The present process for preparing alcohols comprises the hydrogenation of aldehydes in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst in the gas phase. In this process, nitrogen-containing bases are added to the aldehyde to be hydrogenated, whereby the formation of by-products is largely suppressed and isolation of the desired alcohols in high selectivity and correspondingly high yield I made possible.

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for receiving and assessing an application made by an applicant. In one aspect, the apparatus includes: computing means configured or programmed to present a plurality of application forms to the applicant, to receive the forms once completed from the applicant and to assess the application; input means for the applicant to complete and return...

A lead acid storage battery comprises a group of electrode plates. A negative plate is enclosed in an envelope separator joined together at its both edges by welding or mechanical sealing. A glass mat is separately provided between the separator and a positive plate. The glass mat has a width at least equal to the width of the separator except its both edges.

An adjustable, impact resistant cushion for use in a carrying case or the like has a first pad including a compressible, substantially rectangular foam piece covered with a pliable non-porous cover. The cover continuously covers the foam piece and includes an air flow controlling vent. Air escapes from the pad through the vent at a controlled rate when the foam material is compressed and so the pa...

An adjustable, impact resistant cushion for use in a carrying case or the like has a first pad including a compressible, substantially rectangular foam piece covered with a pliable non-porous cover. The cover continuously covers the foam piece and includes an air flow controlling vent. Air escapes from the pad through the vent at a controlled rate when the foam material is compressed and so the pa...

The invention relates to a process for manufacturing an unfinished rubber piece for a vehicle tire that includes providing a plurality of tire components composed of unvulcanized rubber mixtures, and treating a surface of at least one of the plurality of tire components with a plasma and/or a flame to increase the adhesiveness of the surface. The unvulcanized rubber mixtures may include partially ...

A test strip is provided for determining the presence or quantity of an analyte in a liquid by inserting the strip into an optical reading apparatus. The test strip is provided with an orientation index zone having a reflectance that contrasts with the reflectance of areas contiguous thereto and such orientation index zone is employed to affirm that the test strip has not been inserted upside down...

Process for preparing rigid polyurethane or urethane-modified polyisocyanurate foam using as blowing agent a mixture containing from 1 to 50 mole % 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane and from 50 to 99 mole % isopentane and/or n-pentane.

Process for preparing a flexible polyurethane foam by reacting a polyisocyanate and two different polyols under foam forming conditions so as to prepare a rigid foam and by crushing the rigid foam so obtained. Flexible foams are obtained which do not show a major glass transition temperature between -100° C. and +25° C.

Error recovery is performed when an error rate for a subsystem of a computer environment (e.g., an Input/Output (I/O) subsystem) is greater than a predefined value and a critical resource of the computer environment (e.g., storage) is experiencing a shortage. Error recovery may include slowing down activity of the devices associated with the subsystem and/or simulating errors for the subsystem. Th...

Tire building apparatus and method for applying first station components of a tare carcass on a first drum located in a first position, interchanging the first drum with a second drum located at a second position by oscillating a hub on which the drums are mounted while inclining the axis of rotation of the hub to the horizontal so as to raises the drums over the floor, thereafter applying first s...

It has been found that the use of specific expanded organic microspheres greatly improve the RIM process by (i) significantly enhancing the blowing action of air and/or nitrogen, (ii) providing for uniform density of the molded part, (iii) allowing for the reduction of internal mold pressures, (iv) substantially eliminating surface defects, (v) allowing for a significant reduction in density in th...

During high-load running of a vehicle, first control is performed wherein fuel injection is carried out in an intake stroke of an engine so as to evenly distribute mixture gas into combustion chambers of the engine. During low-load running of the vehicle, second control is performed wherein fuel injection is carried out in a compression stroke of the engine so as to bias mixture gas toward a zone ...

Process and a device for producing metal powders from molten metal. The process includes the provision of molten metal in a metallurgical vessel having a nozzle element, the nozzle element being directed into an atomization chamber associated with the metallurgical vessel. The molten metal is allowed to flow through the nozzle element of the metallurgical vessel into the atomization chamber whereb...

A dichroic polarizing film is made, for example, by, first combining polyvinyl alcohol and a second polymer, such as, polyvinyl pyrrolidone or a sulfonated polyester, in a solvent. The ratio of polyvinyl alcohol to second polymer is between about 5:1 to 100:1 by weight. The film is coated on a substrate, dried, and then stretched to orient at least a portion of the film. The film incorporates a di...

Light absorbing coating with high absorption capacity.This coating comprises at least one thin optically discontinuous metal layer (8), absorbent within a determined spectral range in the visible-near infrared range, and at least one dielectric layer (10) transparent within this range and formed on the thin layer. Application to imagery.

Reclaimed rubber having excellent performance is applied for reuse in tires or for asphalt, etc. The reclaimed rubber obtained by devulcanization treatment of vulcanized rubber from discard tires, etc. has a proportion of sol to gel: 10-80%, a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the sol by gel permeation chromatography (GPC): 20,000-300,000, and a degree of swelling of the gel: 3.0-20.0. A pro...

A primary object of the invention is to provide a production technology for functional polyamic acid microfine particles and functional polyimide microfine particles by which the particle shape, size and size distribution can be freely controlled. The invention is concerned with a process for synthesizing polyamic acid particles having functional groups at least on the surface from a tetracarboxyl...

An insulating material for coaxial cables, made at least in part with a polyolefin resin capable of heat-melt extrusion and a fluororesin powder as a nucleator, which material being capable of foam extrusion in the presence of a foaming agent; a coaxial cable made at least in part with a foam insulating layer prepared from the insulating material; and a method for producing a coaxial cable, by ext...