Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of zeolites or of agglomerates based on zeolites in order to improve the thermal stability of oils and the invention is targeted in particular at the use of these zeolitic compounds for stabilizing the oils or the formulations based on oils participating in the composition of refrigerants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing the total acidity of refrigerating compositions comprising at least one refrigerant with at least one lubricant, said process comprising at least one stage of bringing said composition into contact with at least one zeolitic adsorbent based on powder formed of zeolite(s) or on agglomerates formed of zeolite(s).

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for treating shaped catalyst bodies which has the following steps: a) providing finished shaped catalyst bodies, b) impregnating the finished shaped catalyst bodies with a peptizing auxiliary in an amount of liquid which does not exceed the theoretical water absorption of the shaped catalyst bodies, c) thermal treating the impregnated shaped catalyst bodies at from 50° C. to 250° C. and d) calcinating the thermally treated shaped catalyst bodies at from 250° C. to 600° C. A shaped catalyst body which has increased mechanical strength and can be produced by the process of the invention is also provided. The present invention relates to the use of the shaped catalyst bodies of the invention for preparing amines and also in fixed-bed reactors or fluidized-bed reactors and to a chemical synthesis process in the presence of shaped catalyst bodies according to the present invention.

Abstract: A component of a catalyst for polymerizing an olefin, comprises: a carrier containing an inorganic oxide selected from silica, alumina, zirconia and titania and having a crushing strength of 0.5 to 25 MPa; and at least one member selected from oxides or hydroxides of metals of the groups 2, 3, 4, 13 and 14 in the periodic table, the metals being different from the metal constituting the inorganic oxide in the carrier, wherein the at least one member is supported on the surface of the carrier, so as to provide a novel catalyst component suitable for particle polymerization of an olefin and enabling to easily change molecular weight distribution of the resultant polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a blue-green illumination system, comprising a light emitting diode, and a luminescent material having emission CIE color coordinates located within an area of a of a pentagon on a CIE chromaticity diagram, whose corners have the following CIE color coordinates: i) x=0.0137 and y=0.4831; ii) x=0.2240 and y=0.3890; iii) x=0.2800 and y=0.4500; iv) x=0.2879 and y=0.5196; and v) x=0.0108 and y=0.7220. The light emitting diode may be a UV LED and the luminescent material may be a Ba2SiO4:Eu2+ phosphor, a Ba2(Mg,Zn)Si2O7:Eu2+ phosphor and/or a Ba2Al2O4:Eu2+ phosphor. The illumination system may be used as the green light of a traffic light or an automotive display.

Abstract: An endothelin antagonist comprising as the active ingredient a prostanoic acid derivative wherein the &agr;-chain has eight or more skeletal carbon atoms.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a particulate iron-antimony containing oxide composition having high compressive strength, comprising the steps of: providing an aqueous slurry containing iron ions, nitrate ions and antimony trioxide; adjusting the slurry to a pH value in the range of 0.5 to 3 as measured at 40.degree. C.; heating the slurry; spray-drying the heated slurry; and calcining the resultant particles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluidized bed catalyst for the synthetic reaction of organic compounds which has a reduced catalyst loss. A fluidized bed catalyst for organic compound synthetic reaction, characterized in that 90% or more of the catalyst particles is in the range of 5-500 .mu.m on the weight-based particle size distribution and 90% or more of the 20-75 .mu.m particles has a crushing strength which satisfies the following equation:CS>A.multidot.d.sub..alpha.wherein CS represents a crushing strength ?g-weight/particle!,A represents a constant 0.001,d represents a particle diameter ?.mu.m!, and.alpha. represents a constant 2.

Abstract: The durability of a supported noble metal hydrodechlorination catalyst can be improved by (1) treating the supported catalyst, which comprises support and catalytic noble metal, with a non-elemental halide compound, which is not a mineral acid (such as an alkali metal halide, an ammonium halide, an alkaline earth metal halide, and/or a halogenated hydrocarbon); and (2) then using the treated catalyst in a hydrodechlorination reaction. Suitable treatment compounds include ammonium chloride, lithium chloride, or a chlorinated hydrocarbon. The treated catalyst is a novel composition of matter comprising at least one platinum group metal supported by an oxidic support wherein the metal, which is in the zero valent state, predominantly resides adjacent the surface of the support and is predominantly visible under a microscope having a resolution of about 5 .ANG..

