Abstract:
In the production of chromium oxide green pigment by heating a substantially stoichiometrically equivalent mixture of sodium dichromate dihydrate and an ammonium salt selected from the group consisting of the sulfate and chloride, the improvement which comprises dry mixing sodium dichromate dihydrate having a particle size less than 2 mm with the ammonium salt having a particle size less than about 0.5 mm, heating the resulting mixture over a period of about 15 minutes to a pigment-forming temperature of about 800.degree. to 1100.degree. C, calcining the mixture at a temperature in that range, and separating the formed pigment from the salts. To the mixture prior to heating there may be added sodium hydroxide solution, boron compounds such as borax and/or organic modifiers such as sawdust which improve the color and tinting strength of the resulting pigment. The pigments are brighter, and of higher tinting strength than heretofore produced.
Abstract:
Aluminum oxide fibers of the approximate percent composition by weight:______________________________________ Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 61-98% preferably 76-96% SiO.sub.2 1-20% preferably 3-15% P.sub.2 O.sub.5 0-10% preferably 0-5% B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-10% preferably 0-5% MgO 0-5% preferably 0-1% C 0.1-4% preferably 0.5-2.8% ______________________________________ The fibers are produced by dry spinning a solution containing a neutral or basic aluminum salt of a monobasic lower carboxylic acid, a hydrolyzed silicic acid ester or organoalkoxysilane and polyethylene oxide having a degree of polymerization of at least about 2,000. The product is then heat treated at a temperature between about 400.degree. and 1,800.degree.C. Phosphorus, boron and magnesium may also be present in the solution and end up in the fiber as oxides.