Abstract:
Insulating material is formed in a continuous strip and comprises a web of flexible impervious polymeric material in which individually spaced elongate pockets have been formed transversely across the elongate strip. Insulation material is located in the pockets which are covered by a sheet of impervious foil material, such as aluminium foil, which forms one outer surface of the completed web of insulating material. The foil is heat sealed to the polymeric material so that the insulation material in the pockets is totally encompassed by impervious material, thus minimizing deteriorization of the insulation properties of the insulation material. The insulation material can be foamed in the pockets or can take the form of powder or foam granules.The construction of the web of insulating material allows the material to be folded into a relatively small volume for the most economic transportation, while in use as an insulating material, the pockets are butted together to form a most effective insulation layer for pipes in buildings, loft insulation, cavity wall insulation or insulation attached to preconstructed wall portions of timber frame houses.
Abstract:
The compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is a lower alkylsulphonyl, phenylsulphonyl, cyano, carbonamido, carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid ester group;Y is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl or nitrophenyl; andZ is nitro, cyano or carbonamido.
Abstract:
Optionally substituted benzimidazoles containing an alkyl or cycloalkyl group in position 1 and containing at least 5 alkyl or cycloalkyl carbon atoms extract metals from aqueous solutions of their salts into water-immiscible organic solvents in presence of halide ion. Benzimidazoles having a branched-chain alkyl group of at least 7 carbon atoms in position 1, and especially mixtures of such compounds, are most effective. The benzimidazoles are particularly useful for extracting cobalt selectively from mixtures of cobalt and nickel salts. The metals can be recovered from the organic solvent by extraction into water free from halide ion.