Abstract: In a method for preparing an ester from an hydroxybenzoic acid and a fatty alcohol for use in a binder system for powder injection molding, transesterification of an ester of the hydroxybenzoic acid and a low alcohol using the fatty alcohol is carried out, the fatty alcohol and the ester of the hydroxybenzoic acid and the low alcohol forming a reaction mixture and being used in an essentially equimolar ratio. The transesterification is carried out at a temperature at which the ester of the hydroxybenzoic acid and the low alcohol and the fatty alcohol are present as a homogeneous melt. The binder system for a powder injection molding contains 80 to 98 wt. % of a metal powder and/or a ceramic powder and 1 to 19 wt. % of a polymeric binder component, and 1 to 19 wt. % of at least one ester prepared by the transesterification.

Abstract: In a method for preparing an ester from an hydroxybenzoic acid and a fatty alcohol for use in a binder system for powder injection molding, transesterification of an ester of the hydroxybenzoic acid and a low alcohol using the fatty alcohol is carried out, the fatty alcohol and the ester of the hydroxybenzoic acid and the low alcohol forming a reaction mixture and being used in an essentially equimolar ratio. The transesterification is carried out at a temperature at which the ester of the hydroxybenzoic acid and the low alcohol and the fatty alcohol are present as a homogeneous melt. The binder system for a powder injection molding contains 80 to 98 wt. % of a metal powder and/or a ceramic powder and 1 to 19 wt. % of a polymeric binder component, and 1 to 19 wt. % of at least one ester prepared by the transesterification.

Abstract: A non-gassing storage battery wherein oxygen is reduced at the negative electrodes submerged in the electrolyte. The storage battery consists of positive and negative electrodes separated from one another by separators, and of a liquid acidic or alkaline electrolyte. The separators are gas-permeable and have at least the upper peripheral region consisting of a micro-porous and gas-impermeable material in order to prevent escape of the oxygen into the gas chamber. The storage battery can be used primarily as a high performance storage battery, for example, as a starter battery in motor vehicles.