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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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 herein are novel unsaturated cyclic amide-substituted ether compounds having a wide range of utility in crosslinking agents, adhesives, paints, raw materials for hygroscopic resins, etc. These compounds are prepared by reacting cyclic halogen-substituted ether compounds with unsaturated amide compounds in the presence of a strong basic substance in an aprotic polar solvent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polarizing film containing a base resin and a photodichroic material which is characterized in that (1) the uniaxial orientation coefficient (f) of the principal crystal axis which is a crystal axis parallel to the molecular chain of the base resin, with respect to the reference axis is not less than 0.7 and (2) when a specimen of the polarizing film is cut out so as to have a surface perpendicular to the reference axis and X-rays impinging on the specimen parallel to the reference axis, the product (f.times.R) of the aforesaid uniaxial orientation coefficient (f) and the proportion (R=(I.sub.min /I.sub.max).times.100) of the minimum value (I.sub.min) to the maximum value (I.sub.max) of diffracted X-ray intensity on the resulting Debye-Scherrer ring is not less than 10. This polarizing film has excellent thermal resistance and moisture resistance and gives a high degree of polarization.

Abstract: A process for generating an excited molecular oxygen by a procedure which comprises causing a mixture of an alkaline aqueous solution with hydrogen peroxide to wet the surface portion of a layer of a hydrophilic and gas-pervious material, causing a molecular chlorine-containing gas to penetrate said layer from the side opposite said surface thereof, enabling said gas during the penetration thereof through said material to react with said mixed aqueous solution which has wetted said surface portion of said material, and thereby inducing generation of said excited molecular oxygen, O.sub.2 (.sup.1 .DELTA.), through said surface portion of said layer wetted by said mixed aqueous solution.

Abstract: A crystalline random propylene copolymer composition comprising (i) a crystalline random propylene copolymer comprising 99 to 85 mole % of propylene and 1 to 15 mole % of an alpha-olefin other than propylene and (ii) a random 1-butene copolymer comprising 1-butene and an alpha-olefin having at least 5 carbon atoms, the weight ratio of the copolymer (i) to the copolymer (ii) being in the range of from 5:95 to 90:10, said random 1-butene copolymer (ii) satisfying the following conditions:(A) it comprises 50 to 99 mole % of the 1-butene component and 1 to 50 mole % of the alpha-olefin,(B) it has an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., of from 0.5 to 6 dl/g,(C) it has a melting point [Tm], measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, of from 30.degree. to 120.degree. C.,(D) it has a crystallinity, measured by X-ray diffractometry, of from 5 to 60%,(E) the amount [W.sub.

Abstract: A process for surface-treating copper products, for example, a copper foil to be used for a copper-clad laminate, the resulting surface-treated copper product having a superior bond strength to a base material, resistant to etching solution, acids, etc., is provided, which process comprises electrically depositing a binary alloy consisting of 95 to 20% by weight of zinc and 5 to 80% by weight of nickel, on the surface of a copper product to form a coating layer, followed by laminating the resulting copper product onto a base material under heating and pressure, said binary alloy being converted during the lamination into a ternary alloy of zinc, nickel and copper constituting a boundary layer having a superior bond strength between the copper product and the base material.

Abstract: The present invention provides for the recovery of gallium from aluminum smelting dust. Aluminum smelting dust is leached with mineral acid, such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, or nitric acid. Gallium is extracted from the obtained leach liquor with an organic solution containing a liquid cation exchange agent. The resulting loaded organic solution is treated with mineral acid in aqueous solution, either after or before scrubbing with a higher concentration of acid in aqueous solution, to strip gallium. Gallium is extracted from this solution with another organic solution containing an ion-pair extracting type extracting agent. Finally, purified gallium is recovered by stripping the latter loaded organic solution with water or dilute acid in aqueous solution.

Abstract: Isoquinoline derivatives represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a nitro or acetyl group, and R.sub.2 denotes a hydrogen atom, or a methyl, methoxy, phenyl, 4-pyridyl or 2-pyridyl group, and therapeutically acceptable salts thereof have high cardiotonic activity and low toxicity.

Abstract: This invention relates to pyridazinone derivatives of the general formula: ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 stands for a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 for a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; and A for (i) a ring selected from a benzene ring, a furan ring, a thiophene ring and a pyridine ring (on which ring 1-3 substituents or atoms selected from amino groups, nitro groups, lower alkanoylamino groups, hydroxyl groups, lower alkanoyloxy groups, sulfamoyl groups and halogen atoms may be present), or (ii) a grouping of the formula: ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.3 stands for a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl(lower)alkyl, a hydroxyphenyl(lower)alkyl group, a lower alkylmercapto(lower)alkyl group, a benzylmercapto(lower)alkyl group, a guanidino(lower)alkyl group, a nitroguanidino(lower)alkyl group, an indolyl(lower)alkyl group, a carbamoyl(lower)alkyl group or a carboxy(lower)alkyl group, R.sup.4 for a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic recording medium, (1) in which a magnetic layer is formed by coating a magnetic paint containing a magnetic powder and a binder as its main components on a non-magnetic base material; (2) which is featured by containing as said binder a polymer having an alkenyl phenol as one of the components of the polymer; and (3) which has markedly improved effects in the dispersibility of the magnetic powder in said medium and in the abrasion resistance and flexibility of the magnetic layer.