Abstract: A method for supporting metalloporphyrins on polybenzimidazole articles is disclosed herein. Microporous polybenzimidazole articles are treated with a strong base to produce an anionized polybenzimidazole article. A metalloporphyrin salt is dissolved in a solvent and is mixed with the anionized polybenzimidazole article to produce a microporous polybenzimidazole metalloporphyrin complex. This compound can be used in the selective oxidation of alkanes, olefins and aromatic compounds and is quite useful in the separation of oxygen from a gas stream. An alternative method of forming this complex by mixing directly the polybenzimidazole particulate with a weak metalloporphyrin salt without the use of a strong base results in lower percentages of substitution then does the principal method.

Abstract: Very high levels of insulation resistance and of insulation resistance stability of insulating compositions having polyolefin bases and having polar organic additives are achieved in this invention. The polar organic additives can be organic halogenated flame retardants, such as decabromodiphenyl oxide. The surprising increase in insulation resistance and in insulation resistance stability is achieved by addition of certain antioxidants in combination and, particularly, the addition of a zinc salt of mercaptoimidazole and a sterically hindered ditertiary butyl phenol. The composition may be crosslinked by radiation or even by chemical means as through use or organic peroxides without loss of the surprisingly increased insulation resistance and insulation resistance stability.

Abstract: A stainless steel wire for springs is proposed which has a colored coating of resinous paint thereon. The wire is coated with a paint, dried and baked to form a coating and is then drawn to a desired diameter. The coating has a good adhesiveness and good heat resistance. The stainless steel wire may be nickel-plated before painting.

Abstract: Copper can be directly chemically converted by the disclosed method and a novel copper-based metallic member is proposed. The chemical conversion film formed on the copper-based metallic member comprises phosphate and copper halide. The chemical conversion bath contains metal ions, phosphoric acid ions, halogen ions, and oxidizer.

Abstract: A method for giving high and durable electric conductivity to molded polymer articles, which comprises heat-treatment of the articles in an aqueous solution containing a copper salt, a reducing sulfur compound, and a water-soluble basic salt of nitrogen-containing organic compound having at least 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: There is provided an anti-corrosive mixture for iron and steel surfaces which comprises (a) a mixture composed of 5 to 25% by weight (solid basis) of one or more kinds of aqueous emulsions or aqueous latices of styrene resin and 5 to 15% by weight (solid basis) of aqueous emulsion of asphalt, and (b) 60 to 90% by weight of at least one kind of inorganic powder selected from the group consisting of silica stone, silica sand, granite, andesite, shale, kaolin, feldspar, talc, mica, fly ash, slag, iron oxide and graphite. The inorganic powder may also contain 1 to 10% by weight of limestone powder. There is also provided a process for the manufacture of steam-cured aerated light-weight concrete while applying the above anti-corrosive mixture to the reinforcing steel bars used in that process.

Abstract: The present invention is a fibrous monolithic ceramic product of high deny and a process for making the product. The product has a microstructure of coated fibers with planes of weakness between a core of each coated fiber and its respective coat or between each coated fiber and adjacent coated fibers, thereby toughening the product. The planes of weakness are sufficiently weak to deflect a crack from normal to the plane of weakness to a direction parallel to the plane of weakness. The green body from which the product is formed, can be plastically deformed at room temperature, formed in near-net-shape, and densified by pressureless sintering.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing elastomeric electric insulating material is disclosed. The material is a vulcanized product of a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a fluorine-containing elastomeric copolymer having a number average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 60,000, containing as major components a unit based on tetrafluoroethylene and a unit based on an .alpha.-olefin having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and exhibiting rubber elasticity at room temperature, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of an organic peroxide and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a polyallyl compound.

