Abstract:
BIMETALIC SALTS, HAVING THE GENERIC FORMULA MM''XN WHEREIN M IS A GROUP I-B METAL, M'' IS A GROUP III-A METAL, X IS A HALIDE AND N IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE VALENCES OF M AND M'', ARE PREPARED BY REACTING THE HALOGEN SALTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL METALS, M AND M'', IN A SUITABLE SOLVENT. THE BIMETALLIC SALT FORMED THEREBY IS A DISCRETE MONOMERIC SPECIES AND CAN BE UTILIZED IN THE SEPARATION AND RECOVERY OF VARIOUS LIGANDS, BY PREFERENTIAL COMPLEXATION. COMPLEXATION CAN BE CONDUCTED WITH THE BIMETALLIC
SALT IN THE SOLID STATE, IN SOLUTION, OR AS A SLURRY, AND WITH THE COMPLEXIBLE LIGAND IN THE GASES OR LIQUID STATE. THE LIGAND IS RECOVERED BY DECOMPLEXATION OF THE BIMETALLIC SALT-LIGAND COMPLEX OR BY DISPLACEMENT OF THE COMPLEXED LIGAND WITH ANOTHER LIGAND.
Abstract:
The strip tensile strength of a highly tear resistant nonwoven mat of melt blown polypropylene fibers having a diameter between about 10-40 microns is increased, while maintaining a high mat tear resistance, by fuse-bonding, as by calendering or pointbonding, at least a portion of the fibers of the mat at temperatures not greater than about 225* F., preferably, between about 170*-210* F., under pressure sufficient to prevent shrinkage of the fibers of the mat.
Abstract:
IONIC CROSSLINKIN IS INTRODUCED INTO AN UNCURED BUTYLRUBBER BY HFALOGENATION OF BUTYL RUBBER, DEHYDROHALOGENATION TO FORM CONJUGATED DOUBLE BONDS AND REACTION OF AN ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED COMPOUND SUCH AS MALEIC ANHYDRIDE WITH THIS CONJUGATED DOUBLE BOND SYSTEM TO FORM A GRAFT POLYMER. THE GRAFT POLYMER IN THEN REACTED WITH A METALLIC SALT OR AN AMINE TO FORM AN IONIC HYDROCARBON POLYMER USEFUL FOR MOLDED OR EXTRUDED PRODUCTS.
Abstract:
A COMPOSITION OF MATTER SUITABLE FOR CLEANING OIL AND GAS WELLS AND FOR SULFIDING A HYDROTREATING CATALYST WHICH COMPRISES CARBON DISULFIDE CONTAINING 5-40 LV. PERCENT, PREFERABLY 10-30,, OF A REFINERY STREAM BOILING BELOW 250*F., CHOSEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CATALYTICALLY CRACKED NAPHTHA AND COKER NAPHTHA.
Abstract:
Ionic crystals having a perovskite structure and comprising a solid solution of oxides of the formulas ABO3 and A''BO3 where A and A'' are nontransition metals and B is a transition metal present in two different valency states are effective cathodic electrocatalysts for use in electrochemical cells such as fuel cells.
Abstract:
A microwave heating unit for curing wire coatings comprising a microwave generator, a waveguide coupled to said generator and means for coupling the coated wire to said waveguide whereby said wire becomes the center conductor of a coaxial line. The outer conductor of the coaxial line is preferably circular in cross section. Propagation of microwave energy between the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial line necessarily passes through the wire coating, thereby curing said coating.
Abstract:
PROCESS UTILIZING ZIEGLER-TYPE CATALYST SYTEM FOR POLYMERIZING BUTADIENE TO HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYBUTADIENES POSSESSING VARYING PROPORTIONS OF TRANS-1,4 UNITS, IN THE RANGE OF 50-90%, COMPRISIG: AN ORGANOALUMINUM COMPOUND, A LEWIS BASE, AND A TI(HALOGEN)3.NA1I3 COMPOSITION. THE POLYMERS THUS OBTAINED EXHIBIT OUTSTANDING PROPERTIES AS ELASTOMERS WHEN CROSS-LINKED AND AS THERMOELASTIC POLYMERS IN THE UNCURED STATE.
Abstract:
UNIFORM DEEP ACID DYEING OF SHAPED POLYOLEFIN ARTICLES, SUCH AS POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS, IS ACHIEVED BY BENDING INTO THE POLYOLEFIN, BEFORE SHAPING, VINYL PYRIDINE POLYMERS THAT HAVE BEEN REACTED WITH ETIHER SULFURIC ACID, A SULFONIC ACID A PHOSPHORIC ACID, OR CERTAIN DERIVATIES THEREOF.
Abstract:
THE RATE AND TEMPERATURE OF CRYSTALLIZATION OF CRYSTALLIZABLE POLYOLEFINS IS INCREASED BY INCLUDING THEREIN NUCLEATING AMOUNTS OF ESTERS, POLYESTERS HAVING MOLECULAR WEIGHTS OF UP TO THE ORDER OF 2000, OR MIXTURES THEREOF, ALL STRUCTURALLY DERIVED FROM CERTAIN MONO-, DI-, AND TRI-HYDRIC ALCOHOLS AND POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVING TWO CARBOXYL GROUPS SEPARATED BY A CHAIN OF LESS THAN 6 CARBON ATOMS.