Abstract: A concrete block wall that has blocks with arcuate faces that are laid in alternating courses to form a woven effect. The blocks are laid without mortar and held together by a combination of recesses and protrusions in the upper and lower faces thereof along with a locking piece that engages the radiused end walls of adjacent blocks.

Abstract: Process for preparing Xanthomonas heteropolysaccharide from Xanthomonas campestris NCIB 11854 and use of the latter, e.g. as viscosity modifier in an aqueous solution, and in a drilling fluid and use in connection with well treatments, and enhanced oil recovery.

Abstract: Process for preparing Xanthomonas heteropolysaccharide from Xanthomonas campestris NCIB 11854 and use of the latter, e.g. as viscosity modifier in an aqueous solution, and in a drilling fluid and use in connection with well treatments, and enhanced oil recovery.

Abstract: Glycoside-containing polyester products having improved color characteristics are provided by a polyester preparation process in which a polyol reactant containing at least a minor proportion of a glycoside reactant is reacted with a lower alkyl ester of a polybasic acid. The color characteristics of such products are notably improved relative to that which is obtained when said reaction is instead conducted using the corresponding polybasic acid or anhydride in place of the indicated lower alkyl ester thereof.The color improvement benefits of the present invention are particularly pronounced and dramatic when the polybasic acid component of the desired polyester product comprises an aromatic polybasic acid and when a lower alkyl ester of said aromatic polybasic acid is employed in the reaction in place of the aromatic acid itself.

Abstract: Process for disrupting cells by contacting an aqueous, cell-containing medium with a protease enzyme, wherein the enzymic contact is preceded by contact with an ionic surfactant; the polysaccharide solutions thereby produced; and a process for displacing a fluid through a well and/or a permeable subsurface formation communicating with the well, by injecting into the well an optionally diluted, aqueous solution of such a polysaccharide.

Abstract: There is provided a polyol intermediate that is the reaction product of neopentyl glycol with dimethyl glutarate in a 2:1 molar ratio. This reaction product is polyesterified with a phthalic acid reactant and neopentyl glycol to form a polyester resin. The resultant resin is admixed with an aminoplast and reduced to about 60-75 weight percent solids content with an aromatic hydrocarbon or a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons to produce a thermosetting coating composition for metal substrates. Films made from this coating composition are hard and tough. They have excellent fabrication characteristics, high reverse impact resistance and excellent flexibility properties and solvent resistance.

Abstract: There is provided a polyol intermediate that is the reaction product of neopentyl glycol with dimethyl glutarate in a 2:1 molar ratio. This reaction product is polyesterified with a phthalic acid reactant and neopentyl glycol to form a polyester resin. The resultant resin is admixed with an aminoplast and reduced to about 60-75 weight percent solids content with an aromatic hydrocarbon or a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons to produce a thermosetting coating composition for metal substrates. Films made from this coating composition are hard and tough. They have excellent fabrication characteristics, high reverse impact resistance and excellent flexibility properties and solvent resistance.

Abstract: There is provided a thermosetting resin comprising a polyglycidyl ether of a bisphenol of relatively low molecular weight, which is upgraded in molecular weight by reaction with additional bisphenol and esterified with certain fatty acid mixtures from a tall oil source. When these resins are reduced with organic solvents to approximately 50 percent solids content they are useful exterior coatings for lap-seam beverage cans in which the seam is sealed with a nylon adhesive.