Abstract: A method of producing at least one connection carrier includes: A) providing a carrier plate with a planar top face; B) applying at least one electrically insulating insulation strip to the top face and cohesively connecting the carrier plate and the insulation strip; and C) applying at least one electrically conductive conductor strip to an adhesive surface of the insulation strip and cohesively connecting the insulation strip and the conductor strip, wherein the conductor strip and the carrier plate are electrically insulated from one another by the insulation strip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflective composite material (V) with a substrate (1) consisting of aluminum, with an intermediate layer (2) of anodic oxidized substrate material located on one side (A) of the substrate (1), and with an optically active multi-layer system (3) applied above the intermediate layer (2), wherein the multi-layer system consists of at least three layers, and wherein the upper layers (4, 5) are dielectric and/or oxidic layers, and the bottom layer (6) is a metallic layer consisting of silver which forms a reflective layer (6). To increase the ageing resistance the invention proposes that a diffusion-inhibiting barrier layer (8) is disposed above the intermediate layer (2) and below the reflective layer (6), wherein the reflective layer (6) is bonded to the barrier layer (8) by an adhesion-promoting layer (9).

Abstract: A method of producing at least one connection carrier includes: A) providing a carrier plate with a planar top face; B) applying at least one electrically insulating insulation strip to the top face and cohesively connecting the carrier plate and the insulation strip; and C) applying at least one electrically conductive conductor strip to an adhesive surface of the insulation strip and cohesively connecting the insulation strip and the conductor strip, wherein the conductor strip and the carrier plate are electrically insulated from one another by the insulation strip.

Abstract: A method is provided to hydrogenate a polymer containing ethylenic unsaturation comprising the steps of: providing a solution or suspension of the polymer containing ethylenice unsaturation with an amount of Group VIII metal alkoxide or carboxylate and metal alkyl hydrogenation catalyst effective to permit hydrogenation of the ethylenic unsaturation upon exposure to hydrogen; exposing the polymer solution or suspension to a hydrogen partial pressure for a time period sufficient to hydrogenate greater than about 90 percent of the ethylenic unsaturation; adding additional Group VIII metal alkoxide or carboxylate and metal alkyl hydrogenation catalyst to the polymer solution or suspension after greater than about 90 percent of the ethylenic unsaturation has been hydrogenated; mixing the hydrogenated polymer solution or suspension with the additional Group VIII metal alkoxide or carboxylate and metal alkyl hydrogenation catalyst with an aqueous solution of an acid; and separating a hydrogenated polymer solution o

Abstract: This invention is a process for producing stable polymer emulsions and latexes. The polymers are block copolymers of conjugated dienes and vinyl aromatic hydrocarbons. The process comprises making a solution of the polymer, adding another block copolymer as a stabilizing agent, emulsifying the polymer solution by mixing it with an aqueous phase and removing the solvent, cosolvent and excess water. The stabilizing block polymer contains an acrylic block in addition to at least one vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and/or a conjugated diene block.

Abstract: The present invention provides high service temperature sealant and adhesive compositions which contain a functionalized selectively hydrogenated block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene to which has been grafted at least 4% by weight of an acid compound or its derivative wherein substantially all of the acid compound or its derivative is grafted to the block copolymer in the conjugated diene blocks. The present invention also contemplates a stable emulsion comprising the above polymer, water and less than 1 part per 100 of the emulsion of a surfactant.