Abstract: A method and apparatus to kill pathogens with ozone and singlet oxygen. Includes steps of providing a reaction chamber, establishing an elevated electrical force field in the reaction chamber and moving a gas containing normal oxygen (O.sub.2) through the chamber to permit ionization and consequent reaction within the gas which converts the oxygen (O.sub.2) into constituents of ozone (O.sub.3) and singlet oxygen (O.sub.1). Next moves gas containing constituents into contact with pathogens to kill pathogens. Invention is applied to sterilize medical instruments and containers, and when applied to human skin surfaces, for treatment of pathogenic infestations.

Abstract: In the preferred and illustrated embodiment, a deep well is utilized to form a reaction chamber for combustible waste in water. A stream of water borne combustible waste is delivered into a deep well, sufficiently deep to obtain a pressure and temperature in a bottom located reaction chamber at which the water becomes supercritical, there being a pipe for delivering oxygen under pressure for combusting oxygen dissolved in the supercritical water with the waste materials. The reaction is exothermic to sustain itself. It is started preferably by electric current flow to initially raise the temperature in the reaction chamber. The preferred structure is a cased abandoned well having a surrounding cement bond to the formation thereby retarding heat loss into the formation, the bottom located reaction chamber sustaining supercritical conditions.

Abstract: A process for the production of a catalyst for the synthesis of isoprene from isobutylene and formaldehyde which comprises providing a catalyst precursor comprising silica and alumina and modifying the catalyst precursor by treatment with an alkali metal hydroxide and subsequently neutralizing by treatment with a mineral acid, depositing a transition metal on the treated catalyst precursor and calcining to form the catalyst.