Abstract: The invention provides a process for inhibiting mold growth in a cereal grain having a seed coat by contacting such grain with sodium diacetate in such amounts and under such conditions that the sodium diacetate penetrates the seed coat and inhibits the growth of mold in said grain. The invention is especially useful in the treatment of high moisture corn.

Abstract: A dispenser is provided which is adapted to be used in connection with a hopper for distribution of a granular and/or powdered product, said dispenser having a rotary star-shaped distributor on which is mounted a plurality of crenellated radial blades which upon rotation move between two parallel walls at right angles to the axis of rotation, one wall being an upstream wall and the other a downstream wall, each having at least one cut-out nonaligned with the cut-out in the other, one cut-out being an inlet on the upstream wall and another one an outlet on the downstream wall, the upstream wall having on its inner face at least one stud which is disposed in line with the outlet and the edge of each crenellated radial blade being so crenellated that the recessed surface of the crenellation matches the projecting stud or studs of the upstream wall whereby a constant measured quantity of granular and/or powdered product is dispensed.

Abstract: The invention has for its object a method for the hardening of a composit particularly intended for making foundry cores and moulds including the known steps of gasifying this composition by SO.sub.2 and the introduction into the composition of an agent for oxidizing SO.sub.2 characterized in that the SO.sub.2 is insufflated diluted with another gas of lower diffusibility.

Abstract: No-rinse compositions and a process are provided for inhibiting corrosion of ferrous or non-ferrous metal surfaces and for producing a surface to which synthetic resin coating compositions will adhere so that the resultant coatings have satisfactory impact and bending resistance, together with resistance to creeping corrosion between the metal and the dried resin coating.

Abstract: A synthetic metal working lubricant characterized by an absence of mineral oil but which is water immiscible and dispersible in water to form oil-in-water emulsions in which said lubricant is in the discontinuous phase is prepared using polybutenes, also referred to as polyisobutylenes, having an average molecular weight within the range of approximately 320-610 constituting a principal ingredient in combination with polyethylene glycol mono- and/or diesters of higher carboxylic acids or mixtures of such acids containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms in an acyclic or branched carbon chain and/or higher fatty acids containing 8-22 carbon atoms together with optional corrosion inhibiting agents which are effective in inhibiting corrosion of ferrous and non-ferrous metals to which the lubricant is applied for the purpose of working such metals.

Abstract: An all-in-one reagent is provided for the quantitative colorimetric determination of creatine phosphokinase in blood serum or plasma wherein the tetrazolium dye, 2-(p-iodophenyl)-3-(p-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl tetrazolium chloride (INT), preferably together with an electron transport such as diaphorase, and compatible substances which are enzymatically converted by creatine phosphokinase to an end product that will reduce said dye from its normally colorless state to a colored reduced state are combined into a homogeneous composition which can be dried to a stable reagent.

Abstract: Method and an apparatus for determining the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of waters by a photochemically accelerated oxidation with oxygen. This method, if desired, may be combined with the step of measuring the contents which the waters have in organically bound carbon.

Abstract: In an apparatus comprising strain gauges mounted on a cantilever beam to measure elongation due to bending under load, the invention provides means in combination with said cantilever beam whereby a load can be applied to said beam so that the strain is directly proportional to the effective length of the beam and errors in measurement which have been incurred by other methods employed in applying the load to the beam are avoided.

Abstract: A surface decking or mat-like sheet material is provided having a lower surface with generally flat portions adapted to lie on a floor, ground or other generally flat surface, and an upper surface having a plurality of parallel spaced unidirectional recessed passageways separated by upwardly extending portions having spaced parallel unidirectional sides which also form the sides of said passageways, said recessed passageways having bottom portions extending between said parallel sides, the exterior sides of said bottom portions constituting said generally flat portions of said flat surface, said bottom portions containing a plurality of spaced openings extending through said lower surface, and said upper surface between said passageways containing a plurality of spaced openings having upwardly extending rims which act as bearing surfaces for animals, persons, or objects in contact therewith.

Abstract: A simplified height measuring device useful for measuring the height of persons is provided having telescopically arranged measuring rods with faces containing parallel vertical columns of different types of height measuring units such as English height measuring units, on the one hand, for example, inches, and metric height measuring units on the other, for example, centimeters.

Abstract: Beef cattle are fed with a synergistic mixture of sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey in sufficient amounts to increase feed efficiency.

Abstract: Dairy cattle are fed with a synergistic mixture of sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey in sufficient amounts to increase milk production and butterfat production.

Abstract: A slide apparatus for feeding a tool or other element in one direction in a straight line at a controlled rate for a predetermined distance is provided characterized by a base having top, side, bottom and opposing end outer surfaces with tubular internal piston bores in opposing ends of the base, one bore being larger than the other, and each bore containing a sealed piston disposed for reciprocation, together with connections for controlling the movement of the pistons by fluid pressure, and a frame having a top and opposing ends extending downwardly from the top, which is adapted to carry a tool or other device to be fed, the opposing ends of the frame being rigidly connected by rods slidingly mounted in tubular passageways in the base and the inner sides of the ends of the frame being operably contacted by the pistons whereby the frame is moved in one direction in a straight line at a controlled rate in response to the movement of the pistons.

Abstract: Single addition organic-inorganic blend emulsion breaking compositions suitable for breaking oil-in-water emulsions are prepared which consist essentially of an aqueous solution of a water soluble acidic aluminum salt and a water soluble quaternized dehydration condensation polymer of triethanolamine or acylated triethanolamine, or mixtures of triethanolamine and acylated triethanolamine, said polymer containing tertiary amino groups of which 20-100% are quaternized.

Abstract: A new and useful pigment is prepared by reacting an inorganic silicofluoride and an inorganic calcium compound selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate. The product is especially useful in protective coating compositions which are applied to metals in order to enhance adherence to and corrosion resistance of metals such as aluminum, zinc, magnesium, steel and alloys of said metals.

Abstract: Color is removed from paper mill waste water by a precipitation method using relatively small amounts of polyethylene imine as a complexing agent and precipitant for color bodies in such waste waters.

Abstract: Mixed feeds used in feeding turkeys are improved by adding sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey in proportions sufficient to enhance feed efficiency.

Abstract: Mixed feeds used in feeding pigs are improved by adding sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey in proportions sufficient to enhance feed efficiency.

Abstract: Sodium diacetate is used in feeding herbivorous animals.