Abstract: A joint compound for use with an apparatus for taping joints between pieces of wallboard comprises 35-60% by weight of a gypsum base plaster; from about 30-70% by weight of an alcohol-water mixture; 10-25% by weight of polyvinyl acetate; and optionally from about 0-5% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol. The alcohol-water mixture comprises from about 0-30% by weight of water.

Abstract: A process for preparing an oxidation resistant black glass having the empirical formula SiC.sub.x O.sub.y, wherein 0<x.ltoreq.2.0 and 0<y.ltoreq.2.2. The process comprises reacting cyclosiloxane monomers to effect the bonding of one vinyl carbon atom to a silicon, curing the product at not greater than 250.degree. C., and pyrolyzing at about 800.degree.-1400.degree. C. in an atmosphere containing a sufficient amount of oxygen to reduce the carbon content of the black glass to a desired level.

Abstract: A high permeability metal casting plaster is used for production of high accuracy simulated castings for prototypes and any other plastermold castings. Methods are provided that create the high permeability metal casting plaster and mold. Also, a high permeability metal casting plaster is disclosed that uses control ground and screened .alpha.-hemihydrate gypsum such that an average of 100% of the particles have a diameter of no more than 590 .mu.m and an average of 97.3% have a diameter of less that 44 .mu.m, control ground and screened beta-hemihydrate gypsum such that an average of 99% of the particles have a diameter of no more than 270 .mu.m and at least an average of 70% have a diameter of less than 44 .mu.m, sucrose for protection against thermal shock, and a foaming agent. The ratio of .alpha.-hemihydrate gypsum to .beta.-hemihydrate gypsum is approximately 5:2.

Abstract: Vanadium garnet materials and a method for their preparation. The vanadium garnet material has a trivalent vanadium cation and a composition that falls within a specific prismatic-shaped volume in a quaternary composition diagram of MnO, CaO, V.sub.2 O.sub.3, and SiO.sub.2. In the process, specific amounts of separately pre-heated V.sub.2 O.sub.3, MnO, CaO and SiO.sub.2 powders are ground and mixed together, pelletized, heated at a temperature in the range of about 1100.degree. C. to 1400.degree. C. for 12 to 48 hours in an atmosphere of carefully selected oxygen pressure comprising a gas mixture of high purity CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2 to produce a liquid melt, and cooling, crystallizing out and separating said vanadium garnet material. A typical vanadium garnet material has the formula Mn.sub.1.3 Ca.sub.1.7 V.sub.2 Si.sub.3 O.sub.12. The vanadium garnet materials may be used in laser applications.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus, method and product wherein fine particles of fly ash containing carbon are oxidized in a dry, bubbling fluid bed of previously introduced fine particles of the same fly ash so that the subsequently removed particles have reduced carbon content and are useful as pozzolan, suitable for use, without further processing, to replace a portion of the cement in concrete. The preferred conditions are a temperature of about 1300.degree. to 1800.degree. F., air velocity of between at least about 0.5, but not more than about 3 ft./sec., residence time of at least about 2 minutes but up to 100 minutes, volume ratio of air to fly ash of between about 1,000 and 1500, and an excess of oxygen between about 5% and 15%.

Abstract: An electrolyte composite is manufactured by pressurizing a mixture of sodium ion conductive glass and an ionically conductive compound at between 12,000 and 24,000 pounds per square inch to produce a pellet. The resulting pellet is then sintered at relatively lower temperatures (800.degree. C.-1200.degree. C.), for example 1000.degree. C., than are typically required (1400.degree. C.) when fabricating single constituent ceramic electrolytes. The resultant composite is 100 percent conductive at 250.degree. C. with conductivity values of 2.5 to 4.times.10.sup.-2 (ohm-cm).sup.-1. The matrix exhibits chemical stability against sodium for 100 hours at 250.degree. to 300.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful composition and method of using the same for producing an enamel finish on a formed section of glass. The composition partially crystallizes upon heating, thereby helping to prevent the forming and handling equipment from sticking and/or adhering to the composition during the forming operation. The composition includes a crystallizable glass frit and seed powder. The crystallized glass frit includes precursors from which Zn.sub.2 SiO.sub.4 can be crystallized upon firing of the composition. The seed powder causes at least a portion of the precursors to crystallize upon firing such that during firing at least a portion of the crystallizable glass frit yields crystallized Zn.sub.2 SiO.sub.4 formed by the precursors. Preferably, the precursors contain 30-75 wt %/5-20 wt % SiO.sub.2, and the seed powder contains crystalline Zn.sub.2 SiO.sub.4.

