Abstract:
Production of carboxylic esters by reaction of alcohols with ketenes in the presence of a catalyst, if desired in an inert solvent, in the presence of aluminum silicates having exchangeable cations.
Abstract:
Apparatus which welds cut lengths of a thermoplastic film-tube in the manufacture of sealed sacks, said apparatus including: motor-driven guide members such as a pair of metal bands which grip a flat length of the tube transversely just below a cut open end thereof to provide front and rear side edges of the tube projecting from the guide members a distance approximately equal to the intended breadth of the weld, said guide members being arranged to advance the resulting projecting or exposed two-layer strip of tube end-face edges through the welding apparatus; a resistance member to contact the advancing strip to fold open its front side edge or leading edge as it is being advanced; knife means in the path of the advancing strip to cut it first at its front side edge and subsequently at its rear side edge; guide plate means to then fold apart the advancing strip; heating means to heat the inner surfaces of the folded apart strip to a fusing temperature; and finally means to press the two-layer strip back together to complete the weld.
Abstract:
Production of 2-mercaptoethanol by reaction of ethylene oxide with hydrogen sulfide in a molar ratio of about 1:1 in the presence of bis-( Beta -hydroxyethyl) thioether as solvent at elevated temperature under superatmospheric pressure in homogeneous phase. 2-mercaptoethanol is used for the production of insecticides.
Abstract:
1. IN A PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF PROPYLENE CHLOROHYDRIN BY REACTING PROPYLENE WITH AN AQUEOUS CHLORINE SOLUTION, RECYCLING SOME OF THE REACTION SOLUTION AND ADDING MAKE-UP WATER, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES LOADING THE RECYCLED SOLUTION WITH CHLORINE TO SUCH AN EXTEND THAT THE LIMIT OF SOLUBILITY OF THE CHLORINE IS NOT EXCEEDED, BY MEANS OF A TWO FLUID NOZZLE, METERING THE PROPYLENE TO BE REACTED INTO THE CHLORINE-LADEN SOLUTION AT A PRESSURE OF FROM 2 TO 20 ATMOSPHERES ABSOLUTE AND AT A TEMPERATURE OFF FROM 10* TO 80* C., BY MEANS OF A TWO FLUID NOZZLE ALLOWING THE REACTION MIXTURE TO REACT IN ONE OR MORE PARALLEL TUBES WITH TUBULENT FLOW IN THE SAME PRESSURE RANGE WITH A RESIDENCE TIME OF NOT MORE THAN TEN SECONDS, RELEASING THE PRESSURE, WITHDRAWING SOME OF THE PROPYLENE CHLOROHYDRIN SOLUTION AS PRODUCT AND RECYCLING THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPYLENE CHLOROHYDRIN SOLUTION WHEREIN AT THE POINT OF INCORPORATION OF THE CHLORINE AS WELL AS AT THE POINT OF INCORPORATION OF PORPYLENE THE RECYCLE LIQUID IS INRODUCED AT A VELOCITY OF FROM 2 TO 100 METERS PER SECOND THROUGH SAID TWO-FLUID NOZZLES AND THEN INTO A MIXING ZONE EXTENDING IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW WHOSE DIAMETER IS FROM 1.5 TO 50 TIMES THE MEAN OUTLET DIAMETER OF THE LIQUID NOZZLES AND WHOSE LENGTH IS FROM 3 TO 30 TIMES ITS HYDRAULIC DIAMETER, AND ALLOWING THE MIXTURE TO COMPLETE THE REACTION IN ONE OR MORE PARALLEL REACTION TUBES.
Abstract:
MANUFACTURES OF KETENE BY THERMAL DISSOCIATION OF ACETIC ACID AT REDUCED PRESSURE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF CATALYST USING A PRESCRIBED RATIO OF REACTOR VOLUME TO THE INTERNAL SURFACE AREA OF THE REACTOR AND TO THE VOLUME OF ACETIC ACID FEED.
Abstract:
AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THIODIGLYCOL BY REACTION OF ETHYLENE OXIDE AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN A MOLAR RATIO OF ABOUT 2:1 IN THE PRESENCE OF THIODIGLYCOL AS SOLVENT AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND AT SUPERATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, WHEREIN THE IMPROVEMENT CONSISTS IN CARRYING OUT THE REACTION IN A HOMOGENEOUS PHASE. THIODIGLYCOL IS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TEXTILE AND DYEING AUXILIARIES.