Abstract: A thermostable substrate for flexible circuit boards having excellent flame-resistance, handling, and storage qualities may be produced by treating a substrate of a nonwoven fabric or paper with a flame-resistant, halogen-free polymeric composition. The polymeric composition comprises an aqueous mixture of a copolymerizate of acrylic acid esters and styrene, and an aminoplastic or phenoplastic precondensate to which a mixture of fine-particle red phosphorus and fine-particle ammonium polyphosphate is also added.

Abstract: A biodegradable substrate in sheet form which acts as a source of carbon and hydrogen in oxygen-poor water in biological water-treatment stages. The substrate is covered with at least one layer of a population of spontaneously growing denitrifiers. The substrate is a spun-bonded non-woven fabric weighing 10 to 1500 g/m.sup.2. It has a prescribed effective area that results in an ideal rate of denitrification per clarification stage at a prescribed rate of flow per area and time. The fabric is comprised of at least 50% continuous poly-.epsilon.-caprolactone filament with a mean molecular weight of 20,000 to 70,000. The individual filaments adhere to each other at their intersections.

Abstract: A flame-resistant cover film for flexible circuit boards having excellent flame-resistance, handling, and storage qualities may be produced by treating an insulating film of a nonwoven polymer fabric with a flame-resistant, halogen-free polymeric adhesive. The polymeric adhesive comprises an aqueous mixture of a copolymerizate of acrylic acid esters and styrene, and an aminoplastic or phenoplastic precondensate to which a mixture of fine-particle red phosphorus and fine-particle ammonium polyphosphate is also added.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning agent and method for the cleaning of apparatus used for the fabrication of reactive, multiple-component mixtures containing isocyanate. The cleaning agent consists of 50 to 75 weight-percent of a plasticizer from the group of short to medium chain length phthalic acid esters or alkylsulfonic acid esters of phenols, and 50 to 25 weight-percent of a mineral oil fraction of an aliphatic, naphthenic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon, or mixtures thereof, in the range of from 8 to 17 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Disclosed is a self-adhesive coating for polypropylene foams. The coating is the chemical crosslinking product of 2-chlorobutadiene/methacrylic acid copolymer and a prepolymer of an aminoplastic or phenolic plastic containing methylol groups.