Abstract: A workholder for an elecrodeposition system for carrying, with improved electrical communication therewith, items to be painted or otherwise coated, comprising: a carrier; a cane-like structure having a hook, a shank connected to said hook, and a plurality of cross beams connected perpendicularly at their midpoints to said shank and in spaced parallel relation one to another, said structure being suspendable from said carrier by said hook; and means for removably securing said items on said cross beams, said means adapted to contact said items only within a hole in the item. The securing means being a spring clip of formed spring steel which has a proboscis-like distal end adapted for insertion with reversible distortion through the hole in the item, and a proximal end which slideably connects to one of the cross beams, and with spring action is removable therefrom.

Abstract: Diaphragms for use in electrolytic cells, e.g., chlor-alkali cells, are beneficially prepared using pulverized expanded vermiculite in place of the historically popular asbestos.

Abstract: An improved hydrogen evolution cathode with a conductive metal core and an integral Raney-type catalytic surface predominantly derived from an adherent ternary aluminide Beta structured intermetallic crystalline precursory outer portion of the metal core is disclosed. The precursory outer portion preferably has molybdenum and titanium added to give a precursor alloy having the formula Ni.sub.x Mo.sub.y Ti.sub.z Al.sub.3 where x is within the range of from about 75 to about 94 weight percent, y is within the range of from about 5 to about 20 weight percent and z is within the range of from about 1 to about 5 weight percent of the Ni-Mo-Ti portion of the alloy. Also disclosed is a method of producing a low overvoltage cathode. The method includes the steps of taking a Ni-Mo-Ti core or substrate having about 5-20 weight percentage of Mo and about 1-5 weight percent Ti and coating it with aluminum, heat treating to form a Ni-Mo-Ti-Al quaternary alloy with mostly NiAl.sub.

Abstract: An anode with a base of lead or lead alloy is provided with catalytic particles of titanium which comprise a very small amount of platinum group metal or an oxide thereof.These catalytic particles are partly embedded, anchored and electrically connected to the base, so that oxygen is evolved on these particles at a reduced potential at which the underlying lead or lead alloy of the base remains electrochemically inactive, and the anode base thereby serves only as a stable conductive support to the catalytic particles.Operation of this anode at a reduced potential provides energy savings. It may be used more particularly in cells for electrowinning metals with a higher degree of purity at a reduced energy cost with respect to conventional cells equipped with anodes consisting of lead or a lead alloy.

Abstract: A cathode for use in electrolytic processes and a process for preparing such cathodes is described. The cathode comprises a cathodically active surface layer applied to a suitable substrate material. The surface layer comprises a codeposit of a first metal selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, and mixtures thereof, and a second metal or metal oxide selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, manganese, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, indium, chromium, zinc, their oxides and combinations thereof. The surface layer is applied from an electroplating solution containing a soluble sulfur-containing compound, such as an alkali metal thiocyanate or thiourea.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of coating a surface 21 of a substrate 20, or of an article, of a material, such as glass, metal, ceramic, cloth or the like, with a colored film-like polymeric coating 22 consisting essentially of a plasma formed polymer matrix 23 containing therein particulates 24. The method comprises introducing plasma-polymerizable material through at least one conduit 30 into the interior region 14 of an appropriate apparatus 10, 35, or 39 in which region 14 there is maintained an electrical discharge conducive to plasma polymerize the introduced material and deposit it on surface 21 concurrently with a depositing therewith of the particulates 24, or color centers, of a size and in a distribution adapted through selective scattering and adsorption of light to provide a desired color while the substrate 20 contacts, or is, a cathode element 19 maintained at an electrical potential conducive for the depositing.

Abstract: Organic hydroxy compounds such as geraniol are prepared by electrochemical reduction of a corresponding substituted hydroxylamine, typically in a cell wherein the catholyte comprises a solvent and a protonating agent as well as the substituted hydoxy cycloamine and is separated from the anolyte by a membrane, the anolyte preferably containing an aqueous strong mineral acid.

Abstract: Selective extraction of zinc from chloride solutions which contain iron, copper and zinc, where the zinc is extracted in organic phase by means of tri-n-butylphosphate in an organic solvent. The extraction is carried out on chloride solutions in which the lead contents is possibly lowered and where the copper contents is maximum 50 grams per liter higher copper concentration being reduced for instance by electrolysis in diaphragm cell. The zinc containing organic phase is washed, and zinc back-extracted and conducted to a diaphragm cell for electrolysis of zinc, the used electrolyte being returned to the back-extraction step. The raffinate from the zinc extraction is used for repeated leaching of metals after preceding reoxidation.

