Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for the recovery of molecular iodine from a gaseous stream containing molecular iodide comprising: (a) contacting, within a contacting zone, a gaseous stream containing molecular iodine and a water stream containing ionic iodide; (b) removing from the contacting zone a gaseous stream containing substantially no molecular iodine or ionic iodide and a water stream which contains iodide; and (c) removing molecular iodine from the water stream which contains iodide by heating.
Abstract:
Provided are water-dissipatable, sulfo-containing polyesters and polyester-amides having copolymerized therein thermally stable near infrared fluorophoric compounds. The polymers are useful in coating or ink compositions, which are in turn useful for marking articles for identification/authentication purposes. Also provided is a method for invisibly marking such articles and a method for detecting and sorting articles by utilizing the near infrared fluorophoric ink or coating compositions.
Abstract:
Provided are curable water-borne resin compositions having phenolic functional groups which are neutralized with an amine to yield quaternary ammonium salts. The coatings made possible by these compositions exhibit excellent properties and are useful as coating compositions for automotive, appliance, and machinery coating applications.
Abstract:
Thermosetting, powder coating compositions comprised of blends of a hydroxyl functional fluoropolymer and a solid or crystalline hydroxylated aliphatic polyester of a cycloaliphatic diacid and a diol in combination with a cross-linking agent are provided. Such compositions, when applied to a substrate and heated, provide cross-linked coatings having a combination of desirable properties including good impact strength, flexibility, UV stability and gloss.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition comprising platelet particles treated with at least one polyalkoxylated ammonium salt comprising at least one polyalkoxylated group consisting of greater than 5 repeating alkyl oxide groups. The treated particles of the present invention display particularly good dispersion when incorporated into various polyester compositions at concentrations up to about 25 weight %. Also disclosed is a process incorporating said treated platelet particles into a polyester and for forming said treated platelet particles.
Abstract:
A process for dewatering an aqueous suspension of microalgae is disclosed in which the aqueous suspension of the algae is introduced into a bubble column or a modified bubble column for generating a froth of bubbles and adsorbed algal cells that can be separated from the aqueous suspension. In one advantageous embodiment, the bubble column is a multi-stage loop-flow flotation column that has three loop-flow zones, each of which is defined by a draft tube concentrically mounted in the column to divide each loop-flow zone into a riser and the downcomer. Fine bubbles of gas and brine are in cocurrent upward flow in the riser and in cocurrent downward flow in the downcomer. A higher gas holdup is promoted in the riser than in the downcomer, thereby circulating the brine in loop-flow upwardly through the riser and downwardly through the downcomer. Liquid communication between adjacent loop-flow zones is substantially eliminated. A froth enriched in algae is generated that can be separated from the aqueous suspension. The process has application in the recovery of mixed carotenoids from Dunaliella salina.
Abstract:
This invention relates to new polyethylene compositions having improved extrusion characteristics and processes of reducing die lines, die build-up, and vapor line presence, thereby extending extrusion run times.
Abstract:
This invention pertains to the preparation of vinyl acetate by contacting within a contact zone a mixture of ketene and acetaldehyde with an acid catalyst at one bar (100 kPa) pressure and between 85 and 200 DEG C and removing the reaction products from the contact zone.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process whereby d-alpha-tocopheryl succinate (TS) can be crystallized in a short period of time by subjecting a fluid TS at particular temperature to a particular rate of shear for a particular time in order to accomplish crystallization. Then, while maintaining the crystallized TS at a temperature less than its melting point, we withdraw the crystallized TS from the region of shear flow. In a preferred embodiment of our process, crystallization is enhanced by use of a particular elongational rate for a particular time.
Abstract:
This invention relates to organic solvent based ink formulations suitable for ink jet printing by the piezoelectric impulse drop-on-demand method and by using several available continuous ink jet printing systems, and which contain a suitable organic solvent and one or more polyesters having one or more copolymerized near infrared fluorophores dissolved therein.