A process for forming a dispersion of polytetrafluoroethylene particles in a liquid containing a dispersant by passing the mixture through a plurality of nozzles within a liquid-jet interaction chamber at a pressure of to deagglomerate and stabilize the polytetrafluoroethylene particles.

A new chemicals supply system allows solid-containing suspensions, useful for example for polishing wafers or in the semiconductor manufacture, to be prepared directly at their utilisation site.

A method for increasing the adhesion of a first layer comprising a vinylidene fluoride containing fluoropolymer to a second layer comprising a curable elastomer is described. The method comprises adding a dehydrofluorinating composition to the curable elastomer, contacting the layers and curing the layered article so formed. The resulting multilayer compositions and articles are also disclosed.

The apparatus includes a first communication device 20 disposed at a control point 14 and a second communication device 26 disposed on the advertising medium 16. The second communication device supplies data for the first communication device, by means of which the presence and integrity of the advertising medium on the vehicle can be checked. Other information bearing on the eligibility of the ve...

A method for producing cellulose beads which are high in sphericity and narrow in bead size distribution. Cellulose beads are produced by supplying a cellulose solution into a rotating vessel that are rotated at high speed by a rotary shaft and have outlets such as small holes and nozzles, flying droplets formed under a centrifugal acceleration of 10 to 1000 G through the outlets that have a diame...

Oriented films are prepared. A thermoplastic vulcanizate, prepared by mixing at least 20 wt % of a thermoset rubber by weight of the total composition into a thermoplastic polymer are disclosed. After the mixture is prepared the thermoset rubber is entrained as discrete particles within the continuous thermoplastic polymer phase. The resulting composite is subjected to a stress either by pulling, ...

The invention relates to a deflection pulley ( 1 ), intended for a traction drive, which includes a rolling-contact bearing as well as a ring body ( 4 ). A securing screw ( 8 ) as well as a spacer sleeve ( 9 ) serve as retaining elements. In order to provide a transport safety system ( 17 ), the spacer sleeve ( 9 ) is provided with at least one radial inwardly directed projection ( 18 ) which radi...

Disclosed is a system for payment data exchange comprising a payment terminal device (10) for coupling to a point of sale device and to a mobile phone (14), an authorization center (1) for coupling to a mobile voice network (5) and to a financial information system, the mobile phone (14) for coupling to the mobile voice network (5) and to the payment terminal device (10). The payment data exchange...

Aqueous bonding agents based on at least one phenolic resin, at least one aromatic dinitroso compound and a polyvinyl alcohol are suitable as a one-coat aqueous rubber-metal bonding agent to achieve permanent rubber-metal bonds. These bonding agents can be substantially free from organic solvents and halogen compounds, and allow one-coat application without an additional, previous application of a...

PCT No. PCT/EP97/04550 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 1, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 1, 1999 PCT Filed Aug. 21, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/09616 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 1998Solid foamed active ingredient preparations based on melt-processable polymers, obtainable by extrusion of a melt of one or more polymers which comprises active ingredient and which is impregnated with a volatile, physiologically acceptable blow...

The invention provides blends of high molecular weight, water-soluble cationic structured polymers with high molecular weight, water-soluble, cationic polymers which either are linear or which have a lower degree of structure. The blends are useful for dewatering dispersions of suspended solids, achieving good dewatering rates at relatively low dosage levels.

The earthwork foaming agent consists of linear alkylsulphate 1-10 wt%, foam stabilizer alkylolamide and fatty alcohol polyoxyethyleneether sodium sulphate 0.5-4 wt%, assistant calcium chloride 1-2 wt% and water 89.5-97.5 wt%. The compounding process is mixing the components through stirring at normal temperature. The foaming agent of the present invention can produce stable white bubbles in high e...

The biaxially stretched film of the present invention comprises a polyamide resin composition (C) obtained by melt-kneading a smectite (B) with a polyamide (A) produced by the polycondensation of a diamine component containing 70 mol% or higher of m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid component containing 70 mol% or higher of a C4-C20 alpha , omega -linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, or comp...

A propylene based resin composition (X) including copolymer components (A), (B), and (Y) obtained from propylene, an alpha-olefin and a crystalline olefin based polymer (Z). A propylene based resin composition including (wt.%) a propylene based copolymer (X)(10-99) comprising a copolymer component: (1) (A)(1-30), a copolymer prepared from propylene and at least 4C alpha-olefin, fulfilling conditio...

A propylene based resin composition (X) including copolymer components (A), (B), and (Y) obtained from propylene, an alpha-olefin and a crystalline olefin based polymer (Z) is new. A propylene based resin composition comprises (wt.%): (a) a propylene based copolymer (X)(10-99) comprising a copolymer component (A)(1-30), a copolymer prepared from propylene and an at least 4C alpha-olefin, fulfill...

The present invention relates to a device for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media (10), on which information is present in the form of pits, with a linearly polarized light beam (2). It is an object of the invention to propose a device for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media (10) which ensures correct reproduction of the stored data even when the recording me...

A method of production is provided which is capable of efficiently producing in a very short period of time a porous polymer possessing a uniform foam structure and truly excelling in absorption properties and physical properties. It is a method for the production of a porous polymer, characterized by comprising (a) an emulsifying step for forming a water-in-oil type high internal phase emulsion (...

Electronic mail client software (16) has a mailbox displayer (14) which lists messages together with an icon for each message where the icon is associated with the MIME type of the message. Mail which contains file attachment (18) is listed in the inbox with an icon indicative of the type of file attached to the mail. The mailbox displayer interprets the MIME type and selects the appropriate icon ...

A process utilizing a modification to the inputs to a standard portfolio optimization is provided for facilitating load aware optimizations. First, each loaded financial product, such as a mutual fund having a front end or back end load, of a set of available financial products is modeled as a loaded portion and an unloaded portion by determining an adjusted return. The adjusted return is based on...

According the present invention, there is provided a method and system for facilitating an electronic commerce (e-commerce) transaction by a consumer, the method comprising: acquiring a purchase amount for an e-commerce transaction between a consumer and an Internet shopping portal; querying each of a plurality of consumer accounts for associated financial information; evaluating said associated f...