Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aromatic alkane derivatives represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar stands for a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl group, R.sup.1 stands for a methyl, ethyl or isopropyl group and R.sup.2 stands for a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the carbon to which they are attached jointly represent a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group and R.sup.3, stands for a fundamental group of an alcohol which is usually used in a form of R.sup.3 OH as to natural or synthetic pyrethroids, and also to the uses of these compounds.These compounds of the present invention have excellent insecticidal and acaricidal activities while the toxicities of these compounds are very low.

Abstract: A cinnamate ester is prepared by reacting carbon monoxide, oxygen, and its corresponding styrene compound and alcohol in the presence of a catalyst which contains, as essential components,(a) a platinum group metal or a compound thereof;(b) a copper or iron compound; and(c) a compound of at least one metal selected from Groups 4A, 5A, 7A, 8A(the iron group only), 1B(exclusive of copper) and 2B.

Abstract: According to the method of this invention for fixation of incinerator ash, incinerator ash containing SiO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 is incorporated with NaOH or NaOH and an SiO.sub.2 -containing substance in such an amount that the resulting mixture contains 25 to 90 wt % of SiO.sub.2, 2 to 10 wt % of Na.sub.2 O, and more than 3 wt % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 which is less than the content of SiO.sub.2 in terms of mol %; 100 parts by weight of the mixture is mixed with more than 5 parts by weight of water; and the resulting mixture is subjected to hydrothermal reaction under a pressure of 70 kg/cm.sup.2 or above and at a temperature of 150.degree. C. and above, whereby the fixation is accomplished.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel process for preparing amidoalkanesulfonic acids of the general formula ##STR1## or derivatives thereof by reacting a nitrile compound (1) with a .beta.-hydroxyalkanesulfonic acid or a derivative thereof (2) in concentrated sulfuric acid.Among the compounds of the general formula (3) and derivatives thereof, unsaturated amido- and phenyl-substituted alkanesulfonic acids and derivatives thereof (in particular, 2-acrylamido-2-phenylpropanesulfonic acid and derivatives thereof) represented by the general formula ##STR2## can be copolymerized with other monomers and the like to provide useful materials such as copolymer-coated solid materials, copolymer emulsions, pigment dispersants and the like.

Abstract: The method of continuously operating a counter-flow washing column which is supplied with a slurry of solid polymer particles in a diluent from a continuous polymerization zone and with washing liquid for extracting wash slurry and introducing it into a heat tube to separate the vapor of the washing liquid and the solid polymer particles.The improvement involves controlling the extraction amount of the wash slurry from the column by means of:(i) controlling the quantity of heat added to the heat tube, and further(ii) controlling the amount of liquid to be separately introduced into the heat tube,said controls (i) and (ii) being determined by monitoring the amount of the slurry in the last one of reaction cells in the continuous polymerization zone and, on the basis of the monitored amount, determining the amount of extracted slurry.

Abstract: A hot-melt adhesive composition comprising a styrene-type hydrocarbon-modified polyolefin (c) composed of 100 parts by weight of a crystalline polyolefin (a) having a degree of crystallinity of at least 10% and 0.15 to 50 parts by weight of a styrene-type hydrocarbon (b) bound thereto by great-copolymerization, said modified polyolefin (c) having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of 0.5 to 5 dl/g, a degree of crystallinity of at least 10% and a weight average molecular weight Mw/number average molecular weight Mn ratio of from 1 to 15; and use of the aforesaid composition as an intermediate adhesive layer in laminating two polymers.

Abstract: A process for producing a polymer or copolymer of 4-methyl-1-pentene, which comprises polymerizing 4-methyl-1-pentene or copolymerizing 4-methyl-1-pentene with up to about 20 mole % of an olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst comprising(A) a solid highly active titanium catalyst component composed of magnesium, titanium, halogen and a diester of a dicarboxylic acid,(B) an organoaluminum compound, and(C) an organosilicon compound represented by the following formulaR.sup.1.sub.3 Si(OR.sup.2)wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and the three R.sup.

Abstract: A method for handling an underwater wellhead assembly by means of an offshore jack-up drilling rig or platform wherein the wellhead assembly is prepared on the shore or quay and is carried on the drilling rig to a preselected drilling location and lowered down therefrom to the ocean floor.

Abstract: DNAs, the salts thereof, the mixtures of DNA and RNA in which the DNA is mostly contained, and the mixtures of the salt of DNA and the salt of RNA in which the salt of DNA is mostly contained are used as active ingredients for pharmaceutical preparations for digestive ulcer, for example, DNA and RNA being obtained from BCG.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for preparing with a high yield an aminoalkylsulfonic acid represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms or a hydroxyl-containing alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms and n stands for an integer of 2 or 3, which process comprises reacting a sulfite with a halogenated alkylamine represented by the following general formula: ##STR2## wherein X means a chlorine, bromine or iodine atom, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and n have the same meanings as defined above by adding the halogenated alkylamine little by little either continuously or intermittently over a certain period of time to a heated aqueous solution of the sulfite.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing germanes by reducing germanium halide with a mixture of alkylaluminum hydride and trialkylaluminum, in which a treatment for reducing the content of trialkylaluminum in the mixture to 10 mol. % or less relative to the alkylaluminum hydride is carried out prior to the reduction reaction. As to the treatment for reducing the content of trialkylaluminum in the mixture, there are provided, for example, distillation, recrystallization, complex formation followed by separation, pyrolysis and decomposition by hydrogenation and addition of alkylaluminum halide to said mixture.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laminate excellent is surface gloss and scratch resistance, which comprises a thermoplastic elastomer layer composed mainly of a copolymer elastomer, at least one of which is partially crosslinked, and a layer of a partially neutralized ionomer resin or 1-olefin/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer resin having a free carboxyl group, both the layers being tightly bonded to each other.

