Abstract: A process for preparing bentotrifluoride or its derivatives by contacting benzotrichloride or its derivatives corresponding thereto with hydrogen fluoride in a gaseous phase, characterized in that the contact is carried out in the presence of aluminum fluoride and, if desired, of chlorine.

Abstract: A process for preparing a polytetrafluoroethylene granular powder which comprises subjecting a finely divided polytetrafluoroethylene to agitation in an aqueous medium consisting of water and organic liquid having a specific surface tension and being incompatible with water in an apparatus to form agglomerates, passing said agglomerates through a crushing mechanism and continuously recycling said crushed agglomerates for further agitation and crushing, said crushing mechanism being capable of lowering an average particle size of the agglomerates composed of primary particles having a particle size of 1 to 200.mu. by partially crushing agglomerated particles having an improper large particle size or abnormally large aggregates. The obtained polytetrafluoroethylene granular powder has a narrow size distribution and an improved flowability, in which at least 90% by weight of a whole granular powder has a particle size of at most 1000.mu.

Abstract: A method for isomerization of fluorinated epoxy compounds by contacting with a catalyst to produce the corresponding fluorinated carbonyl compounds, which is characterized in that the catalyst is a fluorinated alumina or a fluorinated silica alumina.

Abstract: A Rankine cycle working fluid containing a mixture of 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropanol and water, which is low toxic, incombustible, nonexplosive, noncorrosive and stable, and also has a high critical temperature and forms azeotropic-like composition. It is suited for use in a Rankine cycle using heat source of low temperature.

Abstract: A crosslinkable elastomeric composition which comprises an epichlorohydrin elastomer, a divalent metal oxide or hydroxide, a fluorine-containing polyhydroxy compound and a basic compound having a nitrogen or phosphorus atom in the molecule.

Abstract: An elastomeric composition comprising a fluoroelastomer, an epichlorohydrin elastomer, an acid-acceptor, a curing accelerator and a fluorine-containing polyhydroxy compound, which is handled without any difficulty and can afford, on crosslinking, a rubbery material excellent in physical and chemical properties at a wide range of temperatures.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing copolymer which comprises essentially as the constituting units (a) a group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 21 carbon atoms and n is an integer of 0 or 1, (b) a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R is a residue obtained by eliminating a group: ##STR3## from a cyclic acid anhydride and (c) a group of the formula: ##STR4## wherein R' is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group and m is an integer of 2 or 3, and is useful as a water and oil-repelling agent or a non-sticking agent.

Abstract: An article having on its substrate an undercoat including a polyarylene sulfide resin, a primer coat including a fluorocarbon polymer admixed with a binder on the undercoat, and a fluorocarbon polymer topcoat.

Abstract: A polymeric dielectric having an outstanding dielectric constant, which essentially consists of a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and triflouroethylene in a molar ratio of from about 95:5 to 10:90, preferably of from about 85:15 to 20:80, more preferably of from about 75:25 to 35:65.

Abstract: A process for preparing hexafluoropropanone-2 from hexafluoropropene by one step reaction which comprises contacting hexafluoropropene and oxygen with a fluorinated alumina or a fluorinated silica-alumina as a catalyst in the presence or absence of water, provided that water is present when the catalyst is the fluorinated alumina.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## WHEREIN Q is a hydrogen atom, --CH.sub.2 CH(OH)CH.sub.2 Rf or a hydrocarbon residue having a valence corresponding to m which may contain one or more of --O--, --COO--, --NH--, --N.dbd. and ##STR2## IN THE CHAIN, R is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon residue or --CH.sub.2 CH(OH)CH.sub.2 Rf and m is an integer of not less than 1, Rf being a perfluoroalkyl group, an .omega.-hydro-perfluoroalkyl group o an .differential.-chloro-erfluoroalkylgroup having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, which is useful as an agent for rendering fibrous materials oleophobic and anti-soiling and may be prepared by reacting a perfluoroalkylpropylene oxide of the formula: ##STR3## wherein Rf is the same as defined above, with a reagent of the formula:Q'(NHR').sub.mwherein Q' is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon residue having a valence corresponding to m which may contain one or more of --O--, --COO--, --NH-- and --N.dbd.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent primarily composed of a low polymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene for the extraction of an oil fraction in water and measuring the concentration of the oil fraction in water by solvent extraction in the infrared absorption method. The low polymers of chlorotrifluoroethylene contemplated as a solvent herein may be a single polymer or a mixture of polymers of different degrees of polymerization as shown in the following formulae: ##STR1## WHEREIN BOTH ATOMS REPRESENTED BY X in the first chemical formula are the same or different from each other and X is a chlorine or fluorine atom, and n is 2 or 3.

