Abstract: A method for removing halogen oxyanions, in particular chlorine and bromine, by hydrogenation reduction catalysed with supported catalysts based on rhenium and noble metals of subgroup VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements is herein disclosed. The combination of the noble metals with rhenium has proved to considerably increase the catalytic efficiency of such metals.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for disinfecting water of a swimming pool, comprising an inlet for water from the swimming pool, an ozonation device, and a mixing section for ozone-containing water. The ozonation device comprises at least one UV light source (3) for generating ozone and an admixing unit (10) for admixing the generated ozone to the water of the inlet. The mixing section comprises a housing (1) which is connected to the inlet, and the at least one UV light source (3) is arranged on the housing (1) or within the housing (1) so as to emit the UV light into the housing interior. The housing (1) is provided with a transparent panel (11) for visually inspecting the housing interior. According to the invention, the housing (1) forms deflecting surfaces (2) for the water, said surfaces protruding into the housing interior and ensuring a meandering flow within the housing (1).

Abstract: Implementations herein relate to systems and methods for removal of tebuconazole from water using a duplex reactor. Water samples containing tebuconazole enter a double sandwich of the duplex reactor, and then enter a reactor inner shell of the duplex reactor through a water distributor. In the duplex reactor, the tebuconazole is removed by adsorption resins loaded with microorganisms. After the removal, a concentration of the tebuconazole in adsorption effluent is below the standard limit of the national pesticide wastewater discharge. The microorganisms loaded on the resins use organic carbon (e.g., tebuconazole) in water as a carbon source and degrade tebuconazole that is absorbed by the resins. The systems and methods not only solve problems associated with conventional techniques (e.g., poor water quality fluctuations and lacking of time long degradation), but also address issues associated with resin adsorption methods (e.g., secondary pollution derived from resins regeneration).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a briquette used for the production of rock wool and method for the production of said briquette, wherein the briquette contains a raw material comprising rock wool waste having a fiber morphology; contains a non-fibrous inorganic binder, such as sodium silicate, to bind the raw material; and an activating agent accelerating the curing process of the briquetted raw material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stirrer for manufacturing glass including a stirrer shaft and a multi-staged rod-shaped stirrer blade fixed so as to penetrate through the stirrer shaft. This stirrer blade is a hollow cylindrical body including: a cylinder obtained by seam welding of two opposing sides of a flat plate made, for example, from strengthened platinum containing platinum or a platinum alloy as a matrix and metallic oxide dispersed in the plate; and a disk welded to an entire circumference of both ends of the cylinder and made from an identical material, and it penetrates so that a weld line crosses a center axis of the stirrer shaft, and is fixed so that a locus of an end portion of the blade forms a spiral shape. In addition, the rod-shaped stirrer blade has a core layer showing a dispersed structure that exists in a cross-sectional structure at a fixing portion with the stirrer shaft and does not receive heat effect resulting from fixing.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a glass laminate, including: a source of a glass core sheet; a source of a first force that tensions the glass core sheet in a first axial direction; a source of a second force that tensions the glass core sheet in a second axial direction; and at least one molten glass reservoir extending along a length of the apparatus and on opposite sides of the glass core sheet that delivers a source of at least two glass dads to the opposite side surfaces of the bi-axially tensioned glass core sheet. Also disclosed are methods for making a glass laminate sheet using the disclosed apparatus, as defined herein.

Abstract: A method for producing sheets of glass phosphor, including following steps of: taking glass powder, phosphor powder and a bonding agent to mix to form a mixture, wherein the glass powder and the phosphor powder are mixed first, and then the glass powder and the phosphor powder are mixed with the bonding agent; compressing the mixture to form a tablet; sintering the tablet to form a glass phosphor body; cutting the glass phosphor body to form at least one sheet body.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: producing a plasma plume within a plasma containment vessel from a source of plasma gas; feeding an elongate feedstock material having a longitudinal axis into the plasma containment vessel such that at least a distal end of the feedstock material is heated within the plasma plume; and spinning the feedstock material about the longitudinal axis as the distal end of the feedstock material advances into the plasma plume, where the feedstock material is a mixture of compounds that have been mixed, formed into the elongate shape, and at least partially sintered.

