Abstract:
THIS APPLICATION IS DIRECTED TO DISPERSIONS OF SYNTHETIC SHOCK-FORMED DIAMOND POWDER AND TO THE METHOD OF OBTAINING SAME BY SUBJECTING A MIXTURE OF SYNTHETIC SHOCKFORMED DIAMOND POWDER IN A LIQUID DISPERSION MEDIUM TO SHEAR STRESSES. THE PREFERRED DISPERSIONS ARE STABLE FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS. THE DIAMOND POWDER USED IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 7X10**-4 TO ABOUT 1X10**-2 MICRONS AND A SURFACE AREA OF BETWEEN ABOUT 40 AND ABOUT 400 SQUARE METERS PER GRAM.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR REMOVING WATER FROM A NON-ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISES MAINTAINING A BOILING BATH AND A NONBOILING BATH OF SOLVENT WHICH IS HEAVIER THAN WATER AND IN WHICH WATER IS ABOUT .1-5% BY WEIGHT SOLUBLE, IMMERSING THE ARTICLE TO BE TREATED INTO THE NON-BOILING BATH TO DISPLACE WATER THEREFROM, CAUSING THE DISPLACED WATER AND SOLVENT TO OVERFLOW INTO A SEPARATION ZONE WHEREIN WATER IS REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM AND SOLVENT IS TRANSFERRED TO THE BOILING BATH, WITHDRAWING THE ARTICLE FROM THE NON-BOILING BATH AND EXPOSING IT TO CONTACT WITH THE VAPORS OF THE SOLVENT GENERATED BY THE BOILING SOLVENT BATH. A PREFERRED SOLVENT IS AN AZEOTROPIC MIXTURE OF ABOUT 97 WEIGHT PERCENT 1,1,2-TRICHLORO-1,2,2,-TRIFLUORO-
ETHANE AND ABOUT 3 WEIGHT PERCENT ISOPROPANOL. APPARATUS COMPRISES A DEWATERING SUMP, EQUIPPED WITH COOLING MEANS, POSITIONED ADJACENT A WATER SEPARATING SUMP EQUIPPED WITH COOLING MEANS, WHICH WATER SEPARATING SUMP COLLECTS WATER AND SOLVENT LIQUID WHICH OVERFLOWS FROM THE DEWATERING SUMP, MEANS FOR REMOVING WATER FROM THE WATER SEPARATING SUMP, A BOILING SUMP, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SOLVENT LIQUID FROM THE WATER SEPARATING SUMP TO THE BOILING SUMP, MEANS FOR CONDENSING SOLVENT VAPORS GENERATED IN THE BOILING SUMP AND CYCLING SAME TO THE NON-BOILING SUMP.
Abstract:
Compositions are provided which contain isopropylamine salts of a mixture of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acids in which the alkyl groups contain 7 through 14 carbon atoms, a predominant amount of the mixture containing from 11 through 12 carbon atoms, from about 19 to about 24 numerical percent of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid salts having the benzene sulfonic acid group located on the two position of the alkyl group and an organic solvent which is preferably Stoddard Solvent or 1,1,2trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane or trichloromonofluoromethane. Such compositions have a high tolerance for water even in the presence of inorganic salts and are useful for solvent cleaning of textiles and machinery.
Abstract:
Certain fluorocarbons, particularly 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2trifluoroethane in admixture with cyclohexanone are useful as evaporative coolant-lubricant compositions. These mixtures are useful in the machining of metals because of their stability, chemical inertness, non-flammability and non-toxicity.
Abstract:
CERTAIN MIXTURES OF TETRACHLORODIFLUOROETHANE AND ACETONITRILE ARE USEFUL AS SOLVENTS TO REMOVE ROSIN FLUXES FROM PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS. THESE MIXTURES ARE USEFUL BECAUSE OF THEIR UNUSUALLY HIGH SOLVENCY CHARACTERISTICS. A NARROWER CLASS OF SUCH MIXTURES IS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE BECAUSE, IN ADDITION TO HIGH SOLVENCY CHARACTERISTICS, THE MIXTURES EXHIBIT AZEOTROPIC CONSTANT BOILING CHARACTERISTICS, THEREBY FACILITATING HANDLING AND PURIFICATION OF THE SOLVENT MIXTURES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERING THEIR COMPOSITIONS.
Abstract:
CERTAIN MIXTURES OF 1,1,2-TRICHLORO-1,2,2-TRIFLUOROETHANE AND ACETONITRILE ARE USEFUL AS SOLVENTS TO REMOVE ROSIN FLUXES FROM PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS. THESE MIXTURES ARE USEFUL BECAUSE OF THEIR UNUSUALLY HIGH SOLVENCY CHARACTERISTICS. A NARROWER CLASS OF SUCH MIXTURES IS-PARTICULARLY VALUABLE BECAUSE, IN ADDITION TO HIGH SOLVENCY CHARACTERISTICS, THE MIXTURES EXHIBIT ESSENTIALLY THE CONSTANT BOILING CHARACTERISTICS OF A BINARY AZEOTROPE WHICH IS FORMED BETWEEN THESE COMPONENTS, THEREBY FACILIATING HANDLING AND PURIFICATION OF THE SOLVENT MIXTURES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERING THEIR COMPOSITIONS.