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Rainer Dobrawa

Gerhard Bauer

Josef Neutzner

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Johannes Dobbelaar

Ralf Widmaier

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J&uuml;rgen Nahstoll

Michael Portugall

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Peter Keller

Dieter Urban

Rainer Hummerich

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Bernd De Potzolli

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Karl-Hermann Strube

Reinhard B&auml;cher

Wolfgang Huemmer

Albrecht Zosel

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Wolfgang H&uuml;binger

Georg Langhauser

Werner Kirchner

Gerhard Schumacher

J&uuml;rgen Hartmann

Jürgen Nieberle

Andreas Gruber

Wolfgang Bouquet

Hardy Korb

Axel Ferber

Thomas Koch

Rainer Nolte

Kenneth Landherr

Methods of producing vinyllactam copolymers which include: providing at least one water-soluble N-vinyllactam; providing at least one hydrophobic comonomer; and subjecting the at least one water-soluble N-vinyllactam and the at least one hydrophobic comonomer to free-radical polymerization in an organic solvent in the presence of an initiator, under a combination of process measures selected from the group consisting of A and B; wherein:

Methods of producing water-soluble, non-turbid copolymers of at least one water-soluble N-vinyllactam and at least one hydrophobic comonomer

Method of producing vinyllactam copolymers by free-radical polymerization of at least one water-soluble N-vinyllactam and at least one hydrophobic comonomer in an organic solvent in the presence of an initiator under reflux conditions, where the condensate formed in the reflux is returned to the polymerization mixture from below.

Method of producing water-soluble nonturbid copolymers of at least one water-soluble N-vinyllactam and at least one hydrophobic comonomer

A method of transferring an aqueous polymer dispersion with a temperature &#x2267;50&#xb0; C. from a vessel 1 via a connecting line to a vessel 2 is described.

Method for transferring aqueous polymer dispersions from one container to another container

An aqueous composition comprises a mixture of

Polymer composition for use as aqueous floor adhesive

A process is described for reducing the residual monomer content in a liquid solution, mixture, melt, suspension or dispersion of a polymer by postpolymerization with addition of a redox initiator system at a reaction temperature appropriate to it and with an extremely short mixing time of the liquid system in the production reactor by metering&mdash;gradually, in portions or continuously&mdash;at least one of the redox initiator components required to initiate polymerization of the residual monomers over a period (metering time) which is from about 10 to 250 times the mixing time of the liquid system in said reactor.

Method for reducing residual monomers in liquid systems by adding an oxidation-reduction initiator system

At least one single-stage or multistage stirrer which produces not only a tangential flow component but also an axial flow field is used in a stirred-vessel reactor in connection with the preparation of polymers by liquid phase polymerization.

Use of a single-stage or multistage stirrer to prepare polymers

Cationically stabilized aqueous styrene/(meth)acrylate copolymer emulsions whose dispersed copolymer has a static glass transition temperature of from 40 to 110.degree. C. and which contain, as a dispersant, a mixture of at least one organic monoamine of .gtoreq.8 carbon atoms and an acid addition salt thereof are used as binders for moldings based on finely divided materials having a negative surface charge.

Use of cationically stabilized aqueous polymer emulsions as binders for

Modified polymers in acid form or in the form of their salts consist of

Modified emulsion polymers, in particular for photopolymerizable

Aqueous synthetic resin dispersions are obtainable by copolymerizing

Method of coating leather using aqueous synthetic resin dispersions

A photosensitive recording material contains a mixture of carboxyl-containing polymers having ethylenically unsaturated side groups, one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomeric compounds, a photoinitiator and a .beta.-aminoalcohol. It is suitable for the production of printing plates.

Photosensitive recording material comprising carboxyl-containing

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