Abstract: This invention is a fire retardant compound and the method for preparing the same. The combined fire retardant properties of the final composition are greater than the fire retardant properties of the individual ingredients. When formulated and treated in accordance with the present invention, wood products such as paneling and flooring, fabric products such as cotton, wool and rayon and the like which are normally flammable are for all practical purposes noncombustible. Not only are the flame retardant properties of the present invention highly unusual but also the smoke inhibiting factor in each case is extremely low and way below that which would normally be anticipated.

Abstract: A ceramic body having a metallized layer which comprises a ceramic substrate and a metallized layer fired on the substrate to be integrated or further comprises a conductive layer consisting of a noble metal or noble metal alloy to be joined onto the metallized layer, the composition of the metallized layer being one or more of a silicide of transition metals belonging to Groups V and VI of periodic table; one or more of a boride of lanthanum and a boride of transition metals belonging to Groups IV, V and VI of periodic table; or a high melting point metal or alloy unmelted at a firing temperature of the ceramic substrate and containing, based on 100 parts by weight of the metal or alloy, 0.5-25 parts by weight of niobium, 0.5-10 parts by weight of yttrium, 0.5-10 parts by weight of tantalum, 0.5-25 parts by weight of mixture of niobium and yttrium, 0.5-25 parts by weight of mixture of yttrium and tantalum, 0.5-25 parts by weight of mixture of niobium and tantalum, 0.

Abstract: Method for the manufacture of oxidic sintered nuclear fuel bodies by compacting UO.sub.2 -starting powder or a mixture of UO.sub.2 -and PuO.sub.2 starting powder which contains up to 10% by weight rare-earth oxide, especially Gd.sub.2 O.sub.3, as an additive into blanks and subsequent densification of these blanks by a heat treatment in a sintering atomsphere with reducing action. The UO.sub.2 -starting powder used for compacting has a specific surface in the range of 2 to 4.5 m.sup.2 /g and/or a mean crystallite diameter in the range of 80 nm to 250 nm, and the heat treatment in the sintering atmosphere with reducing action is carried out at a temperature in the range of 1,500.degree. C. to 1,750.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for absorbing water containing relatively large amount of acid comprises contacting an aqueous medium with a rapidly water-swellable polymer comprising an alkali metal sulfonic acid salt containing polyelectrolyte. For example, a crosslinked polymer containing polymerized acrylamide and sodium 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropane sulfonate can be used to remove acidic water from fuels, battery casings, etc.

Abstract: This is a control method for large scale batch reduction of zirconium tetrachloride to zirconium metal. Solid zirconium tetrachloride is fed at least periodically into a sublimer and the sublimer heated to vaporize the zirconium tetrachloride. The vaporized zirconium tetrachloride is fed from the sublimer to a reduction vessel and a measurement is made indicative of this feed (e.g., the flow rate or the pressure in the reduction vessel). A condenser is used to conjunction with said sublimer and the temperature of the condenser is controlled to control the feed of the vaporized zirconium tetrachloride. Preferably, a flow restriction is used between the sublimer and the condenser to provide improved control.

Abstract: A sintered silicon nitride products and processes for the fabrication thereof are described, wherein the product comprises from 60 to 98.9% by weight of silicon nitride, from 0.1 to 15% by weight of one or more chromium components selected from metal chromium, chromium oxide, and chromium nitride, and from 1 to 25% by weight of one or more oxides selected from oxides of rare earth elements, scandium oxide, yttrium oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide and silicon dioxide.

Abstract: A method for the synthesis of tetrakis-(6,6,7,7,8,8,8,-heptafluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3,5-octanedione) cerium (IV), [Ce(fod).sub.4 ] wherein the product is directly formed by reacting the deprotonated beta-diketonate ligand with a cerium (IV) salt, is disclosed.

Abstract: Electrical contacts of high density and high erosion resistance made by sintering a powder compact containing silver, cadmium oxide, cupric nitrate, or any other water soluble copper salt, and optionally silver oxide or silver oxide and barium hydroxide.

Abstract: A method is provided for making a surface-hardened sinter-iron part by impregnating the sinter-iron part with an alkali silicate solution, hardening the iron part by heat treatment to harden the surface of the part, the sinter iron part having closed pores on the upper surface.

Abstract: The present invention is directed particularly to an improved method using owder metallurgy for the manufacture of the grooved cooling wall of a liquid-propellant rocket combustion chamber. The surface of an inner cylinder constituting the cooling wall is formed with cooling grooves, and these grooves are densely filled up with a filler such as paraffin wax. Thereafter, metal powder which will provide an outer cylinder is compression-molded to a predetermined thickness around the inner cylinder. This metal powder is the same material as the material of the inner cylinder. After the paraffin wax which is the filler is evaporated and removed, the compression-molded metal powder body is sintered in a furnace. During this sintering heat treatment, the inner and outer cylinders are rigidly joined together by the sintering reaction between the atoms of the inner cylinder and the atoms of the metal powder.