Abstract: Provided is lithium disilicate crystalline glass containing cristobalite crystal phase for high strength and aesthetic traits and its manufacturing process thereof. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide the high strength and aesthetic lithium disilicate crystalline glass, one kind of dental restoration materials, and its manufacturing method which induces the growth of the different crystal phase, cristobalite, from glass with lithium disilicate crystal.

Abstract: There is provided a glass substrate manufacturing method for manufacturing a glass substrate with a plurality of through-holes. The method includes a laser processing of forming the plurality of through-holes in the glass substrate, the glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface facing the first main surface, by irradiating a laser beam toward the first main surface; and an etching process of injecting an etchant only from a position facing the second main surface of the glass substrate toward the plurality of through-holes formed in the glass substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for forming low melting point glass fibers comprising providing a glass feedstock comprising a low melting point glass and melt-spinning the glass feedstock to produce glass fibers, wherein the glass transition temperature of the glass fibers is less than or equal to about 120% of the glass transition temperature of the glass feedstock. The disclosure also relates to method for forming low melting point glass frit further comprising jet-milling the glass fibers. Low melting point glass frit and fibers produced by the methods described above are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A production method of an optical fiber preform includes: preparing a plurality of bar-shaped first preforms and a plurality of second preforms including through holes having substantially same shape with a shape of outer periphery of a cross section of the first preform, the cross section being orthogonal to a major axis of the first preform; and an assembly step of: matching the through holes of the second preforms to make communication holes; and inserting, through each of the communication holes, at least two of the first preforms arranged side by side in a direction of the major axis such that the second preforms and the first preforms are fitting each other. In at least one position in the direction of the major axis of the communication holes, a position where the second preforms contact with each other differs from a position where the first preforms contact with each other.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical fiber includes drawing an optical fiber preform and forming a bare optical fiber, coating an outer circumference of the bare optical fiber with a coating layer including a resin, curing the coating layer and forming an optical fiber by curing the coating layer, and changing a direction of the bare optical fiber using one or a plurality of direction changing devices at any position between a position where the bare optical fiber is formed and a position where the coating is performed. The direction changing device includes a guide groove which guides the bare optical fiber, and an internal space portion into which a fluid is introduced from an outside, and in the guide groove, an outlet through which the fluid in the internal space portion is blown to float the bare optical fiber in the guide groove is formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a strengthened glass obtained by strengthening a glass to be treated which the glass to be treated contains, as expressed in mole percentage on an oxide basis, from 2% to 15% of Fe2O3 or from 5% to 15% of TiO2, has a glass transition point of from 450° C. to 650° C. and has a maximum thermal expansion coefficient ?max of 430×10?7/° C. or above in a temperature range between the glass transition point and a yield point.

Abstract: An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.

Abstract: An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a frit slurry paste for use in assemblies (e.g., a vacuum insulated glass unit or a plasma display panel), and methods of making the same. Frit powder, binder material, and a water-based solvent are mixed together to form an intermediate mixture. The frit powder is substantially lead free, and the water-based solvent is provided at a first temperature. Additional water-based solvent is added to the intermediate mixture to form a frit slurry paste. The additional water-based solvent is provided at a second temperature, with the second temperature being lower than the first temperature. The binder material is provided at a concentration of 0.001%-20% by weight with respect to the frit slurry paste or the frit slurry paste absent the frit powder. The frit slurry paste has a bulk viscosity of 2,000-200,000 cps.

Abstract: A down-drawable glass ceramic. The glass ceramic has a composition which yields a liquidus viscosity that enables formation of the parent glass by down-draw techniques such as fusion-draw and slot-draw methods. The resulting glass ceramic is white or translucent in appearance with high strength achieved through heat treatment of the fusion-formed glass.

Abstract: Disclosed are formaldehyde-free, thermally-curable, alkaline, aqueous binder compositions. Also disclosed are compositions comprising formaldehyde-free, thermally-curable binder compositions, as described herein, applied to non-woven fibers. Uses of the disclosed binder compositions as binders for non-woven fibers are also disclosed.

Abstract: A coating composition is provided comprising nanoparticles and certain silane compounds. When applied to articles, particularly glass articles, the coating that is formed is resistant to soiling by both dry dust and wet soil.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming low emissivity doped zinc oxide films on a substrate, and in particular, to a method for forming low emissivity gallium doped zinc oxide films on a substrate via a low temperature chemical bath deposition technique.

