles.

Abstract: Thermoplastic, elastic polyurethanes which are soluble in ethers and/or ketones and have a high surface hardness and high modulus of elasticity are manufactured from a polyester-ol and/or a polyether-ol, a substituted or unsubstituted diisocyanato-diphenylmethane or diisocyanato-diphenylsulfone, an aliphatic, branched-chain diol of the formula HOCH.sub.2 --CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --CO.sub.2 OH, in which R.sup.1 is alkyl and R.sup.2 is alkyl or hydrogen, and, optionally, a triol.

Abstract: The invention relates to magnetic recording media comprising a non-magnetic base and, applied thereto, a firmly adhering magnetic coating based on a finely divided magnetic pigment dispersed in a binder which contains at least 50 percent by weight of a special polyurethane elastomer.This polyurethane elastomer is a thermoplastic polyurethane which is soluble in tetrahydrofuran and free from isocyanate groups, and which has been manufactured from (A) 1 mole of one or more hydroxyl-containing polyesters and/or hydroxyl-containing polyethers of molecular weight from 600 to 4,000, (B) from 3.5 to 15 moles of a branched-chain aliphatic diol of 4 to 10 carbon atoms or a mixture of aliphatic diols of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, of which at least 50 mole percent is a branched-chain aliphatic diol of 4 to 10 carbon atoms, (C) from 0 to 1 mole, but not more than 15 mole percent of the aliphatic diols according to B, of an aliphatic polyol with from 3 to 6 OH groups and 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and (D) from 4.

Abstract: Self-adhesive coatings are produced on sheet materials in a simple and particularly trouble-free manner by applying to said materials mixtures of1. acrylic ester copolymers containing polymerized units of unsaturated carboxylic acids or hydroxyl-containing vinyl monomers in addition to polymerized units of higher alkyl acrylates,2. melamine/formaldehyde resins and, optionally,3. solvents for components (1) and (2),And evaporating off any solvents.

Abstract: Paint binders substantially free from epoxide groups and manufactured by reactingA. Mannich bases ofA.sub.1. condensed phenols,A.sub.2. a secondary amine bearing at least 1 hydroxyalkyl group andA.sub.3. formaldehyde withB. at least one epoxy resin.These binders are suitable, in the acid-protonized form, for use in cathodic immersion electrocoating of electrically conductive surfaces.

Abstract: Paint binder prepared by reacting Mannich bases (a) with an epoxide resin (b). The Mannich bases (a) are prepared from:1. a condensed phenol which is free from ether groups and contains at least two phenolic hydroxyl groups,2. a condensed phenol containing ether groups and also containing at least one phenolic hydroxyl group,3. a secondary amine containing at least one hydroxyalkyl group and4. formaldehyde.The paint binders may be used in protonized form for the cathodic electrocoating of electrically conducting surfaces.

Abstract: Binders for coating agents, which are polycondensation products from equimolar amounts of aromatic dicarboxylic acids and diols which contain from 5 to 50% molar of the total diol amount of a neopentylglycol ester of hydroxypivalic acid and which have a melting point range of from 60.degree. to 150.degree. and a K value of from 20 to 45. The products are particularly suitable for coating strip metal.