Abstract: Catalyst systems and methods for supporting catalysts and their components, particularly metallocene catalyst components, are provided. The method involves teqhniques for evenly distributing a small volume of catalyst component over and among a porous support material. Such even distribution is thought to result in reduced fouling.

Abstract: Bloated minerals previously used as aggregates for light-weight concrete are here fragmented, wetted, and intermixed with particulate chemical reactants or catalysts, to serve as inert carriers therefor in industrial processes. One use is in the deep-bed flow-through process of reacting and removing hydrogen sulfide as contained in natural gas.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of stabilizing a prostanoic acid compound, wherein the prostanoic acid compound having at least one oxo group on the .omega. chain are stored in a hydrous condition.

Abstract: A process for preparing fracture-resistant sol/gel particles which contain silicon dioxide, in which a highly disperse filler is added to the aqueous alkali metal silicate solution and/or the aqueous acid solution used in the preparation process.

Abstract: The novel 13,14-dihydro-15-keto prostaglandins E of the invention have remarkable preventive effects against ulcers. Further, the novel 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-prostaglandins E of the invention have an advantage that they have none of side effects which prostaglandin E intrinsically has, or can remarakably reduce such effects of the prostaglandin E. Therefore, the novel 13,14-dihydro-15-keto prostaglandins E of the invention are effective for animal and human use for treatment and prevention of ulcers, such as duodenal ulcer and gastric ulcer.

Abstract: The Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 carrier material from Ag/Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 supported catalysts which is obtained after the silver has been removed from such spent catalysts in a conventional manner is regenerated by a method in which the carrier material(a) is treated with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble salt or hydroxide of a metal of group IIA, IIIB or IVB of the Periodic Table or of aluminum, copper, manganese, zinc, cadmium, tin or lead, and the material treated in this manner is then dried, and/or the material(b) is heated at 750-1,500.degree. C. for not less than 10 minutes.

Abstract: Activated bauxite particulate material having usual nominal particle size range of 20-50 mesh (U.S. Sieve Series) is treated by fluidization in an upflowing gas so as to attrite the particles and stabilize the particle shape and size, thereby making the catalyst more uniform in shape and resistent to attrition in subsequent ebullated bed reactor operations. The treated activated bauxite catalyst material is then rescreened to provide a narrower differential size range having a particle equivalent diameter ratio range for large to small particles of about 1.4-2.0, and a preferred 20-30 mesh (U.S. Sieve Series) particle size range. The selected pretreated catalyst is then introduced into the ebullated bed reactor of a hydrodemetallization process for hydrocarbon feedstocks containing high metals concentration.

Abstract: The change in the crush strength of a catalyst particle as it is transformed from a catalyst precursor to a finished catalyst by calcination is controlled by the method comprising:1. Preparing a catalyst precursor containing at least one metal element,2. Adjusting the volatile portion of the catalyst precursor to a predetermined level,3. Adjusting the water content of the volatile-adjusted precursor of (2) to a predetermined level,4. Forming the catalyst particle from the water-adjusted precursor of (3), and5. Transforming the catalyst precursor particle of (4) into a finished catalyst particle by calcination.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel 19,20-didehydro-13,14-dihydro-PG.sub.2 compounds, methods for their preparation and pharmacological use for the induction of prostaglandin-like effect.

Abstract: 15-Deoxy-16-hydroxy-16-ethynyl and 16-ethynylsubstituted prostanoic acids and congeners thereof, useful as bronchodilators, hypotensive agents, and as agents for the control of excessive gastric secretion.

Abstract: This disclosure describes certain 11-alkoxy-9-keto- (or hydroxy)-prostenoic acid derivatives useful as anti-microbial agents, hypotensive agents, anti-ulcer agents, or as intermediates.