Abstract: Polytetrafluoroethylene fine powders which have an average molecular weight of not less than 5,000,000, preferably not less than 5,500,000, an amorphous index of not more than 0.1, preferably not more than 0.09, a number average primary particle size of 0.1 to 0.4 micron, preferably 0.15 to 0.38 micron, and a sharp endothermic peak at a temperature between 343.degree. C. and 350.degree. C. on the melting diagram by a differential scanning calorimeter, said sharp peak having an endothermic ratio of not more than 0.3, preferably not more than 0.27, and a half value width of the endothermic peak of not more than 8 degrees, preferably not more than 6 degrees, and a process for producing the polytetrafluoroethylene fine powders. The polytetrafluoroethylene fine powders have an excellent stretchability and are useful for electric wire coating, small diameter tubes, large diameter tubes, sealing tapes and the like.

Abstract: A segmented polymer comprising a sequence of two or more polymer segments, an iodine atom liberated from an iodinated compound bonded at a terminal position of said sequence and a fragment of the iodinated compound from which at least one iodine atom has been removed bonded at another terminal position of said sequence, whereby said sequence intervenes between said iodine atom and said fragment, wherein adjacent polymer segments are different in steric configuration or monomeric composition, at least one of said polymer segments containing fluorine and each polymer segment having a molecular weight of not less than 10,000 but at least one polymer segment having a molecular weight of not less than 30,000. The polymer may contain additional moieties which originate from the monomers which constitute the polymer segments and from the iodinated compound, when the latter has a polymerizable double bond. The segmented polymers are prepared in a sequence of steps involving radical polymerization.

Abstract: A variable delivery hydraulic pump having at least one pilot plunger, an operating plunger for adjusting the displacement of variable control element, and a first and a second spool for controlling travels of the plungers towards the variable control element side so that a single pumping element may precisely, stably carry out the two pressure-two volume control of the pump.

Abstract: A process for production of modified polychlorotrifluoroethylene having a low crystallinity with a good processability, which comprises polymerizing, as a monomeric component, chlorotrifluoroethylene or its mixture with at least one of other polymerizable monomers in an amount of not more than about 50 mol% based on the monomeric component in the presence of a fluorine-containing elastomeric polymer, preferably in the coexistence of water and 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane.

Abstract: A heating tube adapted to electrically heat a fluid carried therethrough includes an inner tubular layer of polytetrafluoroethylene, a second tubular layer surrounding the inner layer and being formed of a homogeneous mixture of polytetrafluoroethylene and electrically conductive carbon, and a third layer surrounding the second layer and being formed of polytetrafluoroethylene. The three layers are coextruded together. The third layer is cut away at at least two circumferential points and the exposed second layer is there provided with a sintered coating for finely divided silver and finely divided polytetrafluoroethylene. The sintered coating is then wrapped with a silicone resin tape containing dispersed silver particles and a metal ring is then fitted over the silicone resin tape thereby forming an electrical terminal for the heating tube.

Abstract: Apparatus for continuously treating a gas containing organic substances with activated carbon while regenerating the spent activated carbon with a regeneration gas, including an adsorption vessel composed of a plurality of vertically spaced contacting chambers in which layers of activated carbon are fluidized by the gas to be treated to effect adsorption of the organic substances; a desorption vessel adapted to receive a moved bed of spent activated carbon produced in the adsorption zone and to regenerate the spent activated carbon with the regeneration gas by application of heat; and means for recycling the regenerated activated carbon from the desorption vessel to the adsorption vessel.

Abstract: A fluoroelastomer composition comprising (a) a fluoroelastomer having stabilized end group derived from an isoparaffin selected from the group consisting of isobutane, isopentane and isohexane, (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of bivalent metal oxides, bivalent metal hydroxides and mixtures of bivalent metal oxide or metal hydroxide with metal salt of weak acid, (c) an aromatic polyhydroxy compound and (d) a quaternary ammonium compound of 8-alkyl- (or 8-aralkyl-)1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-7-undecenium, provides a fluoro-rubber having low compression set and excellent elastic properties and has excellent processing and storage properties. The fluoroelastomer can be cured with appropriate induction time and fast cure rate by the use of a specific curing agent system mentioned above.

Abstract: The fibrillated surface layer of an unsintered extruded mass of a polytetrafluoroethylene is broken by mechanical or electrical force to facilitate evaporation of the lubricant whereby a molded article which is free from defects such as cracks and blisters is obtained upon sintering.