Abstract:
SULFUR IS PRODUCED FROM GYPSUM BY (1) ROASTING THE GYPSUM WITH CARBON OR A REDUCING GAS TO FORM CAS; (2) REACTING THE CAS WITH H2S AND WATER TO PRODUCE A SOLUTION OF CA(HS)2; (3) CONVERTING THE CA(HS)2 TO NAHS BY IONS EXCHANGE; (4) CARBONATING THE NAHS SOLUTION TO FORM H2S AND NAHCO3; (5) DECOMPOSING H2S AND NAHCO3 TO PRODUCE SULFUR AND NA2CO3, RESPECTIVELY.
Abstract:
AN ULTRATHIN SEMIPERMEABLE REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE WHICH MAY BE MADE BY CASTING A CONCENTRATED POLYMER SOLUTION ON A LIQUID SURFACE AND THEN EVAPORATING, AND WHICH MAY BE LAMINATED WITH A SEPARATE POROUS SUPPORT MEMBRANE TO FORM A COMPOSITE REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE. A PROCESS OF SEPARATING SOLVENT FROM SOLUTION BY REVERSE OSMOSIS COMPRISING BRINGING THAT SOLUTION INTO CONTACT WITH A MEMBRANE COMPRISING A SEMIPERMEABLE ULTRATHIN MEMBRANE AT A PRESSURE ABOVE THE OSMOTIC PRESSURE.
Abstract:
A VANADIUM-BASE ALLOY CONTAINING MOLYBDENUM, TITANIUM, YTRIUM AND CARBON EXHIBITS HIGH STRENGTH AS WELL AS GOOD FABRICABILITY. STRENGTH IS FURTHER IMPROVED BY ADDITION OF SILICON. THE ALLOY FINDS USE AS A STRUCTURAL MATERIAL IN INSTRUMENTS, PIPING, CONTAINERS, ETC.
Abstract:
CARBONACEOUS GOLD ORES ARE RENDERED AMENABLE TO A CONVENTIONAL CYANIDE RECOVERY PROCESS BY PRETREATMENT WITH ACID-OZONE MIXTURE, OR ALKALINE SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE OR ALKALINE CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE COMPOUNDS AT TEMPERATURES UNDER 70*C. HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS CAN BE GENERATED IN SITU BY ELECTROLYSIS OF CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS.
Abstract:
ZINC IS PREFERENTIALLY EXTRACTED FROM SOLUTIONS CONTAINING COPPER AND ZINC IONS USING A CALCIUM SALT OF AN ORGANIC HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE. A COMPLETE PROCESS INCLUDING THE SELECTIVE EXTRACTION AND THE RECOVERY OF ZINC AND COPPER FROM THE ORGANIC AND AQUEOUS PHASES RESPECTIVELY IS DESCRIBED.
Abstract:
ROCK CONTAINING CERTAIN CLAY MINERALS IS CHEMICALLY DISAGGREGATED BY TREATMENT WITH A COMPOUND WHICH CAUSES A RUPTURING OR NEGATION OF THE BONDING BETWEEN UNIT CELLS OF THE CLAY MINERAL. THE CLAY MINERALS MAY BE ILLITE, ILLITETYPE, MIXED LATTICE MINERALS OF THE ILLITE TYPE OR MIXTURE THEREOF. THE TREATMENT COMPOUND MAY BE HYDRAZINE, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE OR MIXTURES THEREOF. THE TREATMENT OF THE CLAY MINERALS MAY BE IN SITU.