Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF UREA FROM AMMONIA AND CARBON DIOXIDE IS DESCRIBED WHEREIN A TECHNIQUE FOR REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF INERT GASES SUPPLIED TO UREA REACTOR IS UTILIZED. THIS TECHNIQUE INVOLVES FIRST ABSORBING THE AMMONIA FROM THE AMMONIA SYNTHESIS GAS MIXTURE (CONTAINING AMMONIA, HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN) IN A SUITABLE SOLVENT (WATER, OR AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION IN WHICH AMMONIA IS READILY ABSORBED), AND THEREAFTER DESORBING THE AMMONIA IS READILY ABSORBED), AND THEREAFTER DESORBING THE AMMONIA CONTENT OF THE ABSORBENT SOLUTION IN A SUITABLE GAS STREAM, THE DESORPTION BEING CONDUCTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE AMMONIA CONTENT OF THE DESORBED GAS MIXTURE IS MAINTAINED SUFFICIENTLY HIGH THAT A RELATIVELY MUCH SMALLER VOLUME OF INERT GASES ARE THEREBY INTRODUCED INTO THE UREA SYNTHESIS REACTOR.
Abstract:
A CYCLIC PROCESS IN WHICH AN AQUEOUS ACID REACTION MEDIUM IS KEPT IN CIRCULATION BETWEEN A ZONE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXYLAMINE AND A ZONE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF OXIME. A GAS FLOW CONTAINING NO AND SOME NO2 IS CONTINUOUSLY ADDED TO THE CIRCULATING LIQUID, THE GREATER PART OF THE NO IS BEING CATALYTICALLY REDUCED WITH H2 TO FORM NH2OH AND SOME NH3 AS BYPRODUCT. THE NH2OH IS CONSUMED IN THE OXIME SYNTHESIS ZONE AND THE NH3 BYPRODUCT IS CONTINUOUSLY REMOVED BY CONTACTING THE CIRCULATING LIQUID WITH NO AND NO2 UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS THAT N2 AND H2O RESULT.
Abstract:
Ferrous salt solutions are produced by contacting an aqueous iron salt solution in a reaction vessel with two electrodes, one of which consisting of a layer of mercury and the other of a hydrogen electrode, consisting of a noble-metal conductor along and around which a stream of hydrogen is passed, the two electrodes being connected by means of an electric conductor.
Abstract:
AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE REFRACTIVE INDEX OF A SOLUTION IN A ROTATING CENTRIFUGE PROVIDED WITH A MULTICELL ROTOR AND WITH A SELECTOR CIRCUIT FOR OBSERVING A GIVEN CELL WITH APPLICATION OF A LIGHT SOURCE CONTINUOUSLY OMITTING RADIATION AND A MOTOR-OPERATED ROTARY DISC, SERVING AS A GATE, WHOSE SPEED OF REVOLUTION IS DERIVED FROM THAT OF THE ROTOR, BOTH THE ROTOR AND THE DISC BEING EQUIPPED WITH MEANS FOR THE GENERATION OF PULSES WITH A FREQUENCY THAT IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE NUMBER OF REVOLUTIONS AND WHEREIN USE IS MADE OF AN ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER WHICH FEEDS THE DISC DRIVE WITH PULSES OF A FREQUENCY EQUAL TO THAT OF THE ROTOR PULSES, UNLESS SAID MOTOR IS ROTATING AT TOO HIGH A SPEED, WHILE IN THE CASE OF A SYNCHRONOUS OR LAGGING SPEED OF REVOLUTION THE TIME DURATION OF THE PULSES TO BE FED TO THE MOTOR IS REDUCED BY THE PULSES GENERATED BY THE DISC IN SO FAR AS THE LATTER PULSES COME WITHIN THE TIME DURATION OF THE PULSES TO BE FED TO THE MOTOR, AND THE DISC IS COUPLED WITH A DAMPER FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF ROTATIONAL VIBRATIONS.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF MELAMINE FROM A SYNTHESIS GAS MIXTURE CONTAINING HOT MELAMINE VAPOR, IN WHICH PROCESS THE STILL HOT GAS MIXTURE OBTAINED FROM THE MELAMINE SYNTHESIS IS COOLED BY CONTACTING IT WITH A LIQUID COOLANT, WHICH IS A UREA MELT, THEREBY YIELDING A SUSPENSION OF MELAMINE IN THE LIQUID COOLANT FROM WHICH THE MELAMINE IS SUBSEQUENTLY SEPARATED.
Abstract:
THERE IS PROVIDED A PROCESS FOR PREPARING LYSINE MONOHYDROCHLORIDE BY HYDROLYSIS OF A-AMINO-E-CAPROLACTAM WHEREIN THE HYDROLYSIS MIXTURE IS PASSED THROUGH AN ANION EXCHANGER TO REMOVE HC1 THEREFROM. THE HC1 BOUND TO THE ANION EXCHANGER IS REMOVED THEREFROM BY FORMATION OF A SALT WITH ADDITIONAL A-AMINO-E-CAPROLACTAM AND THE SALT IS THEN USED IN THE HYDROLYSIS STEP.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR WEAKENING THE HYDROPHOBIC BEHAVIOR OF ALKENE POLYMERS IS DISCLOSED, WHEREIN A POLYMER OR A COPOLYMER OF AN ALKENE IS MIXED WITH (A) 0.05-2% BY WEIGHT OF A MONO- OR DIESTER OF A HEXAVALENT, PARTLY DEHYDRATED ALCOHOL AND AN ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING 12-22 CARBON ATOMS, AND (B) 0.01-0.5% BY WEIGHT OF AN AMIDE OF AN ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING 12-22 CARBON ATOMS.