Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing a viscous material from a structure. The apparatus may comprise a base section. The base section may be configured to move along a surface of a first part and a second part of the structure. The base section may have sides that form a pocket. The sides may have a shape that substantially conforms to the surface of the first part and the second part of the structure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing a viscous material from a structure. The apparatus may comprise a base section. The base section may be configured to move along a surface of a first part and a second part of the structure. The base section may have sides that form a pocket. The sides may have a shape that substantially conforms to the surface of the first part and the second part of the structure.

Abstract: A urinal of transparent or translucent plastic material that can endure a sterilization temperature of 130.degree. C., with a detachable anti-backflow element having an interior end located at the volumetric center of the urinal. The urinal also includes a normal fill level indicator, such as a groove in the side of the urinal, and a conduit and cap located above the normal fill level of the urinal. The anti-backflow device, normal fill level, and conduit and cap combine to prevent spillage form the urinal at any angle of tilt so long as the contents of the urinal remain at or below the normal filling level. In addition, emptying of the contents is facilitated by virtue of the conduit and cap location above the normal fill level. The urinal also includes other features, such as an internal odor tablet holding device, unique coloring and phosphorescent features for selected elements of the urinal, a specially designed cradle for holding or hanging the urinal, and either a fixed or attachable handle.

Abstract: A method of determining nitrogen in various nitrogenous materials, wherein the materials are combusted by being brought into contact with a solid metallic catalytic mass, in the presence of an oxygenated gas, so as to convert the nitrogen into NO. This is then determined, preferably by chemiluminescence or by optical interferometry. The method is improved by adding a halide of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal to the materials prior to combustion.An apparatus comprising an oven (1,2,2') charged with catalytic mass (4), which can be a wire acting as a heating element, and provided with an oxygen inlet (6). The catalytic mass is a non-oxidizable ferrous alloy or a metal of the Pt group.

Abstract: The invention is an improved catalytic process for removing H.sub.2 S and sulfanes from liquid sulfur and a catalyst system for carrying out the process. The catalyst comprises a basic component and a surfactant component.

Abstract: A device for regulating the operation of a chemical treatment plant, by attenuation of the variances of the regulating parameters, has a calculation circuit connected to a measuring device for measuring flows of compounds at the input of the plant and measuring devices for measuring the contents of residual input compounds still present at the output of the plant. The calculation circuit performs coherence processings of the measured values to attenuate the variances of these values. The measurement provides a set-point signal which is used for the regulation of the plant.

Abstract: The invention is an improved catalytic process for removing H.sub.2 S and sulfanes from liquid sulfur and a catalyst system for carrying out the process. The catalyst comprises a basic component and a surfactant component.

Abstract: Bitumen-polymer compositions are prepared, by mixing, at between 130.degree. C. and 230.degree. C., a bitumen with a styrene and conjugated diene copolymer and a sulphur source, the copolymer and the sulphur source being added to the bitumen either directly, or in the form of a mother solution in a hydrocarbon oil, then by maintaining the whole under stirring at between 130.degree. C. and 230.degree. C. for at least fifteen minutes.By way of sulphur source is used 0.005 to 15% by weight, with respect to bitumen, one or several polymeric or not, cyclic or linear polysulphides, and especially ditertiododecyl or dinonyl pentasulphide. The bitumen-polymer compositions obtained can be used for the obtention of superficial road coverings and present a constant quality of its properties.

Abstract: Process of enrichment of minerals by flotation by means of a collector comprising a thio-compound, the thio-compound being a straight or branched dialkyl or dialkenyl polysulphide.

Abstract: Bitumen-polymer compositions are prepared, by mixing, at between 130.degree. C. and 230.degree. C., a bitumen with a styrene and conjugated diene copolymer and a sulphur source, the copolymer and the sulphur source being added to the bitumen either directly, or in the form of a mother solution in a hydrocarbon oil, then by maintaining the whole under stirring at between 130.degree. C. and 230.degree. C. for at least fifteen minutes. By way of sulphur source is used 0.005 to 15% by weight, with respect to bitumen, one or several polymeric or not, cyclic or linear polysulphides, and especially ditertiododecyl or dinonyl pentasulphide. The bitumen-polymer compositions obtained can be used for the obtention of superficial road coverings and present a constant quality of its properties.

