Abstract: Copolymers which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of (a) C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -alkyl vinyl ethers, if necessary as a mixture with not more than 50 mol % of C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -monoolefins, with (b) ethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic anhydrides at from 80.degree. to 300.degree. C. to give copolymers having molecular weights of from 500 to 20,000 g/mol, subsequent solvolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymers and partial or complete neutralization of the carboxyl groups formed during the solvolysis, in an aqueous medium by means of a base, and which are present in the form of aqueous dispersions or solutions, are used as agents for imparting water repellency to leathers and skins.

Abstract: Copolymers which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of (a) C.sub.8 --C.sub.40 -monoolefins with (b) ethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic anhydrides by mass polymerization at from 80.degree. to 300.degree. C. to give copolymers having molecular weights of from 500 to 20,000 g/mol, subsequent solvolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymers and partial or complete neutralization of the carboxyl groups formed during the solvolysis, in an aqueous medium by means of a base, and which are present in the form of aqueous dispersions or solutions, are used as agents for rendering leathers and skins water-repellent.

Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure: Copolymers of (a) C.sub.12 - to C.sub.24 -monoolefins and (b) maleic anhydride or itaconic anhydride, having molecular weights of from 800 to 100,000 g/mol, in the form of partially or completely neutralized semiamides with morpholine, in aqueous solution or dispersion, can be used as sizes for paper.

Abstract: Water-soluble copolymers which contain, polymerized in, as characteristic monomers(a) 99 to 50% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids with 3 to 8 carbon atoms or their salts and(b) 1 to 50% by weight of N-vinylimidazole or substituted N-vinylimidazoles, their salts or products of quaternization and which have K values of from 10 to 50 are used for water treatment to reduce deposits of scale and sludge in water-conveying systems.

Abstract: Graft copolymers obtainable by free radical-initiated copolymerization of(A) a monomer mixture comprising(a) a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 - to C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic acid, or an anhydride, alkali metal salt or ammonium salt thereof,(b) a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 - to C.sub.

Abstract: In novel polyethyleneimine and polyvinylamine derivatives, the polyethyleneimines contain the structural elements Ia and/or Ib ##STR1## and the polyvinylamines contain the structural elements II.sub.a, II.sub.b and II.sub.c ##STR2## where, for the degrees of polymerization n, m and p, n.gtoreq.1, m.gtoreq.0 and p.gtoreq.0, and X.sup.1 is CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 PO.sub.3 R.sup.3 R.sup.4 or CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 SO.sub.3 R.sup.3, X.sup.2 independently of X.sup.1 is hydrogen, CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 PO.sub.3 R.sup.3 R.sup.4 or CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 SO.sub.3 R.sup.3, Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 independently of one another are each one or more CHR.sup.1 PO.sub.3 R.sup.3 R.sup.4 or CHR.sup.1 SO.sub.3 R.sup.3 groups or hydrogen, Y.sup.3 and Y.sup.4 independently of one another and of Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 are each hydrogen, CHR.sup.1 PO.sub.3 R.sup.3 R.sup.4 or CHR.sup.1 SO.sub.3 R.sup.3, and Z.sup.1 -Z.sup.4 are identical or different inorganic and/or organic radicals, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are each hydrogen, C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of copolymers which contain monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids as copolymerized monomer units, which comprises copolymerizinga) 10 to 60% by weight, based on the sum of the monomers, of a monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid of 4 to 6 carbon atoms, -or an alkali metal salt thereof or, an anhydride thereof,b) 90 to 40% by weight of a monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid of 3 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkali metal salt thereof andc) 0 to 20% by weight of another monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, not having carboxyl groups and which is copolymerizable with a) and b);in an aqueous medium in the presence of from 0.5 to 5% by weight, based on monomers, of a water-soluble initiator.

Abstract: Paper, board and cardboard are produced by draining a paper stock, containing undesirable substances, in the presence of hydrolyzed homo- and/or copolymers of N-vinylformamide having a degree of hydrolysis of not less than 60% and a cationic retention aid. According to the invention, faster drainage and improved retention are obtained compared with the use of known fixing agents.

Abstract: A detergent composition contains as essential ingredients surfactants and from 0.1 to 15% by weight of water-soluble or -dispersible polymers obtainable by oxidation of polymers containing not less than 10 mol % of carboxyl-containing monoethylenically unsaturated monomers as copolymerized units and having Fikentscher K values of from 8 to 300.

Abstract: Stable water-in-oil emulsions of a hydrolyzed polymer of an N-vinylamide of the formula ##STR1## where R and R.sup.1 are each H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, are prepared by polymerizing a compound of the formula I, alone or as a mixture with other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion to give a water-in-oil polymer emulsion, and then hydrolyzing the polymer, hydrolysis of the polymer in the form of the water-in-oil polymer emulsion being carried out in the presence of an acid or base, and additives in the form of antioxidants, reducing agents or aldehyde acceptors being added for stabilization.

Abstract: Copolymers which containa) from 50 to 90% by weight of C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -carboxylic acids or mixtures thereof andb) from 10 to 50% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -carboxylic acids, monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides, monoesters or monoamides of monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 -dicarboxylic acids, amides of C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -monocarboxylic acids or mixtures thereofas copolymerized units and have molecular masses of from 500 to 30,000 are used in at least partially neutralized form in aqueous solution or dispersion for making leather and furs water repellent.

