Abstract: The amount of peroxide contaminants in H.sub.2 O.sub.2 bleached/dried vegetable material is reduced to a value on the order of less than about 1%, even approaching nil, by heat-treating such bleached/dried vegetable material at a temperature of at least 60.degree. C. in a confined atmosphere such that its amount by weight of water remains essentially the same during the heat-treatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacture of chlorofluoroethanes of formula CF.sub.3 --CHF.sub.x Cl.sub.2-x, where x is equal to 0 or 1, by catalytic hydrogenation of a perhaloethane of formula CF.sub.3 --CF.sub.x Cl.sub.3-x.The use of an iridium-based catalyst deposited on a support enables the selectivity to be improved.

Abstract: The objectionable hypochlorite values, ClO.sup.- ions, contained in a solution of an alkali metal chlorate produced by the electrolysis of an aqueous solution of the corresponding chloride of the alkali metal, are effectively destroyed (consumed) without adversely affecting the valence state of the hexavalant chromium values also contained therein, by intimately contacting such chlorate solution with an effective amount of hydrogen peroxide such that the molar ratio hydrogen peroxide/hypochlorites is at least one and no greater than 3 and the molar ratio available hydrogen peroxide/hypochlorites is at least one.

Abstract: A coating applicator is provided for depositing a film on a surface of glass or other substrates by chemical-vapor deposition. The applicator includes a pair of opposing coating nozzles for applying a vaporized coating-chemical reactant in a carrier gas to the surface at such a concentration and velocity that coating of the surface is achieved under substantially reaction-rate-controlled conditions. Each coating nozzle is positioned adjacent the surface with a small clearance therebetween, the clearance being open to the outside atmospehre. The opposing coating nozzles are directed toward each other at a selected angle with respect to the surface of the substrate. The angle and the clearance provide a condition where there is substantially no intermixing of coating vapors with the outside atmosphere.

Abstract: A process for bleaching domestic laundry in a household wash cycle, comprising prewashing the laundry in an alkaline bath with a pH value between 9 and 13 and at a temperature between about 40.degree. C. and 70.degree. C. in the presence of at least one peroxide bleaching agent and an uncomplexed barium, said barium being present in an amount between about 0.5.times.10.sup.-3 and 250.times.10.sup.-3 gram-atoms per kg of bath.

Abstract: Promotion of paint adhesion and corrosion resistance on the surface of a non-ferrous metal such as aluminum by contact with an aqueous acidic solution containing an anionic polyacrylic/polyacrylamide copolymer, ammonium zirconium fluoride, nitric acid, and water.

Abstract: Concentrated aqueous solutions of ferric chloride, directly useful as flocculating agents in a variety of water treatments, are prepared by (a) reacting chlorine, advantangeously a stoichiometric amount of chlorine, with an aqueous solution of ferrous chloride in the presence of an aqueous solution of ferric chloride, in an essentially vertical reaction zone, with at least a major amount of the ferrous chloride solution being introduced to the upper section of such reaction zone, at least a major amount of the chlorine being introduced countercurrently to the base of such reaction zone, and the ferric chloride solution being introduced at at least one point intermediate such ferrous chloride solution/chlorine inlets, and (b) recovering final product aqueous solution of ferric chloride from the base of the reaction zone.

Abstract: The invention relates to platinum hydrides, a process for their preparation and their use as components of catalytic systems. The platinum hydrides have a bridged bimetallic structure represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: M is a metal of valence n, at least equal to 2,X is a halogen atom, andP P is a schematic representation of a ligand of the general formula: ##STR2## in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6, identical or different, are chosen from among aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radicals with 1 to 8 carbon atoms and aromatic hydrocarbon radicals with 6 to 10 carbon atoms,R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, identical or different, are chosen from among a hydrogen atom and aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, possibly functionalized and/or together forming a ring, andm is an integer higher than or equal to 4.

Abstract: Alkanedisulfonic acids, particularly methanedisulfonic acid (methionic acid), can be prepared by reacting the corresponding alkanesulfonic acid with chlorosulfonic acid. The reaction is carried out by heating the reactants with agitation, preferably under substantially anhydrous conditions in the presence of oxygen and at substantially atmospheric pressure. Particularly good yields are obtained using an activated carbon co-catalyst.

Abstract: New and novel carboxylic acid hydrazides bearing a 2,2,6,6-tetra-alkyl-4-piperidine ring and new and novel polymeric compositions stabilized therewith are provided. The novel compounds which contain a light stabilizing group and a reactive hydrazide functionality in the same molecule are prepared by hydrazinolysis of the ester group of an intermediate carboxylic acid ester which contains the 2,2,6,6-tetralkylpiperidine moiety.

