Abstract:
1. IN A PROCESS FOR PURIFICATION OF HIGH BOILING ESTERS PRODUCED BY ESTERIFICATION OF AN AROMTIC OR ALIPHATIC ORGANIC MONO OR POLY CARBOXYLIC ACID OR ITS ANHYDRIDE HAVING 6 TO MORE CARBON ATOMS BY AN ALIPHATIC MONOHYDRIC OR POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL HAVING AT LEAST 8 CARBON ATOMS, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ESTERIFICATION CATALYST, FOLLOWED BY NEUTRALIZATION OF THE REACTION PRODUCT, HEATING TO 130= 190* C. AND DECANTATION OF THE LATTER TO SEPARATE THEREFROM AN ORGANIC PHASE AND AN AQUEOUS PHASE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES PERFORMING THE DECANTATION STEP UNDER POSITIVE PRESSURE AT A TEMPERTURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF 120-200* C.
Abstract:
1. A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FIBROUS COMPOSITIONS IMPREGNATED WITH SYNTHETIC RESINS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) IMPREGNATING FROM 10-70 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF REINFORCING FIBERS WITH FROM 90-30 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION WHICH HAS BEEN PREPARED BY (B) MIXING IN PARTS BY WEIGHT 100 PARTS OF A POLYMERIZABLE UNSATURATED POLYESTER OF A CARBOXYLIC ACID, 0.5 TO 2 PARTS OF AN INITIATOR FOR THE POLYMERIZATION OF SAID POLYESTER, 0.5 TO 4 PARTS OF ONE OR MORE ALKALINE EARTH METAL OXIDES, 1 TO 10 PARTS OF A MINERAL OR A COMPOUND COMPRISING IN ITS CHEMICAL STRUCTURE WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION AND ADAPTED TO RELEASE THE WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION IN THE COMPOSITION WHEN THE COMPOSITION IS HEATED; AND (C) HEATING THE RESULTING IMPREGNATED PRODUCT AT A TEMPERATURE OF 50* TO 100*C. FOR A PERIOD OF 2-20 MINUTES.
Abstract:
1. A SOLVENT-FREE HARDENED COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: (1) 10-50 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION, OF BITUMEN HAVING A PENETRABILITY INDEX OF FROM 20 TO 300; (2) 29 TO 59 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION, OF A POLYEPOXYETHER HAVING REACTIVE EPOXY END GROUPS CONSISTING OF THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF (N+1) MOLES OF A DIEPOXY COMPOUND WITH N MOLES OF A POLYOL, SAID DIEPOXY COMPOUND BEING A CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF A DIPHENOL WITH AN EPIHALOHYDRIN AND HAVING AN EPOXIDIC OXYGEN CONTENT OF FROM 50 TO 100 PERCENT OF THE THEORETICAL VALUE; AND (3) 16 TO 32 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION, OF A HARDENER CAPABLE OF HARDENING THE COMPOSITION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMINES, AMINOAMIDES, AN AMIDOAMINE OF POLYMERIZED LINOLEIC ACID AND A HYDROLYSABLE IMINE.
1. BODIES OF SILICA GEL GRAFTED WITH ORGANIC GROUPS TO MODIFY THE SURFACE PROPERTIES THEREOF IN WHICH THE GRAFTED GROUP ORIGINATES FROM AN ORGANO SILANE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ORGANO SILANE HAVING THE FORMULA WHEREIN R1, R2 AND R3 ARE MONOVALENT GROUPS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CX3 AND X WHEREIN X IS HALOGEN AND AT LEAST ONE X IS FLUORINE, R4 IS ALKYLENE, AND R5, R6 AND R7 ARE GROUPS ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO THE SILICON ATOM, AND ARE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALOGEN AND ALKYL, WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE R5, R6 AND R7 GROUPS BEING HALOGEN; AND A COPOLYMER OF A VINYL TRIALKOXY SILANE AND A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA
Abstract:
THE PREPARATION OF CRYSTALLIZED POLYESTER OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL FURMARATE, SUCCINATE AND/OR ADIPATE, IN WHICH THE RATIO OF ADIPIC ACID AND SICCINIC ACID TO FUMARIC ACID IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 25:75 IN WHICH THE POLYESTER HAS A MOLECULAR WEIGHT WITHIN THE RANGE OF 1000 TO 2000, COMPRISING ADDING A SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF INITIATING CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE POLYESTER AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF 120* TO 180*C.IN A FIRST STEP, HOLDING THE POLYESTER AT A TEMPERATURE NOT LESS THAN 100*C. BUT BELOW THE TEMPERATURE OF THE POLYESTER IN THE FIRST STEP WHILE IN THE PRESENCE OF POLYESTER MICRO-CRYSTALS HAVING A COMPOSITION ANALOGUS TO THAT OF THE POLYESTER TO THE CRYSTALLIZED, AND HOLDING THE POLYESTER IN A LAYER HAVING A THICKNESS WITIN THE RANGE OF 5 TO 20 MM. FOR FROM 12 TO 60 MINUTES AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF 50* TO 70* C.