Abstract: Chemically tempered lithium aluminosilicate glasses and methods of tempering are provided. The method allows fast tempering at moderate temperatures, which leads to a deep zone of surface tension with a high level of surface tension.

Abstract: A tempered glass has a compressive stress layer in a surface thereof, includes as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 50 to 80% of SiO2, 10 to 30% of Al2O3, 0 to 6% of B2O3, 0 to 2% of Li2O, and 5 to 25% of Na2O, and is substantially free of As2O3, Sb2O3, PbO, and F.

Abstract: Denitrifying bypass exhaust gases in a cement clinker producing plant. The plant comprises a rotary kiln connected to a calciner for the deacidification of raw material or to a rotary kiln riser shaft via a rotary kiln inlet chamber, and the bypass exhaust gas being drawn off in the region of the rotary kiln inlet chamber. The method comprises: cooling the bypass gas to between 260 C and 400 C in a cooling device, injecting an ammonia-, urea-, and/or ammonium-containing substance into the cooled bypass gas, introducing the cooled and mixed bypass gas into a ceramic filter system to filter out any halide and sulfate of the alkali metals and alkaline-earth metals precipitated during cooling the gas, and any nitrogen not reacted by the injected substances is chemically selectively reduced over a catalytic converter which is located in or directly downstream of the ceramic filter system.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the production of a cementious material. The process comprises mixing cement starting materials and a particulate healing agent to provide the cementious material. The healing agent comprises coated particles, wherein the coated particles comprise bacterial material and additive. The bacterial material is selected from the group consisting of a bacterium, a lyophilized bacterium and a bacterial spore of a bacterium. The present invention solves these problems, as (substantially leakage-proof) tablets containing the actual healing agent may neither interfere with either the workability of the liquid mixture (“cementious material”) nor negatively affect properties of either mixture or final material (hardened concrete), even when applied in large quantities. During crack formation in cementious based constructions, the particles also crack, and healing agent is released.

Abstract: A coating composition including an inorganic sol material and an organic colorant is applied to mineral particles and cured at a temperature less than 200 degrees Celsius.

Abstract: Modified molasses are used as dispersants for mineral suspensions, the modified molasses being obtained by means of a method comprising the steps: a) inversion of molasses and/or provision of inverted molasses; b) reaction of the inverted molasses with alkalies.

Abstract: The invention provides a cement paste composition comprising cement, cellulose nanocrystals, and optionally water. The cellulose nanocrystals can be present in an amount sufficient and effective to increase the flexural strength of cured cement prepared from the cement paste composition. The cellulose nanocrystals can also be present in an amount sufficient and effective to increase the workability of a cement paste prepared from the cement paste composition. The invention further provides a water reducing additive that reduces the amount of water required for desired workability of a cement composition. Use of the presence of the cellulose nanocrystals also results in an increased degree of hydration and cumulative heat evolution in comparison to a corresponding composition without the cellulose nanoparticles, thereby resulting in a higher total cure of the cement paste composition upon curing.

Abstract: A lightweight thermal insulating cement-based material is formed from a mixture that includes cement, water and a foaming agent. The foaming agent can be an aluminum powder or a surfactant. The insulating material has a maximum use temperature of about 900 degrees Celsius or more.

Abstract: A packaged composition may include a package made from a water-soluble polymer material. The package may be configured to contain a cementitious composition. The cementitious composition may include water in the form of microencapsulated water spheres and high alumina cement.

Abstract: A refractory article can include a body including a content of alumina of at least 60 wt %, a content of silica of not greater than 20 wt %, a content of zirconia of not greater than 20 wt % for a total weight of the body. In a particular embodiment, the body includes a third phase including composite grains including mullite and zirconia. The third phase including the composite grains can be present within a range including at least 1 wt % and not greater than 35 wt % for a total weight of the body.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of composite cordierite aluminum magnesium titanate ceramic compositions and methods for the manufacture of same.

