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Badische Anilin- & Soda-fabrik Aktiengesellschaft

Rolf Wurmb

Hans-Josef Sterzel

Rainer Theysohn

Wolfgang Seydl

Matthias Marx

Klaus Boehlke

Peter Horn

Franz Schmidt

Fritz Beck

Joachim Kunde

Hermann Gausepohl

Klaus Penzien

Bernd Leutner

Claus Cordes

Gerd Wunsch

Wolfgang Schwarz

Martin Welz

Wolfgang Jarre

Hans-Ulrich Schlimper

Hans Georg Dorst

Klaus Hahn

Klaus Bronstert

Erhard Seiler

Gerd Blinne

Harro Petersen

Horst Reimann

Kurt Wendel

Johannes Schlag

Heinz Weber

Wolfram Weiss

Dieter Stein

Volker Kiener

Karl Schlichting

Hans G Matthies

Heinrich Horacek

Franz Zahradnik

Georg Falkenstein

Rainer Ohlinger

Wolfram Treptow

Manfred Barl

Peter Freyberg

Dietmar Werner

Dietrich Wolff

Rudolf Ilgemann

Raymond Denni

Hans-Georg Dorst

Peter Foerster

Dietrich-Wolfgang Mueller

Gerard DeBeuckelaer

A process for the preparation of polyurethane foams modified with melamine-formaldehyde precondensates, in which the precondensates employed are storage-stable, aqueous 40-85% strength by weight resin solutions which are obtained by condensing melamine with formaldehyde in a molar ratio of 1:1.1-1.75 in aqueous solution at a pH which, at least periodically, is above 8, and at from 60 to 130.degree. C., until one part by volume of resin solution can be diluted with from 0.5 to 4 parts by volume of water at 20.degree. C. without causing a persisting cloudiness.

Preparation of polyurethane foams modified with melamine-formaldehyde

A process for the preparation of an amide-containing polyether comprises polycondensing a dihalobenzene compound, preferably bis-(4-chlorophenyl) sulfone or 4,4'-bis-(4'-chlorobenzoyl)-diphenyl ether, with an amide-containing bis-phenol of the formula HO-Ar.sup.1 -NHCO-Ar.sup.2 -CONH-Ar.sup.1 -OH where Ar.sup.1 is an aromatic radical of 6 to 12 carbon atoms and Ar.sup.2 is an aromatic radical of 6 to 12 carbon atoms or has the formula II ##STR1## where A.sup.1 is --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 -- or 0 and n is 0 or 1, preferably 1,4-bis(4-hydroxybenzamido)-benzene, in the presence of an anhydrous alkali metal carbonate, and optionally in the presence of a bisphenol of the formula III ##STR2## where Ar.sup.1 and A.sup.1 have the above meanings and n and m are 0 or 1. The polyethers may be used to produce moldings, fibers, films, adhesives and coating materials.

Preparation of amide-containing polyethers

A process for making a polyurethane which comprises reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a higher molecular weight organic polyhydroxyl compound in the presence of a catalyst having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X is sulfur or NH and n is a whole number from 2 to 6. Also used is a catalyst which is a combination of the above-mentioned catalyst and an organic tin compound.

Process for the manufacture of polyurethane foam

A process for separating hydrophobic organic liquids from water comprising passing a mixture of water and hydrophobic organic liquids through a column-like vessel which is filled with a hydrophobic, preferably open-celled, polyurethane foam, said foam having a high absorption capacity, permits high flow-through velocities even as the foam becomes covered and saturated with the hydrophobic organic liquids, is reversibly deformable, and can be reused.

Process for separating hydrophobic organic liquids from water

Storage-stable, liquid carbodiimide-modified polyisocyanates are prepared by condensation of polyisocyanates in the presence of catalytic amounts of phospholine, phospholidine, phospholine oxides and/or phospholidine oxides, said condensation terminated and the products stabilized by means of perchloric acid or trifluoromethanesulfonic acid.