Abstract: An inorganic fibrous material for reinforcing composite materials, said fibrous material composed of a central layer and a surface layer, whereinthe surface layer is formed of an inorganic material composed of(i) an amorphous material consisting substantially of Si, M, C and O, wherein M is Ti or Zr, or(ii) an aggregate consisting substantially of ultrafine crystalline particles of beta-SiC, MC, a solid solution of beta-SiC and MC, and MC.sub.1-x having a particle diameter of not more than 500 .ANG. wherein M is as defined above and x is a number represented by 0<x<1, and optionally containing amorphous SiO.sub.2 and MO.sub.2, or(iii) a mixture of the amorphous material (i) and the aggregate (2), andthe central layer is formed of an inorganic material other than said inorganic material; and a process for production thereof.

Abstract: An electrically conductive shaped article such as a film or fibrous material and a process for preparing the same from a polybenzimidazole shaped article is provided. The polybenzimidazole article is first contacted with cuprous ions to produce a cuprous ion-impregnated material, and subsequently is subjected to a sulfiding agent capable of sulfiding cuprous ions, and preferably washed, to produce a polybenzimidazole shaped article having covellite copper sulfide in association therewith. Also provided are electrically conductive composites and a process for preparing the same by incorporating fibrous material prepared in accordance with the process within a substantially continuous polymeric matrix.

Abstract: A process for producing silver-coated potassium titanate fibers comprises admixing the potassium titanate fibers with a silver ion solution containing a reducing agent. The resulting silver-coated potassium titanate fibers can, if desired, be provided with one or more additional metal coatings superimposed on the silver coat wherein the additional metal is other than silver.

Abstract: A tin oxide coated article characterized by including a transparent, haze-free tin oxide coating on a substrate, such as glass. The tin oxide coating is formed by deposition from a liquid coating composition including an organotin compound, such as an alkyltin trichloride, and a haze-reducing additive, such as a fluorocarboxylic acid or acid anhydride.

Abstract: A metal-coated substrate, e.g., of glass, ceramic, or a hydroxy-functionalized material, wherein the improvement comprises a polysilicate, titania, or alumina interlayer between the substrate and the metal coating. The interlayer may have a porous microstructure, e.g., a polysilicate interlayer with an average pore size on the order of 50-150 Angstroms.Such articles, e.g., in the form of metal-coated fibers, may suitably be employed as reinforcing media in material composites having utility in structural applications, such as EMI shielding elements.Also disclosed is a corresponding method for forming a metal coating on a substrate by the provision of an interlayer of the above type. The interlayer may suitably be formed by applying to the substrate a sol gel dispersion of the polysilicate, titania, or alumina material, followed by drying of the applied dispersion.

Abstract: A method for hermetically sealing a silica based fiber product after the fiber product has been drawn from a melt or preform wherein a hermetic layer of boron carbide or a ceramic compound having a density of above about 4 g/cc is deposited upon the fiber product. The fiber product can be initially coated with carbon or boron carbide prior to the application of the ceramic compound. Also, a method for making such fiber products using these methods, and the resultant hermetically sealed fiber products produced thereby.

Abstract: A fiber glass is provided for filling in a defect or hollow portion of bone. The fiber glass comprises calcium phosphate as a main ingredient and has a negative zeta potential. The calcium phosphate has a molar ratio of Ca/P of not less than 0.2 and less than 0.6 and the total content of CaO plus P.sub.2 O.sub.5 less than 80 wt %. The fiber glass is of long filament form or staple fiber form. The fiber glass of long filament form may be woven to form a woven filler.

Abstract: A method for applying porous, preferably catalytically active metal oxide coatings to relatively non-porous substrates in a fibrous form, and the catalyst materials thereby obtained. A solution is formed of one or more hydrolyzable precursors of metal oxides, in an anhydrous, organic solvent. The substrate to be coated, having active surface hydroxyl groups and preferably being glass or ceramic, is dipped into the solution and thereafter removed, drained and dried in an atmosphere containing water vapor so as to form a uniform, and at least partially hydrolyzed metal hydroxide/alkoxide coating on the substrate. The thus coated substrate is cured by heating in one or more stages at temperatures in the range of between about 250.degree. and 500.degree. C. to form an adherent, highly porous coating of the corresponding metal oxide.

