Abstract:
A process for preparing substituted glyoxylic acid derivatives by oxidizing with a molecular oxygen containing gas an amide or ester of a hydroxy acid in the presence of a catalytic amount of a cobalt compound.
Abstract:
A process is described for improving the rate of production, other conditions being equal, of extruded polymer products, containing foaming- and/or cross-linking agents, which particularly resides in using a "melting torpedo" rotatable element in the melting section of the extrusion apparatus.
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An improved process for the preparation of melamine from urea or thermal decomposition products thereof. A melamine containing reaction mixture is cooled with an aqueous medium to form an aqueous product stream containing melamine and reaction by-products. Product melamine is separated from the aqueous product stream leaving a residual aqueous stream which is recycled into the process. A portion of this residual aqueous stream still containing reaction by-product is treated to remove by-products therefrom prior to being recycled to the process.
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A process for preparing calcium sulphate anhydrite from calcium sulphate dihydrate so that the calcium sulphate anhydrite crystals will have a predetermined average particle size. The process is conducted by recrystallizing the calcium sulphate dihydrate at moderate temperatures in the presence of sulphuric acid having a concentration of 40-65% wt. calculated relative to the quantity of liquid phase in the recrystallization mixture. The particle size of the final product is controlled by varying the temperature and residence time of the recrystallization mixture in recrystallization zone and by varying the temperature in an inverse relationship to the acid concentration.Calcium sulphate anhydrite crystals having an average particle size between about 0.5 and about 3 micron are produced by maintaining the temperature between about 40.degree. C. and 90.degree. C. and the residence time from about 5 minutes to less than about 30 minutes. Average particle sizes in the range of about 10 to about 20 micron are produced by maintaining the temperature in the range of about 20.degree. C. and about 45.degree. C. and the residence time between about 30 minutes and 3 hours.Anhydrite seed crystals are not supplied in the reactor at the initiation of the recrystallization nor are added to the recrystallization mixture.
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An improved process for the preparation of a catalyst for the polymerization of ethylene, and an improved process for preparing an ethylene polymer therewith. An improved supported chromium-containing catalyst is prepared by reacting (1) a chromium chelate of a 1,3-diketo compound and (2) a vanadium chelate or a vanadyl chelate of a 1,3-diketo compound, separately or jointly with (3) an organometallic compound of an element from Group II or III of the periodic system, jointly contacting the resulting reaction products of (1) and (2) with (3) with an inert inorganic supporting material so as to deposit such reaction products thereon, whereafter the supporting material containing the reaction products is heated in a non-reducing atmosphere at a temperature of between 200.degree. and 1200.degree. C. The 1,3-diketo compounds of (1) and (2) are the same or different, and have the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are the same or different, R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 being an alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms, and R.sub.2 being selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group with 1-10 carbon atoms, and a hydrogen atom. The catalyst so prepared can be used either alone, or together with an organo-metallic compound of an element of Group II or III of the periodic system, in the polymerization of polyethylene or in the copolymerization of polyethylene with up to 15 mole percent of one or more .alpha.-alkenes having 3 to 15 carbon atoms.
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An extraction process is described for the selective separation of metal ions belonging to the group Cu and Co, in aqueous solution of Cu- and Co-ions, wherein there is used as the extraction medium one or more unsaturated fatty acids, optionally in solution and/or in admixture with saturated fatty acids and an aliphatic oxime.
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An improved process for the manufacture of reinforced shaped articles from water-hardening materials. A plurality of continuous networks of synthetic organic polymer material having at least two meshes per square centimeter are incorporated in said water-hardening materials as reinforcement. The networks are prepared by forming meshes in an unfibrillated film of the synthetic organic polymer material.
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The invention relates to a method for removal of alkali metal carboxylates from mixtures which contain a cycloalkanone and a cycloalkanol, in particular cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol, and which have been obtained in oxidation in the liquid phase of the corresponding cycloalkane with gas containing molecular oxygen.According to the invention, alkali metal carboxylates are removed from such mixtures containing a cycloalkanone and a cycloalkanol by washing the mixture with an aqueous acid solution, in particular an aqueous solution of carboxylic acid with 1-6 carbon atoms per molecule.The invention provides a solution to the problem of the so-called alkali entrainment, which leads to loss of cycloalkanone owing to condensation into undesired high-boiling by-products in the following distillation for gaining pure cycloalkone. This substantial loss is prevented by the method according to the invention.
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The invention concerns a process in which a shaped article is prepared by first coating the inside of a mold with a coating powder, curing the coating, introducing a thermosetting mass in the mold and curing to form an article provided with a decorative layer. The invention consists in the use of a polyester-based coating powder, obtained by absorbing a liquid catalyst in part of the unsaturated components making up the powder, separately grinding that part and a mixture of the remaining components to about the same particle size and mixing the powders thus obtained. The invention assures better curing of the coating.
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Polypyrrolidone polymers and copolymers are obtained by polymerizing 2-pyrrolidone, optionally with another lactam, in the presence of a catalyst and accelerator, first in the mass until at least 10% of the monomer is converted but the reaction product is still capable of suspension, then completing the desired degree of polymerization by suspending the reaction mixture in an inert liquid dispersion agent that does not dissolve the desired polymer. Relatively high molecular weight polymers are prepared in a short amount of time using this two-stage procedure.