Abstract: Novel polyimide products of the general formula ##STR1## where n is from 2 to 20 and each R is hydrogen or a group effective to block further reaction with a diamine. These products are incapable of further polymerization with diamines, but are useful starting materials for reaction with other polyfunctional reagents such as diepoxides to form interesting new resins.

Abstract: Catalysts of the ZSM-5 synthetic zeolite type can be prepared by heating a mixture of a precursor for an alumina hydrate, a precursor for silica hydrogel, an alkali metal hydroxide and water together with an organic templating agent selected from the group of carboxymethylcellulose, the condensation product of an alkanolamine and a fatty acid and cellulose hydroxyethyl ether and therafter heating the reaction product under autogeneous conditions. Unlike prior proposals ZSM-5 which is uncontaminated by other zeolites, is prepared in high yield.

Abstract: Amorphous silica-alumina catalysts, having a layer of an aluminum compound chemically bonded onto the surface of a silica xerogel and having protons as the electrical charge balancing species, have been found to give surprising selectivity in the conversion of water/methanol mixtures to toluene.

Abstract: An improved catalyst for conversion of oxygen-containing aliphatics to hydrocarbons is a silica xerogel having a layer of an aluminum compound chemically bonded onto its surface, having a maximum pore diameter of 1.1 nm and having substantially only protons and/or transition metal cations as electrical charge balancing species. The catalyst is very specific for the production of aromatics.

Abstract: This invention relates to a catalyst for use in the direct conversion of synthesis gas to olefinic hydrocarbons in good yield. It also relates to a process for producing the catalyst.The catalyst comprises a highly porous amorphous silica support on which is deposited one or more monolayers of silica. The catalyst is then impregnated with a transition metal. The monolayer of silica is formed by the hydrolysis of a compound such as ethyl orthosilicate while it is adsorbed onto the support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to varnishes for use in the preparation of glasscloth laminates, methods of their production and laminates made therefrom.The varnish is made by dissolving 100 parts of a TFP resin having a number average molecular weight of about 1000 and an oxygen content of about 8% in 60 to 65 parts of butan-2-one or isopropanol. 8 to 12 parts of hexamine are dissolved in a minimum quantity of a solvent comprising water and IMS in a ratio of about 3:5. The two solutions are thoroughly mixed and filtered to produce the varnish.The varnish is used to prepare glasscloth laminates for use as printed circuit boards.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved polyimide resin and to a method of its production.The improved polyimide resin is made from phenanthrene which is converted via a 9, 10-diol to oligomers of diphenic anhydride units linked by keto bridges. The oligomers are reacted with from 0.1 to 0.6 of an equivalent quantity of an aromatic primary diamine. The remaining anhydride groups are reacted with a monofunctional amine to give a polyimide of low cross-link density.The resin will find use for instance in forming glasscloth laminates.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermally stable resins and provides such a resin made from cheaply available coal-derived materials, whereas presently available resins are made from increasingly expensive oil-derived materials.The resin comprises the condensation product of a reaction between an aromatic diamine and a phenanthrene-formaldehyde reaction product, which product has been oxidized to produce keto groups bridging the phenanthrene moieties and carboxy groups. The condensation product is a poly-(amine-imide).The invention also includes a method of making the resin and varnishes containing the resin.The resin will find use for instance as a high temperature insulator or in glass or asbestos laminates in compressor blades.

Abstract: A polyimide resin is made by converting a phanthrene to its 9, 10 diol derivative, reacting the derivative with formaldehyde to give a methylene bridged reaction product, oxidizing the reaction product to produce a polycarboxylated product, and reacting the polycarboxylated product with an aromatic diamine to form the polyimide resin. The invention also includes the resin, the reaction product and the polycarboxylated product.The resin will be useful as a lamp capping cement, a high temperature insulator, in copper clad printed circuit boards, in glass or asbestos laminates for use as compressor blades.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an improved method of producing a poly-(amide-imide) resin comprising the steps of:(1) reacting a phenanthrene with formaldehyde or a formaldehyde donor in the presence of an acid catalyst to give a phenanthreneformaldehyde reaction product having substantially only methylene bridges;(2) removing from the reaction product unreacted phenanthrene;(3) treating the reaction product with formaldehyde or a formaldehyde donor in the presence of an acid catalyst to give a high molecular weight product having substantially only methylene bridges;(4) oxidizing the high molecular weight product to break the 9, 10 bond in the phenanthrene moieties to produce a polycarboxylated reaction product;(5) reacting the polycarboxylated reaction product with an aromatic diamine to produce a poly-(amide-imide) resin.

Abstract: The varnish comprises a phenolated naphthalene formaldehyde resin having a molecular weight from 350 to 500 and a combined phenol content from 37 to 54%, a curing agent for the resin, and a lower secondary alcohol as the solvent, the varnish containing about 50% w/w of the resin. The varnish can be used to form glasscloth laminates for the production of printed circuit boards, copper clad laminates and blading for turbines.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermally stable resins and provides such a resin made from cheaply available coal-derived materials, whereas presently available resins are made from increasingly expensive oil-derived materials.The resin comprises the condensation product of a reaction between an aromatic diamine and a phenanthrene-formaldehyde reaction product, which product has been oxidized to produce keto groups bridging the phenanthrene moieties and carboxy groups. The condensation product is a poly-(amide-imide).The invention also includes a method of making the resin and varnishes containing the resin.The resin will find use for instance as a high temperature insulator or in glass or asbestos laminates in compressor blades.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel resin derived from acenaphthene and to process for its production.The resin comprises oligomers of naphthalic acid groups bridged by substantially only keto groups, the oligomers being joined together with a di- or tetra-functional primary aromatic amine and having been derived from a resin produced by acid-catalyzed condensation of acenaphthene and a formaldehyde donor.It is envisaged that the resin will be of use in the preparation of drogue parachutes and in other circumstances where a thermally stable resin is required.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of producing a phenolated resin which can be used to form heat stable (up to 250.degree.) products.Previously used resins are either very expensive or do not provide the requisite high temperature properties. An aim of the invention is to provide a cheap equivalent to commercially available high temperature resins.An aromatic hydrocarbon (e.g. toluene) formaldehyde condensation resin is prepared. The low molecular weight contaminants are removed by a distillation process. The residue contains less than 1% low molecular weight material, and is phenolated to give the final resin. The resin may be cured to give a heat stable product.The phenolated resin may be used to form glasscloth and asbestos laminates or as a lamp capping cement.

Abstract: A blend of rubber comprising 100 parts of a rubber, from 5 to 150 parts of a carbazole/phenol/formaldehyde resin, from 1 to 5 parts of a vulcanizing agent for the rubber and from 5 to 15 parts per hundred parts of the resin of a formaldehyde donor, is made up. This is done in any usual manner. The blend is then heated, preferably under pressure, to vulcanize the rubber and cross-link the resin. A preferred method of making the resin is described. The invention also comprises reinforced rubbers made according to the process.

Abstract: A method of producing a condensation product by reacting together an aromatic hydrocarbon with a carbonyl compound having more than one carbon atom (therefore excluding formaldehyde) in the presence of aluminium chloride or bromide, at a temperature of from 5.degree. to 90.degree. C. The aluminium chloride or bromide should be substantially anhydrous. The aromatic hydrocarbon should be mono- or bi-nuclear and may be alkylated. The carbonyl compound may be an aldehyde or a betone and may be albyl or aryl.

Abstract: Cross-linkable phenolic resols are known but do not have good water resistance. Phenolic resols can be blended with N-methylol carbazole or a derivative thereof to give a cross-linkable material useful for laminating or as a metal cement.