Abstract: A cathode for use in electrolytic processes and a process for preparing such cathodes is described. The cathode comprises a cathodically active surface layer, an intermediate binding layer, and a substrate. The intermediate binding layer comprises a codeposit of a first metal selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, and mixtures thereof, and a second metal or metal oxide selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, manganese, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, indium, chromium, zinc, their oxides, and combinations thereof. The intermediate binding layer is applied to the substrate from an electroplating solution containing a soluble sulfur-containing compound, such as an alkali metal thiocyanate or thiourea. The surface layer is applied to the intermediate binding layer and comprises a codeposit of said first and second metals or metal oxides and a third metal selected from the group consisting of cadmium, mercury, lead, silver, thallium, bismuth, copper and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a cloth with the use of low-temperature plasma comprising a pair of closed cloth taking-up cases provided respectively with a slit-type cloth taking-in and out opening and a cloth taking-up shaft, a cloth passage tube connecting to the two cloth taking-up cases for transporting the cloth therethrough, one or more pairs of electrode plates provided at the outer circumference of the cloth passage tube, a gas supply pipe connected to the cloth passage tube, and a gas evacuating pipe provided in the vicinity of the cloth taking-in and out opening.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprises a combination of two or more kinds of fine abrasive powders having different true specific gravities in a magnetic layer containing a magnetic powder.

Abstract: An improved cathode with a conductive metal core and a Raney-type catalytic surface predominantly derived from an adherent Beta (NiAl.sub.3) crystalline precursory outer portion of the metal core is disclosed. Further, the precursory outer portion preferably has ruthenium added to give a precursor alloy having the formula (Ni-Ru)Al.sub.3 where the ruthenium content of the nickel-ruthenium portion is within the range of from about 5 to about 15 weight percent. Also disclosed is a method of producing a low overvoltage cathode. The method includes the steps of taking a Ni-Ru alloy core or substrate and coating it with aluminum, then heat treating to form a Ni-Ru-Al ternary alloy with mostly a Beta structure and then leaching out the Al to produce a Raney surface.

Abstract: A magnetic coating composition is disclosed of the type having magnetic particles dispersed in a resin binder. The improvement comprises the use of a solvent system including a dibasic ester wherein the solvent system has an initial Hansen three-dimensional solubility parameter range of approximately 10.5 to 11.0 and a Hansen three-dimensional solubility parameter range of approximately 9.3 to 10.0 after approximately 99% of the solvent has been evaporated from the binder.

Abstract: Cyanide-free plating baths for the electrodeposition of copper and zinc alloys comprise aqueous alkaline mixtures which contain copper and zinc ions and a chelating agent selected from glucoheptonic acid and its salts. Processes for electroplating using the bath and for removing the metal ions from the spent baths by pH adjustment are also disclosed.

Abstract: Mixtures of optical brighteners composed of(a) 1 to 99% by weight of one or more compounds of the formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 can be identical or different and denote hydrogen, chlorine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carbalkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy and(b) 99 to 1% by weight of one or more compounds of the formulae ##STR2## in which n denotes 0 or 1, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 denote identical or different radicals from the group comprising hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, phenyl, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, carboxyl, carboalkoxy, carboxamide or alkyl sulfonates, and two adjacent radicals R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 together can also represent a benzene ring, a lower alkylene group or a 1,3-dioxapropylene group, and B denotes a cyano group, a carboxylate group or a carboxamide group or a 1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl group, a 1,3,5-oxadiazol-2-yl group, a phenyl group or a 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl group.

Abstract: An electrolyte permeable diaphragm for use in the electrolysis of aqueous solutions of ionizable compounds in electrolytic cells is comprised of a thermoplastic polymer coated with a fluorochemical resin water repellent.The diaphragms are physically and chemically stable and possess suitable ion and liquid transfer properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for electrolytic printing using an improved electrode. The electrode has a region which is an oxide of a metal from the group of ruthenium, iridium, platinum or an alloy thereof. The oxide region is at the extremity of the electrode which during the printing is in close proximity to the printing medium. This oxide region provides an increase in wear resistance of about two orders of magnitude over non-oxidized electrodes. Method for fabricating the described electrode is also set forth.

Abstract: Improved x-ray fluorescent screens include a fluorescent layer having luminescent material bound with a lacquer binding agent characterized by pronounced hydrophilic properties. A preferred binding agent is pure urea-formaldehyde resin which solidifies with heat through a polycondensation reaction. Additives, such as alkyd resins, epoxy resins, polyacrylate resins, nitrocellulose, vinyl chloride copolymers, or polyvinyl butyral can be added to the binding agent. The binding agent prevents agglomerations of the luminescent material crystals so that a more uniform emission of light occurs.

Abstract: An electrode for use as a cathode in a chloralkali cell or a water electrolysis cell comprises an electrically-conductive matrix having a very low metal loading surface electrocatalytic noble metal-containing deposit which may be prepared by a displacement deposition technique.

Abstract: A magnetic wall covering composition consisting of magnetic iron oxide particles and glue.