Abstract: A catalyst for polymerizing .alpha.-olefins composed of a titanium composition formed by heating a co-comminuted mixture of a magnesium halide and a complex of an aluminum halide and a carboxylic acid ester of the formula R.sup.1 COOR.sup.2, with titanium tetra-chloride; and an organic aluminum compound of the formula AlR.sup.3 mH.sup.3 --m; and optionally added thereto at least one component selected from an alkyl aluminum halide of the formula AlR.sup.4 nX.sub.3 --n; a carboxylic acid ester of the formula R.sup.5 COOR.sup.6 ; and its complex formed with an aluminum halide; is disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of an olefinic resin composition having improved properties which comprises mixing an olefinic resin composition comprising (a) 50 to 99% by weight of a carboxyl-free olefinic resin having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.1 to 5 and (b) 1 to 50% by weight of a carboxyl-containing modified olefinic resin having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.04 to 1 and an acid number of 30 to 150, the amount of each resin being based on the total amount of resins (a) and (b), which has been melted by heating to a temperature above the melting point, whichever is higher, of the resins, with an aqueous medium heated to a temperature of 140 to 300.degree. C. in the presence of at least 0.2 chemical equivalent, to the carboxyl groups of resin (b), of a base.

Abstract: A reaction apparatus for corrosive material includes a heat exchanger that is coupled to a header. A first inlet is provided for fluid raw material and a second inlet is provided for introducing a non-corrosive material. There is also an outlet for reaction products. A tube baffle is positioned across the interior of the heat exchanger in order to define an inner space therein and an inner member which substantially conforms to the configuration of the inner space is positioned therein in closely spaced relationship with the inside surface of the header. A first plurality of tubes are attached to opening formed in the baffle and a second plurality of tubes are attached to the inner member and are positioned correspondingly to the first tubes in spaced relation thereto and in fluid communication therewith.

Abstract: A hydraulic hammer wherein the reciprocal motion of a drill-striking piston is operated by means of a spool valve for switching hydraulic pressure to a double-acting cylinder depending upon the position of the piston. The hydraulic hammer further includes a self starter means which assures activation of the hammer whenever hydraulic pressure is applied to the hydraulic hammer and a means for compensating for variations in boring conditions such that energy is efficiently delivered by the drill striking piston.

Abstract: Aromatic urethanes are produced by interacting an aromatic nitro compound, an organic compound containing hydroxyl groups and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst composed of elemental selenium or a selenium compound and of a promoter composed of a bicyclic amidine together with a phenolic compound or a carboxylic acid. The interaction proceeds smoothly with the aid of a small amount of the promoter, attended with secondary production of amino compounds only in small amounts. For instance, 2,4-diethyldicarbamatetoluene is obtained at a yield of 87% by interacting 2,4-dinitrotoluene, ethanol and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalytic system composed of metallic selenium, 1,8-diazabicyclo(5,4,0)-undecene-7 and acetic acid.

Abstract: An improved process for converting acrylonitrile to the corresponding amide by hydrating said nitrile in the presence of a metallic copper catalyst and aluminum nitrate as promoter for said catalyst.

Abstract: A random copolymer consisting essentially of 40 to 90 mole% of propylene and 60 to 10 mole% of 1-butene, and having (A) a boiling n-heptane-insoluble content of not more than 5% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer, (B) a boiling methyl acetate-soluble content of not more than 2% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer, (C) a melting point, determined by differential thermal analysis, of 40 to 140.degree. C., (D) an intrinsic viscosity, determined in decalin at 135.degree. C., of 0.5 to 6 dl/g, (E) an elongation at break, measured by JIS K6301, of at least 300%, (F) a tensile strength at break, measured by JIS K6301, of at least 50 kg/cm.sup.2, and (G) a haze, measured by JIS K6714, of not more than 40%.

Abstract: The blast furnace in the present invention comprises a V-shaped or an inclined hearth, tuyeres disposed along said hearth, a tap hole for discharging matte and/or slag, said tap hole being disposed at the lowest part of the hearth, and dampers having V-shaped or inclined fore end, each of said dampers being disposed to agree with said tuyeres. The present blast furnace, when employed for smelting by feeding briquetted Zn bearing materials as the material thereto and blowing preheated air therein through the tuyeres disposed along the hearth, displays an improved smelting efficiency in separating and recovering volatile valuable metals and non-volatile valuable metals.

Abstract: Process for injection molding ultra high molecular weight polyethylene by injecting the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene into a cavity having a volume 1.5-3.0 times that of the injected polyethylene at a shear rate of at least 50,000 sec..sup.-1 measured at the gate of the injection nozzle and then compressing the cavity to a volume less than 1.5 times that of the injected polyethylene.

Abstract: In a method for recovering energy of an exhaust gas from a blast furnace as electric energy by introducing the total flow rate of the exhaust gas into a turbine, the efficiency of recovery of the power energy is enhanced by controlling the attachment angle of stationary blades of the turbine so that the furnace top pressure might be maintained at a predetermined level.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersed urethane composition which is excellent in film-forming property and useful in protecting glass bottles when formed into a film can be obtained by producing a urethane oligomer by interacting a polyoxyalkylene glycol having a molecular weight equal to or above 1200, a low molecular weight chain-elongating agent selected from a glycol, an amino-alcohol and a diamine each having a molecular weight below 500, an isocyanate-blocking agent selected from an oxime, a lactam and an alcohol, and a diisocyanate, and dispersing the urethane oligomer and a hardener in water by the use of a surface active agent such that the sum by weight of the surface active agent contained in the aqueous dispersed urethane composition and the polyoxyalkylene glycol which is one of the starting materials for the production of the urethane oligomer is in the range of 15 to 35% of the sum by weight of the surface active agent, the urethane oligomer and the hardener.

