Abstract: Extruded moulding prepared from a polyolefin-based composite material. The composite material comprises 98-50 wt % of a polyolefin, 1-50 wt % of another homo-or copolymer and 0.1-70 wt % of a layered, interstratified clay. The moulding normally contains 0.1-10 wt. % of the clay and can be aftertreated after extrusion.

Abstract: A process for production of a polyolefin-based composite material of high rigidity, containing a polyolefin and a layered clay, involves impregnating a layered, swellable clay which is interstratified with a tetraalkyl cation, with at least one polymerizable monomer and then mixing this impregnated clay with a polyolefin and a peroxide, at a temperature above the melting point of the polyolefin. A polyolefin-based composite material containing 98-50 wt. % of a polyolefin, 1-50 wt. % of another homo- or copolymer and 1-50 wt. % of a layered clay, wherein the ratio between the modulus of elasticity of the material and that of the initial polyolefin, at a temperature which is 30° C. below the melting temperature of the polyolefin, is higher than or equal to 1 has high rigidity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an N-alkyl or N-aryl carbamoyl derivative in which an amine is contacted with a carbonic acid derivative according to the general formula: where fragments X in the form of XH are a lactam, oxime, imide or triazole. In particular the invention relates to the preparation of a blocked isocyanate according to a process in which no isocyanate is used. The invention also relates to the use of the N-alkyl or N-aryl carbamoyl derivative prepared according to the process according to the invention in a coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aromatic bisoxazoline in which, in a first step, an aromatic carboxylic acid or an ester hereof reacts with an alkanolamine, after which the hydroxyalkylamide obtained is in a second step converted into an aromatic bisoxazoline in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is phosphinic acid, a (C1-C26) alkyl phosphinic acid, a (C6-C20) aryl phosphinic acid or an ester or an anhydride derived from one of these acids.

Abstract: A high molecular weight polyester-amide block copolymer is produced by reacting a mixture of lower molecular weight polyester and polyamide in the melt with a carbonyl bislactam, especially carbonyl biscaprolactam. The higher molecular weight block copolymer may be obtained in as short a time as 2 minutes, whereas, at least about 10 minutes is required in a conventional process, under comparable conditions, using a bislactam.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an N-alkyl or N-aryl carbamoyl derivative in which an amine is contacted with a carbonic acid derivative according to the general formula: 1

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a high-molecular polyamide or polyester by melt-mixing polyamide or polyester having a lower molecular weight with a carbonyl bislactam having formula 1, in which n=an integer of between 3 and 15.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a high-molecular polyamide or polyester by melt-mixing polyamide or polyester having a lower molecular weight with a carbonyl bislactam having formula 1, in which n=an integer of between 3 and 15. With the process according to the invention a permanent increase in the molecular weight of a polyamide is obtained within 2 minutes, whereas this takes at least 10 minutes under comparable conditions using a bislactam according to the state of the art.

Abstract: Thermosetting compositions consist of a homogeneous mixture of an ethylenically unsaturated compound, a bismaleimide compound or a bismaleimide containing composition and an acid compound, with optionally further copolymerizable compounds and usual additives. The thermosetting composition are useful as a coating resin, a laminating resin or for the manufacture of shaped articles.

Abstract: Catalyst system, suitable for the (co)polymerization of ethylene and optionally minor amounts of 1-alkenes and/or dienes at a temperature of at least 180.degree. C., to be prepared by combining at least two components A and B, which components comprise:A: one or more titanium compounds, one or more vanadium compounds, one or more aluminium compounds, one or more magnesium compounds and optionally one or more halogen compounds, in such amounts that the atomic ratio of magnesium to the sum of titanium and vanadium is between 0 and 10, the atomic ratio of aluminium to the sum of titanium and vanadium is at least 3, the atomic ratio of aluminium to magnesium is at least 1, and the atomic ratio of halogen to magnesium is at least 2,B: one or more organoaluminium compounds, which two components are, separately or in combination, supplied direct to the polymerization vessel.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing 80-30 weight % of bismaleimide-compounds, 5-60 weight % maleimide-amide compounds and 1-10 weight % maleic anhydride derivative.The invention further relates to the preparation of such compositions and to homogeneous curable compositions comprising bismaleimide/maleimide-amide/maleic anhydride compositions according to the invention. The obtained copolymers show good chemical resistance and a high HDT (heat distorsion temperature).

