Abstract: The method comprising melting a composition of matter comprising paraffin wax, mineral oil, aloe vera and CBD, placing a body member into said melted composition several times, withdrawing the body member from said composition, allowing the composition to solidify on the body member and peeling the solidified composition from said body member, said composition being solid, non-tacky, non-sticky and essentially non-material depositing at room temperature.

Abstract: The method comprising melting a composition of matter comprising paraffin wax, mineral oil, aloe vera and CBD, placing a body member into said melted composition several times, withdrawing the body member from said composition, allowing the composition to solidify on the body member and peeling the solidified composition from said body member, said composition being solid, non-tacky, non-sticky and essentially non-material depositing at room temperature.

Abstract: The method comprising melting a composition of matter comprising paraffin wax, mineral oil, aloe vera and CBD, placing a body member into said melted composition several times, withdrawing the body member from said composition, allowing the composition to solidify on the body member and peeling the solidified composition from said body member, said composition being solid, non-tacky, non-sticky and essentially non-material depositing at room temperature.

Abstract: The method comprising melting a composition of matter comprising paraffin wax, mineral oil, aloe vera and CBD, placing a body member into said melted composition several times, withdrawing the body member from said composition, allowing the composition to solidify on the body member and peeling the solidified composition from said body member, said composition being solid, non-tacky, non-sticky and essentially non-material depositing at room temperature.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for direct chill casting of metals includes a mold, a bottom block assembly and a coolant. The mold is configured to surround a molten metal with a mold wall and the mold wall has an outer surface and an inner surface being in contact with the molten metal. The bottom block assembly is arranged at the bottom of the mold and includes a direct chill casting block configured to move away from the mold as the casting forms a solidifying shell of the molten metal. The coolant surrounds the outer surface of the mold wall and is arranged to remove heat away from the molten metal via the inner surface of the mold wall. The outer surface of the mold wall has a circumferential groove filled with a brazing alloy.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for direct chill casting of metals includes a mold, a bottom block assembly and a coolant. The mold is configured to surround a molten metal with a mold wall and the mold wall has an outer surface and an inner surface being in contact with the molten metal. The bottom block assembly is arranged at the bottom of the mold and includes a direct chill casting block configured to move away from the mold as the casting forms a solidifying shell of the molten metal. The coolant surrounds the outer surface of the mold wall and is arranged to remove heat away from the molten metal via the inner surface of the mold wall. The outer surface of the mold wall has a circumferential groove filled with a brazing alloy.

Abstract: A rebar safety protective cover for use on the projecting free end of concrete reinforcing bar to prevent impact injuries comprising: (a) a hollow cylindrical body closed at one end and open at the other, (b) a flat overhanging impact head of substantial extent projecting laterally outwardly beyond said closed end of the body, said body and impact head being of a thickness and integrally formed of a plastic material to provide a protective cover which passes the Cal OSHA drop test when the rebar is positioned within said protective cover at an angle such that the free end of the rebar abuts the inside lateral extremity of said closed end.

Abstract: A fabric reinforced thermoplastic composite which is reformable at a temperature less than about 100.degree. C. The thermoplastic comprises about 70 to 95% by weight of polyvinyl chloride and about 5 to 30% by weight of a halogenated polyvinyl chloride. The composite is used for forming orthotics and prosthesis devices.

Abstract: A ceramic-metal article including a ceramic rod, a metal rod, and a braze joining the ceramic and metal rods at a braze area of a coaxial bore in the metal rod. The bore gradually decreases in diameter, having an inward seat area sized for close sliding fit about the ceramic, a larger brazing area near the joint end, and a void area intermediate the braze and seat areas. The ceramic is seated without brazing in the bore seat area. The side wall between the brazing area and the metal outer surface is about 0.030-0.080 inch. The braze includes an inner braze layer, an outer braze layer, and an interlayer about 0.030-0.090 inch thick. A shoulder between the brazing and void areas supports the interlayer during bonding while preventing bonding between the void area and the ceramic member, leaving a void space between the void area and the ceramic member. A venting orifice extends generally radially through the metal member from the outer surface to the void space.

Abstract: A new and improved bonded ceramic-metal article and the method of making the article is described. The ceramic-metal article comprises a ceramic article, such as a lanthana-strengthened yttria article, bonded to a metal article, such as niobium, by a layer of a brazing material to form a bonded ceramic-metal article. The method of bonding the ceramic article to the metal article comprises placing the brazing alloy, such as a brazing alloy consisting essentially of 63% by weight silver, 35.25% by weight copper, and 1.75% by weight titanium, between the lanthana-strengthened yttria article and the niobium article and heating the layered structure in vacuum at about 50 degrees centigrade above the liquidus temperature of the brazing alloy for a period of about 5 minutes.

Abstract: A new and improved method of bonding a bonded ceramic-metal article is described. The ceramic-metal article comprises a ceramic article, such as a lanthana-strengthened yttria article, bonded to a metal article, such as niobium, by a layer of a brazing material, such as a brazing alloy consisting essentially of 63% by weight silver, 35.25% by weight copper, and 1.75% by weight titanium to form a bonded ceramic-metal article. The method of bonding the ceramic article to the metal article comprises placing the brazing alloy between the lanthana-strengthened yttria article and the niobium article and heating the layered structure in vacuum at about 50 degrees centigrade above the liquids temperature of the brazing alloy for a period of about 5 minutes.

Abstract: A new and improved method of brazing a ceramic-metal article is described. The ceramic-metal article comprises a ceramic article, such as a lanthana-strengthened yttria article, bonded to a metal article, such as niobium, by a layer of a brazing material, such as brazing alloy consisting essentially of 72% by weight silver, 28% by weight copper to form a joined ceramic-metal article. The method of brazing the ceramic article comprises coating a surface of the lanthana-strengthened yttria article with a group IVB metal, such as titanium, hafnium, and zirconium then placing a brazing alloy, such as a brazing alloy consisting essentially of 72% by weight silver and 28% by weight copper or a brazing alloy consisting essentially of 82% by weight gold and 18% by weight nickel, between the coated lanthana-strengthened yttria article and the niobium article and heating the layered structure in vacuum at about 50 degrees centrigrade above the liquidus temperature of the brazing alloy for a period of about 5 minutes.

Abstract: A process for forming metal compositions containing cellular in situ composites. A metal composition containing at least 25 volume percent liquid is cooled to produce aligned columnar dendrite growth. The resultant composition then is subjected to isothermal coarsening in the semi-solid temperature range to form the cellular in situ composites. This composition then is solidified. The metal compositions are particularly useful in rotating machinery.