Abstract: A method for the redistribution of trichlorosilane in the presence of N,N,N',N'-tetraethylethylenediamine (TEEDA) to form a complex comprising dichlorosilane and TEEDA. The dichlorosilane can be disassociated from the TEEDA by a means such as heating and then used in standard processes requiring dichlorosilane. Alternatively, the complex comprising the dichlorosilane and TEEDA can be used as a reactant for hydrosilation of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated olefinic nitriles or reacted with Grignard type reagents to make organosilanes.

Abstract: Polymeric vehicles with liquid crystalline-like properties, solvent dispersible polymeric vehicles, formulated coating compositions with liquid crystalline-like properties and a method for imparting liquid crystalline properties to a coating binder are described. The materials with liquid crystalline-like properties lack structural segments previously regarded as mesogenic.

Abstract: Polymeric vehicles with liquid crystalline-like properties, solvent dispersible polymeric vehicles, formulated coating compositions with liquid crystalline-like properties and a method for imparting liquid crystalline properties to a coating binder are described. The materials with liquid crystalline-like properties lack structural segments previously regarded as mesogenic.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymeric vehicle comprising a modified polymer containing covalently bonded mesogenic groups. The modified polymer may be used as the sole component of the polymeric vehicle for a coating to which may be added solvents and known additives to provide a formulated coating. The polymeric vehicle may further include other modified or unmodified polymers and cross-linking resins. The polymeric vehicle provides a coating binder and coating film of high hardness, flexibility and impact resistance.

Abstract: The new potato variety Solanum tuberosum ND671-4RUSS is a cross of Wash.330 and ND9567-2RUSS. It was first grown at the horticulture greenhouse on the campus of North Dakota State University. The new variety produces tubers that are oblong, smooth, and uniform with shallow eyes and dark brown skin that are suitable for use as french fries and for fresh use. The variety has some resistance to scab and has fairly good resistance to Verticillium wilt.

Abstract: The new potato variety Solanum tuberosum is a cross of a Lemhi and a ND450-3Russ. It was first grown at the Langdon Experiment Station, North Dakota. The new variety produces tubers that are long, smooth, and uniform with shallow eyes and dark brown skin that are suitable for fresh market. The variety is resistant to hollow heart and appears to be well adapted to the soils of the Mid-Western United States.

Abstract: A shelf-storable new and improved couscous food product satisfying traditional couscous granular mouthfeel is made by extruding a wheat-based doughy mass and cutting the extrudate into particles of uniform couscous size (i.e., between about 0.85 and about 2.5 mm. mesh). When examined under a magnification of 12 times, the new particles, although lacking the agglomeration structure of traditional couscous, have a mouthfeel structure characterized by (i) substantially smooth surfaces on the exterior thereof and (ii) angularly projecting edges on the exterior thereof. Further, the particles are substantially translucent, have a Water Absorption Index greater than 4.7, and have a substantially uniform and dense extrusion compacted composition comprised essentially of the starches and gluten-forming proteins in a blend of durum wheat flour or middlings or semolina and an optional content of flours or middlings or farinas of cereal grains other than durum wheat.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymeric vehicle comprising a modified polymer containing covalently bonded mesogenic groups. The modified polymer may be used as the sole component of the polymeric vehicle for a coating to which may be added solvents and known additives to provide a formulated coating. The polymeric vehicle may further include other modified or unmodified polymers and cross-linking resins. The polymeric vehicle provides a coating binder and coating film of high hardness, flexibility and impact resistance.

Abstract: Silicone hydride (Si--H) can be produced on the surface of silicone rubbers by plasma treatment of silicone rubber in the presence of hydrogen or an inert gas such as nitrogen, helium, neon or argon in a plasma chamber which is substantially free of oxygen and oxygen-producing compounds. The silicone hydride can then be used as a grafting site for the covalent attachment for many substances, including bioactive molecules.

Abstract: A shelf-storable new and improved couscous food product satisfying traditional couscous granular mouthfeel is made by extruding a wheat-based doughy mass and cutting the extrudate into particles of uniform couscous size (i.e., between about 0.85 and about 2.5 mm. mesh). When examined under a magnification of 12 times, the new particles, although lacking the agglomeration structure of traditional couscous, have a mouthfeel structure characterized by (i) substantially smooth surfaces on the exterior thereof and (ii) angularly projecting edges on the exterior thereof. Further, the particles are substantially translucent, have a Water Absorption Index greater than 4.7, and have a substantially uniform and dense extrusion compacted composition comprised essentially of the starches and gluten-forming proteins in a blend of durum wheat flour or middlings or semolina and an optional content of flours or middlings or farinas of cereal grains other than durum wheat.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymeric vehicle comprising a modified polymer containing covalently bonded mesogenic groups. The modified polymer may be used as the sole component of the polymeric vehicle for a coating to which may be added solvents and known additives to provide a formulated coating. The polymeric vehicle may further include other modified or unmodified polymers and cross-linking resins. The polymeric vehicle provides a coating binder and coating film of high hardness, flexibility and impact resistance.

