Abstract: An applicator for decorative objects, includes a heating rod (14) projecting from a handle (12) and carrying at a free end thereof a suction head (20), a suction line (22) that passes from the suction head through the heating rod and the handle and is connected to a subatmospheric pressure source (24), and the handle (12) is provided with a vent hole (36) that is connected to the suction line (22) and adapted to be closed with a finger.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method for making unsubstituted carborane anions and monosubstituted carborane anions of formula: (R—CBn—Hm?)? where n is an integer ranging from 5 to about 11 and m? is an integer ranging from 5 to 16 where the relative values of n and m? depend upon the exact structure of the carborane and the presence of a non-hydrogen substituent. m as used herein is an integer ranging from 5 to 16. When R is hydrogen the anion is unsubstituted. When R is a halogen, a phenyl, a substituted phenyl group, such as fluorophenyl group, or any other substituent, the carborane is substituted. The method is particularly useful for preparation of twelve-vertex carborane anions R—CB11H11?, where R is a defined above, and is specifically useful for preparation of the unsubstituted carborane CB11H12-??, where R is H.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method for making unsubstituted carborane anions and monosubstituted carborane anions of to formula: (R—CBn—Hm′)− where n is an integer ranging from 5 to about 11 and m′ is an integer ranging from 5 to 16 where the relative values of n and m′ depend upon the exact structure of the carborane and the presence of a non-hydrogen substituent. m as used herein is an integer ranging from 5 to 16. When R is hydrogen the anion is unsubstituted. When R is a halogen, a phenyl, a substituted phenyl group, such as fluorophenyl group, or any other substituent, the carborane is substituted. The method is particularly useful for preparation of twelve-vertex carborane anions R—CB11H11−, where R is a defined above, and is specifically useful for preparation of the unsubstituted carborane CB11H12-??, where R is H.