Abstract: Homogeneous sodium zirconium silico-phosphates having the formulaNa.sub.1+x+4y Zr.sub.2-y (SiO.sub.4).sub.x (PO.sub.4).sub.3-xwhere x is from 1 to 2.8 and y is between 0 and about 0.5, are prepared by heating a zirconium phosphate with an aqueous, alkaline sodium silicate solution and calcining the resulting solid orthorhombic crystalline product. The calcined product is useful as a solid electrolyte for transporting sodium ions in a sodium-sulfur storage battery.

Abstract: A crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite is obtained by stirring under heating an aqueous reaction mixture containing a silica source, an alumina source, an alkali source and an organic carboxylic acid not containing an aromatic ring preferably having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and 1 to 3 carboxyl groups.

Abstract: Finely-divided titanium diboride or zirconium diboride powders are formed by reacting gaseous boron trichloride with a material selected from the group consisting of titanium powder, zirconium powder, titanium dichloride powder, titanium trichloride powder, and gaseous titanium trichloride.

Abstract: A new compound consisting essentially of strontium, iron, boron and oxygen is termed strontium ferrite borate or corabelleite. A fluxed melt for the growth of single crystals and a method for growing single crystals of the corabelleite are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of the zeolite ZK-5 from a starting zeolite selected from the group consisting of the zeolites P (Cl), P' (Cl), Q (Br) and Q' (Br).In accordance with the invention, the barium ions contained in the starting zeolite are extracted therefrom by means of a barium-binding agent selected from the group consisting of precipitating agents which form with the barium ions a compound that precipitates, and of complexing agents which form with the barium ions a barium complex.The zeolite ZK-5 obtained may be used in the separation or cracking of hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A process for the decomposition of complexes of ortho-benzoyl benzoic acids, hydrogen fluoride, and boron trifluoride, whether or not the ortho-benzoyl benzoic acid is substituted, is disclosed wherein the ortho-benzoyl benzoic acid is obtained separately from the hydrogen fluoride and boron trifluoride. This process is characterized in that the complex is treated with an inert solvent at a temperature of at least 20.degree. C., in a distillation column having at least about 8 theoretical plates whereby the solvent reflux is operated at a rate equal to about 5 to about 40 times the weight of the feed delivery rate of the column.The process of the present invention also makes it possible to recover hydrogen fluoride and boron trifluoride for reuse as catalysts in the synthesis of ortho-benzoyl benzoic acid without causing decomposition of the acid.

Abstract: A novel process for the preparation of ZSM-5 and ZSM-11 utilizing a mixture of both quaternary ammonium ions and amines in the forming solution is disclosed in order to enhance the rate of crystallization.

Abstract: A method for dehydrating aluminum chloride hexahydrate which comprises contacting the hexahydrate with a melt consisting essentially of a chlorobasic mixture of aluminum chloride and alkali metal chloride and then treating the resulting mixture with HCl to form an AlCl.sub.3 /alkali metal chloride melt enriched in AlCl.sub.3. NaCl is a preferred alkali metal chloride.

Abstract: A new compound consisting essentially of strontium, iron, boron and oxygen is termed strontium ferrite borate or corabelleite. A method for preparing polycrystalline ceramic corabelleite is disclosed.

Abstract: Molecular sieves, particularly zeolites, of intermediate pore size are prepared using imidazole derivatives as templates.

Abstract: Raw bentonite is beneficiated by treating a substantially iron oxide-free bentonite, as an aqueous suspension, with an alkali at a temperature of at least 60.degree. C.; washing the alkali treated bentonite at least once with water; and then subjecting a suspension of the alkali-treated and washed bentonite to shearing, attrition and impact forces in a homogenizer of the type wherein the suspension is forced in the form of a film through a thin, hard-surfaced gap under a pressure of at least 1.7 MPa, and at high velocity. The suspension of bentonite thus obtained can then be dried to a product which has a good white color and is more resistent to bacteriological growth.

Abstract: An improved process for preparing ZSM-22 zeolite is disclosed and claimed. The process comprises preparing a reaction mixture comprised of sources of an alkali or alkaline earth metal, alumina, silica, organic promoter and water, and having the following composition, in terms of mole ratios of oxides:SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 =20 to .infin.H.sub.2 O/SiO.sub.2 =10 to 100OH.sup.- /SiO.sub.2 =0 to 1.0M.sup.+ /SiO.sub.2 =0 to 2.0RN/SiO.sub.2 =0.01 to 2.0wherein RN is a functional group of a heterocyclic organic compound containing one or more four (4) to ten (10) member, saturated or unsaturated, non-fused rings, wherein the hetero atoms are the same or different, and they are oxygen, phosphorus or nitrogen, an alkyl and/or alkene derivative of the heterocyclic organic compound, wherein the alkyl and/or alkene groups contain one (1) to ten (10) carbon atoms, or an organic or inorganic salt of the heterocyclic organic compound or its alkyl or alkene derivative, and M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal, e.g.

