Abstract: The inlet arrangement comprises two inlet ports for a fuel and air mixture each of which terminates at an orifice openable and closeable by a respective valve. Each inlet port is of a high flow/low swirl type and a mixture of fuel and air which flows through the orifice can be deflected to enable the inlet port to perform as a low flow/high swirl at smaller throttle openings. In one embodiment, flow of mixture through the inlet port can be deflected at low throttle openings by a transverse flow of gas from inlet ducts. In other embodiments, the direction of mixture flow can be varied by members movable into and out of the mixture flow.

Abstract: A coated optical fibre assembly suitable for blowing through a microduct, said assembly comprising at least one optical fibre and having an external coating comprising a radiation-cured polymer containing particulate matter.

Abstract: A polymer composition comprising (1) a polyether polyol which is a product obtained by the free radical addition of a fluoro-olefin of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Y represents F or fluoroalkyl and Z represents Cl or F(CF.sub.2)m--wherein m is an integer from 0 to 10 or Y and Z together form a (CH.sub.2)p--chain wherein p represents an integer from 2 to 4, to a polytetramethylene gylcol having a molecular weight in the range 162 to 5000 and (2) at least one acrylic polymer. The composition is useful for coating compositions or for the fabrication of films.

Abstract: Coating Compositions Photocurable coating compositions useful for coating optical glass fibres comprising:(a) a polyethylenically unsaturated polyurethane derived from a polyol having pendent fluoroalkyl groups;(b) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer which is a liquid solvent for the polyethylenically unsaturated polyurethane and is copolymerizable therewith, and(c) a photo-initiator composition.

Abstract: In a boiling water reactor, provision is made to sample the core bypass region immediate the top guide to determine the physical and chemical constituents of the moderating water. A conduit for a local power range monitor is fitted with a measurement assembly. The conduit and measurement assembly are inserted up to the vicinity of the top guide. A tube opening is provided to the bypass region immediate the top guide. During reactor operation, the saturated liquid in this region flashes to a steam water mixture (18% steam) at constant enthalpy and is rapidly removed from the reactor to measuring equipment in the reactor building. During removal, the radiolytic disassociated gases (namely hydrogen and oxygen) partition to the steam phase where their recombination is retarded and accurate measurement of their constituent content can be made. Also, temperature of the steam water mixture decreases thereby preserving unstable species like hydrogen peroxide that degrade much more rapidly a high temperatures.

Abstract: A method for the selective, direct preparation of ethanol which comprises contacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen at a temperature of from 100.degree. to 400.degree. C. and at a pressure of from 50 to 1000 bars with a catalyst comprising ruthenium and at least one other metal selected from Groups VII and VIII of the Periodic Table and a source of halide ions in a liquid medium comprising an aprotic amide or imide or an aprotic heterocyclic compound containing an --OCO-- grouping in the ring.