Abstract: A process is provided for achieving a high degree of exchange for zeolites, e.g., Zeolites F and W. After preparation of the ammonium form, the zeolite is contacted with a solution containing the desired metal cation while simultaneously maintaining the pH at between about 9.0 and 12.0 to provide a final product zeolite wherein the desired metal cation will correspond to at least about 0.5 of the total zeolitic cations.

Abstract: Molecular sieves, particularly zeolites, are prepared using adamantane compounds as templates.

Abstract: Tungsten carbide is produced by mixing tungsten oxide or ammonium paratungstate with carbon to form a mixture which is substantially reduced in a non-reducing atmosphere in the presence of sufficient carbon to produce a carbon content in the resulting mixture of less than seven percent by weight, and adding sufficient carbon to the resulting reduced mixture to increase the carbon content to at least the stoichiometric amount needed to form monotungsten carbide prior to carburization of the mixture to monotungsten carbide.

Abstract: A mordenite type zeolite having a high purity and a high SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio is prepared without using an organic or inorganic mineralizer, by a process wherein a homogeneous aluminosilicate containing 3 to 14% by weight, expressed in terms of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 (calculated as the anhydride), of aluminum is crystallized in an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide.

Abstract: A process for recovering or purifying selenium is disclosed. A selenium-containing material is reacted with carbon monoxide and ammonia or a primary or secondary amine to form a compound soluble in an aprotic solvent. The reaction product is subjected to the reverse reaction by heating it to liberate selenium, which is separated by filtration. The reaction is specific to selenium, and selenium can be separated from sulfur, tellurium, arsenic, halogen, etc. The used reagents can be recovered and used repeatedly.

Abstract: New magnetic hydride Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.14 BH.sub.x (0<x<5) and family corresponding to other rare earths and yttrium. Possible substitution of Fe by Co. Preparation from Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.14 B by hydrogenation (ambient temperature; pH.sub.2 >20 bar), which can be reversed to give powdered Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.14 B. Remarkable magnetic properties.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing a catalyst composition comprising a synthetic boron-containing crystalline material having the structure of zeolite ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, Beta or Nu-1.

Abstract: Zeolites well suited for detergency, e.g., zeolites of type A, are adopted for mass production by simultaneously continuously introducing both an aqueous solution of sodium silicate and an aqueous solution of sodium aluminate into an unagitated first reaction zone to effect the continuous intimate admixture thereof, continuously transferring intimate admixture from said first reaction zone to a second zone of gelation to effect the continuous homogeneous gelling thereof, the time of retention of said intimate admixture in said first reaction zone being less than that period of time required for the gelation thereof, and thence effecting crystallization of a zeolite from said homogeneous gel.

Abstract: This invention relates to a synthetic zeolite, designated as ECR-18, having a structure similar to the mineral paulingite and a process for preparation of the zeolite.

Abstract: Crystalline silicates and processes for the production thereof are described. These crystalline silicates are of new crystalline structure, which, as determined after calcination in the air at 550.degree. C., have a composition represented by the general formula (I): pM.sub.2/n O.Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.qSiO.sub.2 (the symbols are as defined in the appended claims) and give a X-ray diffraction pattern as shown in Table 2. They are superior in heat resistance and acid resistance, and can be used as catalysts for the conversion of various organic compounds, absorbents, or as catalysts for various reactions. They are produced by reacting an aqueous mixture comprising (a) a silica source, (b) an alumina source, (c) an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal source, and (d) ethylene glycol or (e) monoethanolamine at a temperature of 100.degree. to 300.degree. C. till the desired crystalline silicates are formed.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with particular crystalline silica materials that contain boron in the crystal lattice. These materials are useful as catalysts for many reactions.