Abstract: A glass sealant comprises a mixture of about 70-90% of a solder glass powder of a low-melting lead-borate glass with a transformation temperature of 330.degree. C. or lower, 1-20% by weight of cordierite powder, and 1-25% by weight of mullite powder, with the combined content of cordierite and mullite powder being from about 10-30%. The lead-borate glass comprises from about 82-88% by weight of PbO, 12-17% by weight of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-1% by weight of SiO.sub.2, and 0-1% by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3. Both the cordierite and mullite powder are preferably synthetically produced to reduce the .alpha.-radiation. The synthetically produced cordierite powder preferably still contains up to about 9% by weight of a non-crystalline vitreous phase. The grain size of the powders is preferably under 100 microns. This glass sealant has well-balanced properties relative to thermal expansion, melting temperature, dielectric constant, loss angle, mechanical strength, thermal shock resistance, and chemical resistance.

Abstract: The invention provides:(1) a glass composition comprising about 20 to about 85% of SiO.sub.2, about 2 to about 75% of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 15% or less of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 30% or less of at least one of Li.sub.2 O, Na.sub.2 O, K.sub.2 O, Rb.sub.2 O and Cs.sub.2 O, about 10% or less of at least one of MgO, CaO, ZnO, BaO, SrO and PhO, about 10% or less of at least one of ZrO.sub.2, La.sub.2 O.sub.3, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, Ta.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Gd.sub.2 O.sub.3, and about 0.05 to about 15% of at least one copper halide; and(2) a glass composition comprising about 8 to about 25% of SiO.sub.2, about 5 to about 35% of P.sub.2 O.sub.5, about 30% or less of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 10 to about 35% of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 5 to about 20% of at least one of LI.sub.2 O, Na.sub.2 O, K.sub.2 O, Rb.sub.2 O and Cs.sub.2 O, about 20% or less of at least one of MgO, CaO, ZnO, BaO, SrO and PbO, about 10% or less of at least one of ZrO.sub.2, La.sub.2 O.sub.3, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, Ta.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Gd.sub.2 O.sub.3, and about 0.

Abstract: In a method of preparing a treated clay product, clay is heated such that kalinite in the clay is converted to metakaolin, substantially no mullite being formed. The treated product may be combined with raw ball clay and/or china clay to provide compositions suitable for use in manufacturing china articles. The casting compositions enable the casting step to be accelerated and are particularly suitable for use in pressurized casting methods.

Abstract: A dielectric composition comprising an admixture of finely divided particles of(a) 65-94 wt % of a non-reducing amorphous glass comprising of 15-27% ZnO, 8-30% alkaline earth metal oxides including 7-21% BaO, 40-60% SiO.sub.2, 3-14% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-5% PbO and 0.5-5% of a metal oxide selected from ZrO.sub.2, up to 2.5% P.sub.2 O.sub.5 and mixtures thereof, the composition being crystallizable and non-reducing when fired at 850.degree.-900.degree. C.(b) 30-5 wt % of a metal oxide of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, ZrSiO.sub.4 and mixtures thereof,(c) 1-5 wt % of a metal oxide kerf additive of CoAl.sub.2 O.sub.4, Co/CrAl.sub.2 O.sub.4, CoO, CoCr.sub.2 O.sub.4, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, TiO.sub.2, and mixtures thereof,where the sum of the components a and b does not exceed 35% by weight of the total particulate admixture, and(d) optionally, 1-10 wt % of either a TCE reducing additive of zircon, mullite, silica, and mixtures thereof or a TCE increasing additive of CaZrO.sub.3, quartz, .alpha.-cristobalite and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A barium titanate based dielectric ceramic composition having a temperature coefficient range of about +/-15% form its value at 25.degree. C. over a temperature range of -55.degree. C. to 125.degree. C., and a dielectric constant in excess of 5000, is prepared from a ternary system comprising barium titanate, nickel niobate and manganese niobate in the molar ratios of approximately 97.23 mole % of BaTiO.sub.3, 2.35 mole % of NiO.sub.(1-x).NbO.sub.2.5(x), and 0.42 mole % of MnO.sub.1-y).NbO.sub.2.5(y), where x may equal approximately 0.73 and y approximately 0.53. Tantalum is also used in place of the niobium.