Abstract: An absorbent web structure composed of a mixture of 5 to 50% by weight of short fibers of a thermoplastic resin rendered hydrophilic with a surface-active agent and 95 to 50% by weight of cellulosic fibers, said thermoplastic short fibers being melt-bonded to impart self-supporting property to the web structure; characterized in that(i) said thermoplastic short fibers are rendered hydrophilic by forming an aqueous slurry of the fibers containing a nonionic surface-active agent and then dehydrating the slurry, and(ii) said nonionic surface-active agent has (a) an HLB value of from 2 to 20 and (b) a melting point equal to, or higher than, the temperature of the slurry at the time of the dehydrating treatment described in (i) above.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for preparing a corresponding cinnamate ester by the reaction of a styrene compound, carbon monoxide, an alcohol and oxygen by using a main catalyst composed of (a) a platinum group metal or a compound thereof and (b) a copper or iron compound and in the presence of a promoter, wherein the concentration of the metal of the component (a) is controlled at 5.5.times.10.sup.-4 gram atom/liter or below in the liquid reaction mixture and further the ratio of the component (b) to the metal of the component (a) is maintained at 50 moles/gram atom or above so as to carry out the reaction.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for automatically applying lubricant in a lifting device which raises and lowers a platform by intermeshing of pinions of a jack-up device mounted on the platform and racks provided in the longitudinal direction of legs for supporting the platform, rockable arms supported by a frame of the jack-up device being provided above the pinion meshing with the rack, a roller brush being rotatably provided on the rockable arms so as to come into sliding contact with the pinion, and a lubricant supplying device being connected to the roller brush.

Abstract: Hydroxyalkanesulfonic acids of the general formula ##STR1## where R is a lower alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and derivatives (such as alkali metal salts and the like) of the sulfonic acids are novel compounds. These compounds can be prepared, for example, by a process which comprises reacting an .alpha.-alkylstyrene with the hydrogensulfite ion in an aqueous medium in the presence of oxygen. These compounds are useful as raw materials for the manufacture of amidoalkanesulfonic acid derivatives having such applications as lime soap dispersants, raw materials for the synthesis of water-soluble polymers, fiber modifiers and the like.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing 2-chloropropionaldehyde (2-CPA) by using vinyl chloride, carbon monoxide and hydrogen as raw materials. Although processes making use of cobalt catalysts have conventionally been known, it is disclosed herein that by using a rhodium compound and a nitrogen- or phosphorus-containing Lewis base in combination as a catalyst, the reaction is allowed to proceed at temperature and pressure lower than those required for such conventional processes and the selectively toward the intended product is improved. It is also disclosed that by causing water to exist in the reaction system and using a water-insoluble organic solvent, fractionating the reaction mixture into a water layer and an organic layer after the reaction and then collecting 2-CPA from the water layer through distillation, extraction or the like, the rhodium compound contained substantially in its entirety in an organic layer can be reutilized in the form of its solution.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are thiocyanopyrimidine derivatives represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R means an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms and X denotes a halogen atom, their production process, and agricultural and horticultural fungicides containing same as active ingredients. The compounds of this invention can provide ideal agricultural and horticultural fungicides, since they exhibit outstanding fungicidal activities against plant pathogens led by late blight and downy mildew, their toxicity to animals are low and they are not phytotoxic.The compounds of this invention can be obtained by reacting pyrimidine derivatives represented by the following general formula: ##STR2## with thiocyanates while using an organic acid as a solvent. Good results can be obtained particularly when formic acid is used as a solvent.

Abstract: A method of resistance-welding two laminates each having a basic structure of a metal layer/a thermally softenable insulating layer/a metal layer, which allows welding with excellent welding strength and good outer appearance of a welded spot. In this method, two laminates are prepared in which each metal layer has a thickness of 0.02 to 0.5 mm, and a ratio of the total thickness of the metal layers of each laminate to the thickness of the laminate falls within a range between 1/3 and 2/3. Electrodes held at a temperature above the softening temperature of the insulating layers are urged against the laminates to soften the insulating layers and so bring the metal layers into contact with each other and to resistance-weld the laminates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition excellent in the injection fusion bondability and the surface gloss, which comprises (1) an amorphous ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer (a) and (2) (i) a lowly crystalline copolymer (b) of propylene with an .alpha.-olefin having at least 4 carbon atoms, (ii) a polymer (d) composed mainly of 1-butene or (iii) a combination of the copolymer (b) or the polymer (d) with a crystalline polymer (c) composed mainly of propylene, wherein the component (1) is present in an amount of 10 to 95% by weight based on the total amount of the components (1) and (2), the component (2) is present in an amount of 5 to 90% by weight based on the total amount of the components (1) and (2), and the component (1) or the components (1) and (2) are partially crosslinked.The partial crosslinking is effected by grafting of a radical-polymerizable monomer having at least two polymerizable groups.