Abstract: A ferrierite type zeolite having a high purity and a high SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio is prepared by reacting simultaneously and continuously an aqueous sodium and/or potassium silicate solution with an aluminum-containing solution to obtain a homogeneous phase compound of a granular amorphous aluminosilicate containing Al in an amount of 3 to 14 wt. % as calculated as anhydrous Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Na and/or K in an amount of 1 to 17 wt. % as calculated as anhydrous Na.sub.2 O and/or K.sub.2 O; and then, crystallizing the homogeneous phase compound in the form of a slurry in water or in an aqueous sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide solution. The molar ratio of K.sup.+ to the total of (K.sup.+ +Na.sup.+) in the slurry is 0.1 to 0.9.

Abstract: The synthesis of zeolites 4A having a high crystallinity and a fine granulometry is disclosed, by the addition in a first stage of a sodium silicate solution to a sodium aluminate solution (containing an excess of NaOH and heated to a temperature of from 50.degree. to 100.degree. C.), and by the crystallization in a second stage at a temperature of from 70.degree. to 105.degree. C., characterized in that the temperature of the sodium silicate solution is lower by at least twenty Centigrade degrees than that of the sodium aluminate solution, the molar ratios SiO.sub.2 :H.sub.2 O and SiO.sub.2 :Na.sub.2 O in the sodium silicate solution being respectively from 0.030 to 0.150 and from 1.95 to 2.30, and the weight ratio between the reaction mother liquor and the zeolite thus formed being from 6.5 to 20.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from a gaseous stream additionally containing carbon dioxide by contacting the gaseous stream with a polyvalent metal chelate solution for a time sufficient to allow the polyvalent metal chelate to oxidize the hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur without allowing the polyvalent metal chelate solution to absorb appreciable amounts of carbon dioxide. The pH of the metal chelate solution should be greater than 7 and the contact time between the polyvalent metal chelate and the gaseous stream is between 0.006 and 0.08 second.

Abstract: A crystalline zeolitic material, designated Nu-27, has a composition (in terms of mole ratios of oxides) expressed by the formula:0 to 9 M.sub.2 O:aY.sub.2 O.sub.3 :100 XO.sub.2 :0 to 35 H.sub.2 O,wherein M is a monovalent cation of 1/n of a cation of valency n, a is from 0 to 9, X is silicon and/or germanium, Y is one or more of aluminium, iron, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, manganese, gallium or boron, and H.sub.2 O is water of hydration additional to water notionally present when M is H and having a defined X-ray diffraction pattern. The zeolitic material is prepared from an aqueous reaction mixture containing a source of oxide XO.sub.2, optionally a source of oxide Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, and a tetralkylethylenediamine compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and improved form of crystalline silicate having the structure of zeolite Beta, to a new and useful improvement in synthesizing said crystalline silicate and to use of said crystalline silicate prepared in accordance herewith as a catalyst for organic compound, e.g. hydrocarbon compound, conversion.

Abstract: Disclosed is the compound trihydrated potassium triborate having the following chemical formula: KB.sub.3 O.sub.5.3H.sub.2 O. Also disclosed is a process for the production of trihydrated potassium triborate by reacting potassium pentaborate tetrahydrate with either dipotassium tetraborate tetrahydrate or with dipotassium pentaborate pentahydrate by contacting the two solid reactants under reaction conditions including an amount of water sufficient to cause reaction and insufficient to dissolve the two reactant solids. The new trihydrated potassium triborate may also be prepared by treating dipotassium pentaborate pentahydrate with water under the same reaction conditions.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and improved form of crystalline silicate having the structure of zeolite ZSM-50, to a new and useful improvement in synthesizing said crystalline silicate and to use of said crystalline silicate prepared in accordance herewith as a catalyst for organic compound, e.g. hydrocarbon compound, conversion.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new synthetic porous crystalline material, a method for its preparation and use thereof in catalytic conversion of organic compounds. The new crystalline material exhibits a distinctive X-ray diffraction pattern.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and improved form of crystalline silicate identified as zeolite ZSM-12, to a new and useful improvement in synthesizing said crystalline silicate and to use of said crystalline silicate prepared in accordance herewith as a catalyst for organic compound, e.g. hydrocarbon compound, conversion.