Abstract: Disclosed is an aromatic diamine compound represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is H or CH.sub.3. Also disclosed is a bismaleimide compound represented by the formula (IV) ##STR2## wherein R is H or CH.sub.3, A resin forming composition comprising these compounds is also disclosed. The compounds are useful as raw materials for resins, and the resin forming composition and the resin can provide excellent heat resistance and impact resistance and low hygroscopicity.

Abstract: Novel heterocyclic compounds, which are represented by the following general formula, useful as anticancer drug potentiaters having a potentiating effect on the incorporation of anticancer drugs into cancer cells, the compounds each synthesized by, for example, reacting a epoxy compound obtained by reacting a heterocyclic compound with an epihalogenohydrin, with an amine derivative.

Abstract: Process for depositing films of silicon dioxide by a low pressure CVD method, utilizing 1,4 disilabutane as the silicon precursor and molecular oxygen as the oxygen source. The deposition process permits films to be put down on a substrate at temperatures as low as 100.degree. C. with essentially no carbon in the film. The 1,4 disilabutane can be used as a substitute for silane, a toxic, pyrophoric compressed gas.

Abstract: An extrusion method for obtaining a long phenolic resin pipe having excellent heat resistance by using an extruder having a screw, a cylinder, a die and a mandrel, the mandrel being inserted into a through-hole formed in the screw along the screw axis and protruding into the die along the screw axis, the die satisfying the following formulasR.sub.1 /R.sub.2 =0.25.about.1.0S.sub.1 /S.sub.2 =0.1.about.2.5where R.sub.1 is an outside diameter of the die flow path at the die outlet, S.sub.1 is a cross-sectional area of the die flow path at the die outlet, R.sub.2 is an outside diameter of the die flow path at the die inlet, and S.sub.2 is a cross-sectional area of the die flow path at the die inlet, and the inclination of the outer periphery of the die flow path portion from the die inlet to a starting point of the uniform flow path portion having the same cross section as the die outlet is not larger than 35.degree.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fine grinding materials normally difficult to grind at ambient temperature, e.g. plastic and elastomeric materials in a fluid classification type impact mill utilizing liquid cryogen to pre-cool the material to be ground, to cool the material and the mill during grinding and to recycle vaporized cryogen from the mill back into the mill as the medium for conveying material to be ground into the mill.

Abstract: A catalyst for neutralizing vapors and aerosols of organic compounds, carbon monoxide, and a variety of other oxidizable materials from an exhaust which contains oxygen. The catalyst has a carrier made either from titanium dioxide and aluminum oxide or from magnesium-aluminum spinel modified with titanium dioxide. The catalyst has a surface film of active components which include copper oxide and copper chromite (or their nickel or cobalt analog) chemically integrated into the carrier surface by Cu-o-Ti and Cr-O-Ti chains (or their nickel or cobalt analog). The catalyst should comprise from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of copper oxide (CuO), chromium oxide (Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3), or mixtures of those compounds; from about 5% to about 25% by weight of copper chromite (CuCr.sub.2 O.sub.4); from about 3% to about 25% by weight titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2); and from about 60% to about 90% by weight of aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3), magnesium/aluminum spinel (MgAl.sub.2 O.sub.

Abstract: A curing agent for a water borne epoxy resin composition wherein the curing agent is the reaction product of a chemical excess of a polyfunctional epoxide compound and a quaternary ammonium salt in which substantially all of the excess epoxide groups in the reaction product are subsequently consumed in a reaction with a polyamine. A process for preparing the curing agent and a hardenable film forming coating composition containing as essential components, the curing agent, at least one water dispersible epoxy resin and water is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to reaction injection molded elastomers derived from high molecular weight polyether polyols, an aromatic diamine chain extender, a polyisocyanate and a hydroxyl-containing organotin catalyst. The reaction injection molded (RIM) elastomers of this invention are useful, for example, as automobile body parts.

Abstract: A toner composition for electrophotography comprises, as a principal component, a reaction product of a mixture which comprises 20 to 80% by weight of a polyester resin (A) whose number average molecular weight ranges from 1,000 to 5,000, whose glass transition point ranges from 0.degree. to 50.degree. C. , whose OH value ranges from 20 to 60 KOHmg/g and which is prepared by using at least one trifunctional alcohol in an amount of from 2 to 10 mole % on the basis of the total amount of starting raw alcohols consisting of at least one diol and at least one trifunctional alcohol; and 80 to 20% by weight of a polyester resin (B) whose number average molecular weight ranges from 1,000 to 5,000, whose glass transition point ranges from 50.degree. to 90.degree. C. and whose OH value is not more than 5 KOH mg/g, with a diisocyanate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a size composition which shows an excellent sizing effect in neutral to weakly acidic papermaking.Alkanol tertiary amine and fortified rosin, incorporated in the size composition of the present invention, even when prepared as dispersions using a dispersant, are extremely poor in sizing performance in the neutral pH range, whereas the size composition obtained by mixing these components in a ratio according to the present invention and dispersing them using a surfactant specified by the present invention offers an excellent sizing in the neutral to weakly acidic pH range.

