Abstract: Water-soluble homo- and/or copolymers containing alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal carboxylate groups and based on acrylic or methacrylic derivatives, and corresponding water-soluble homo- and/or copolymers containing carboxyl groups and homo- and/or copolymers containing ammonium carboxylate groups are provided, which homo- and/or copolymers possess excellent suitability for increasing the viscosity of aqueous systems, in particular of print pastes for textile treatment.

Abstract: Super-absorbent polymer in the form of pre-formed spherical particles obtainable by alkaline hydrolysis of aqueous emulsions of crosslinked and/or un-crosslinked homopolymers and/or copolymers of acrylonitrile in water/alcohol mixtures and the use of the polymer in hygiene products, as a water-storing material in agriculture and for the sheathing of electrical cables.

Abstract: Cellulose-containing, optionally wood-containing materials which have been obtained using water-dispersible polyisocyanates which in turn have been prepared by reaction of the following starting components:a) modified polyisocyanates of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which: R.sup.1 denotes an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 4 to 15 carbon atoms; an aromatic hydrocarbon radical having 6 to 15 carbon atoms or an araliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 8 to 15 carbon atoms,R.sup.2 denotes an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical which has 10 to 35 carbon atoms and optionally contains double bonds,R.sup.3 denotes a hydrocarbon radical which is at least divalent and can also be heterocyclic, with inclusion of the ester oxygen or amide nitrogen from X, ##STR2## where R.dbd.H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, or R is a constituent of a cyclic structure,n denotes a number .gtoreq.2 and y denotes a number .gtoreq.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyurethane compositions and especially to elastic polyurethane fibers resulting therefrom which can be employed for swimwear in aqueous, chlorine-containing environments such as swimming pools, for example. The invention relates in particular to polyurethane compositions and especially to elastic polyurethane fibers resulting therefrom that contain hydrotalcites and/or other basic metal aluminium hydroxy compounds coated with polyorganosiloxane or with a mixture of polyorganosiloxane and polyorganohydrogensiloxane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing acylsuccinic acid polyesters by reactingA) a polyester, which is the reaction product oi) maleic acid, maleic acid esters, maleic anhydride, fumaric acid and/or fumaric acid esters and optionally other diacids, monoacids or their derivatives withii) diols and optionally monofunctional alcohols,wherein the molar ratio of diols to diacids and their derivatives is 0.667:1 to 1.5:1, and the molar ratio of maleic acid and its derivatives+ fumaric acid and its derivatives to other diacids and their derivatives is greater than 0.15:1, and the molar ratio of monofunctional compounds to difunctional compounds is less than 0.4:1, withB) aliphatic C.sub.2 -C.sub.22 aldehydes and/or cycloaliphatic C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 aldehydes,in the presence of 0.2 to 10 % by weight (based on the weight of polyester) of free radical initiators at a temperature of 60 to 160.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups by trimerizing a portion of the isocyanate groups of an organic polyisocyanate component containinga) one or more diisocyanates corresponding to formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R represents a saturated, straight-chain, aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8 to 15 carbon atoms and optionallyb) up to 95 NCO equivalent-%, based on the total equivalents a) and b), of one or more organic polyisocyanates other than a),in the presence of trimerization catalysts and terminating the trimerization reaction at any desired degree of trimerization.The invention also relates to the polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups obtained by this process and to their use, optionally in excess starting polyisocyanates and optionally blocked with blocking agents for isocyanate groups, as an isocyanate component for preparing polyisocyanate addition products.

Abstract: This invention relates to impact-resistant thermoplastic moulding compositions based on a graft rubber, a thermoplastic resin and a small quantity of a free acid-functional nitrile rubber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures of cycloaliphatic diisocyanates corresponding to formula 1) ##STR1## wherein R represents a saturated, linear, aliphatic hydrocarbon residue having 8 to 15 carbon atoms.The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these diisocyanate mixtures and to their use for the production of polyisocyanate addition products.

