Abstract: Finely divided carbon is manufactured by a process including producing a gaseous stream containing carbon monoxide by reacting coal and air in a slagging ash gasifier, separating carbon monoxide from the gaseous mixture, and disproportionating the carbon monoxide to produce finely divided carbon and carbon dioxide, the latter of which is recycled to the gasifier.

Abstract: A rigidized convoluted foam suitable as a self-standing filter is made by passing a sheet of air-permeable flexible polyurethane foam through a convoluting machine to obtain two unnested sheets of convoluted foam, each sheet being convoluted on only one side. The two sheets are nested and impregnated from the flat surface of each sheet almost to the closest valley surface with a thermosetting melamine, urea, or benzoguanamine resin in an amount to not appreciably impair the permeability of the foam and to increase the rigidity of the foam sufficiently so that each unnested sheet will be self-standing. After the resin has reacted, the nested sheets are separated.

Abstract: A method of measuring collagenase activity using as substrates peptide derivatives having the structure A-Pro-B-Gly-C-Ala-Gly-E wherein A is a hydrophobic neutral or acidic chromophore, B is an amino acid residue, C is Ile or Leu, E is Gln-D-Arg-OH or D-Arg-OH and all the amino acid residues except for Gly are L-configuration unless otherwise stated.

Abstract: Flexible polyurethane foam having reduced tendency to form burning embers when it is ignited and burned is provided by incorporating into the reaction mixture before foaming a derivative of melamine wherein one or more hydrogens have been replaced by hydroxymethyl and/or lower alkoxymethyl groups.In one embodiment, flexible polyurethane foams of increased flame retardance are also provided, by also incorporating a halogenated phosphorus ester into the reaction mixture before foaming.

Abstract: Peptide derivatives are obtained by eliminating the masking groups from masked peptide derivatives in which the guanidino group of an arginine residue and the carboxyl group of the arginine residue are masked. The guanidino group can be masked, for example, with a tosyl, nitro or benzyloxycarbonyl group, and the carboxyl group can be masked by converting it to an ester group, for example, a benzyl or t-butyl ester group. The masking groups can be eliminated using hydrogen fluoride, for example.

Abstract: There is disclosed a one-shot process for the manufacture of a filled detergent hydrophilic flexible polyurethane foam from a clay filler, an alkylaryl sulfonate detergent, a normally liquid polyether polyol, tolylene diisocyanate and water as a blowing agent.

Abstract: A layer of open cell polyurethane foam adhered to a layer of a non-woven fibrous material of fine porosity relative to the foam results in an efficient fluid (e.g., air) filtering medium having a high capacity for retaining particulate contaminants. The combined layers are useful as an air filter element.

Abstract: The invention provides a polyurethane foam of increased rigidity.The invention is provided by impregnating a flexible polyurethane foam with a thermosetting melamine, urea or benzoguanamine resin and a cross-linker, and then reacting the resin with the cross-linker.