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing 80-30 wt.-% of bismaleimide-compounds, 5-60 wt.-% maleimide-amide compounds and 1-10 wt.-% of a maleic an hydride derivative. The invention also relates to the preparation of such compositions as well as the homogeneous curable compositions, in a suitable solvent, comprising bismaleimide/maleimide-amide/maleic an hydride. The obtained copolymers show good chemical resistance and a high heat distortion temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytic titanium component useful for the polymerization of alkenes-1 and for the copolymerization of alkenes-1 with each other or with ethylene, containing a halogenated titanium compound, an electron donor, and a metal halide obtained by conversion of an organic metal compound with a halogenating agent of the formula RX.sub.m, wherein R is a hydrocarbon group, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, X is a halogen atom, and m is a whole number from 1-10. The catalytic titanium component according to the invention is characterized in that the metal halide has been obtained by conversion of a combination of an organic aluminium compound and an organic magnesium compound with the halogenating agent into the corresponding metal halide, for instance by means of a reaction with hydrogen chloride or an alkyl chloride.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing 80-30 weight % of bismaleimide-compounds, 5-60 weight % maleimide-amide compounds and 1-10 weight % maleic anhydride derivative. The invention further relates to the preparation of such compositions and to homogeneous curable compositions comprising bismaleimide/maleimide-amide/maleic anhydride compositions according to the invention. The obtained copolymers show good chemical resistance and a high heat distortion temperature.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for preparing a titanium catalyst component useful for homopolymerizing 1-alkenes and for copolymerizing 1-alkenes with each other and/or with ethylene, consisting essentially in grinding a titanium halide compound/electron-donor complex with a magnesium aluminum halide obtained by precipitation from an organic solvent.In the process the ground product is first washed with a washing liquid containing a solvent for the aluminum halide/electron-donor complex which forms during the grinding process and by preference at least one alcohol, the molar ratio between alcohol and titanium in the ground product ranging between 50:1 and 1:20, and then the washed product is exposed to a liquid titanium halide compound.With this procedure, it is possible to obtain a titanium component which imparts to the polymerization catalyst an excellent stereospecificity along with a very high activity, and with which it is possible to obtain polymers, e.g.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic propylene block copolymer comprising one or more substantially crystalline polypropylene blocks and one or more 1-alkene-propylene copolymer blocks, in at least one of which 1-alkene-propylene copolymer blocks diene units are present, and to a process for preparing such a propylene block copolymer.According to the invention, as diene, a cyclic hydrocarbon compound is used wherein at least one double bond forms part of a strained structure, particularly a polycyclic compound with 7 to 20 carbon atoms containing at least one 4- and/or 5-ring, with one or more double bonds in or to the ring.The invention offers the advantage that it is possible to prepare block copolymers which can otherwise not or hardly be made, while at the same time only a small quantity is formed of byproducts which are soluble in the dispersant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system and process for the polymerization of 1-alkenes or the copolymerization of 1-alkenes with each other or with ethylene, wherein use is made of a catalyst system that contains a titanium halogenide component on an at least virtually anhydrous magnesium halogenide support and an organoaluminum component containing a complex of an organic aluminum compound with an ester of an oxygen-containing organic acid characterized in that the support used is a magnesium halogenide that is also at least virtually free of magnesium oxide and which has been prepared by heating a magnesium halogenide containing water and/or magnesium oxide in a gaseous flow of carbon halogenide vapor and/or a mixture of carbon monoxide and a halogen.The process according to the invention offers a high polymer yield per gram of Ti compound used and with very high contents of isotactic polymer.