Abstract: Nitrogen is economically recovered from the flue gas evolved in a hydrocarbon steam reforming furnace by hydrogenation of free oxygen therein and removal of carbon dioxide and other minor impurities from the flue gas by pressure swing adsorption with recovery of high purity nitrogen is unsorbed effluent. The process is utilized to highest advantage in the production of ammonia syngas wherein natural gas or other hydrocarbon feed is subjected to steam reforming in a fuel-fired furnace. The nitrogen obtained by purification of the flue gas is combined with the purified hydrogen separated from the reformate providing the syngas for conversion to ammonia. In a preferred embodiment, the steam reforming is carried out in two stages, the first stage being performed in a conventional fuel-fired steam reforming furnace to which a major portion of the fresh hydrocarbon feed is charged.

Abstract: A process for preparing glycine which comprises the steps of reacting glycolonitrile, carbon dioxide gas, ammonia and water to obtain a reaction solution containing glycine, concentrating this reaction solution in two steps, recycling a gaseous phase portion formed in a primary concentration step to a reaction zone, and recycling to the reaction zone, a mother liquor left after glycine crystals have been separated from a concentrate obtained in a secondary concentration step.

Abstract: Pyrimidinyloxy(thio)quinoline derivatives represented by the formula (I) which exhibit an excellent controlling effect for plant diseases and are also safe for crop plants, preparation processes of the derivatives, and agri-horticultural fungicides comprising the derivatives as an active ingredient, are disclosed. ##STR1## In the formula (I), X is an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, Y is a hydrogen atom or halogen atom, Z is a hydrogen atom or methyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are methoxy or methyl, and n is an integer of 1 or 2.

Abstract: A wiped film evaporation process for reducing the amount of residual organic polyisocyanate, especially toluene diisocyanate, in a polyurethane prepolymer reaction product mixture. An inert sweeping gas is added to the evaporation process, preferably after first passing through a holdup volume of the prepolymer which has passed through the evaporation zone.

Abstract: There is disclosed a resin composition for powder coatings, which comprises a blend of two acrylic resins obtained by polymerizing a prescribed amount of monomer component (a-1) represented by formula (I) and a prescribed amount of another monomer component (a-2), respectively, and having different polymerization degrees represented by viscosities at 140.degree. C. and a polybasic acid compound in 1.5 to 0.5 equivalent ratio of the glycidyl groups in said acrylic resins to the acid groups in the polybasic acid compound. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group. The resin composition for powder coatings can form a coating film having a mat smooth appearance and being excellent in flexibility as shown by Du Pont impact resistance and the Ericksen test as well as being excellent in nail scratch resistance.

Abstract: A method for molding a polypropylene or a propylene copolymer having a syndiotactic structure which comprises the steps of melting, molding, if desired, quenching and then stretching a propylene homopolymer or a copolymer of propylene and a small amount of ethylene or another .alpha.-olefin which has a substantially syndiotactic structure, or a mixture of the same and a small amount of a polypropylene having a substantially isotactic structure. The molded and stretched article can be heated at a temperature of a molding temperature or more, while a load is applied to the article. Furthermore, the molded and stretched article, if desired, can be treated with a hydrocarbon vapor, while a load is applied to the article. The molded article obtained by the method of the present invention has a novel crystalline structure.

Abstract: An oxy-fuel system for reducing NO.sub.x formation in corrosive high temperature environments including a self-cooled adjustable oxy-fuel burner that generally produces a luminous flame having a concentric fuel rich phase and an outer surrounding oxidizer rich phase the flame directed through a precombustor mounted on the flame end of the burner the precombustor having a length to diameter (L/d) ratio fixed by the firing rate of the burner.

Abstract: This invention relates to an injection type thin film luminescence element having a high luminance and a high stability characterized in having two electrode layers at least one of which is transparent or translucent and having between these two electrode layers a luminescence function-manifesting layer comprising a laminated layer of a p-type or n-type inorganic semiconductor thin film layer and an organic compound thin film layer.

Abstract: A method for increasing the intrinsic viscosity of polypropylene having a substantially syndiotactic structure is disclosed which comprises the step of irradiating the syndiotactic polypropylene with radiation in the absence of oxygen. After the irradiation, the polypropylene is preferably heated. Furthermore, the polypropylene having the substantially syndiotactic structure which remains in a melting state can be irradiated with radiation. The polypropylene having the substantially syndiotactic structure is preferably polypropylene in which any diffraction line is not substantially observed in a spacing of about 7.1 .ANG. by X-ray diffraction.

Abstract: A waste gas treating apparatus including a discharge tube comprising a tubular container having a gas introduction opening and a gas leading opening and at least one pair of an anodes and a cathodes placed within the container, a dc or ac power supply connected to said electrodes, and a gas flow passage formed in the discharge tube whereinat least a pair of anodes is provided opposite to each other in the flow passage,at least a pair of cathodes is provided opposite to the anodes in a direction nearly at right angles to the anodes without contacting the anodes in a space including the pair of anodes;a set of electrodes is composed of said pair of anodes and said pair of cathodes;a part or the whole of said anodes and said cathodes are composed of a plurality of plates or pillars and they are electroconductively connected integrally; anda device for forming a magnetic field application device forming a dc or ac magnetic field in the opposing direction of the cathodes is fixed to the discharge tube.