Abstract: The present invention is a process of preparing copolymers of vinyl aromatic and olefinic monomers wherein the polymerization is carried out in a dispersion in the presence of a metallocene catalyst and a dispersion aid. The dispersion aid is a styrene-diene two-block copolymer or a styrene-diene three-block copolymer. The resultant polymer is useful as a fiber, film or molding.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders which can be prepared by subjecting (A) from 20 to 90% by weight of a mixture of (a1) from 3 to 50% by weight of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or of a mixture of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and (a2) from 50 to 97% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers to free-radical polymerization in the presence of (B) from 9.9 to 79.9% by weight of a halogen-free copolymer composed of (b1) from 1 to 99, preferably from 50 to 90% by weight, of propylene, (b2) from 1 to 99, preferably from 10 to 50% by weight, of at least one olefin which is copolymerizable with (b1) and contains per molecule from five to twenty, preferably from six to eight, carbon atoms, with the exception of isoprene, and (b3) from 0 to 50, preferably from 0 to 25% by weight, of ethylene and/or butylene, or of a mixture of such copolymers, and (C) from 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to at least simply unsaturated polyolefins with a number mean molecular weight in the range of 400 to 1,500 dalton and a dispersibility of M.sub.W /M.sub.N <1.2, obtained through catalytic dimerization from at least simply unsaturated olefin-oligomers, as well as to the method for their production. The present invention further relates to derivatives of these polyolefins which can be obtained by functionalizing at least a double link of the polyolefin. The invention also relates to the use of polyolefins and/or functionalization products as additives for fuels or lubricants.

Abstract: Polymers of C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkenes are prepared at from -50 to 300.degree. C. and from 0.5 to 3000 bar in the presence of a catalyst system by a process in which a compound of the general formula I ##STR1## where M.sup.1 is boron, aluminum, gallium, indium or thallium andR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.15 -aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl each having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the aryl radical, or 5- to 7-membered cycloalkyl which in turn may carry C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl as a substituent, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form a cyclic group, is added of 4 to 15 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Crystalline polymers of ethylene, propylene or cyclic olefins or mixtures thereof are prepared by a process in which polymerization is carried out in the presence of a metallocene catalyst system in a dispersion.

Abstract: Partially crosslinked plastic compositions with a melt flow index at 230.degree. C. and under a load of 2.16 kg, of from 0.1 to 100 g/10 min, and a gel content of less than 12% by weight, is prepared froma) a polymer comprisinga.sub.1) from 60 to 92% by weight of a propylene homopolymer anda.sub.2) from 8 to 40% by weight of a propylene copolymer having C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes incorporated into its polymer chain and with a comonomer content, based on a.sub.2) of from 15 to 70% by weight, andb) a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,X is substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.7 -C.sub.30 -arylalkyl, where each of the alkyl groups may be interrupted byone or more oxygen atoms in ether moieties (--O--) or oxycarbonyl moieties (--O--CO--) and/or bynitrogen groups of the formula NR.sup.2, where R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub. -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A method of coating molded plastics articles which comprises first of all fluorinating, sulfonating, oxidizing or otherwise activating the surface of the articles and then covering them with a silane coating material.

Abstract: Copolymers have a viscosity index VI of more than 160 and compriseA) from 99.0 to 99.99 % by weight of C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alk-1-enes andB) from 0.01 to 1.0% by weight of C.sub.5 -C.sub.20 -.alpha.,.omega.-dienes having isolated double bonds.

Abstract: Catalyst systems which are suitable for polymerizing olefinically unsaturated compounds comprise as active constituentsA) a metallocene complex of the metals of the fourth, fifth or sixth transition group of the Periodic Table of the Elements,B) a compound forming metallocenium ions andC) a sterically hindered, organic Lewis base.

Abstract: Expandable styrene bead polymers having improved expandability contain from 1 to 20% by weight of a liquid oligomeric aliphatic olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms and a degree of polymerization of from 2 to 200.

Abstract: Polymers and oligomers of olefinically unsaturated C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -hydrocarbons having one or two 2-oxazolinyl end groups have the structure (I) ##STR1## where A is a polymer or oligomer radical derived from the olefinically unsaturated C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -hydrocarbons and the radicals R can be identical or different and have the following meanings:hydrogen,C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl,C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl,C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl.

Abstract: A polymer mixture reinforced by an in situ, melt-polymerized microphase whereby the rigidity of the base material is increased, a process for manufacturing same, and use thereof for providing reinforced compositions and articles in which the polymer mixture is prepared by polymerizing a component B in a melt of a component A composed of at least one thermoplastic polymer. Component B is composed of at least one compound having the structure ##STR1## The reaction of component B in a melt of component A results in linear, branched or cross-linked, high or low molecular weight polymers constituting a microphase. Preferably, the microphases have the form of microfibers. In the structure of component B, X is NH.sub.2, NHR.sup.3, OH or an N-substituted, Y-activated lactam of the ##STR2## type which is activated with an electrophilic substituent Y, where Y is CO, SO.sub.2, or R.sup.5 P.dbd.O; R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.

Abstract: A polymer mixture reinforced by an in situ, melt-polymerized microphase whereby the rigidity of the base material is increased, a process for manufacturing same, and use thereof for providing reinforced compositions and articles in which the polymer mixture is prepared by polymerizing a component B in a melt of a component A composed of at least one thermoplastic polymer. Component B is composed of at least one compound having the structure ##STR1## The reaction of component B in a melt of component A results in linear, branched or cross-linked, high or low molecular weight polymers constituting a microphase. Preferably, the microphases have the form of microfibers. In the structure of component B, X is NH.sub.2, NHR.sup.3, OH or an N-substituted, Y-activated lactam of the ##STR2## type which is activated with an electrophilic substituent Y, where Y is CO, SO.sub.2, or R.sup.5 P=O; R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the pattern-correct sewing together of two pieces of cloth having the same pattern by a sewing machine with one cloth feed mechanism arranged over and one arranged under the cloth pieces, the feed quantity of which is variably by at least one positioning system relative to each other, uses a sensor arranged upstream of a stitch forming point for each cloth piece and a signal processing unit which processes signals from the sensors corresponding to the relative position of the cloth pieces and which influences the positioning system for the feed mechanism in accordance with the established relative position of the cloth pieces. For the pattern-correct sewing together of the two cloth pieces, the pattern structure of each cloth piece is continuously determined by the sensors by measuring values of a structure-or pattern-typical criterion.