Abstract: An aqueous resin solution for the impregnation of paper webs contains 2-40 parts by weight of a polyurea composed of urea and of a polyamine per 100 parts by weight of a melamine/formaldehyde precondensate. The impregnated paper webs are suitable for coating woodbase materials, especially chipboard.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coating agents containingA) one or more polymers containing carboxyl groups and having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 8,000 and an acid number of 15 to 200 mg of KOH/g as the essential binder component andB) one or more compounds containing epoxide groups as crosslinking agents,wherein the compound B containing epoxide groups is a copolymer containing epoxide groups, has a number-average molecular weight M.sub.n of 300 to 5,000, preferably 500 to 3,500, and a heterogeneity (M.sub.w /M.sub.n), measured by gel permeation chromatography, of .ltoreq.3, preferably of .ltoreq.2, and has been prepared by continuous bulk polymerization at temperatures between 130.degree. and 350.degree. C. and pressures above 1 bar.The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the coating agent and the use of the coating agents in automobile refinishing.

Abstract: Finely divided, water-soluble polymers are prepared by polymerization of water-soluble, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers in not less than 20% strength by weight aqueous solution in the presence of a polymerization initiator in a kneader by a process in which from 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on the total monomers, of a surfactant are used in the polymerization, the polymerization initially being carried out to a conversion of the monomers of not less than 60% in the absence of the surfactant or in the presence of not more than 50% of the amount of surfactant, and the remaining amount of surfactant then being added to the reaction mixture and the polymerization completed. The addition of surfactant causes the polymer gel to disintegrate with formation of fine particles.

Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure: Crosslinked acrylic or methacrylic acid copolymers with crosslinkable groups that are useful as thickeners for textile print pastes are obtainable by copolymerization of(a) from 50 to 99 parts by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid,(b) from 1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one N-methylol (meth)acrylamide or derivatives thereof,(c) from 50 to 10,000 ppm, based on the monomers (a) and (b), of an at least bifunctional crosslinker, and(d) from 0 to 49 parts by weight of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomersin the presence of a free radical polymerization initiator in the aqueous phase of a water-in-oil emulsion.

Abstract: Water-soluble or water-dispersible grafts of proteins with monoethylenically unsaturated monomers are used as sizing agents for staple fiber and filament yarns.

Abstract: The water absorption capacity of crosslinked, water-swellable polymers is improved by a process in which a water-containing, finely divided polymer gel having a solids content of from 20 to 65% by weight is treated with steam at not less than 50.degree. C., the solids content of the water-containing polymer gel increasing by not more than 30% by weight, and the polymer gel is then dried in a conventional manner.

Abstract: Finely divided, gel-like, water-swellable copolymers are prepared by copolymerizing(a) 100 parts by weight of water-soluble, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers,(b) from 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of monomers containing two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds and(c) from 0 to 20 parts by weight of water-insoluble, monoethylenically unsaturated monomersin 20-80% strength by weight aqueous solution in the presence of a polymerization initiator and from 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on the monomers used in the copolymerization, of a surfactant, by a process in which the monomers are copolymerized in the presence of initially from 0 to 50% by weight of the amount of surfactant to a conversion of not less than 60%, the remaining amount of surfactant is then added to the reaction mixture and the copolymerization is completed and the resulting gel particles dried.

Abstract: Polymers in bead form are prepared from water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers by a reverse suspension polymerization of a liquid in the presence of polymerization initiators and protective colloids obtainable by grafting polymers (A) containing (a) aromatic monovinyl monome from 40 to 100% by weight (b) C.sub.3-6 monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or maleic anhydride from 0 to 60% by weight (c) other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers from 0-20% by weight, as copolymerized units with the proviso that the sum of the weight (a) to (c) is always 100 and the polymer (A) has a molecular weight (number average) from 500 to 20,000 and a hydrogenation iodine number from 1.3 to 51 with a fixed monomer mixture at given concentration levels.