Abstract:
A-B-UNSATURATED NITRILES ARE PREPAREDBY THE GAS PHASE REACTION OFONE OR MORE SATURATED C3-C8 ALDEHYDES WITH ,OLECULAR OXYGEN AND AMMONIA IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST CONTAINING ANTIMONY AND URANIUM OR IRON AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 300* AND 600*C.
Abstract:
A PROCESS IS DISCLOSED FOR ALKYLATING PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES (INCLDING PYRIDINE) AND FOR OBTAINING ALKYL- AND CYCLOALKYL-DERIVATIVES OF PYRIDINE IN WHICH THE ALKYL OF CYCLOALKYL GROUP IS IN A 2, 4 OR 6 POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE HETEROCYCLIC NIITROGEN ATOM, WHEREIN THE PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE IS REACTED IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION WITH A CARBOXYLIC ACID, R-COOH, WHEREIN R IS AN ALKYL OR A CYCLOALKYL GROUP HAVING FROM 1 TO 17 CARBON ATOMS, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ALKALINE OR AMMONIUM PERSULPHATE AND OF CATALYTIC QUANTITIES OF AG+ IONS, AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND AT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 40* C. AND 100* C.
Abstract:
An apparatus for coating a wire with glass or the like having a means for moving a metal rod and a glass or the like tube thereabout along the same path independently of each other into a heating means comprises rollers for gripping and moving the rod and a worm screw and carriage threadedly secured to the screw and for gripping the tube. The rollers and carriage are driven independent drive means. A device for heating the metal rod is provided with a truncated conically shaped crucible heated electrically as a resistor and with means for cooling a coated wire drawn from the mass of metal and glass in the crucible.
Abstract:
THERE IS DISCLOSED A PROCESS FOR COPOLYMERIZING ETHYLENE AND/OR HIGHER ALPHA-OLEFINS TO ELASTOMERIC SATURATED COPOLYMERS, OR FOR COPOLYMERIZING AT LEAST ONE OF ETHYLENE AND HIGHER ALPHA-OLEFINS WITH HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE DOUBLE BOND TO ELASTOMERIC UNSATURATED, SULFUR-VULCANIZABLE COPOLYMERS IN VERY HIGH YIELDS. THE CATALYST USED IS OBTAINED BY MIXING (A) A HYDRICE OR ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND OF A METAL BELONGING TO GROUPS I TO III OF THE MENDELYEEV PERIODIC TABLE WITH (B) THE PRODUCT OBTAINED BY CONTACTING A TITANIUM COMPOUND WITH A SUPPORT CONSISTING OF AN ANHYDROUS HALIDE OF MAGNESIUM, MANGANESE OR CALCIUM IN AN ACTIVE CONDITION.
Abstract:
A NEW CLASS OF BASIC POLYAMIDES HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 2000 AND 200,000. THE POLYAMIDES ARE PREPARED BY FIRST REACTING AN ACRYLIC OR METHACRYLIC ESTER WITH A MONOAMINE AND THEN FURTHER REACTING THE OBTAINED PRODUCT WITH A POLYAMINE. THE POLYAMIDES ARE SUITABLE FOR USE AS TINCTORIAL MODIFIERS FOR POLYMERIC MATERIALS AND PARTICULARLY FOR CRYSYTALLINE POLYOLEFINS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF ISOTACTIC MACROMOLECULES.
Abstract:
THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITIONS BASED ON HIGHLY CRYSTALLINE VINYL CHLORIDE POLYMERS AND CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH HEATRESISTANCE, EASY PROCESSABILITY, AND INCREASED OR REINFORCED IMPACT STRENGTH ARE DISCLOSED. THE NEW COMPOSITIONS COMPRISE (A) HIGHLY CRYSTALLINE VINYL CHLORIDE POLYMERS WHICH EXHIBIT SYNDIOTACTIC STERIC STRUCTURE (SPVC); (B) COPOLYMERS OF METHYL-METHACRYLATE AND ALPHA-METHYLSTYRENE (MMA-AMS); AND (C) AN ELASTOMERIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE A GRAFT COPOLYMER OF STYRENE-METHYLMETHACRYLATE ONTO A POLYBUTADIENE RUBBER (MBS), A GRAFT COPOLYMER OF VINYL CHLORIDE ONTO AN ELASTOMERIC ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE COPOLYMER (PVC-OLEFIN), OR A GRAFT COPOLYMER OF VINYL CHLORIDE ONTO CHLORINATED PLYETHYLENE (PVC-PECI).
Abstract:
Stabilized polytetrafluoroethylene emulsions particularly suitable for protective coating applications are produced by adding, to emulsions obtained from conventional emulsion polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene, a perfluoroketoether compound. The resulting emulsions are much more resistant to coagulation than are untreated emulsions when subjected to agitation or contacted with ionic materials such as acids and salts. More desirable coatings than heretofore possible, that are less subject to yellow discoloration occurring in conventional coatings and capable of being cast at greater thickness (of up to about 40 microns) without carcking, are obtained therewith. Concentrated polytetrafluoroethylene emulsions are produced by adding ionic material to the foregoing stabilized emulsions.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF LACTAMS IN THE PRESENCE OF A TRITYLIC DERIVATIVE AS POLYMERIZATION ACTIVATOR IS DISCLOSED. THE TRITYLIC DERIVATIVE, TRITYL-4-N-TRITYLAMINOBUTYRATE IS A NEW PRODUCT IN THE ART. A PROCESS FOR MAKING IT IS ALSO DISCLOSED.
Abstract:
THERE ARE DISCLOSED TEXTILE FIBERS, FILM, TAPE AND SHAPED ARTICLES COMPRISING OLEFINIC POLYMERS MADE UP, PREVAILINGLY OF ISOTACTIC MACROMOLECULES AND WHICH ARE EXCEPTIONALLY RETENTIVE OF DYESTUFFS OF THE ACID, METALLIZED AND PLASTO-SOLUBLE CLASSES. THE DYEING PROPERTIES OF THE OLEFIN POLYMERS ARE IMPROVED BY THE ADDITION OF A BASIC POLYAMIDE OBTAINED BY REACTING AN ACRYLIC OR METHACRYLIC ESTER WITH ONE OR MORE POLYAMINES.
Abstract:
ALPHA-BETA UNSATURATED OLEFINS, PARTICULARLY PROPYLENE, ARE OZIDIZED IN THE VAPOR PHASE BY MOLECULAR OXYGEN, WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THE CORRESPONDING UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, PARTICULARLY ACRYLIC ACID.