Abstract: Chlorinated hydrocarbons, e.g., 1,2-dichloroethane, are prepared by heterogeneously oxychlorinating a hydrocarbon with an oxygen-containing gas and gaseous hydrochloric acid in a fluidized bed containing admixture of (i) a catalytically effective amount of an oxychlorination catalyst, (ii) diluent particles of at least one catalytically and chemically inert solid material, and (iii) copper powder or a powdered copper compound.

Abstract: The cetane numbers of viscoreduced diesel fuels are significantly improved by intimately contacting same with an effective amount of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a carboxylic acid, or with an effective amount of a percarboxylic acid either in the presence or absence of hydrogen peroxide; the final product diesel fuels are also effectively deodorized and decolorized.

Abstract: The cetane numbers of directly distilled diesel fuels are significantly improved by intimately contacting same with an effective amount of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a carboxylic acid, or with an effective amount of a percarboxylic acid either in the presence or absence of hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: Methods are provided for abrading dyed fabric to produce a stonewashed effect by tumbling the fabric with stones of a chemical composition that is soluble in wash or rinse liquid for the fabric, where the stones are of sufficient size and hardness to effect abrasion of the fabric without substantial mechanical disintegration of the stones and in a manner simulating the action of pumice stone. The chemical stonewashing composition may be a compacted powder, agglomerate, coagulate, or other integral mass or solid formed from an alkali or alkaline earth metal carbonate, bicarbonate, silicate, sulfate, borate, halide, hydroxide or hydrate or peroxyhydrate thereof, for example.

Abstract: A composite material comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride layer, a substrate of a material that does not adhere to polyvinylidene fluoride, and an intermediate layer between said fluoride layer and substrate comprising a blend of polyvinylidene fluoride and a polymer containing carbonyl groups, ##STR1## in its polymer chain; the subject blend, and the process of treating a surface to adhere polyvinylidene fluoride thereto.

Abstract: The method of forming a catalytic component for use in the polymerization of ethylene or a copolymer of ethylene and a C.sub.3 to C.sub.12 alpha olefin in a gas-phase comprising impregnating a porous metal oxide support with at least one titanium compound, magnesium compound, and chlorine compound, and prepolymerizing ethylene or a copolymer of ethylene and a C.sub.3 to C.sub.12 alpha olefin, a least partially in suspension, in the presence of said porous metal oxide support and at least one alkylaluminum compound until a degree of prepolymerization is reached which is suitable for the subsequent gas-phase of fluidized bed polymerization, and the method of polymerizing olefins utilizing the catalysts formed by the prepolymerization.

Abstract: An improvement in the process of incorporating a modifier ingredient into the surface region of a resinous article is described herein. The basic process includes immersing the article in a liquid such as water and contacting the immersed article with a solution of a modifier ingredient in a solvent which is immiscible with the liquid. The improvement herein comprises removing a substantial amount of air dissolved in the water layer to prevent droplets of solution from rising to the surface of the water layer during the process, thereby preventing solid modifier material from accumulating on the water surface.

Abstract: What is described herein is a surface modified U.V. stabilized article which includes a resinous sheet whose sides are both exposed to the air. The surface region of one side of the sheet is substantially fully modified in situ with a stabilizing amount of an ultraviolet light stabilizer material, while the exposed surfaces are substantially free of residual stabilizer and solvent material, and the appearance and degree of surface perfection of the modified side are substantially the same as that of the unmodified side of the sheet.The U.V. stabilized resin article is made by a continuous process comprising immersing a resin body in a suitable liquid media, contacting the surface of the immersed body through the liquid with a solution of a ultraviolet light stabilizer in a suitable organic solvent, and displacing residual stabilizer and solvent from the modified surface in situ.

Abstract: A surface modified U.V. stabilized article is described which includes a resinous sheet whose sides are both exposed to the air. The surface regions of both sides of the sheet are substantially fully modified in situ with a stabilizing amount of an ingredient such as an ultraviolet light stabilizer material, while the exposed surfaces are substantially free of residual stabilizer and solvent material. The appearance and degree of surface perfection of the modified sides of the sheet are substantially the same as that of an untreated sheet. The U.V. stabilized resin article is made by a continuous process in which the resin body is immersed in a solution of an ultraviolet light stabilizer in a suitable organic solvent, and thereafter, residual stabilizer and solvent are displaced from the modified surfaces in situ. Both steps in the process are carried out in an environment which is non-evaporative of the solvent.

Abstract: Increased efficiency coagulation and washing of latex particles is achieved by coagulating the latex to form particle flocks by application of a combination of mechanical and thermal energy, with up to about 85% of the applied energy being thermal energy. The flocks are thereafter washed by passage in counter-current relationship with wash water. The invention is particularly useful in the coagulation of fluorocarbon latices generated by polymerization, particularly emulsion polymerization.