Abstract: A dome forming sliding gate filling composition for teeming ladles comprises chrome ore sand, quartz sand, and fine grained carbon black as an additive which improves dome formation or increases pourability.

Abstract: A biocompatible glass which can be melted using infra-red radiation contains, based on oxide, 65-68% by weight of SiO.sub.2, 0-3% by weight of Li.sub.2 O, 12-14% by weight of Na.sub.2 O, 2.5-4% by weight of K.sub.2 O, 15-17% by weight of .SIGMA. alkali metal oxides, 2-3% by weight of MgO, 4.2-5.5% by weight of CaO, 0-2% by weight of BaO, 3-4 % by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-1.0 by weight of B.sub.2 O.sub.3 and 2.7-4.1% of FeO. The glass, due to its infra-red meltability and its physiological accertability, is suitable for the encapsulation of sensitive materials, such as transponders or minitransmitters, which are implanted in a living body, or as ampoule glass for melt-encapsulation of sensitive substances.

Abstract: For a complete utilization of used DeNOx catalysts contaminated with fly ash, the catalyst is crushed to a particle size of usually less than 500 microns, admixed with the ash of a molten ash firing chamber of a coal power plant at weight ratio of usually at least 9 parts molten ash to 1 part catalyst where the catalyst is dissolved in the molten ash at a temperature generally above 1460.degree. C. The resulting molten ash chamber granulated material can be utilized in the usual way, for example in the construction industry, since no pollutants, especially no compounds of tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium and arsenic are eluted into the environment.

Abstract: A filter for aluminum hot melt comprises alumina aggregate particles and an inorganic binder in an amount of 5 to 20 parts by weight bound to 100 parts by weight of said alumina aggregate particles. The inorganic binder is composed to 15 wt % to 80 wt % of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 2 wt % to 60 wt % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0 wt % to 30 wt % of CaO and 5 wt % to 50 wt % of MgO, and the presence of a highly crystalline binder in the filter yields better properties such as an increase in chemical durability and a lower thermal expansion coefficient where the crystallinity is defined by a peak height of 9Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -2B.sub.2 O.sub.3 at 2.theta.=16.5.degree. being not less than 30% of a peak-height of .alpha.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 at 2.theta.=43.4.degree. when measured by powder X-ray diffractometry and is obtained by a cooling rate of less than 70.degree. C./hr.

Abstract: Vanadium garnet materials and a method for their preparation. The vanadium garnet material has a trivalent vanadium cation and a composition that falls within a specific prismatic-shaped volume in a quaternary composition diagram of MnO, CaO, V.sub.2 O.sub.3, and SiO.sub.2. The prismatic-shaped volume represents compositions of liquids with which said vanadium garnet is in equilibrium on the liquidus surface and from which the vanadium garnet phase is crystallized. A typical vanadium garnet material has the formula Mn.sub.1.3 Ca.sub.1.7 V.sub.2 Si.sub.3 O.sub.12, as provided in the drawing by point F. The vanadium garnet materials may be used in laser applications.

Abstract: An oxide type solid lubricant is made up of a sintered composite ceramic mass of Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Na.sub.2 ZrO.sub.3 and has a Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 content in the range of from 20 to 50% by weight.

Abstract: Coating impermeable to air at the operating temperatures applied on a piece of refractory material for the continuous casting of steel so as to reduce the aspiration of air due to the permeability of the refractory. This coating is preferably comprised of viscous phases at the operating temperature of the piece of refractory material.

Abstract: There is disclosed a family of alkali-free, lead silicate glasses having properties that make them particularly suitable for use in producing perforated plates for such applications as multichannel plates. In addition to lead oxide and silica, the glasses contain ZnO, BaO, CaO and, under certain circumstances, MgO.