Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrically insulating filler for sheathed heaters. The filler includes globular and nonglobular particles containing at least 95 wt. % MgO, and the percentage of globular particles being at least 5 wt. %. The globular magnesia includes at least one single magnesia or a combination of magnesias selected from groups of sintered magnesias and electro-fused magnesias.

Abstract: Set delayed cement compositions capable of being retained in pumpable fluid states for long time periods and then activated to set into hard masses and methods of using such compositions for cementing zones at remote locations are provided. The compositions are comprised of hydraulic cement, water, one or more hydratable gel forming materials and one or more methylenephosphonic acid derivative set delaying agents.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing dielectric titanate fine powder having the formula Ba.sub.1-x Sr.sub.x TiO.sub.3 wherein 0<x<1 is disclosed, which includes the steps of preparing a hydrolysis product of an inorganic titanium compound TiO.sub.2.xH.sub.2 O by dissolving the inorganic titanium compound in a neutral or alkaline aqueous solution, reacting the hydrolysis product with a water soluble salt of Ba and a water soluble salt of Sr in an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH no less than 13.0 to thereby obtain the dielectric fine powder having the formula Ba.sub.1-x Sr.sub.x TiO.sub.3 wherein 0<x<1, and filtering the fine powder from the remaining solution.

Abstract: Lightweight concrete roof tiles are produced by extruding a cement/lightweight aggregate/water mix containing a non-thixotropic silica fume in a weight ratio of silica fume (calculated as dry weight) to cement of about 2:98 to about 25:75, preferably about 8:92 to about 12:88. The presence of non-thixotropic silica fume in the mix enables lightweight roof tiles of adequate flexural strength to be obtained from the mix by extrusion. Novel cement/lightweight aggregate/water mixes containing non-thixotropic silica fume and novel roof tiles prepared therefrom are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a slider for a magnetic head, which is composed of a sintered body of a three-component or four-component composition comprising TiO.sub.2, CaO and ZnO or TiO.sub.2, CaO, ZnO and ZrO.sub.2. This sintered body has a texture in which the ZnTiO.sub.4 phase or a combination of the ZnTiO.sub.4 phase and CaZrTi.sub.2 O.sub.7 phase is dispersed in the CaTiO.sub.3 phase. The sintered body is excellent in the cutting property and the chipping resistance characteristic.

Abstract: A new type of glass, for example for use as a TL-envelope glass which as regards phosphor poisoning and Hg penetration has better properties than the present TL-envelope glasses. Phosphor poisoning occurs in particular upon fusing electrodes and bending and severing and bridging, respectively, during the manufacture of SL and PL lamps.Phosphor poisoning is controlled by incorporating little or no Na.sub.2 O in the glass. In order to nevertheless reach good processing properties, a combination of Li.sub.2 O and K.sub.2 O is used in the glass. The addition of only Li.sub.2 O or only K.sub.2 O does not result in a suitable glass.Hg penetration is controlled by the presence of a large quantity of alkaline earth metal oxides in the glass.The glass according to the invention has a good light transmission. A lamp comprising a lamp envelope of a glass according to the invention shows only a small luminous decline during operation of the lamp.

Abstract: A cement additive comprising at least two fluidizing agents wherein one of the fluidizing agents is a saponified product of a sulfonated styrene-maleic acid copolymer and the other is one or more of a formalin condensate of naphthalenesulfonic acid and a polyoxyethylene-based compound.The cement additive of this invention is added to a cement composition (cement paste, mortar or concrete) and especially prevents a reduction in the fluidity with a lapse of time.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition of a ternary system Pb(Ni.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 --PbTiO.sub.3 --Pb(Zn.sub.1/2 W.sub.1/2)O.sub.3 comprises a solid solution having a composition represented by the general formula:xPb(Ni.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 --yPbTiO.sub.3 --zPb(Zn.sub.1/2 W.sub.1/2)O.sub.3wherein x, y and z are mole fractions of respective three components, and x+y+z=1.00, the composition falling in a compositional area defined by a polygon encompassed by the points A, B, C and D in FIG. 1. The sets of mole fractions of the three components at the points are as follows:______________________________________ x y z ______________________________________ A 0.87 0.125 0.005 B 0.40 0.15 0.45 C 0.30 0.35 0.35 D 0.62 0.375 0.

Abstract: Porous glass product of the invention comprises about 60 to about 80% by weight of SiO.sub.2, about 7 to about 15% by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 6 to about 12% by weight of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 3 to about 7% by weight of Na.sub.2 O and about 3 to 7% by weight of CaO and having pores about 200 to about 10000 nm in size and circular in cross section.

Abstract: A building material is produced by forming a moldable aqueous composition including intermixed portland cement, gypsum, sodium hydroxide, sodium silicate, water, particles of a metal or metals selected from the group consisting of aluminum and zinc, and preferably also sodium thiosulfate, shaping the composition to a desired configuration, and then drying it to a hardened porous condition.

Abstract: The contractions of aqueous hydraulic cement mixtures in the plastic state is controlled by the addition of a gas generating agent capable of generating gas in the mixture without the addition of activators or other agents, and which does not generate disagreeable or noxious ammonia fumes. The gas generation may be controlled over an extended period of time so that even slow setting cementitious mixtures may have their shrinkage or contraction inhibited while in the plastic state during setting or hardening without the generation of ammonia fumes.