Abstract: Novel mesogens, epoxy resins and the synthesis thereof as well as coating binders for coating compositions based upon the mesogens and epoxy resins are described.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising liquid crystalline binders are provided by a combination of mesogenic groups and amorphous resins. The mesogenic groups are either covalently bonded or cross-linked to the amorphous resins to provide coatings of exceptional hardness and toughness. Also provided is an economical process suitable for commercial manufacture of mesogenic compounds and more particularly for the production of liquid-crystalline oligoester polyols.

Abstract: This application describes a water dispersible polymeric vehicle comprising epoxy polymers having about 5 to 50 weight percent mesogens or a cross-linkable blend of an amine salt of a mesogenic carboxylic acid, cross-linker resin and an epoxy polymer, the mesogenic acid providing about 5 to 50 weight percent mesogenic groups to the blend.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymeric vehicle comprising a modified polymer containing covalently bonded mesogenic groups. The modified polymer may be used as the sole component of the polymeric vehicle for a coating to which may be added solvents and known additives to provide a formulated coating. The polymeric vehicle may further include other modified or unmodified polymers and cross-linking resins. The polymeric vehicle provides a coating binder and coating film of high hardness, flexibility and impact resistance.

Abstract: A rheo-photoacoustic fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic method and apparatus for examining rheological properties of materials on a molecular level. The apparatus comprises an IR spectrometer and a photoacoustic cell for generating frequency-domain photoacoustic information of a specimen under various static load conditions. Relative changes in amplitudes of certain bands in the respective spectra as a function of elongation indicate relative behavior of different molecular bonds in the material thereby to detect individually the behavior or failure mode of the respective molecular bonds. A method of detecting interfacial failure of composite polymeric material includes detecting changes in the profile of the spectrum of the surface layer at successive levels of stretching of the composite material brought about by appearance of spectral responses characteristic of the underlying layer.

Abstract: The specification discloses catalyzing hydrosilation reactions with nickel dispersed in an inert reaction medium, where the nickel is prepared by reacting a nickel halide with an alkali metal. The hydrosilation reaction and the preparation of the nickel dispersion are presently conducted in the presence of ultrasound.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly having a premix chamber is provided for the injection of remixed fuel and air or other gas into a diesel ingine cylinder. Air, or other gas, is supplied continuously to the premix chamber through a port connected to a high pressure reservoir. Fuel is delivered into the premix chamber through a typical poppet injection nozzle. The passage orientation into the premix chamber and the magnitude of the fuel and air pressure determine the mixing level. By pressure of the air, the compressed fuel-air mixture is injected, into the diesel engine cylinder. To remove fuel remaining in the injection cavity and injection orifices, an air injection follows the fuel-air mixture injection. After the air injection, the fuel for the next cycle is promptly injected into the premix chamber to allow about 700 crank angle degrees for premixing with air and vaporization in the operation of a four stroke engine.

Abstract: The method of causing or promoting chemical changes involving the step of subjecting reactants to ultrasonic energy as a key treatment step, including methods of: (1) reducing aryl halides by treating a mixture of aryl halide and lithium aluminum hydride in a liquid ether medium; (2) making cycloaddition products by treating a mixture of alpha, alpha'-dibromo-ortho-xylene, zinc powder and a dienophile in a liquid ether medium; (3) making beta-hydroxyesters by treating a mixture of alpha-bromoethylacetate, a carbonyl compound, zinc dust and an iodine enhancer in a liquid ether medium; (4) making tetramesityldisilene involving treating a solution of bis(mesityl)dichlorosilane in a liquid ether medium, with lithium present in the medium; and (5) saturating organic compounds having capability of reduction at carbon-carbon bonds involving treating a mixture of an organic compound having capability of reduction at carbon-carbon bonds, and formic acid, in an alcohol medium with palladium-on-carbon present as a catal

Abstract: A method of hydrosilating non-aromatic carbon to carbon pi bonds comprising exposing a mixture of a compound having a said pi bond and a silane having silanic hydrogen to a platinum metal catalyst, and subjecting the mixture to ultrasonic energy while exposed to said catalyst.