Abstract: A process for treating waste water containing radioactive substances comprising treating the waste water by reverse osmosis in the presence of at least one organic surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants and nonionic surfactants.

Abstract: A dynamoelectric device having a wound core provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially opening slots disposed in an annular array. Windings are provided in the slots and an annular slot closure formed of magnetic material having a plurality of through openings is disposed coaxially of the annular array of slots with the through openings being disposed centrally of the open end of the slots. The slot closure is formed of magnetic material and is defined by a stacked assembly of interlocked, coaxial annular laminations. The interlocking structure may include a pair of apposed fingers at opposite sides of the through opening. The fingers may be offset from the lamination to define a recess with the fingers of one lamination being disposed in interlocking fitted association with the recess of the adjacent lamination in the stacked core assembly. The openings and interlocking fingers may be stamped from the lamination.

Abstract: A method of treating the outer surface of a pipe of a thermoplastic resinous material produced by extrusion by extruding molten resin from an extruder and sizing the same by a sizing die, and supplying a lubricant to a front end portion of the sizing die along the front end portion which is disposed in spaced juxtaposed relationship with the extruder.An apparatus for treating the outer surface of a pipe of a thermoplastic resinous material produced by extrusion including a sizing die for sizing the pipe extruded from an extruder for extruding a thermoplastic resin in tubular form, and lubricant supply means disposed at a front end portion of the sizing die in spaced juxtaposed relationship with the extruder for supplying a lubricant along the front end portion of the sizing die.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for producing aluminum by the steps of electrolyzing an electrolytic bath composed preponderantly of aluminum chloride while using a tungsten plate or a silicon carbide plate as the anode for thereby educing aluminum on the cathode, splitting the cathodic product of electrolysis from the cathode to produce in the electrolytic cell a muddy substance composed preponderantly of aluminum, collecting the muddy substance, then melting it to produce molten aluminum and cooling the molten aluminum.

Abstract: A drying oil such as isomerized linseed oil, dehydrated castor oil or the like oil which has an iodine value of more than 140 and a content of conjugated double bonds of less than 50% is reacted with isopropenylphenol and/or oligomers thereof in an amount, by weight, of 0.1-2 times as great as that of the drying oil in the presence of a small amount of an acid at a temperature of 65-150.degree. C. for 0.5-3 hours. By the reaction, isopropenylphenol and/or its oligomers are introduced to the drying oil while leaving the double bonds of the oil as they are without disappearance. The thus introduced oil is further reacted with a phenol or phenols under strongly acidic conditions to introduce the phenols thereto. The drying oil which has been introduced with the isopropenylphenol and/or its oligomers and also with the phenols is mixed with a phenol or phenols and then reacted with formaldehyde to give a modified phenolic resin.

Abstract: Nitric oxide is removed from industrial gases by absorption in an aqueous solution containing ferrous ion and a chelate ligand in the form of a ferrous chelate complex which captures the nitric oxide (NO) as a nitrosyl ligand.

Abstract: Polymerization of ethylene or .alpha.-olefins is carried out with use of a catalyst comprising a modified titanium component obtained by pulverizing the starting titanium component of Ziegler solid catalysts and subjecting the resultant to a modification treatment through contact with an inert organic solvent or a mixture thereof with a modifier, and an organoaluminum component.The pulverized product of the starting titanium component is pulverized together with an organoaluminum compound and a small amount of ethylene or .alpha.-olefins thereby controlling the particle size distribution.

Abstract: A process for preparing highly stereoregular polyolefins in the presence of a catalyst comprising (A) a titanium-containing solid catalyst component composed of an organic complex derived from(i) a magnesium halide(ii) an organopolysiloxane selected from the group consisting of compounds of the formulaQ(Q.sub.2 SiO).sub.n SiQ.sub.3, (Q.sub.2 SiO).sub.n and X(Q.sub.2 SiO).sub.n SiQ.sub.2 X,(iii) an organic carboxylic acid ester, and(iv) a titanium compound of the formulaTi(OR).sub.l X.sub.4-l, and(B) an organoaluminum catalyst component of the formulaR'mAl(OR').sub.3-m,said organic complex being derived by bringing the component (i) into contact with a combination of the components (ii) and (iii) or a combination of the components (ii), (iii) and (iv) under mechanical pulverisation conditions and then treating the resulting pulverized composition with the component (iv) in the absence of mechanical pulverization.

Abstract: A process for preparing piperonal which comprises the steps of reacting 1,2-methylenedioxybenzene with an N-alkylformanilide and a condensing agent comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of phosgene, phosphorus oxychloride, phosphorus oxybromide, thionyl chloride, thionyl bromide, sulfuryl chloride, sulfuryl bromide, phosphorus trichloride, and phosphorus pentachloride, and then hydrolyzing the resulting reaction product.