Abstract: A paint or varnish composition is described which comprises a medium, such as an alkyd resin, and an anticorrosion agent which is environmentally non-hazardous and soluble or adapted to be soluble in the medium. The composition is suitable for application to a metal substrate and the anticorrosion agent is selected so as to enable a dry paint or varnish film to be obtained on the metal substrate, preferably within 24 hours from the time of application.

Abstract: A method of reducing the particle size of solid particles is applicable to the production of very fine particles of a wide variety of solids, including alumina hydrate, and comprises milling a liquid suspension of solid particles in an agitated media mill, pumping the milled suspension through a particle size classification device to separate the slurry into a coarse fraction and a fine fraction, the particles of the coarse fraction having a greater median particle size than the particles of the fine fraction, recycling the coarse fraction from the particle size classification device to the input of the mill, and recycling the fine fraction by pumping it to the classification device, wherein recycling of both coarse and fine fractions are continued until solid particles of the desired reduced particle size are produced. Preferably a single classification device and a single mill can be used, and particles having a median particle size of 0.

Abstract: A method of reducing the particle size of solid particles is applicable to the production of very fine particles of a wide variety of solids, including alumina hydrate, and comprises milling a liquid suspension of solid particles in an agitated media mill, pumping the milled suspension through a particle size classification device to separate the slurry into a coarse fraction and a fine fraction, the particles of the coarse fraction having a greater median particle size than the particles of the fine fraction, recycling the coarse fraction from the particle size classification device to the input of the mill, and recyling the fine fraction by pumping it to the classification device, wherein recycling of both coarse and fine fractions are continued until solid particles of the desired reduced particle size are produced. Preferably a single classification device and a single mill can be used, and particles having a median particle size of 0.

Abstract: Benzothiazoline derivatives having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group, an amino group or a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, alkoxy or aryloxy group, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together may form a cyclic group which may optionally contain a heterocyclic atom; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group; X may be hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halogen, hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino or amido two X's may be taken together to form a polycyclic compound which may be substituted in like manner; n=0 or 1-4 are useful as antioxidants for compounds subject to oxidative degradation. The compounds are prepared by reacting an appropriate o-aminothiophenol with a suitable carbonyl compound.

Abstract: A composition suitable for use as a hydraulic fluid comprises:(a) a lubricating oil preferably in an amount of from 20 to 80% by weight;(b) a minor amount of oil-soluble borate ester;(c) an amine which prevents deposition of oil-insoluble hydrolysis products of the borate ester; and optionally(d) an oil soluble orthoester of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 are specified groups.

Abstract: Hydraulic fluids containing novel compounds of the general formula ##STR1## wherein: (a) each R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbyl group, or a group of the formula: ##STR2## and each R.sup.1 may be the same as, or different from, any other group R.sup.1.(b) R.sup.2 is a group as defined for R.sup.1, or a group of the formula:--O(R.sup.5 O).sub.n Si(R.sup.1).sub.3 (iv)and each group R.sup.2 may be the same as, or different from, any other group R.sup.2.(c) each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is independently a group of the formula: ##STR3## (d) R.sup.5 is an alkylene or an arylene group and each R.sup.5 may be the same as, or different from, any other group R.sup.5,(e) R.sup.6 is a hydrocarbyl group of hydrogens and each group R.sup.6 may be the same as, or different from, any other group R.sup.6,(f) n is zero or an integer and each n may be the same as, or different from, any other n.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: (a) each R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbyl group, or a group of the formula: ##STR2## and each R.sup.1 may be the same as, or different from, any other group R.sup.1.(b) R.sup.2 is a group as defined for R.sup.1, or a group of the formula:--O(R.sup.5 O).sub.n Si(R.sup.1).sub.3 (iv)and each group R.sup.2 may be the same as, or different from, any other group R.sup.2.(c) each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is independently a group of the formula: ##STR3##--(R.sup.5 O).sub.n --R.sup.6 (vii)(d) R.sup.5 is an alkylene or an arylene group and each R.sup.5 may be the same as, or different from, any other group R.sup.5,(e) R.sup.6 is a hydrocarbyl group of hydrogen and each group R.sup.6 may be the same as, or different from, any other group R.sup.6,(f) n is zero or an integer and each n may be the same as, or different from, any other n.The compounds are useful as water scavengers, particularly for hydraulic fluids, as well as in paints, lubricating oils and electrical oils.

Abstract: New compounds are derived from intra-molecular and inter-molecular, in the case of a polymer, sulphur bridged hydrocarbon rings of 12 carbon atoms. The hydrocarbon ring is preferably 1,5,9-cyclododecatriene. The compound also contains the residue of a dithiophosphoric acid containing two organic moieties. The new compounds are useful in major or minor amounts in lubricating oil compositions. The lubricating oil may be a hydraulic oil. The composition may also contain other conventional lubricant additives.

Abstract: Novel silane derivatives having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: (A) R is a group of the formula R.sup.4 --(OR.sup.5).sub.m --OR.sup.6 --;(b) each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is independently alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl, a group of the formula --OR.sup.3 or a group of the formula R.sup.4 --(OR.sup.5).sub.m --OR.sup.6 --;(c) R.sup.3 is a group of the formula R.sup.4 --(OR.sup.5).sub.m -- or a group of the formula: ##STR2## (D) R.sup.4 is alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl; (E) R.sup.5 is alkylene;(f) R.sup.6 is alkylene;(g) m is zero or an integer;(h) each of R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 is independently alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl, a group of the formula --OR.sup.9 or a group of the formula R.sup.4 --(OR.sup.5).sub.m --OR.sup.6 --; and(i) R.sup.9 is a group of the formula R.sup.4 --(OR.sup.5).sub.m --.Also disclosed are hydraulic fluids containing the novel compounds.

Abstract: New compounds are derived from intramolecular and intermolecular, in the case of a polymer, sulfur-bridged hydrocarbon rings containing from 6 to 12 carbon atoms. The hydrocarbon ring is preferably derived from 1,5-cyclooctadiene. The compounds also contain the residue of an alkoxyalkyl or aryloxyalkyl xanthate and may also contain the residue of a further nucleophilic group. The new compounds are useful in lubricating oil compositions. The compositions may also contain other conventional lubricant additives.

Abstract: As novel compounds, orthosilicate esters having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a propylene glycol monoalkyl ether residue containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the terminal alkyl group or is a tertiary alkyl group; each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is the same or different and is an ethylene or propylene glycol monoalkyl ether residue containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the terminal alkyl group or is a tertiary alkyl group, provided that when R.sup.1 is a propylene glycol monoalkyl ether residue each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are also propylene glycol monoalkyl ether residues; the total number of carbon atoms in R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 being at least 15 and at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 being a glycol monoalkyl ether residue. Also disclosed are hydraulic fluids containing the novel compounds.