Abstract: Vapor permeable microcapsules filled with volatile perfluoroalkyl pentafluorosulfide and used to tag articles for the detection thereof.

Abstract: A technique for determining and distinguishing between specific species of chlorine in a supply of water is disclosed herein along with certain applicable apparatus. In carrying out this technique, one or more water samples are obtained from a larger supply and made to display a pH within a specific range. In a preferred embodiment, a sample is provided for each of the different species of chlorine to be determined. A predetermined amount of hydrogen peroxide is added to each of these samples. If hypochlorous acid and/or hypochlorite (one of the species to be determined) is present in any of the samples, the hydrogen peroxide by itself will react therewith for producing oxygen. If however either monochloramine or dichloramine (other chlorine species) is present, it is necessary to combine the hydrogen peroxide with a certain minimum amount of iodine, preferably in the form of potassium iodide, to produce an oxygen evolving reaction.

Abstract: A method for thermogravimetrically analyzing a plastic molding composition comprising carbon black and a vinyl chloride homopolymer or copolymer molding resin to determine the carbon black content wherein the method comprises the steps of compounding the molding composition so that the carbon black is uniformly dispersed therein, heating the molding composition in an inert atmosphere to a temperature sufficient to reproducibly thermally decompose the vinyl chloride homopolymer or copolymer, maintaining the molding composition at the decomposition temperature in an inert atmosphere for a first given time which is long enough so that there is no further significant weight loss, weighing the molding composition to determine the weight loss during the first given time and comparing the weight loss for the first given time with that for samples of known composition analyzed under the same conditions to determined the carbon black content of the molding composition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuous extraction of an ingredient from a sample employs a container having a solvent therein selected for its ability to extract the ingredient. The sample is held against a porous substrate having a lower portion which is located below the sample and placed in the solvent, and an upper portion which is located above the sample and exposed to a selected atmosphere. In a continuous supply from the container, solvent is caused to ascend the substrate by capillary action, penetrate the sample, extract the ingredient therefrom, and continue to ascend the upper portion of the substrate where it evaporates, depositing the extracted ingredient thereon. The upper portion of the substrate containing the ingredient may then be removed.