Abstract:
IMPROVED ION-CONTAINING AND CONDUCTIVE MEDIUM FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION APPARATUS COMPRISING PHOSPHORIC ACID AND/OR ARSENIC ACID AND WATER. THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS INVENTION, FOR EXEMPLARY PURPOSES, WILL BE DESCRIBED IN REFERENCE TO A FUEL CELL FOR DIRECTLY CONVERTING CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD, HOWEVER, THAT THESE PRINCIPLES ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER TYPES OF ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION APPARATUS AS WELL.
Abstract:
1. IN THE PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF UNSATURATED ALIPHATIC ACIDS BY THE VAPOR PHASE CATALYTIC OXIDATION OF THE CORRESPONDING UNSATURATED ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDES WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF STREAM IN A RATIO OF FROM ABOUT 0.5 TO ABOUT 4 MOLES OF OXYGEN AND FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 20 MOLES OF STREAM PER MOLE OF ALDEHYDE AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 200* TO ABOUT 450* C. AND A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 0.5 TO ABOUT 10 ATMOSPHERES, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING USING AS THE CATALYST A COMPOSITION HAVING THE EMIPIRICAL FORMULA
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WHEREIN B IS A NUMBER OF ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 12; C IS A NUMBER OF ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 6; D IS A NUMBER OF ABOUT 0.5 TO ABOUT 12; E IS A NUMBER OF ABOUT 8 TO ABOUT 16; X IS A NUMBER WHICH SATISFIES THE VALENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS SAID CATALYST OPTIONALLY CONTAINING ONE OR MORE OF THE ELEMENTS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FE, NI, CO, ZN, MN, MG AND CU.
Abstract:
ENVIRONMENTALLY DANGEROUS ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, SUCH AS HYDROCARBONS, ALCOHOLS, ETHERS, ALDEHYDES, KETONES, ESTERS, ACIDS, AMINES AND THE LIKE ARE READILY DISPOSED OF IN AN ECOLOGICALLY-SAFE MANNER BY ENTRAINING THE ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN A STREAM CONTAINING AT LEAST 90% BY VOLUME OF STEAM AND PASSING THE STREAM OVER AN OXIDATION CATALYST AT A TEMPERATURE OF 250* TO 700*C. THE ORGANIC POLLUTANTS ARE CONVENIENTLY CONVERTED TO HARMLESS NITROGEN, WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE AND VALUABLE HIGH TEMPERATURE STEAM IS OBTAINED.
Abstract:
AROMATIC NITRILES ARE PREPARED BY REACTNG THE CORRESPONDING METHYL-SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC COMPOUND WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN OR OXYGEN SUPPLIED BY THE CATALYST AND AMMONIA IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST CONTAINING AT LEAST IRON, BISMUTH AND MOLYBDENUM. HIGH YIELDS OF THE AROMATIC NITRILE ARE OBTAINED.