Abstract: This invention concerns a heating pipe for panel heaters disclosed on walls, ceilings or floors to heat a room. The pipe is essentially constructed of a pipe itself, an electric heating wire running through it and aluminum granules stuffed between the two. Because of the simple structure, the production, the installment and the maintenance costs are cheap; as a matter of course, there is no additional need of a circulation pump for heating media and safety devices to watch the leak of heating media or the break of the pipe. Moreover, because spherical aluminum granules are closely packed, the heat conductivity is very good, which minimizes the heat loss and reduces the time to heat up a room. Also, the heat capacity is so small that frequency room temperature control by means of an automatic on-and-off mechanism has becomes possible.

Abstract: A material is, herein disclosed for collecting radionuclides and heavy metals that comprises an acrylic fiber element having MnO.sub.2 and/or ferrocyanide compound of the formula K.sub.2 M.sup.II [Fe(CN).sub.6 ] (wherein M.sup.II is a divalent metal such as cobalt, zirconium, zinc or nickel) supported thereon. The material of the present invention is used in collecting and concentrating radionuclides present in liquid radioactive wastes discharged from nuclear power plants and other facilities using radioisotopes such as hospitals and non-destructive testing laboratories. The material is also used in collecting and concentrating radionuclides and heavy metals present in the seawater, rivers and industrial waste-water.

Abstract: Chrome-free aqueous size compositions containing quanternary salts reduce fuzz and fly in glass fiber gun roving. The roving particularly achieves a desirable ease and completeness of chopping in conventional chopping and spraying equipment for molding operations.

Abstract: A metal matrix composite is produced by plastically deforming a metal powder, either before or after blending the powder with ceramic fibers, and compacting the mixture at elevated temperatures to achieve substantially full density. Imparting strain energy to the metal allows reduction of the compaction temperature to eliminate reaction between the fibers and the metal or degradation of the fibers. Silicon nitride fibers are thermodynamically superior for use in aluminum or titanium metal matrix composites, since silicon nitride fibers are more stable at the temperatures required for full compaction. Secondary phase reactions are avoided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting reaction sintered silicon carbide parts to iron and other metal parts of importance is that the connection involves the use of a binder comprising a mixture of silicon and a metal and preferrably it is a eutectic mixture.

Abstract: A thread-like continuous retroreflective fiber and method of making same, comprising the steps of laminating a thin film of retroreflective material to a supporting polyester film, and then slitting the laminate to form narrow strips of retroreflective material having sufficient strength to be combined with other fibers to form a composite yarn having retroreflective characteristics, which composite yarn may then be woven, knitted, or spun to provide a fabric having retroreflective characteristics.

Abstract: An oxonated poly(alkylene oxide) substantially devoid of hydrocarbon chains of 5 or more carbon atoms is used to treat substances bearing negative electrostatic charges, so as to reduce such charges without rendering the substance hydrophobic. In this manner static electricity can be reduced in textiles, paper or plastic film; glass or glass fibers can be lubricated; wood pulp can be debonded; anti-self sizing or water-dispersible paper can be made; clays, pigments and other minerals can be hydrophilized; bitumen can be recovered from oil or tar sands; and petroleum can be recovered from underground wells by secondary or tertiary recovery techniques.

Abstract: Very high levels of insulation resistance and of insulation resistance stability of insulating compositions having polyolefin bases and having polar organic additives are achieved in this invention. The polar organic additives can be organic halogenated flame retardants, such as decabromodiphenyl oxide. The surprising increase in insulation resistance and in insulation resistance stability is achieved by addition of certain antioxidants in combination and, particularly, the addition of a zinc salt of mercaptoimidazole and a sterically hindered di-tertiary butyl phenol. The composition may be crosslinked by radiation or even by chemical means as through use of organic peroxides without loss of the surprisingly increased insulation resistance and insulation resistance stability.

