Abstract:
A continuous process for producing water-insoluble, water-swellable polymers comprises subjecting a monomer and initiator to polymerization conditions in a reactor system having at least 3 zones.
Abstract:
In the continuous production of polyesters, the esterification/transesterification of dicarboxylic acids or esters of the dicarboxylic acids with diols is performed in at least one reaction stage, the prepolycondensation of the esterification/transesterification product is performed under a vacuum in a reaction stage consisting of a vertical tube, and the polycondensation of the prepolycondensation product is performed in at least one reaction stage. To be able to perform the prepolycondensation in a reaction stage, while at the same time increasing the viscosity of the prepolycondensation product and decreasing the process temperatures, the esterification/transesterification product flowing into the prepolycondensation reactor successively traverses in a free movement under limited heating first at least one first reaction zone formed of an annular channel, is then introduced into the radially outer ring duct of at least one second reaction zone formed of an annular channel divided into a plurality of concentric ring ducts, thereafter is successively passed through the ring ducts to the outlet, and is then introduced into a stirred third reaction zone located at the bottom of the vertical tube.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus. When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are transferred into the vacuum processing chamber by substrates conveyor means from dummy substrate storage means which is disposed in the air atmosphere together with storage means for storing substrates to be processed, and the inside of the vacuum processing chamber is dry-cleaned by generating a plasma. The dummy substrate is returned to the dummy substrate storage means after dry cleaning is completed. Accordingly, any specific mechanism for only the cleaning purpose is not necessary and the construction of the apparatus can be made simple. Furthermore, the dummy substrates used for dry cleaning and the substrates to be processed do not coexist, contamination of the substrates to be processed due to dust and remaining gas can be prevented and the production yield can be high.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a production method of biodegradable plastic in which polylactic acid is directly synthesized from lactic acid without employing the conventional route of polylactic acid synthesis from lactic acid via lactide, and apparatus for use in production thereof. In this way, time required for the synthesis of polylactic acid is strikingly shortened and the production cost is reduced. In the production method of biodegradable plastic, polylactic acid, the main component of biodegradable plastic, is obtained by means of condensation polymerization by dehydration of the raw material, lactic acid, under high temperature and reduced pressure in the presence of a metal catalyst.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus. When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are transferred into the vacuum processing chamber by substrates conveyor means from dummy substrate storage means which is disposed in the air atmosphere together with storage means for storing substrates to be processed, and the inside of the vacuum processing chamber is dry-cleaned by generating a plasma. The dummy substrate is returned to the dummy substrate storage means after dry cleaning is completed. Accordingly, any specific mechanism for only the cleaning purpose is not necessary and the construction of the apparatus can be made simple. Furthermore, the dummy substrates used for dry cleaning and the substrates to be processed do not coexist, contamination of the substrates to be processed due to dust and remaining gas can be prevented and the production yield can be high.
Abstract:
A continuous process for producing water-insoluble, water-swellable polymers comprises subjecting a monomer and initiator to polymerization conditions in a reactor system having at least 3 zones.
Abstract:
Process for incinerating refuse derived fuels to obtain fuel gas therefrom by thermal cracking, comprising the following steps: subjecting the material to deaeration; advancing a bed of material within a vacuum environment insulated from the outside (thermal cracking chamber) and in which a temperature of between 400 DEG C. and 600 DEG C. is maintained by the countercurrent flow of hot gases which lap the material; feeding the material which has passed through the thermal cracking chamber to a reactor in order to be subjected to a temperature of between 1200 DEG C. and 1800 DEG C.; in proximity ot the entry end of said thermal cracking chamber, drawing off the gases generated by the thermal cracking together with the gases which have lapped the bed of material, in order to maintain the thermal cracking chamber under vacuum; feeding the drawn-off gases to the discharge conduit for the gases generated in the reactor; purifying and filtering the gases obtained in this manner for their use as fuel gases.
Abstract:
A method of carrying out the controlled oxidation of A material, such as Al(Ga)As is oxidized in a controlled manner placing it in a reactor, and causing a carrier gas containing an oxidizing vapour, such as water, at a controlled partial pressure to flow over the oxidizable Material. In this way, the reaction process can be made sensitive to only one variable.
Abstract:
A wafer conveyor system for used in a vacuum processing apparatus wherein the conveyor structure is provided with a transfer structure and a robot apparatus is arranged on the transfer structure. The robot provides for rotation of the wafer horizontally from a position in a cassette to an opposite postion of the cassette.
Abstract:
Chloropentafluorobenzene or bromopentafluorobenzene is formed by heating perhalobenzene, C6FnX6-n where n is 0 to 4, and each X is, independently, a chlorine or bromine atom, with alkali metal fluoride, and an aminophosphonium catalyst (e.g., (Et2N)4PBr). The resultant chloropentafluorobenzene or bromopentafluorobenzene can be converted into a pentafluorophenyl Grignard reagent or a pentafluorophenyl alkali metal compound. This in turn can be converted into tris(pentafluorophenylborane), which can be converted into a single coordination complex comprising a labile tetra(pentafluorophenyl)boron anion (e.g., a trialkylammonium tetra(pentafluorophenyl)boron complex or an N,N-dimethylanilinium tetra(pentafluorophenyl)boron complex). The complex can be used in the preparation of an active catalyst by mixing the complex with a cyclopentadienyl metal compound containing a Group 4 metal in suitable solvent or diluent so that the cation of the complex reacts irreversibly with a ligand of the cyclopentadienyl compound, and such that the pentafluorophenyl anion forms a non-coordinating ion pair with a resulting cation produced from the cyclopentadienyl metal compound. Alternatively, the tris(pentafluorophenylborane) can be contacted with a metallocene of the formula LMX2 wherein L is a derivative of a delocalized pi-bonded group imparting a constrained geometry to the metal active site and where L contains up to 50 non-hydrogen atoms, M is a Group 4 metal, and each X is, independently, hydride, or a hydrocarbyl, silyl, or germyl group having up to 20 carbon, silicon, or germanium atoms to form a catalyst having a limiting charge separated structure of the formula LMX⊕ XA⊖ wherein A is an anion formed from the tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane.
Abstract translation:通过加热全卤苯,其中n为0至4的C 6 F n X 6-n,和各自独立地为氯或溴原子,与碱金属氟化物和氨基鏻催化剂(例如(Et 2 N)4 PBr))形成氯五氟苯或溴五氟苯。 得到的氯五氟苯或溴五氟苯可以转化成五氟苯基格氏试剂或五氟苯基碱金属化合物。 这可以转化成三(五氟苯基硼烷),其可以转化成包含不稳定的四(五氟苯基)硼阴离子的单一配位络合物(例如三烷基四(五氟苯基)硼络合物或N,N-二甲基苯胺四 五氟苯基)硼络合物)。 该络合物可用于制备活性催化剂,该配合物与合适的溶剂或稀释剂中含有第4族金属的环戊二烯基金属化合物混合,使得络合物的阳离子与环戊二烯基化合物的配体不可逆地反应, 五氟苯基阴离子与由环戊二烯基金属化合物产生的所得阳离子形成非配位离子对。 或者,三(五氟苯基硼烷)可以与式LMX2的茂金属接触,其中L是离域化π键合基团的衍生物,赋予金属活性位点约束几何形状,并且其中L含有多达50个非氢原子, M是第4族金属,并且每个X独立地是氢化物,或具有至多20个碳,硅或锗原子的烃基,甲硅烷基或甲锗烷基,以形成具有限定电荷分离结构的式LMX ⊕XA⊖其中A是由三(五氟苯基)硼烷形成的阴离子。