Abstract: An additive for cementitious compositions is provided comprised of a cellulose ether, a starch ether and a polyacrylamide. This additive, when added to cementitious compositions, improves the workability of the resulting cementitious composition when used as a tile grout or mortar.

Abstract: An improved continuous process for the production of fertilizers, wherein the reactions, mixing, sizing, and moisture removal required to produce a resultant product are carried out on a simple, flat surface that moves horizontally, and wherein, in the reactor-mixing zone of said surface, the surface movement, the shearing action of moving blades, the moving spargers for distributing reactants and reaction products, the unusually wide dispersion of the reactants and reaction products, and the unusually long retention time and extensive aeration of the final reaction products and reacted product have the useful benefits of low consumption of energy, close product size control, elimination of the need for recycling produced materials as a means of wetness control in the reactor-mixing zone, and of achieving relatively simple, low cost processing.

Abstract: Disclosed are dielectric porcelain materials having compositions falling in the quadrilateral area defined by connecting points A, B, C and D in the ternary diagram of components Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, CaTiO.sub.3 and SrTiO.sub.3 in the drawing. The points A, B, C and D are represented in mol % as follows:______________________________________ Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 CaTiO.sub.3 SiTiO.sub.3 ______________________________________ A 0.99 0.01 0 B 0.96 0.035 0.005 C 0.91 0.04 0.05 D 0.91 0.01 0.08. ______________________________________The dielectric porcelain materials have thermal coefficients between -15 and +15 and a no-load Q not less than 4000.

Abstract: The invention is directed to barium titanate-based densified dielectric bodies corresponding to the formula(1-X)[(Ba.sub.1-x Pb.sub.x)(Ti.sub.1-(u+v) Zr.sub.u Sn.sub.v)O.sub.3 ]+X[A(Zn.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 ]+Y[F],wherein A is selected from Pb, Ba and mixtures thereof.______________________________________ X = 2.5 to 11.5% by weight, Y = 1.0 to 5.0% by weight, u = 0 to 0.125, v = 0 to 0.125, x = 0 to 0.125, u + v = 0.015 to 0.125, ______________________________________F is a manganese-doped zinc borate flux.

Abstract: A labial pad (30) having an anatomically conformable configuration with a generally ovate geometry defined by a principal longitudinal axis (L), a minor transverse axis (T) and a generally orthogonal lateral or height axis (H), is comprised of a laterally upwardly directed projection (52) lying generally along the longitudinal axis within the posterior region (54) of the pad and having a prominence (64) proximate the distal end (60) thereof tapering toward the proximal end (58) along the longitudinal axis and to the opposed sides (62) along the transverse axis, wherein the projection is configured for disposition within the vestibule (32) of a wearer over a region bounded generally by the posterior labial commissure (36) and the labia terminating at or about the latter and extending forwardly therefrom over the vulva, to occlude the vestibule against flow of menses or the like while protecting the urogenitals from chafing contact.

Abstract: A method for producing a porous magnesia clinker by admixing a magnesia material having a grain size of less than 0.1 mm with from 10 to 60 percent by weight of the mixture of fluid oil coke having a grain size of 1 mm or less, calcining the resulting mixture at a temperature of from 900.degree. to 1600.degree. C. for a time sufficient to burn off the coke and thereby to form pores in the magnesia material, and firing the resulting product at a temperature of from 1600.degree. C. to 2030.degree. C. to produce porous magnesia clinker.

Abstract: This invention relates to the production of transparent, high silica glass envelopes for tungsten-halogen lamps consisting essentially, by weight, of 1-2.5% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.25-1% CaO, 0.1-0.25 Na.sub.2 O and/or K.sub.2 O, 2.5-3.5% B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.15-0.3% F, and the remainder SiO.sub.2.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for thermally reacting one or more inorganic materials, the method involves the step of maintaining a flame in a combustion chamber at a predetermined reaction temperature by supplying a sufficient quantity of a hydrocarbon fuel and oxygen into the flame through a fluid stream, comminuting the inorganic material to be reacted to a particle size which can be transported by gas flow and suspending the comminuted inorganic compound in an intimate admixture with the fluid stream containing the hydrocarbon fuel and oxygen and passing the admixture to the interior of the flame to effect thermal reaction of the particulate inorganic material. The apparatus can comprise a blower, a grinding means, a furnace means, and a means for collecting the reacted material.

Abstract: New, PbO-free glasses for cathode ray tubes are composed of (in % by weight) 50-52 SiO.sub.2 ; 0-3 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ; 1-1.7 Li.sub.2 O; 6.5-10.7 Na.sub.2 O; 0-4.5 K.sub.2 O; 0.4-1.4 F; 0-0.5 TiO.sub.2 ; 0.2-1.2 CeO.sub.2 ; 0-5 ZnO; 0-7.0 BaO; 15-22 SrO; and 6.3-10.3 ZrO.sub.2, and are characterized by a high protective effect against X-rays while having at the same time good resistance to acid and stability to radiation.