Abstract: To provide a zirconia sintered body which has at least two different color tones such as white and black, and which has no color bleeding or no gap between sintered bodies. A zirconia sintered body comprising a first zirconia sintered body and a second zirconia sintered body, characterized in that the first zirconia sintered body is a zirconia sintered body containing aluminum oxide; the second zirconia sintered body is a zirconia sintered body containing a spinel oxide; a bonding plane is formed between the first zirconia sintered body and the second zirconia sintered body; and it has no gap or no color bleeding at the bonding plane.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing composition includes ceramic filaments comprising an additive having an aspect ratio of at least 2:1. 3D printed ceramic articles include the ceramic filaments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycrystalline diamond compact. A method for manufacturing a polycrystalline diamond compact includes: assembling a first diamond powder on a carbide substrate; preliminarily sintering the assembled carbide substrate and the first diamond powder on the carbide substrate to form a first polycrystalline diamond layer on the carbide substrate; assembling a second diamond powder having a particle diameter in the range of 0.1 ?m to 5 ?m on the first polycrystalline diamond layer; and sintering the assembled carbide substrate, the first polycrystalline diamond layer, and the second diamond powder on the first polycrystalline diamond layer to form a second polycrystalline diamond layer on the first polycrystalline diamond layer. The content of a metal binder (catalyst) in a portion which is used in bedrock cutting during actual drilling, that is, a superficial portion of the polycrystalline diamond layer, is controlled to be minimized.

Abstract: A composite tungsten carbide insert (B, I) with heterogeneous composition and structure has a working part (W) and a non-working part (N). The working part (W) is made of a tungsten carbide material consisting of tungsten carbide powder and cobalt powder or nickel. The non-working part (N) is made of a low density tungsten carbide material consisting of titanium carbide powder, tungsten carbide powder, and cobalt powder or nickel powder. During pressing, the tungsten carbide material for the working part (W) and the low density tungsten carbide material for the non-working part (N) are weighed and added to a steel die successively for molding and then sintering. The non-working part (N) which accounts for most of the overall product volume has low density and less material consumption, and can greatly reduce the raw material costs of the product, significantly improving the performance-cost ratio of the insert (B, I).

Abstract: A process of forming a Si-containing ceramic comprises forming a Si-based polymeric composition. The process includes neutralizing a charge of said Si-based polymeric composition. The process includes adding thermal energy under a controlled atmosphere to the Si-based polymeric composition. A turbine engine component comprises an airfoil and the airfoil comprises a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) material.

Abstract: The thermal barrier coating includes reactive gadolinia in its microstructures and the embedded gadolinia effectively reacts with CMAS contaminant reducing the damage from CMAS. Moreover, a method to produce a CMAS resistant thermal barrier coating can include a post-treatment to the thermal barrier coating with the reactive gadolinia suspension in sol-gel state.

Abstract: A multi-component or ‘composite’ inorganic fiber comprising a nano-scale contiguous collection of a plurality of packed unique phases of material randomly interspersed throughout the fiber body, without unwanted impurities, and a method for producing same. Said phases include three or more foundational chemical elements from the Periodic Table mixed together during fiber production, producing distinct material phases interspersed throughout the fiber volume.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycrystalline diamond compact having multiple polycrystalline diamond sintered bodies and a method for producing the polycrystalline diamond compact. The method for producing the polycrystalline diamond includes: preparing first diamond powder; producing a first polycrystalline diamond sintered body having a diameter smaller than the diameter of a cemented substrate by sintering the first diamond powder under 5 to 6 GPa pressure and 1300 to 1500° C. temperature; positioning the first polycrystalline diamond sintered body in the center of the cemented substrate, and granulating second diamond powder around the first polycrystalline diamond sintered body; and sintering the second diamond powder under 5 to 6 GPa pressure and 1300 to 1500° C. temperature to form a second polycrystalline diamond sintered body. The polycrystalline diamond sintered body has uniform sintered characteristics at the center and outer edges thereof.

