Abstract: A composite of a polyester, e.g., a polycarbonate, and a nanoclay (layered silicate) cation exchanged with a quaternized copolymer of styrene and 2-(dimethylamine) ethyl methacrylate is provided, the composite being useful for preparing injection molded objects and after injection molding being transparent and without coloration and has enhanced modulus and strength compared to neat polyester and does not have loss of elongation and toughness compared to neat polyester.

Abstract: A microbiological method of desulfurization (MDS) of hydrocarbon fuels such as coal, coal tar and petroleum uses an aqueous microbial biocatalytic agent which is not significantly reproducing but is still capable of oxidizing inorganic sulfur compounds and/or of selectively cleaving sulfur-carbon bonds in organic compounds, thereby removing sulfur with insignificant losses in fuel value. Microorganisms are selected according to the type of fuel sulfur present and the environment in which the desulfurizing process is to take place. One embodiment allows droplets of highly concentrated cell-water suspensions to pass from the top surface of the fuel through to the bottom, desulfurizing along the way and removing the sulfur products of the process as well. This MDS method can be used during hydrocarbon fuel production, storage, transport, and/or processing conditions, thereby also providing an added benefit in corrosion protection of the vessels used for these functions.

Abstract: A diese fuel composition containing a major proportion of at least one diesel fuel and a minor proportion of at least one glycerol acetal carbonate of the formulae: in which: R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms that is aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic, an alkyl-ether chain, whereby R1 and R2 together can form an oxygenated heterocyclic radical; R3 is a radical that is defined as R1 or R2, except for the hydrogen atom, or a radical of the formula: where R1 and R2 are defined as above.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a rubberized component comprising: (A) a copolymer rubber that contains amino groups bound to the rubber and at least 40 percent of the terminal ends of the copolymer are modified or coupled with a tin compound; and (B) 10 to 150 phr of an inversion carbon black.