Bipolar battery cells, bipolar batteries, and related methods are disclosed. The disclosed bipolar plate comprises a composite of long carbon fibers and a filler of carbon particles and a fluoroelastomer. A fluoroelastomeric sealant for placement between adjacent cells is also disclosed.

Proposed is a process for separating enantiomers from a racemic mixture by countercurrent extraction using at least two substances, one of them a liquid in which the racemic mixture to be separated is present, the other containing a chiral adjuvant which is combined with or part of a gel forming substance in the form of discrete particles in a liquid separated from the countercurrently flowing liq...

The recovering of a polyester polymer from a mixed polymer recycle stream (I), while maintaining the polyester polymer in polymer form, comprises: contacting (I) comprising 50 wt.% or more polyester polymer, lesser portions of other polymers, including polyolefins(s), and impurities, with a chemical wash solvent that dissolves portions(s) of the impurities and substantially rejects dissoln. of the...

Methods of making high specific gravity shotgun shot and small arms projectiles from melts containing primarily tungsten and iron, and particularly including specific melting temperature depressants and using specific quenching both compositions are described; and specific conditions and materials; and methods for making high specific gravity shot pellets and projectiles by powder metallurgical te...

The dissipation of static electricity from film of ethylene/carboxylic acid copolymer is improved by the incorporation of a combination of antistatic compounds therein, viz sorbitan monooleate and certain alkyl phenol poly(ethylene oxides).

A polyolefin film for use as a sterilization wrap material which includes a film with a thickness of from about 0.005 mm to about 0.2 mm and having a plurality of discontinuous thinned regions. The thinned regions constitute at least about 25 percent of the surface area of the film. The thickness and area of the thinned regions are adapted to permit the passage of steam and water vapor through the...

An RF data communications system for remotely collecting data and a method of developing applications for such a system are provided. The RF data communications system preferably has a first computer including at least a first microprocessor, a first screen display, and a first data screen file positioned representing a first predetermined screen display format. A first RF data transceiver is posi...

A heath sealable thermoplastic film is coated on at least one side with an acrylonitrile-containing coating containing from 25 wt. % to about 80 wt. % acrylonitrile. More specifically the film is coated on the inside with a polymeric coating comprising (i) from 25 to 50 wt. % of a nitrile such as acrylonitrile, (ii) from 40 to 75 wt. % of a monomer selected from the group consisting of an alkyl ac...

In this invention a new form of polytetrafluoroethylene has been found to be compression moldable to provide exceptionally strong molded articles. It is also useful as an additive or strength binder. The new form is a compression molding powder comprised of comminuted, sheared particles of expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene, said particles having a nudular-microfibrilar structure of irregular...

In this invention a new form of polytetrafluoroethylene has been found to be compression moldable to provide strong molded articles. It is also useful as an additive or strength binder. The new form is a compression molding powder comprised of comminuted, sheared particles of expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene, said particles having a nudular-microfibrilar structure of irregular shape, and a ...

The present invention provides a low burden visual POWER ON indicator for a self-powered electrical circuit protection device. The visual indicator includes a current transformer for producing an induced current in direct proportion to the current supplied to an electrical device protected by the protection device. The induced current is summed and rectified. An energy accumulator stores a predete...

The simultaneous multi access reasoning technology system of the present invention utilizes both existing knowledge and implicit information that can be numerically extracted from training data to provide a method and apparatus for diagnosing disease and treating a patient. This technology further comprises a system for receiving patient data from another location, analyzing the data in a trained ...

Pharmaceutical compositions of botulinum neurotoxin containing higher specific toxicity and increased stability at higher temperatures than currently available preparations.

PCT No. PCT/SE95/01089 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 11, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 11, 1997 PCT Filed Sep. 25, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/11852 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 25, 1996A pallet having a plurality of parallel base beams, and a deck joined to the plurality of parallel base beams. The deck includes a web or sheet of material, which is folded to form a deck surface with a plurality of parallel panels adjoining e...

Biomaterials useful for onthopedicanel dental applications is disclosed. These materials have a base portion of calcium carbonate and a surface layer of a synthetic phosphate such as hydroxyapatite. The base portion may be a calcium carbonate structure having three-dimensional interconnected porosity such as may be found in porous skeletal carbonate of marine life, e.g. coral porites skeletal arag...

A method and material for shrink wrapping articles includes wrapping the article with a shrink wrapping material having a shrink/stretch film outer layer (12) and an inner layer of a non-woven fabric (14). The shrink/stretch film responds to heat by shrinking around the article being wrapped, while the non-woven material aerates to form bubbles (16) thus acting as a cushion between the shrink/stre...

A handle assembly for a safety razor comprises a grip portion formed of a pair of shells mounted on a substantially planar body member. The shell members cover only the periphery of the top and bottom surfaces of the body member which is fabricated of a first element formed of a substantially flexible elastomeric material and a second element formed of a more rigid material. The second element is ...

Novel homodimers that include cysteine-containing peptides having 4-15 amino acid residues can be administered to modulate the immune response in an animal.

13-Substituted milbemycin derivatives having the formula (I): wherein: R<1> is methyl, ethyl, isopropyl or sec-butyl; R<2> is hydrogen or alkyl; X is ( alpha -hydroxyimino- or alpha -alkoxyimino-substituted)-arylmethyl or ( alpha -hydroxyimino- or alpha -alkoxyimino-substituted)-heterocyclylmethyl, N-substituted-aminophenyl or N-substituted-aminophenoxy; m is 0 or 1; and n is 0...

La presente invenzione ha per oggetto metodi diagnostici per rivelare anticorpi naturali capaci di riconoscere proteine estraibili da organi di mammiferi aventi peso molecolare di circa 14 Kda e dotate di attività antitumorale quando somministrate a speci xenogeniche.L'invenzione riguarda inoltre detti anticorpi naturali purificati e il loro uso in diagnostica e in terapia.; The present invention ...