Abstract: A process for the production of super-absorbent polymers with a swelling capacity in water-containing liquids of up to 1,000 g/g in which aqueous emulsions of particularly high molecular weight polymers of acrylonitrile are partly hydrolyzed by reaction with aqueous solutions of alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxides, the polymers are precipitated in powder form by addition of water-miscible organic solvents, separated off, dried and then optionally heated for a short time. The super-absorbent polymers are used as water-storing materials, for example in sanitary articles, in agriculture or in the sheathing of electrical cables.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the solventless production of elastic filaments based on segmented poly(urethane)s or poly(urethane urea)s having improved thermal properties and, hence, improved processing behavior, for example during the heat setting of fabrics containing the elastic fibers, by the use of a polyisocyanate containing isocyanurate groups in the reaction of long-chain, relatively high molecular weight polyhydroxyl compounds with organic diisocyanates and low molecular weight diols and, optionally, other auxiliaries and additives in the melt, direct spinning of the reaction mixture thus obtained and thermal aftertreatment of the elastic filaments obtained and also to the filaments obtainable by this process.

Abstract: A process for the production of super-absorbent polymers with a swelling capacity in water-containing liquids of up to 1,000 g/g in which aqueous emulsions of particularly high molecular weight polymers of acrylonitrile are partly hydrolyzed by reaction with aqueous solutions of alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxides, the polymers are precipitated in powder form by addition of water-miscible organic solvents, separated off, dried and then optionally heated for a short time. The super-absorbent polymers are used as water-storing materials, for example in sanitary articles, in agriculture or in the sheathing of electrical cables.

Abstract: Textiles can be finished in a wash- and cleaning-resistant manner by impregnation if aqueous dispersions are employed for this purpose which contain reactive copolymers and/or cocondensates having perfluoroalkyl groups and water-dispersible polyisocyanate mixtures whose NCO groups are not blocked.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous emulsions of polymers which contain 80 to 100 weight % of acrylonitrile polymerized within them, to a method for their preparation, and to their use as raw materials for acrylic and modacrylic fibres and as dyeing additives for adjusting the dyestuff affinity of cationic dyestuffs for conventional acrylic and modacrylic polymers and fibre materials produced from them.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of low-gel spinning solutions-surprisingly stable in their solution viscosity-of segmented polyurethane urea elastomers in highly polar solvents, such as dimethyl formamide or dimethyl acetamide, characterized by the use of multistage jet reactor, and to a multistage jet reactor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of optionally branched, high molecular weight polyarylene sulphides with melt viscosities which can be established at defined values and low corrosion.These polyarylene sulphides are obtained by reacting alkali metal sulphides, if appropriate mixed with alkali metal bisulphides and reaction accelerators, with dihalogenoaromatics and, if appropriate, polyhalogenoaromatics, with the addition of particular monohalogenoaromatics as chain stoppers.

Abstract: Polyamide moulding materials which have been impact-modified with diene and/or acrylic rubbers and can be processed by thermoplastic means and contain special diphenols.

Abstract: The thermoplastic block copolymers according to the invention of optionally substituted vinyl or vinylidene polymer segments and segments of liquid crystalline polymers are suitable for use as compatibility improvers or dispersing agents in otherwise incompatible or poorly compatible thermoplastic polymer mixtures and may be used for the production of moulded articles, filaments, fibres and films.

Abstract: This invention relates to new highly fluid polyarylene sulphide-(PAS)-moulding compounds, preferably polyphenylene sulphide-(PPS)-moulding compounds containing low molecular weight, liquid crystalline ester(amide)s.

Abstract: The invention relates to new hexahydrotriazinetrione-containing high molecular weight polyarylene sulphides (PAS), preferably polyphenylene sulphides (PPS), and a process for their preparation.

Abstract: The invention relates to new, free-flowing polyamide molding compounds and blends, characterized in that they are prepared by mixing of polyamides known per se in the melt with low molecular weight, liquid-crystalline esters and/or ester amides corresponding to formula (I) and/or liquid-crystalline, oligomeric esters and/or ester amides corresponding to formula (II) and, optionally, other additives, at least one polymeric blending component being used as a further additive in the case of polyamide blends, and to the use of these liquid-crystalline (LC) additives I and/or II as flow promoters in polyamide molding compounds and blends and to a process for the production of the new polyamide molding compounds and blends. The invention also relates to the new oligomeric esters and/or ester amides corresponding to formula (II).