Abstract: The alkali metal content of zeolite ZSM-11 in its as-synthesized form is reduced by crystallizing the zeolite from a solution containing a source of benzyltrimethyl ammonium ions.

Abstract: The crystalline aluminosilicate PZ 1 is produced by carrying out the crystalline in the presence of an organic template compound of the formula R.sub.3 P--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --PR.sub.3 X.sub.2 where R is a lower alkyl group, n is an integer of 2 to 6 and X is Br.sup.- or I.sup.-. The synthesis mixture has the composition:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 = 20-250 Na.sub.2 O/SiO.sub.2 = 0.01-0.5 OH/SiO.sub.2 = 0.01-1.0 T/SiO.sub.2 = 0.01-0.2 H.sub.2 O/SiO.sub.2 = 10-40 ______________________________________whereas T means template compound.The synthesis mixture is stirred at a temperature between 90.degree. and 200.degree. C. at autogenous pressure. The aluminosilicate PZ 1 is changed into the aluminosilicate PZ 2 by treatment with dilute acids or with ammonium chloride and subsequent calcining. This aluminosilicate PZ 2 can be employed as catalyst in the conversion of alcohols into hydrocarbons.

Abstract: Hydrogen is produced from hydrogen sulfide by coupling, in a single reaction zone, the partial oxidation of hydrogen sulfide to water and sulfur with the thermal decomposition of hydrogen sulfide to hydrogen and sulfur. When one mole of hydrogen sulfide is burned with a stoichiometric deficiency of oxygen, enough thermal energy is generated by the exothermic partial oxidation to effect the thermal dissociation of about two moles of hydrogen sulfide. The gas mixture exiting from the reaction zone is substantially instantaneously cooled by quenching with cooler gas of substantially the same composition to prevent significant recombination of hydrogen and sulfur. The thermal energy in the gas following the quench step is used to preheat the H.sub.2 S and to cause some dissociation before entry into the reaction zone.

Abstract: Novel molybdenum oxycarbonitride compositions are described together with a general method of synthesis. The compositions can be obtained by the relatively low temperature thermal decomposition of an amine molybdate and can be amorphous, poorly crystalline, or substantially crystalline, and can unexpectedly possess high surface areas in the region of about 130 m.sup.2 /g and higher. The compositions have the general formula: MoO.sub.a C.sub.b N.sub.c, where a, b and c are non-zero decimal values and the sum: a+b+c, is less than or equal to about one, as evidenced by X-ray diffraction and chemical analyses. The compositions are useful as abrasives, as for removing oxide coatings from metals.

Abstract: Manganese dioxide is produced from manganous nitrate hexahydrate-containing material by heating such manganous nitrate-containing material to about 150.degree. C. under an oxygen-containing atmosphere until a substantially complete decomposition to manganese dioxide has occurred, further elevating the temperature to about 250.degree. C., and maintaining this temperature until the manganese dioxide has a surface area no greater than about 15 m.sup.2 /gm and a high degree of amorphousness relative to crystalline beta manganese dioxide.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a crystalline aluminosilicate of the pentasil type by hydrothermal crystallization of SiO.sub.2 and Al(OH).sub.3 in the presence of an alkali metal salt at from 80.degree. to 250.degree. C., wherein the crystallization is carried out in ether or aqueous ether. Particularly suitable solvents include the ethers from the group of the poly-(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ethers and mixtures of these ethers with water. The use of these crystalline aluminosilicates as catalysts for alkylating aromatics, and for preparing olefins and/or aromatics from methanol and/or dimethyl ether is also described.

Abstract: Toxicity of asbestos is reduced by treating it with non-mutagenic non-toxic hydroxamic acid iron-chelating agents.

Abstract: A mineral polymer of the silicoaluminate family has a composition expressed in terms of oxides as follows:yK.sub.2 O:Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :xSiO.sub.2 :w H.sub.2 Owhere, in the fully hydrated form, "w" is a value at the most equal to 4, "x" is a value in the range of about 4.0 to about 4.2, and "y" is a value in the range of about 1.3 to about 1.52. These mineral polymers are solid solutions which comprise one phase of a potassium polysilicate having the formula:(y-1)K.sub.2 O:(x-2)SiO.sub.2 :(w-1)H.sub.2 Oand one phase of a potassium polysialate polymer having the following formula: ##STR1## where "n" is the degree of condensation of the polymer.