Abstract: A process for producing steel wire for tire cord includes providing a brass coating on the wire containing from about 54 to about 65% copper and from about 46 to about 35% zinc. The weight of the coating is within the range of from about 2.5 to about 13.0 grams per kilogram of wire. The coated wire is heated at a temperature of at least about 650.degree. F. for a time sufficient to reduce the hardness of the coating to a range of 40 to 70 Rockwell B. The heat treated wire is then cold reduced to final thickness. The wire subjected to this treatment has significantly improved drawability and greater coating continuity. In another aspect, an improved steel wire product for tire cord applications is provided when the brass coating contains from about 54 to about 62% copper and from about 46 to about 38% zinc and the coating weight is within the range of from about 7.0 to about 13.0 grams per kilogram of wire.

Abstract: An electrically conducting material including a polymeric material having adsorbed sulfides of a first metal selected from copper, cobalt, tin, mercury and lead and of a second metal selected from silver, gold and elements of the platinum group. The polymeric material is in the form of powder or a shaped body such as a fiber, film or string and is formed of a synthetic polymer without cyanic groups such as a polyester or a polyamide or a naturally occurring polymeric substance such as silk or wool. The electrically conducting material may be prepared by treating the polymeric material with hydrogen sulfide, and then treating the resultant material having absorbed hydrogen sulfide with (a) a source of ions containing the first metal, (b) a source of ions containing the second metal and, optionally, (c) a sulfur-containing compound to form sulfides of the first and second metals adsorbed by the polymeric material.

Abstract: Halogen-free, flame-resistant hydrocarbon polymer compounds comprising an organopolysiloxane gum, and a lead compound, and electrical conductors insulated therewith.

Abstract: Ceramic bodies having a balanced overall stress pattern in which are present individual stress zones of compressive and tensile stresses and the techniques for forming said bodies are disclosed. The bodies are formed by having slightly different compositional patterns from one zone to another whereby during cooling there is a differential volumetric expansion or contraction in one zone as compared to an adjacent zone. The volumetric expansion or contraction is caused by a material which undergoes a phase transformation during the cooling from the sintering temperatures utilized to sinter the ceramic body, whereby such phase transformation is accompanied by a volumetric change.

Abstract: A method of producing electrically conductive fibers by treating acrylic fibers, acrylic-series fibers, or nylons in a heated bath which contains copper (II) sulfide and an acid. The copper (II) sulfide is adsorbed into the fibers in the presence of the heated acid to improve electrical conductivity of the fibers.

Abstract: Yarns or tows of high strength composite fibers the majority of which comprise a core of carbon or the like and a thin, uniform firmly adherent electrically conductive layer or an electrodepositable metal, such as nickel or the like, the bond strength of the metal to the core being greater than 10 percent of the intermetallic bond strength of the metal layer. The composites can be produced by electrodeposition from a bath onto the core but the procedure must use external voltages high enough both (i) to dissociate the metal at the core and (ii) to nucleate the metal through the boundary layer into direct contact with the core.

Abstract: Polymeric cladding for elongate substrates, preferably electrical conductors, comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, the outer layer being a cross-linked polymer composition filled with halogen-free particulate inorganic flame-retardant filler which has been treated with material which increases the elongation to break of the composition at 200.degree. C. to at least 50%. The enhanced elongation enables the cladding better to resist burning, possibly by reducing the tendency for the outer layer to split when exposed to fire. Bundles of insulated electrical wires may be wrapped in mineral tape, preferably mica tape, to provide circuit integrity cables which are significantly smaller and/or lighter than previously known.

Abstract: Ceramic bodies having a balanced overall stress pattern in which are present individual stress zones of compressive and tensile stresses and the techniques for forming said bodies are disclosed. The bodies are formed by having slightly different compositional patterns from one zone to another whereby during cooling there is a differential volumetric expansion or contraction in one zone as compared to an adjacent zone. The volumetric expansion or contraction is caused by a material which undergoes a phase transformation during the cooling from the sintering temperatures utilized to sinter the ceramic body, whereby such phase transformation is accompanied by a volumetric change.

