Abstract: A foundry molding composition comprising,(a) a granular refractory material;(b) about 0.8 to 5.0% of an alkaline phenolic resin based on the weight of the refractory material;(c) about 25 to 110% of a lactone based on the weight of the phenolic resin.

Abstract: A process for preparing a urea-formaldehyde base resin having a F/U molar ratio of 1.0:1-1.2:1, that is hydrolytically stable, which comprises adjusting a formaldehyde solution to a pH of 0.5-2.5, slowly charging urea to said formaldehyde solution while maintaining the temperature at 40.degree.-70.degree. C., neutralizing the reaction mixture after obtaining a Gardner viscosity in the range of T+-V+, then adding the final charge of urea and permitting equilibration.

Abstract: A two stage process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of a urea-formaldehyde condensation product comprising: in a first stage, reacting together formaldehyde and urea in a molar ratio of formaldehyde to urea in the ratio from about 2.5 to 1 to about 4.7 to 1 in the presence of a condensation catalyst until the methanol tolerance is in a range such that the condensate is clear and will remain clear, substantially free from precipitated reaction material, upon storage for one year at room temperature, to form an intermediate reaction product, then in a second stage, reacting said intermediate reaction product with an additional amount of urea such that the overall molar ratio of urea to formaldehyde is in the range from 0.8 to 1 to about 1.7 to 1, at an acid pH and at an elevated temperature not above about 70.degree.C., until the amount of water insoluble nitrogen present in the reaction mixture is in the range from about 15% to about 35% based on the total amount of nitrogen in the system.

Abstract: A process for bonding lignocellulosic material under heat and pressure, where the bonded lignocellulosic material is characterized by a low emission of formaldehyde, which comprises applying a binder to said lignocellulosic material, said binder comprising a urea-formaldehyde base resin having a ratio of formaldehyde to urea of 1.0:1-1.2:1, said base resin having essentially no free formaldehyde and said base resin when cured containing substantially more methylene groups than methylene ether groups, consolidating said lignocellulosic material and curing the binder.

Abstract: A board game is designed to convey nutritional education, by assigning to each space along a playing path on the board an association with a food. This association includes some nutritional characteristic such as its salt content per serving. The object of the game is for each player's piece to traverse the playing path while accumulating, by the piece landing on different spaces, a number of different food associations characterized by a total content of the particular ingredient in question. With substances such as salt, absorbable cholesterol, or saturated fat, the winner is the player having the smallest total amount of the ingredient.

Abstract: A rotary valve, especially designed for use in medical systems, has an arrangement of passageways in its rotary valve plug and ports in its housing that permit manual manipulation of the valve to switch the medical system from monitoring pulmonary artery pressure to measuring central venous pressure. The system can also be used for cardiac output measurement or for the withdrawal of a mixed venous blood sample. Patient trauma and contamination are avoided.

Abstract: A non-bleeding, predispersed composition useful for dispersing a peroxide vulcanizing agent or coagent into a rubber or plastic stock is disclosed which comprises (A) from about 20 to about 70 percent by weight of a peroxide vulcanizing agent or coagent, and (B) a multi-stage graft copolymer comprising (1) from about 70 to about 90 percent by weight of a hard portion made by graft polymerizing (a) a monomer or monomers selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl methacrylates, styrene, and mixtures thereof, and (b) a small but effective amount of a cross-linking agent for said monomer or monomers, in any order onto (2) from about 10 to about 30 percent by weight of a rubbery portion comprising a polymer or copolymer made by polymerizing (a) a monomer selected from the group consisting of butadiene and lower alkyl acrylates or (b) a mixture of monomers selected from the group consisting of styrene and butadiene, and acrylonitrile and butadiene.

Abstract: A cheese analog and processes for making it. The casein content comprises a combination of rennet casein and acid casein. The process involves forming a paste of rennet casein with a melting salt solution, blending acid casein with the paste until the acid casein is completely dispersed, adding edible oil and other conventional ingredients to the blend and cooking and mixing until a homogeneous, smooth plastic mass is obtained, and then cooling the mass to form the product.

Abstract: An improved immobilized enzyme composite is prepared by subjecting a siliceous carrier to an initial treatment with alkali, then acid, then reacting the carrier with an organosilane. The organosilane may then be coupled through a covalent coupling agent with an enzyme. The alkali-acid treatment provides an exceptionally high number of hydroxyl groups per unit volume, so that the treated carrier is especially useful in the preparation of high performance immobilized enzyme compositions, particularly by multi-layering immobilization, providing a very high amount of enzyme activity per unit volume. Multi-layering is accomplished by successive steps of bonding a difunctional covalent coupling agent to a previously immobilized enzyme layer, then bonding an additional layer of enzyme to the coupling agent. This may be repeated to apply as many layers as desired.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing liquid from a slurry of solid particulate material and for consolidating the solid material into a shape-retaining slug is disclosed which comprises (a) a cylindrical consolidation chamber having a cylindrical piston movable axially therein, (b) a means for filling said chamber with the slurry, (c) a compression means for reciprocating said piston axially within said chamber and, (d) at least one drainage means for allowing liquid to escape from said chamber during consolidation of said slurry, and (e) at least one porous structure for retaining solid particulate material within said chamber and for allowing liquid to escape from said chamber during consolidation of said slurry.

Abstract: A system for determining the positions of a plurality of vehicles traveling on or above a defined sector of the earth's surface comprises a transponder carried by each vehicle for transmitting a uniquely coded beacon signal in response to a general interrogation signal, at least three repeater-carrying satellites at spaced orbital locations above the earth for receiving and retransmitting the beacon signals produced by the vehicles, and a ground station for periodically transmitting the general interrogation signal and for receiving and processing the beacon signals retransmitted by the three satellites in order to determine vehicle position. In order to avoid signal overlap and equipment saturation at the ground station, each vehicle transponder includes means responsive to the general interrogation signal for inhibiting the transmission of further beacon signals by the transponder for a predetermined time interval following the response of the transponder to the general interrogation signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing liquid from a slurry of solid particulate material and for consolidating said solid material into a shape-retaining slug is disclosed which comprises (a) a cylindrical consolidation chamber in which the slurry is to be consolidated, which is substantially sealed against the passage of solid material, said chamber comprising (i) a first cylindrical piston mounted in a stationary position with its axis aligned vertically, the upper surface of said piston being its working face, (ii) a mold comprising a cylindrical wall defining a cylindrical bore in which said first piston is movable axially and which is disposed with its axis aligned vertically and a horizontal table having a circular opening through one end thereof, said table being mounted to the upper edge of said wall so that said opening communicates with said bore in said wall and the surface of the table extends outward from said wall in a direction perpendicular to the axis thereof, said mold having a compression position in w