Abstract: A method of forming a ceramic component is disclosed. A ceramic matrix material is combined with a binder material. The ceramic matrix material and the binder material are mixed to create an intermediate slurry. After mixing the ceramic matrix material and the binder material, reinforcing fibers are added to the intermediate slurry to create a final slurry. The final slurry is introduced into a mold cavity having a shape corresponding to the ceramic component. The final slurry is at least partially cured within the mold cavity to form an intermediate casting. The intermediate casting is sintered to produce the ceramic component from the intermediate casting.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for using a new liquid fertilizer comprising potassium from a potassium source selected from the group consisting of potassium acetate, potassium formate, potassium citrate, potassium succinate, potassium propionate, potassium phosphate, organic sources of potassium, animal manure, and combinations thereof, and having a slightly alkaline pH and relatively low salt index compared to other sources of potassium for liquid fertilizer products. The fertilizer composition may further comprise additives such as sulfur, zinc, boron, calcium, manganese, iron, copper, cobalt, magnesium, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating organic mass. The apparatus comprises a treatment chamber and agitation means provided in the chamber to agitate the organic mass. The agitation means comprises a rotatable shaft extending through the chamber, a plurality of agitator arms extending from the shaft, and a paddle connected to each agitator arm. The paddle is arranged to make a first angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the agitator arm and a second angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. There is also provided a system for recycling ammonia generated from the treated organic mass by the apparatus.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present application discloses mixtures comprising (a) water in an amount of at least 1% wt/wt of the mixture; (b) a transition metal catalyst; and (c) one or more solubilizing agents; and methods for using such mixtures for performing transition metal mediated bond formation reactions.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing an optically active compound which includes a step for reducing an imino group of an imine compound or a step for reducing an unsaturated bond of a heterocyclic compound, while in the presence of hydrogen gas as a hydrogen donor and one or more types of complexes selected from a group consisting of a complex represented by general formula (1), a complex represented by general formula (2), a complex represented by general formula (3), and a complex represented by general formula (4) (the general formulas (1)-(4) are as stipulated by claim 1).

Abstract: The subject invention relates to the compositions for radiolabeling Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid (DTPA)-dextran with Technetium-99m and for stabilizing the DTPA-dextran Cold Kit. The composition contains Stannous Chloride ions to reduce 99mTc-pertechnetate, Ascorbic Acid to reduce stannic ions to stannous ions to maintain a reducing environment, ?,?-Trehalose to add bulk and to stabilize the lyophilized composition without interfering with the radiochemical yield, and Glycine to transchelate Technetium-99m under highly acidic conditions to facilitate radiolabeling DTPA-dextran with high radiochemical purity. In addition, the invention pertains to methods for making and using the compositions. The reconstitution of the lyophilized composition by 99mTc-pertechnetate, resulting in radiolabeled 99mTc-DTPA-dextran in a composition between pH 3 to 4.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active crystalline material, especially an active multicomponent crystalline material such as a salt or a cocrystal, which may be made by dispersing precursor components of the active crystalline material in a liquid medium which comprises an anti-solvent, maintaining the dispersion for a period during which the active crystalline material is formed, and, during said period, exposing the dispersion to a solvent, which solvent being present in the liquid medium in a minor proportion by weight thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for converting an alkyl halide to an olefin. The method can include contacting a zeolite catalyst having a chemical formula of My/nH(x-y)AlxSi(96-x)O192, where M is a metal cation having a valence of n under reaction conditions sufficient to produce an olefin hydrocarbon product comprising C2 to C4 olefins. M can include cations of metals from Groups IA, IIA, IIIA. IVB, VB, VIB VIIB, IB, IIB, IIIA or IVA, or any combination of metal cations thereof and y is 0.4?y?5.0.

Abstract: A method for converting an alkyl halide to an olefin, the method comprising contacting a crystalline zeolite catalyst having an STI framework topology with a feed comprising the alkyl halide under reaction conditions sufficient to produce an olefin product comprising C2 to C5+ olefins, wherein the crystalline zeolite catalyst has a compositional formula: My/n[SixQyO2(x+y)] where M is a cation; n is the charge of the cation, y/n is the number of cations; x/y is equal to or greater than 5; and Q is aluminum, gallium iron, boron, indium, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a process of obtaining alkylaromatic compounds where there is a higher selectivity for the production of monoalkylaromatic compounds by selection of modified acid solid catalysts in an integrated process comprising an alkylation and transalkylation of aromatic and/or polyaromatic compounds for the selective production of monoalkylaromatic compounds, as well as regeneration (in situ) of acid solid catalysts selected for this process. The process of the present invention enables the achievement of monoalkylated compounds with high rates of conversion, selectivity and yield.