Abstract: Isobutylene is separated from a stream of C.sub.4 hydrocarbons containing it and remarkable amounts of butadiene, and methyl tert-butyl ether is prepared, by feeding that stream of hydrocarbons and methanol to a reactor containing a catalyst consisting of an acid ion-exchange resin, maintained at a temperature in the range of from 60.degree. to 120.degree. C, at a space velocity (LHSV) in the range of from 5 to 35, the relation between the space velocity (LHSV) and temperature being correlated to correspond to the formula: LHSV = 1/2t - 25, wherein t is the temperature in degrees C, so that the isobutylene and methanol are caused to react, and then separating the methyl tert-butyl ether thus formed from the reaction mixture by distillation.

Abstract: In a device for coupling a cardan half-joint with a fixed structure, such as a device for the subsea anchoring of a structure which uses cardan joints, the improvement consisting in that the half joint is of the cross-beam type and the main forks are formed by two half shells and there is an undercut abutment having the shape of a poppet. A better distribution of the pull stresses on the members of the joint is thus obtained, means being also provided to prevent the rotation of the joint.

Abstract: The invention relates to the skeleton isomerization of alkenes and, more particularly, to the catalyst for the isomerization reaction, the catalyst being prepared by treating an oxide of a metal of the group comprising aluminium, titanium, magnesium, silicon, chrome, zirconium, iron and their mixtures, preferably an active alumina, with a silicon compound, preferably an alkyl ester of the orthosilicic acid, and then subjecting the thus treated oxide to drying and to a controlled oxidation. Thus catalyst is obtained which permits higher yields and selectivity of the isomerization reaction to be achieved, as well as a longer operative life of the catalyst before the regeneration thereof.

Abstract: Ethylene is polymerized through the use of an improved catalyst system consisting of a carrier such as neodymium oxide having a high superficial area, an aluminum compound such as triisobutylaluminum and the combination product of titanium trichloride and an isostructural chloride of another transition metal prepared by impregnating the carrier with a solution of a carbonyl derivative of the other transition metal, refluxing the impregnated carrier with titanium tetrachloride until that carbonyl derivative is converted to the chloride of the other transition metal, and then removing the excess of titanium tetrachloride.

Abstract: A method for removing metals from waste liquids without the use of an externally supplied source of current. The method consists in (i) immersing in the waste liquid at a pH of less than 3.5, two materials which are different from each other and the metal to be removed, one of the immersed materials being electropositive, the other being carbon or electronegative, (ii) connecting the two immersed materials to each other, thus giving rise to an electric current, (iii) precipitating the metal or metals to be removed, and (iv) recovering the purified waste liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel oligomer derivatives of aluminum hydride having the general formula:(XAlNR).sub.x (XYAl).sub.y (NHR).sub.y.

Abstract: Compounds having at least one olefinic unsaturation (e.g. isoprene) are polymerized in the presence of a catalyst system consisting of a transition metal compound such as TiCl.sub.4 and an aluminum hydride derivative which is either (a) an oligomer N-alkylaminoalane of the type: ##STR1## or (b) an oligomer derivative having the general formula:(XAlNR).sub.x (XYAl).sub.y (NHR).sub.y.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel process for the separation of acetylenic compounds from saturated, olefinic and dienic hydrocarbons by etherifying the acetylenic compounds with an alcohol or a glycol in the presence of an acid ion-exchange resin containing mercuric ions.

Abstract: Artificial fibres containing antibodies, antigens or antisera are prepared by emulsifying the substances to be incorporated in the interior of the fibres and spinning the emulsion thus obtained through a spinneret immersed in an appropriate coagulation bath, when the coagulation liquor and the solvent(s) have been removed, a fibre is obtained which can be used in many fields wherever it is required to remove antibodies, antigens or antisera from certain substances. The fibres thus obtained could also be used for chromatographical methods of the affinity chromatography type.

Abstract: A mineral or synthetic lubricating oil is protected against oxidation by dissolving therein, at a temperature not higher than 80.degree. C, a 3-aza-6a-thio-thiophthene or a 3,4-diaza-6a-thio-thiophthene represented by the general formulae: ##STR1## wherein, R, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, the same or different, represent hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl or aminoaryl.

