Abstract:
Tetravalent titanium alcoholate-beta diketone complexes, e.g. titanium isopropylate-triacetylacetonate, are reacted with an alkali metal amalgam in a non-polar solvent to reduce the titanium to trivalent state, forming, for example, titanium triacetylacetonate and sodium isopropylate. The sodium isopropylate is a crystalline precipitate which can be removed by filtration; the amalgam can be decanted off and reused, as in alkali metal chloride electrolysis, to restore its alkali metal content so as to be ready for re-cycling.
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:
In a tubular reactor carrying a bed of solid material into which carbon electrodes project for heating the material upon passage of a current, the outside ends of said electrodes being connected to metallic conductors in turn connected to a supply of current, the invention involves pouring lead about the end of each electrode to effect improved contact between the electrode and its respective metallic conductor. The process involving use of such electrodes to react carbon with chlorine and the oxide of silicon or metals such as vanadium, titanium or zirconium is also covered.