Abstract: A process for separating selenium and tellurium values from each other by heating a solution containing both to a temperature and for a time period, in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid under substantially anhydrous conditions, sufficient to precipitate the tellurium values. The process is primarily applied to decopperized copper anode slimes by first leaching such slimes with concentrated sulfuric acid under the specified conditions, separating the liquid and solids phases, and then removing the tellurium from the solids phase by a water leach.

Abstract: The invention provides a container having a roll of abrasive adhesive discs releasably connected to a backing paper inside the container. The container is designed such that the discs and backing paper may be pulled from the upper front of the container and when the backing paper is pulled downward or outward over the front edge the abrasive discs release from the backing paper and are popped free and released from the backing paper while being presented for easy removal by the user without contamination of the adhesive surface. Alternatively, by pulling the backing generally upward from the device, the abrasive discs remain adhered to the backing paper and the backing paper can be cut or manually torn such that one or several of the discs may be pulled free from the device while remaining on the backing and removed to another work place for later use without risk of contamination of the adhesive backing.

Abstract: The support frame of the invention is comprised of wire mesh bent to cylindrical form with hook-shaped wire stubs projecting from its confronting edges which are hooked and clinched in a fillet with channeled edges providing a side closure; the resultant cage being fitted with base end caps.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of economically exploiting deep set porphyry ore bodies of the type containing metal values such as sulfidic copper nickel or uranium minerals and minerals capable of absorbing copper, uranium and nickel ions. The method involves establishing communication with the ore body through access and recovery wells and passing fluids sequentially therethrough. If necessary, thief zones of as low as 25 to 50 md in igneous rock of 1 to 5 md are prevented from distorting flow, by the injection of a polymeric solution of macromolecules with molecular weights of the order of 5 million along the entire wellbore, the higher permeability zones initially accepting the majority of the flow and being impaired at a much faster rate than the less permeable zones.

Abstract: A stream containing chromium and other heavy metals is fed through an electrolytic cell having a flow-through anode of lead shot and a flow-through cathode. The stream passes through the lead shot, resulting in the formation of lead chromate at the anode that falls to a trap in the bottom of the cell. Heavy metals such as copper are plated out on the material forming the flow-through cathode.

Abstract: A neutron absorbing article, preferably in long, thin, flat form, suitable for but not necessarily limited to use in storage racks for spent nuclear fuel at locations between volumes of such stored fuel to absorb neutrons from said spent fuel and prevent uncontrolled nuclear reaction of the spent fuel material, is composed of finely divided boron carbide particles and a solid, irreversibly cured phenolic polymer forming a continuous matrix about the boron carbide particles, in such proportions that at least 6% of B.sup.10 from the boron carbide content is present therein.

Abstract: A boron nitride bonded boron nitride fiber article and the method for its manufacture which comprises forming a shaped article with a composition comprising a bonding compound selected from boron oxide and boric acid and a structural fiber selected from the group consisting of boron oxide, boron nitride and partially nitrided boron oxide fibers, heating the composition in an anhydrous gas to a temperature above the melting point of the compound and nitriding the resulting article in ammonia gas.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for the manufacture of ceramic oxide fibers from solvent solution. The process comprises spinning a solution of a ceramic oxide precursor through openings having a diameter of from about 0.3 to about 1.5 millimeters, attenuating the resulting fibers with a stream of air to a diameter of less than 10 microns and heating the fibers in an oxygen atmosphere to form ceramic oxide fibers having a diameter of less than 5 microns. The apparatus comprises a hollow rotatable disc having about 0.3 to about 1.5 millimeter holes in its circumferential edge; means for rotatably mounting the disc; means for introducing a solution of a ceramic oxide precursor into the disc; means for rotating the disc to force solution through the openings in fiber form; means for attenuating the fibers with a stream of air; and means for calcining the fibers.