Abstract:
OILS FLOATING ON THE SURFACE OF OPEN BODIES OF WATER CAN BE REMOVED BY BURNING THEM IN SITU IN THE PRESENCE OF AN OLEOPHILIC PARTICULATE MATERIAL SUCH AS VERMICULITE WHICH HAS BEEN TREATED WITH A METALLO CYCLOPENTADIENYL COMPOUND SUCH AS DICYCLOPENTADIENYLIRON.
Abstract:
POUR POINT CHARACTERISTICS OF MIDDLE DISTILLATE FUEL OILS ARE IMPROVED BY INCORPORATING IN SUCH FUEL OILS ABOUT 0.0001-5% BY WEIGHT OF AN OIL-SOLUBLE TERPOLYMER OF A MONOMERIC C2 TO C9 ALKYL ESTER OF THIOLACRYLIC ACID, A MONOMERIC C10 TO C20 ALKYL ESTER OF THIOLACRYLIC ACID AND A MONOMERIC BRANCHED-CHAIN C3 TO C8 ALKYLAMINOETHYL ESTER OF METHACRYLIC ACID, SAID TERPOLYMER HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ABOUT 2,000. THE TERPOLYMER CONTAINS ABOUT 5 TO ABOUT 45 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE C2 TO C9 ALKYL ESTER OF THIOLACRYLIC ACID, ABOUT 45 TO ABOUT 85 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE C10 TO C20 ALKYL ESTER OF THIOLACRYLIC ACID AND ABOUT 5 TO ABOUT 15 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE BRANCHED-CHAIN C3 TO C8 ALKYLAMINOETHYL ESTER OF METHACRYLIC ACID.