Abstract: A telephone cord employs as an insulator for the conductors therein an extrudable blend of a styrene-ethylenebutylene-styrene copolymer with polypropylene.

Abstract: A method of providing a slip coating on aluminized glass fibre chaff is provided in which the chaff is treated by applying a boundary lubricant dispersed within an aqueous medium, the boundary lubricant containing free palmitic acid and ammonium palmitate. The aqueous medium forms a hydrated aluminum oxide on the surface of the chaff and promotes a reaction between the surface oxide and the palmitic acid to provide a chemically bonded surface slip coating layer of aluminum palmitate.

Abstract: An optical fiber coated with a reinforcing material having an excellent heat resistance and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The reinforcing material comprises continuous filaments having impregnated therein a curable composition comprising(a) tri(meth)acrylate of trishydroxylalkyl isocyanurate,(b) a modified phenol novolak-based resin having (meth)acryloyl groups in the molecule, and(c) a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A decorative composite article which may be longitudinally slit to form a yarn product is disclosed which has a combined a phosphorescent and fluorescent decorative appearance. The composite article includes paired outer layers of a thermoplastic resin between which is disposed a decorative layer comprising a composition including a colorant component having a phosphorescent colorant and a fluorescent colorant, and a resin binder material. The fluorescent colorant is present in an amount by weight that is up to an amount equal to that of the phosphorescent colorant. The present binder material may be selected from polyester, polyurethane and acrylic polymers and copolymers, with a mixture of a butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber and polyurethane composition being preferred.

Abstract: Optical communications fibers made by coating with an addition curable composition made from an alkenyl containing organopolysiloxane, a methylhydrogenpolysiloxane, a platinum-type catalyst, and an alkynyl compound provide reduced hydrogen gas generation on quartz fiber and has less transmission loss when the platinum-type catalyst is present in amounts greater than 20 ppm platinum-type metal, the SiH to aliphatically unsaturated is from 0.75/1.00 to 1.05/1.00, and the weight ratio of total alkynyl groups to platinum-type metal is 1.0/1.0 to 15.0/1.00.

Abstract: An implant for the treatment of the pain of arthritis which comprises a carbon fiber which has a discontinuous coating of gold thereon, exposing the carbon in patches. The carbon and gold form a galvanic couple which is implanted in an arthritic joint and in the presence of body fluids acts like a battery and released gold ions continuously, thus relieving pain.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for preparing a glass fiber circumferentially coated with an amorphous metallic alloy, wherein the glass fiber is drawn to substantially its final diameter and then coated with amorphous metallic alloy. The coating is accomplished by passing the drawn glass fiber vertically through an opening formed between two circumferentially abutting, counter-rotating, circumferentially grooved rolls having a pool of a glass-forming alloy continuously supplied from a crucible and supported in the nip of the rolls adjacent the opening. The drawn glass fiber first passes through the pool of molten alloy and then immediately into the opening defined between the two rolls, whereby the metallic alloy coated onto the drawn glass fiber is rapidly cooled to form an amorphous coating.

Abstract: A perfectly ductile hard steel wire having superposed coatings resisting corrosion. The wire is coated with a first inner layer A1 (Al-Fe-Zn) and a second outer layer A2 (Zn-Al-Fe) and the first inner coating layer has the following composition:______________________________________ Al between 15% and 45% Fe between 5% and 25% Al Zn forming the balance with elements of addition in a small amount, such as Mg, Sn, Ni, Cu, Cr, Mischmetal, etc. . . the total amount of which does not exceed 0.5%. ______________________________________This wire has a resistance to corrosion very much higher than that of conventional galvanized wires and that of similar Zn-Al coatings which had been deposited in a single stage.