Abstract: A class of soluble polymers of high molecular weight is disclosed whose members are: copolymers of polycyclic polyenes containing two conjugated double bonds which are members of the group consisting of a) polycyclic polyenes having an endomethylenic system orthocondensed with another hydrocarbon ring wherein the two common carbon atoms form a part of a conjugated diene system whose double bonds are located inside the non-endomethylenic ring, b) polyenes presenting an alkylidene group conjugated with a double bond of a ring which forms a part of an endocyclic system, and c) orthocondensed polycyclic polyenes substituted with an alkylidene type ring whose double bond is conjugated with a double bond of one of the cycles; and homopolymers of at least one of said polycyclic polyenes with at least one other conjugated diene.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a certain class of octenenitriles is disclosed, which uses as the starting compound the 3,7-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-6-octenenitrile: the reaction is a simple dehydration reaction or, in certain cases, an esterification or etherification. The method as disclosed is very simple and cheap and the product thus obtained can be used in the perfume and cosmetic industry.

Abstract: An oil in water emulsion is prepared as a continuous process by causing a stream of water to flow through a duct containing a Venturi providing a converging frustum of a cone zone, a diverging frustum of a cone zone and a central zone joining the two frustum of a cone zones, so that the stream flows through a zone upstream of the Venturi where it is directed along a helicoidal path through the converging frustum of a cone zone to the central zone, drawing oil for emulsification to the duct at the zone upstream of the Venturi and causing it to flow along a helicoidal path in the same direction as the water to the central zone so that the oil and water mix and emulsify in that central zone, causing the emulsion so formed to flow through the diverging frustum of a cone zone, then causing the emulsion to flow along a helicoidal path of reverse slope, and thereafter discharging the emulsion from the duct.

Abstract: This invention relates to esters prepared by reactingA. a mixture of tri-, tetra- and hexafunctional polyols in which the molar ratio of the trifunctional polyol to the other polyols is from about 0.5:1 to 10:1 and in which the molar ratio of the hexafunctional polyol to the tetrafunctional polyol is from about 0 to 1.2:1, andB. a mixtue of linear alkyl monocarboxylic acids comprised of (i) one or more acids having from 7 to 8 carbon atoms and (ii) one or more acids having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms, the molar ratio of the acids (i) to the acids (ii) being from about 1.5:1 to 6:1.The invention also relates to lubricating compositions comprised of the esters.

Abstract: Anhydrous gold trichloride is prepared by stirring a suspension of finely divided tetrachloro-auric acid, having the thionyl chloride at a temperature in the range from 20.degree. to 65.degree. C in the absence of light, whereby said tetrachloro-auric acid and thionyl chloride react to form the desired end product.

Abstract: A poly-N-alkyliminoalane containing repeated imine units of the type ##STR1## wherein R is an aliphatic radical, is prepared by reacting an alane of an alkali or alkali-earth metal with a primary amine in the presence of a hydrocarbon solvent.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the separation of butadiene from a stream-cracked C.sub.4 hydrocarbon stream by a sequential etherification of isobutylene and the acetylenic compounds that is followed by a distillation step.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of oligomers starting from linear alpha-olefins and to the subsequent hydrogenation thereof to saturated oligomers products, and more particularly to the catalyst system used in the oligomer preparation reaction, the catalyst system consisting of a first component selected amongst the halogenated organo-metal aluminium components, and a second component capable of reacting with the first one and chosen amongst halogens or interhalogenic compounds and metal halides; thus higher yields of oligomers, as well as an easier performance and a control of the reaction are achieved. In turn the hydrogenation step is carried out in the presence of a known hydrogenation catalyst, at a temperature of 150 to 300.degree. C and under a pressure of from 20 to 150 atmospheres.

Abstract: A composition comprising a poly-alkyleneglycol is stablized against molecular degradation and viscosity loss at elevated temperatures by about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of an arylhydroquinone such as p-acetylphenylhydroquinone.

Abstract: A process is described whereby carbonic acid esters, i.e., alkyl, aryl and cycloalkyl carbonates, are prepared by reacting an alcohol with oxygen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst selected from copper complexed with an organic molecule.