Storage-stable, liquid carbodiimide modified polyisocyanates and process

Hydrophobic polyurethane foams which have densities of from 4 to 15 g/liter and in which the number of closed cells is from 2 to 30%, and the number of open cells from 98 to 70%, based on the total number of cells, are obtained from polyisocyanates, polyhydroxy compounds, catalysts and water, with or without lipophilic compounds, the components being reacted in such amounts that the ratio of hydrogen atoms capable of undergoing a Zerewitinoff reaction to NCO groups is from 1.3 to 10:1. The foams are suitable for the absorption of oil and/or by hydrophobic solvents, which may or may not contain halogen, from water.

Hydrophobic polyurethane foams, their manufacture and use

Poly(alkylene terephthalate) molding materials which contain, as the stabilizer, a diepoxide of molecular weight from 200 to 2,000, and a catalyst which is an alkali metal salt of a chelating agent possessing one or more --N(CH.sub.2 --COO.sup.-).sub.2 groups in the molecule. Preferred catalysts are trisodium nitrilotriacetate and tetrasodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate. The molding materials may be used for the manufacture of moldings, films, monofilaments and fibers.

Stabilized poly(alkylene terephthalate) molding materials

Thermoplastics reinforced with glass fiber mats contain from 10 to 60% by weight of such mats and from 5 to 60% by weight of a finely divided inert filler, the sum of the percentages by weight of glass fiber mats and filler being not greater than 70% by weight. The inert filler is a talc, having a foliated crystalline structure, which has a mean flake thickness of not more than 5 .mu.m and a ratio of mean flake diameter to mean flake thickness of from 5:1 to 500:1. When processing the thermoplastic filled with talc and glass fiber mats, homogeneous impregnation of the glass fiber mats with the filled thermoplastic is achieved.

Thermoplastics, reinforced with glass fiber mats, which possess improved

A flameproofed nylon molding composition which can be processed by thermoplastic methods and which contains, as the flameproofing agent, from 5 to 30% by weight of brominated styrene oligomers and a synergistic metal oxide. The compositions may be used for the manufacture of injection moldings for the electrical industry.

Flameproofed nylon molding compositions

In a secondary battery employing an aqueous lead salt solution as the electrolyte, salts of manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, thallium, bismuth and/or antimony are additionally present in concentrations of from 0.1 to 100 mmole/l.

Secondary battery

Flame-proofed linear polyesters containing, as flame-proofing agents, halogenated oligomeric styrenes and synergistic compounds.

Flame-retardant linear polyesters

Thermoplastic compositions based on mixtures of a vinyl chloride polymer and conventional reinforcing agents. The compositions contain a linear polyester, which is solid at room temperature and is compatible with the vinyl chloride polymer, as a processing assistant. The thermoplastic compositions may in particular be used for the manufacture of injection moldings.

Reinforced vinyl chloride polymer compositions containing

An accumulator having an acid electrolyte and possessing two electrodes of the first kind mounted on base electrodes. The active material on the positive side contains manganese dioxide. The base electrode on the negative side consists of powdered graphite embedded in a binder which is resistant to the electrolyte. The base electrode on the positive side has a coarse porous structure and consists of graphite or titanium coated with titanium nitride or titanium carbide. The average pore diameters are from 0.1 to 2 mm and the pore volume is from 20 to 70%.

Rechargeable accumulator having a manganese dioxide electrode and an

Filled nylon molding compositions of increased rigidity containing red phosphorus as a flameproofing agent and talc or mica as a filler. They may be converted to moldings which are used, above all, in the electrical industry.

Flameproof nylon molding compositions

Secondary batteries with aqueous acid solutions of lead salts as electrolytes and inert electrode base plates also contain redox systems in solution. These systems have a standard potential of from -0.1 to +1.4 V relative to a standard hydrogen reference electrode, do not form insoluble compounds with the electrolytes and are not oxidized or reduced irreversibly by the active compositions applied to the electrode base plates, within their range of operating potentials.

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