Abstract:
Improvements in the production of polyesters of dicarboxylic acid moieties and 1,4-butanediol moieties, where at least some of the acid moieties are aromatic, by catalytic direct or transesterification of the acids or esters thereof with a molar excess of 1,4- butanediol, whereby reducing the amount of excess 1,4-butanediol required to produce commercially acceptible polyesters, which comprises reacting the 1,4-butanediol with the dicarboxylic acid or an ester thereof in a mole ratio of 1.05 to 1.25:1 respectively at temperatures of less than 200*C while distilling off the volatile cleavage products including the 1,4butanediol until the flow of butanediol has been reduced to less than about 10 percent of its initial removal rate, and then polycondensing this product at temperatures above 200*C in the usual manner.
Abstract:
Warhead for bombs, projectiles, rockets and the like having a casing with several projectiles accommodated therein. The projectiles are disposed in launcher tubes which are connected with each other by a common central connecting component to form an independent unit in a symmetrical arrangement with respect to the axis of the component. The independent unit is equipped with a descent-retarding device on one side thereof positioned toward one direction of the axis, while the other side is provided with a stabilizing device toward the other direction of the axis to vertically position the axis during descent. Preferred embodiments use parachutes as descent-retarding devices and rigid stabilizer rods or flexible members to interconnect a stabilizing weight with the respective independent units. Accommodations are made to telescope the stabilizer rods into one another to limit the total space utilized in the stored position. In the embodiments utilizing flexible members, the weights are provided with a recess at the undersides thereof to accommodate the next adjacent parachute and independent unit when in the stored position in the warhead.
Abstract:
1. PROCESS FOR MAKING POROUS SILIC ACID GEL WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING METHYL OR ETHYL SILICATE, OR POLYMETHYL OR POLYETHYL SILICATE IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROLYSIS ACTIVATING SUBSTANCE, WITH ABOUT 70 TO 120% OF THE STOICHIOMETRIC AMOUNT OF WATER WITH STIRRING UNDER CONDITIONS TO ACHIEVE HOMOGENEITY TO EFFECT HYDROLYSIS AND PRODUCE SOLID SILICIC ACID HAVING A SPECIFIC SURFACE OF ABOUT 50 TO 1000 M.2/G., SEPARATING THE SOLID SILICK ACID FROM THE LIQUID AND DRYING THE RESULTING POROUS SILICIC ACID.
Abstract:
A shock absorber piston especially suitable for use in automobiles and like vehicles wherein the piston is in contact with a damping fluid and is subject to repeated stresses under varying degrees of pressure and temperature; the piston is made of an amorphous polyamide characterized by a viscosity of about 100 to 200 in a 0.5 percent by weight solution in m-cresol at 25*C.
Abstract:
1. A STABILIZED COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE AND 0.5 WEIGHT PERCENT OF A MIXTURE OF ACETONITRILE AND ETHYLENE DIAMINE, SAID ACETONITRILE AND ETHYLENE DIAMINE PRESENT IN EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS.
Abstract:
A METHOD FOR INCORPORATING GLASS PARTICLES INTO AN AMORPHOUS POLYAMIDE CONTAINING TEREPHTHALIC ACID RADICALS AND A POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 2,2,4-TRIMETHYLHEXAMETHYLENE DIAMINE AND 2,4,4-TRIMETHYLHEXAMETHYLENE DIAMINE WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES INTRODUCING SAID POLYAMIDE AND SAID GLASS PARTICLES INTO A ZONE AND KNEADING THEM TOGETHER, PREFERABLY BY EMPLOYING A SCREW EXTRUDER SUCH AS A DOUBLE SCREW EXTRUDER UNTIL THE GLASS PARTICLES ARE INTIMATELY INCORPORATED WITHIN AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT SAID POLYAMIDE.
Abstract:
PROCESS OF PREPARING NITROCELLULOSE GRANULES HAVING A BULK DENSITY OF BETWEEN 0.4 AND 0.6 G./CM3 FROM A NITROCELLULOSE LACQUER PREPARED BY STIRRING UNDER WATER NITROCELLULOSE STABILIZERS AND A NITROCELLULOSE SOLVENT INSOLUBLE IN THE WATER, ADDING TO THE LACQUER STILL BEING STIRRED A PROTECTIVE COLLOID AND A WATER-SOLUBLE ALKALI METAL OR ALKALINE EARTH METAL SALT, THEREAFTER REDUCING THE STIRRING SPEED WHEREUPON THE LACQUER BREAKS UP INTO DROP-LIKE PARTICLES, FURTHER REDUCING THE STIRRING SPEED AS TO CAUSE THE PARTICLES, OF LACQUER TO FLOW TOGETHER AGAIN,MAKING A SECOND ADDITION OF PROTECTIVE COLLOID AND SALT, THEN INCREASING THE STIRRING SPEED CAUSING THE LACQUER TO BREAK UP AND FORM THE DESIRED PARTICLES AND THEREAFTER DISTILLING OFF THE SOLVENT.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a process for the preparation of substantially pure sodium benzoate which comprises treating commercial grade methyl benzoate with acidic bleaching clay, of the montmorillonite type fractionally distilling the methyl benzoate to obtain a constant boiling-point, substantially pure fraction of methyl benzoate and saponifying the mixture with sodium hydroxide to obtain substantially pure sodium benzoate.
Abstract:
Cross-linked vinyl chloride polymers are produced by employing as the linear vinyl chloride polymer a copolymer of vinyl chloride and a silane and effecting the cross-linking by contacting the linear polymer with hydrochloric or nitric acid. Premature cross-linking, i.e. cross-linking before final shaping of the desired article such as filament or sheet, can be avoided by use of the process of the invention.
Abstract:
A process for forming, at the end of a pipe fabricated from a synthetic resin material, a socket having external ribs, beads, projections, or the like, extending in cross-sectional planes or helically, and apparatus for implementing the novel process, wherein the process contemplates the insertion of a temperaturecontrolled mandrel in the end of an initially-heated pipe, simultaneously imparting a rotary motion to the mandrel as it is axially advanced and, upon cooling of the pipe end, withdrawal of the mandrel with further rotary motion thereof.