Abstract: Paper, board and cardboard are produced from paper stocks containing foreign substances by drainage in the presence of a polymer which contains, as typical polymerized constituents, units of the formulae ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, and which have K values of not less than 130, the polymers containing less than 10 mol % of units of the formula II.

Abstract: Pulverulent polymers of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid are prepared by polymerizing (a) from 100 to 70% by weight of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or a mixture thereof and (b) from 0 to 30% by weight of vinylsulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof in a monohydric C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alcohol, water or a mixture thereof in a pulverulent bed in the presence of a polymerization initiator and from 0.05 to 10 mol % of thiocarboxylic acid and/or a mercaptoalcohol and from 0.05 to 10 mol % of propionic acid or formic acid as regulators, each percentage being based on the monomers used in the polymerization, by maintaining the pulverulent state during the polymerization, removing the heat of polymerization by distilling off the solvent and recirculating the reaction mixture.

Abstract: Water-soluble copolymers of maleic acid useful as water treatment agents are prepared by copolymerizing(a) from 99 to 80% by weight of maleic anhydride and(b) from 1 to 20% by weight of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable therewith and, facultatively,(c) up to 10% by weight of a crosslinker, at from 60.degree. to 200.degree. C. in an aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of peroxyesters derived from saturated or monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, and hydrolyzing the anhydride groups of the copolymers following the polymerization.

Abstract: An amino group containing graft polymer comprising a main chain polymer having allyl amine grafted onto it whereby the main chain polymer is a hydrogenated olefin/diene copolymer and the total nitrogen content of the graft copolymer is from 0.001 to 0.05 weight percent.

Abstract: Liquid detergent formulations contain as essential constituents a surfactant and 0.1-20% by weight of a copolymer which contains(a) 50-99 mol % of units of a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -monocarboxylic acid, a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic acid, a half ester of a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic acid, an ester of a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -monocarboxylic acid, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 -olefin, styrene, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkylstyrene, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.28 -alkyl vinyl ether, a vinyl ester of a saturated C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -monocarboxylic acid or a mixture thereof and(b) 50-1 mol % of units of an amide of a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -carboxylic acid where the amide groups have the structure ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.28 -alkyl or preferably ##STR2## R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each H, CH.sub.3 or C.sub.2 H.sub.5, R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.28 -alkyl,n is from 2 to 100 andR.sup.2 is H or R.sup.

Abstract: Fuels for gasoline engines contain small amounts of copolymers of alkyl (meth)-acrylates where the alkyl radical is of 8 to 40 carbon atoms and/or vinyl esters of carboxylic acids of 8 to 40 carbon atoms and monoethylenically unsaturated mono- and/or dicarboxylic acids of 3 to 12 carbon atoms and/or monoethylenically unsaturated compounds having sulfo and/or phosphonic acid groups, having a total molecular weight of from 500 to 20,000 g per mole, some or all of the carboxyl, sulfo and phosphonic acid groups of the copolymers having been reacted with an alkali or alkaline earth with formation of the alkali metla salts or alkaline earth metal salts and the remainder of the acid groups having been reacted with ammonia and/or amines of not more than 50 carbon atoms to give the corresponding amide groups and/or ammonium salts.

Abstract: Liquid, alkaline detergent formulations which contain as essential constituents a surfactant, water and 0.1-20% by weight of partially esterified copolymers are obtainable by the copolymerization of(a) one or more C.sub.4 -C.sub.28 -olefins and(b) ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides of from 4 to 8 carbon atomsin a molar ratio of 1:1 and subsequent partial esterification of the copolymers of the reaction products(A) C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -alcohols, C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 fatty acids, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkylphenols or secondary C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 -amines with(B) one or more C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene oxides or tetrahydrofuranin a molar ratio of (A):(B) of from 1:2 to 1:50 and hydrolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymer to carboxyl groups, the partial esterification of the copolymers being carried on until more than 5 to 50% of the carboxyl groups of the copolymers have been esterified.

Abstract: Stable water-in-oil emulsions of hydrolyzed polymers of N-vinylamides of the formula ##STR1## where R and R.sup.1 are each H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl are prepared by polymerization of a compound of the formula I alone or as a mixture with other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion, to give a water-in-oil polymer emulsion, and subsequent hydrolysis of the polymer, by a process in which hydrolysis of the polymer in the form of the water-in-oil polymer emulsion is carried out in the presence of an acid or base and of from 1 to 30% by weight, based on the polymer, of an emulsifier which is obtainable by(A) reacting a C.sub.10 -C.sub.22 -fatty alcohol with epichlorohydrin in a molar ratio of from 1:0.5 to 1:1.5 to give a glycidyl ether,(B) reacting the glycidyl ether with (1) a saturated C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alcohol containing from 2 to 6 OH groups or (2) its monoether with a C.sub.10 -C.sub.22 -fatty alcohol, in a molar ratio of glycidyl ether to (1) or (2) of from 1:0.

Abstract: Water-soluble copolymers containing copolymerized vinylamine units are prepared by copolymerizing (a) from 95 to 10 mol % of N-vinylformamide and (b) from 5 to 90 mol % of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer from the group consisting of vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl vinyl ethers, the esters, nitriles and amines of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid and N-vinylpyrrolidone, and then eliminating from 30 to 100 mol % of the formyl groups from the copolymer. Preferred copolymers are copolymers of N-vinyl-formamide and vinyl acetate, in which from 30 to 100 mol % of the monomer units are hydrolyzed. The copolymers are used in papermaking to increase the dry strength and wet strength of the paper.