Abstract: A fuel composition comprising a hydrogenated material obtained by hydrogenating a reaction mixture ranging from C.sub.11 to C.sub.16 containing mainly compounds which comprise butadiene and cyclopentadiene as basic structural units, produced by reacting an acyclic conjugated diene with cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene, an alkyl-substituted cyclopentadiene, or an alkyl-substituted dicyclopentadiene in accordance with Diels-Alder reaction an isomeric material prepared by isomerizing the hydrogenated material or the mixture of the hydrogenated material and the isomeric material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for preparing metal-embedded porous metallic-hydride (pmh) compacts capable of withstanding repeated hydriding-dehydring cycles without disintegrating. According to the invention, the finely divided hydridable metal alloy hydride is admixed with a finely divided metal selected from Al, Ni, Cu or other transition metals and charged with hydrogen. The resulting mixture is sintered in a furnace in which hydrogen is introduced at a pressure above the equilibrium pressure to the prevailing temperature, mechanical stress being applied simultaneously. The compacts obtained possess outstanding stability, as shown by the fact that they have remained intact even after more than 6000 cycles.

Abstract: The viscosity of heavy oil may be incrementally reduced over what can be achieved by steam alone, by introducing an aqueous metal salt solution into a reservoir undergoing steam injection. The metal ion is selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo and Al. In a preferred feature CO is also introduced as a second additive, with a further oil viscosity reduction being observed with certain of the metal ions.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing uranium dioxide powder which comprises forming fine uranium dioxide powder having a high sinterability and coarse uranium dioxide powder having a low sinterability continuously in one process by changing periodically the precipitation condition of the ammonium diuranate under the same condition of calcining and reducing of the ammonium diuranate. The thus obtained mixture of these uranium dioxide powders is suitable for uranium dioxide pellet which is a fuel of nuclear power reactor.

Abstract: A high quality chrome lignosulfonate for use as an oil well drilling additive is produced from molecular weight and/or high carbohydrate containing spent sulfite liquor. The additive is obtained by adding boron prior to the oxidation of the lignosulfonate and complexing with chrome. The use of boron allows the raw material spent sulfite liquor source to be less pure and from a wide variety of wood.

Abstract: A sintered alloy for a valve seat comprising, in weight percent, 0.5 to 1.7% C, 0.5 to 2.5% Ni, 3.0 to 8.0% Cr, 0.1 to 0.9% Mo, 1.0 to 3.8% W and 4.5 to 8.5% Co, the balance being substantially Fe provided by a base atomized powder; said alloy containing 8 to 14% by volume of 250 mesh or less C-Cr-W-Co-Fe and Fe-Mo hard grains and 6 to 13% by volume of cells, with the continuous cells being infiltrated by a copper alloy.

Abstract: The rheology of aqueous liquids is effectively controlled by the addition to the liquid of a water-dispersible BAB triblock polymer wherein the B blocks are hydrophobic blocks such as alkyl or sulfonated poly(t-butylstyrene) and the A block is a hydrophilic block such as sulfonated poly(vinyltoluene).

Abstract: Process for treating a clayey geological formation to prevent, inhibit or reduce swelling or migrating of clay particles in a formation by treating the formation with an effective amount of a quaternized oligomer which is the reaction product of a polyamine having a primary amino group and a tertiary amino group with a difunctional reactant to form a precondensate monomer which is then chain extended and quaternized by reaction with a dihalogenated hydrocarbon ether.A preferred oligomer is a product of:(I) about 1.0 mole of a precondensate which is the reaction product of(A) from about 2.0 to about 3.0 mole of a polyamine having a primary amino group and a tertiary amino group, the polyamine having a non-cyclic backbone containing between 1 and 6 carbon atoms, with(B) about 1.0 mole of a difunctional reactant which is a diester of a mixture of dicarboxylic acids such as adipic, glutaric and succinic acid, with(II) from about 1.0 to about 1.2 mole of a chain extender such as dichloroethylether.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preventing the segregation of powders of different specific gravities in a metal powder composition. The powder metal is admixed with the powders of lesser specific gravities, and furfuryl alcohol is added at the same time. While mixing, an acid is added to react with the furfuryl alcohol to convert the alcohol to a solid resin film on the powder metal particles. The powders of lesser specific gravities are bonded to the metal powder particles by the resin, and segregation of the metal powder and the lighter powders is eliminated.

Abstract: A novel surfactant is formed by reacting maleic anhydride with a polynuclear aromatic compound having a molecular weight of at least 155. A novel surfactant system useful in enhanced oil recovery containing the above surfactant is also provided. In addition, an improved process for the enhanced recovery of oil is provided utilizing the novel surfactant system.