Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods for the cost-effective commercial manufacture of small crystal titanium-silicate molecular sieve products, toward a novel titano-silicate molecular sieve composition synthesized thereby, which the present inventors have termed “TS-PQ”, and toward uses of that molecular sieve composition as an oxidation catalyst.

Abstract: An entirely new class of catalysts called supported molten-metal catalysts, SMMC, which can replace some of the existing precious metal catalysts used in the production of fuels, commodity chemicals, and fine chemicals, as well as in combating pollution. SMMC are based on supporting ultra-thin films or micro-droplets of the relatively low-melting (<600° C.), inexpensive, and abundant metals and semimetals from groups 1, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, of the periodic table, or their alloys and intermetallic compounds, on porous refractory supports, much like supported microcrystallites of the traditional solid metal catalysts. It thus provides orders of magnitude higher surface area than is obtainable in conventional reactors containing molten metals in pool form and also avoids corrosion. These have so far been the chief stumbling blocks in the application of molten metal catalysts.

Abstract: The invention describes a bonding material for casting mold, which comprises from about 0.5 to about 20 mass % plant-derived lecithin, plant oil or a mixture of lecithin and plant oil, from about 0.1 to about 5.5 mass % starch, starch derivative, sodium carboxymethylcellulose or a mixture thereof, from about 0.3 to about 4.5 mass % of sodium carbonate, 0.05 to 1.25 mass % of a boron compound, and the balance to 100 % being bentonite.

Abstract: A process for the chemical modification of the surfaces of inorganic solid bodies containing --OH groups, which comprises silanizing the free --OH groups with an alkylhalosilane to covalently bond the alkyl groups thereof to the oxygen atoms of the hydroxyl groups; halogenating or sulfochlorinating the resultant bound alkyl groups to form corresponding haloalkyl or sulfochloroalkyl groups; and replacing the halogen atoms of the resultant haloalkyl or sulfochloroalkyl groups by substitution with a functional group to form a chemically modified, inorganic solid body suitable for use as a stationary phase component in catalysis or chromatography.