Abstract: An electric cell, for example of the Leclanche and mercury cell types, having a solid depolarizer, a zinc anode, and an electrolyte which comprises an aqueous solution of lithium chloride and zinc perchlorate or magnesium perchlorate.

Abstract: A process for preparing spheroidal silica-alumina particles containing alumina in an amount at least equal to that of silica, comprising dispersing as droplets into a hot and practically water-immiscible fluid, an aqueous mixture comprising an alkali silicate, alumina hydrogel, perchloric acid and a water-soluble monomer whose uncross-linked polymer is water-soluble or forms a gel, alkali silicate and alumina hydrogel being used in proportions corresponding to 0.5 to 50% by weight of SiO.sub.2 and 99.5 to 50% by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and maintaining the droplets of the mixture in the fluid until a substantial polymerization of the monomer occurs.

Abstract: A process for preparing catalysts in the form of beads comprising at least a catalytic agent and an alumina carrier, said process comprising polymerizing in a hot and substantially water-immiscible fluid, an aqueous mixture which comprises alumina hydrogel, alumina hydrosol and a compound capable of generating a catalytic agent and a water soluble monomer whose uncross-linked polymer is water soluble or forms a gel, such aqueous mixture being dispersed as droplets into the hot fluid, recovering beads from said water-immiscible fluid and drying and calcining said beads.

Abstract: A process for producing catalysts for hydrotreating petroleum fractions, said catalysts containing, after thermal treatment, at least an oxide or a sulphide of a Group VIII metal and at least an oxide or a sulphide of a Group VI B metal and an alumina support, said process comprising preparing said catalyst in the form of beads by agglomeration of alumina by polymerizing, in a hot substantially water-immiscible fluid medium, an aqueous mixture consisting essentially of alumina hydrogel and a water-soluble monomer whose uncrossed-linked polymer is water-soluble or forms a gel, and thereafter dispersing said aqueous mixture in the form of droplets, into said fluid medium in which substantial polymerization of the monomer is carried out.

Abstract: A process for preparing silico-alumina beads containing silica and at least an equal amount of alumina comprising dispersing as droplets into a hot and practically water-immiscible fluid, an aqueous mixture which comprises alumina hydrogel, alumina hydrosol as alumina precursors, an alkali silicate and silica gel as silica precursors, the amount of alkali silicate, based on SiO.sub.2, not exceeding 20% of the total weight of SiO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and the total amount of alkali silica and silica gel, based on SiO.sub.2, not exceeding 50% of the total weight of SiO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and at least a water-soluble monomer whose uncross-linked polymer is water-soluble or forms a gel, and maintaining the droplets of the aqueous mixture in the hot fluid until substantial polymerization of said monomer occurs.

Abstract: A process for preparing spheroidal catalyst particles having an alumina support, which comprises polymerizing, in a substantially water-immiscible, hot fluid medium, an aqueous mixture which comprises alumina hydrogel, a compound capable of generating an active catalytic agent and a water soluble monomer whose uncross-linked polymer is water soluble or forms a gel, said aqueous mixture being dispersed in the form of droplets into the hot fluid medium wherein substantial polymerization of said monomer is performed.

Abstract: A process for producing catalysts to hydrotreat petroleum fractions containing, after thermal treatment, an oxide or a sulphide of a Group VIII metal and an oxide or a sulphide of a Group VI B metal and a support consisting essentially of alumina, said process comprising preparing said catalyst in the form of beads by agglomeration of alumina by polymerizing in a hot and substantially water-immiscible fluid, an aqueous mixture which consists essentially of alumina hydrogel, alumina hydrosol and a water-soluble monomer whose uncrossed-linked polymer is water-soluble or forms a gel and then by dispersing said mixture as droplets, in a polymerization zone.

Abstract: A process for preparing aluminium oxide beads from alumina hydrogel, which comprises polymerizing, in a hot and substantially water-immiscible fluid, an aqueous mixture comprising alumina hydrogel and alumina hydrosol and a water-soluble monomer whose uncross-linked polymer is water-soluble or forms a gel, this mixture being dispersed as droplets into a hot fluid in which substantial polymerization of the monomer occurs.

Abstract: A process for preparing aluminum oxide beads from alumina hydrogel, comprising polymerizing in a hot and substantially water-immiscible fluid, an aqueous mixture which contains alumina hydrogel and a water soluble monomer whose uncross-linked polymer is water soluble or forms a gel, this mixture being dispersed as droplets into said fluid in which substantial polymerization of said monomer is performed.