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THE PREPARATION OF SOLID TELOMERS AND COTELOMERS BY HEATING A MIXTURE OF VINYL CHLORIDE OR COMONOMERS CONTAINING AT LEAST 30% BY WEIGHT VINYL CHLORIDE, AND AT LEAST ONE HALOGENATED ORGANIC DERIVATIVE HAVING A MOBILE HALOGEN, IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MAGNESIUM, BARIUM, CHROMIUM, NICKEL, ZINC, MERCURY, SILICON, TIN AND LEAD, AND A POLAR SOLVENT WHICH IS AT LEAST PARTIALLY MISCIBLE WITH THE HALOGENATED ORGANIC DERIVATIVE/MONOMER MIXTURE.
Abstract:
COPPER OR IRON ARE SECURELY BONDED TO TITANIUM OR TANTALUM SUBSTRATE METAL BY INITIALLY SUBJECTING THE SUBSTRATE METAL TO IONIC BOMBARDMENT IN WHICH THE SUBSTRATE METAL PERFORMS THE ROLE OF A CATHODE AND THEN TO CATHODE SPUTTERING IN WHICH THE SUBSTRATE METAL PERFORMS THE ROLE OF AN ANODE, AND THE COPPER OR IRON THE ROLE OF A CATHODE. THEREAFTER, THE BONDED COPPER OR IRON IS SUPPLEMENTED BY ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS BY CONVENTIONAL MEANS SUCH AS ELECTRODEPOSITION, ETC. SUPERIOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THE PROCESS ARE USEFUL AS ANODES IN ELECTROLYSIS CELLS AND AS HEAT EXCHANGERS.
Abstract:
THE INCLUSION OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISED OF (1) LITHIA OR A WATER-SOLUBLE LITHIUM SALT AND (2) A HYDROXYLATED ORGANIC ACID, OR A SALT OR ESTER THEREOF, ACCELERATES THE SETTING AND HARDENING TIMES F ALUMINOUS CEMENT AND PROVIDES MORTARS, CONCRETES, GROUTS, ETC., DERIVED FROM SUCH MODIFIED HIGH ALUMINA TYPE CEMENTS WHEREIN THE SUPERIOR MECHANICAL AND HANDLING PROPERTIES GENERALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF ALUMINOUS CEMENT ARE NOT APPRECIABLY AFFECTED.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF WASHING SOLID, MORE PARTICULARLY TEXTILE ARTICLES WITH AN ORGANIC SOLVENT, IMPROVED BY ADDING AN INTENSIFIER. THE INTENSIFIER IS A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY AMIDE OF A DICARBOXYLIC ALIPHATIC ACID OR ANHYDRIDE WHEREIN ONE CARBON ATOM IN THE CHAIN CONNECTING THE TWO ACID GROUPS BEARS AN ALKYL OR ALKENYL RADICAL CONTAINING AT LEAST SIX CARBON ATOMS. THE METHOD GIVES BETTER WHITENESS AND MORE PARTICULARLY PREVENTS THE RE-DEPOSITION OF DIRT.
Abstract:
GANISMS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES THE EFFICIENCY OF GAS UTILIZATION IN BIOLOGICAL AERATING SYSTEMS.
A PROCESS FOR INTRODUCING A GAS INTO A SUSPENSION OF MICROORGANISMS WHEREIN A DENSE BED OF INTRODUCED GAS AND LIQUID MICROORGANISM SUSPENSION IS CREATED IN THE UPPER ZONE OF A TREATMENT RECEPTACLE BY COUNTER-CURRENTLY INTRODUCING A UNIFORM DISPERSION OF A GAS AT A CONSTANT RATE INTO THE BASE OF A TREATMENT RECEPTACLE HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN A LIQUID SUSPENSION CONTAINING MICROORGANISMS, WHICH SUSPENSION IS INTRODUCED AT THE TOP OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND THE UPPER ZONE DENSE BED IS SEPARATED FROM A LESS DENSE LOWET ZONE BY AN INTERMEDIATE INTERFACE ZONE. THE UPPERMOST LAYER CONTAINS A GREATER QUANTITY OF GAS THAN THE LOWER LAYER AND BY CONTINUOUSLY REGULATING THE RATE OF SUSPENSION WITHDRAWAL FROM THE RECEPTACLE THEREIN IS MAINTAINED A STABLE DENSELY PACKED BED OF GAS AND MICROORGAISM SUSPENSION. HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND THE PRESENCE OF GAS-RICH ENVIRONMENT RESULTING FROM THE UPPER ZONE DENSE BED OF GAS AND MICROOR-