Abstract: Small lengths of conductors, cut to the appropriate size are used as radar "chaff" or passive reflectors to give spurious returns on an enemy radar and thereby act as an electronic countermeasure. Currently used chaff includes chopped aluminum foil, aluminum coated glass fibres and silver coated nylon monofilaments. Current radars operate in the 10.sup.10 Hz region and current chaff dipoles are of centimetric size, but future radar systems are likely to operate at higher frequencies requiring shorter dipoles lengths to achieve an increased packing density the dipoles also need to be thinner. Carbon fibres have advantages over existing chaff materials as they are fine, light and much stiffer than existing chaff materials. The electrical resistance is about 1000.times.higher than that of aluminum however and this invention therefore proposes the use of carbon fibres coated with a much more conductive coating. Typical coating materials can be copper, silver aluminium applied by a number of different methods.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for rendering non-thermoplastic fibers and fibrous compositions flame resistant when contacted with a hot molten material, that involves the application thereto of a flame retardant composition incorporating a water-insoluble, non-phosphorous, solid, particulate mixture of brominated organic compound and a metal oxide or a metal oxide and metal hydrate.

Abstract: An electrical wire for use in high temperature applications made by providing refractory fibers that are larger than one micron in diameter and made of nonmetallic mineral material that has a melting point greater than 1200.degree. F., and applying the fibers and a binder to an electrically conductive core, to form an insulating coating around the core.

Abstract: Several advantages as to ease of cell fabrication, maximum cell size, fiber breakage, tubesheet tightness, resistance to tubesheet deformation in prolonged service, safety, etc., can be realized by using as the tubesheet in a hollow fiber type battery cell one which is elongated in shape, has a substantially smaller diameter than the fiber "bundle" depending from it and in which the fiber ends passing through it are closely packed.

Abstract: A telephone cord employs as an insulator for the conductors therein an extrudable blend of a styrene-ethylenebutylene-styrene copolymer with polypropylene.

Abstract: This invention relates to an infrared fiber excellent in elongation as well as tensile strength and yield strength, which comprises a mixed crystal containing 0.01 to 10% by weight of silver chloride in silver bromide or a mixed crystal containing 0.01 to 10% by weight of silver bromide in silver chloride.

Abstract: A coaxial cable is provided having a ribbon inner conductor surrounded by a dielectric and a circumferential conductor. The coaxial cable may be microminiature comprising a very thin ribbon strip conductor from between 5 to 15 .mu.m thick and from 150 to 200 .mu.m wide, having a surrounding foamed dielectric or parylene applied thereon by a vapor plasma process and an outer conductor of an adhering high conductivity metal vacuum deposited on the dielectric. Alternately the foam dielectric embodiment may have a contiguous parylene coating applied adjacent the inner conductor or the outer conductor or both. Also, the cable may be fabricated by forming a thin ribbon of strip conductive material into an inner conductor, applying thereabout a dielectric by spraying on a solution of polystyrene and polyethylene and then vacuum depositing and adhering high conductivity metal about the dielectric.

Abstract: Superconducting fiber bundle which contains a multiplicity of carrier fibers such as, for instance, carbon fibers, boron fibers, steel fibers coated with a superconducting layer of a niobium compound of the general formula NbC.sub.x N.sub.y O.sub.

Abstract: A magnet wire enamel having improved runnability and insulating properties is described comprising nylon containing a titanate selected from the group consisting of (RO).sub.4 Ti, dimers, trimers, and mixtures thereof where R is an aromatic group. The nylon can be a sole coat, outermost coating, or bond coat.

Abstract: An electrically conducting material including a cyanic group-containing material substrate and adsorbed sulfides of copper and an auxiliary metal selected from silver, gold and elements of the platinum group. The cyanic group-containing substrate may be in the form of powder or a shaped body such as a fiber, film, plate, rod or like suitable substrate include a synthetic polymers such as polyacrylonitrile and polyamides having cyanic groups; naturally occurring polymeric substances such as cotton having introduced thereinto cyanic groups; and low molecular weight compounds such as phthalonitrile. The electrically conducting material may be prepared by treating the cyanic group-containing substrate with (a) a source of monovalent copper ions, (b) a source of ions containing the auxiliary metal and (c) a sulfur-containing compound to form sulfides of copper and the auxiliary metal adsorbed by the cyanic group-containing material.