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An improved process is disclosed for producing acetic acid, including the following steps: reacting a carbonylatable reactant such as methanol, methyl acetate, methyl formate or dimethyl ether with carbon monoxide in a reaction medium containing water, methyl iodide, and a catalyst to produce a reaction product that contains acetic acid; separating the reaction product to provide a volatile phase containing acetic acid, water, and methyl iodide and a less volatile phase; distilling the volatile phase to produce a purified acetic acid product and a first overhead containing water, methyl acetate, and methyl iodide; phase separating the first overhead to provide a first liquid phase containing water and a second liquid phase containing methyl iodide; and adding dimethyl ether to the process in an amount effective to enhance separation of the first overhead to form the first and second liquid phases.

Disclosed are methods of treating subterranean formations with rapidly hydratable treatment fluids based upon heteropolysaccharides. In particular, the invention relates to treatment methods with fluids containing a heteropolysaccharide, aqueous medium, and an electrolyte, wherein the fluids may further include a gas component, a surfactant and / or an organoamino compound. The fluids exhibit good rheological properties at elevated temperatures, and unusually rapid hydration rates which allows utilizing such fluids without the need of hydration tanks.

The invention relates to polymeric ultrafiltration or microfiltration membranes of, for instance, Halar, PVDF or PP, incorporating PVME or vinyl methyl ether monomers. The PVME may be present as a coating on the membrane or dispersed throughout the membrane or both. The membranes are preferably hydrophilic with a highly asymmetric structure with a reduced pore size and / or absence of macrovoids as a result of the addition of PVME. The PVME maybe cross-linked. The invention also relates to methods of hydrophilising membranes and / or preparing hydrophilic membranes via thermal or diffusion induced phase separation processed.

The present invention relates to processes for preparing a glucopyranosyl-substituted benzyl-benzene derivative of general formula III,wherein R1 is defined according to claim 1.

A high sulfur content crude oil feedstream is treated by mixing one or more selected solvents with a sulfur-containing crude oil feedstream for a predetermined period of time, allowing the mixture to separate and form a sulfur-rich solvent-containing liquid phase and a crude oil phase of substantially lowered sulfur content, withdrawing the sulfur-rich stream and regenerating the solvent, hydrotreating the remaining sulfur-rich stream to remove or substantially reduce the sulfur-containing compounds to provide a hydrotreated low sulfur content stream, and mixing the hydrotreated stream with the separated crude oil phase to thereby provide a treated crude oil product stream of substantially reduced sulfur content and without significant volume loss.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a separator. The method includes (S1) preparing a porous planar substrate having a plurality of pores, (S2) preparing a slurry containing inorganic particles dispersed therein and a polymer solution including a first binder polymer and a second binder polymer in a solvent, and coating the slurry on at least one surface of the porous substrate, (S3) spraying a non-solvent incapable of dissolving the second binder polymer on the slurry, and (S4) simultaneously removing the solvent and the non-solvent by drying. According to the method, a separator with good bindability to electrodes can be manufactured in an easy manner. In addition, problems associated with the separation of inorganic particles in the course of manufacturing an electrochemical device can be avoided.

The invention relates to polymeric ultrafiltration or microfiltration membranes of, for instance, Halar, PVDF or PP, incorporating PVME or vinyl methyl ether monomers. The PVME may be present as a coating on the membrane or dispersed throughout the membrane or both. The membranes are preferably hydrophilic with a highly asymmetric structure with a reduced pore size and / or absence of macrovoids as a result of the addition of PVME. The PVME maybe cross-linked. The invention also relates to methods of hydrophilising membranes and / or preparing hydrophilic membranes via thermal or diffusion induced phase separation processed.

Highly porous substance-selective polymeric membranes are produced by co-polymerisation of functional monomers and cross-linker in the presence of template, plasticiser (non-extractable component), and pore-forming component (extractable component). Extraction of the template and porogen molecules leads to the formation of small (<100 nm) and large (>500 nm) pores, including small pores having a shape and arrangement of functional groups complementary to the template molecule. The membranes possess enhanced affinity towards the template and its analogues and also have high flexibility and porosity. Such membranes can be used in analytical chemistry (as sensor elements and for solid-phase extraction materials) for applications in pharmacology, medicine, the food industry, water purification and environmental clean up.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a separator. The method includes (S1) preparing a porous planar substrate having a plurality of pores, (S2) preparing a slurry containing inorganic particles dispersed therein and a polymer solution including a first binder polymer and a second binder polymer in a solvent, and sequentially coating the slurry on the porous substrate through a first discharge hole and a non-solvent incapable of dissolving the second binder polymer on the slurry through a second discharge hole adjacent to the first discharge hole, and (S3) simultaneously removing the solvent and the non-solvent by drying. According to the method, a separator with good bindability to electrodes can be manufactured in an easy manner. In addition, problems associated with the separation of inorganic particles in the course of manufacturing an electrochemical device can be avoided.

The invention relates to a styrene-butadiene copolymer as well as a preparation method and applications thereof. The styrene-butadiene copolymer is obtained by regulating an arrangement mode of a polystyrene chain segment and a polybutadiene chain segment, wherein the polybutadiene chain segment can freely move. The copolymer is mainly used for preparing high-gloss and high-impact-resistance polystyrene. According to the styrene-butadiene copolymer provided by the invention, the viscosity of 5 % styrene solution of the styrene-butadiene copolymer is low, the styrene-butadiene copolymer exists in a polystyrene polymer molecular chain mainly in a block mode when being added into the polystyrene, can also freely flow in the polystyrene, can be used for improving the physical and mechanical properties of the polystyrene and is particularly used for keeping high gloss of the polystyrene when the properties are impacted.

The invention provides a method for preparing a homogeneous anion exchange membrane. In the method, a graft high polymer is synthesized by an atom transfer radical polymerization process, wherein the hydrophobic-main-chain and hydrophilic-side-chain structure of the graft high polymer is favorable for the phase separation of hydrophilic groups from hydrophobic groups; meanwhile, the graft high polymer has an ion exchange group and can dissolve in a solvent to form a homogenous membrane casting liquid. In a membrane forming process, the phase separation caused by the coexistence of the hydrophilic groups and the hydrophobic groups in the graft high polymer leas to the formation of an ion transfer channel; therefore, the conductivity of the prepared homogeneous anion exchange membrane is high. In the invention, an alkaline functional monomer is also prepared by using an alkaline functional reagent and p-chloromethylstyrene as reaction raw materials, wherein the preparation process of the alkaline functional monomer is easy to control, the reaction conditions are mild, the need of using a large amount of alkaline functional reagent is obviated, and thus the waste of the alkaline functional reagent is avoided.

The invention belongs to the technical field of acrylic coatings, and discloses an acrylic organosilicone water-emulsion coating as well as a preparation method and an application for the same. The acrylic organosilicone water-emulsion coating comprises the following components in the following parts by weight: 100 parts of water, 0.1-4 parts of an emulsifier, 5-20 parts of liquid hydrogen-containing polymethyl siloxane, and 5-50 parts of acrylic polymers. The organosilicone content of the acrylic organosilicone water-emulsion coating disclosed by the invention is up to more than 10% in the polymers, organosilicone and the acrylic polymers are compounded in a wide range, and curing film-forming is performed at a room temperature. The preparation process disclosed by the invention is simple, and the obtained emulsion is good in stability; and after curing film-forming, the acrylic organosilicone water-emulsion coating is good in mechanical performance (wherein the hardness can be up to 3 H), excellent in waterproof and hydrophobic performances, acid-base resistance, weather resistance, and adhesive force (which can be up to 2.5 MPa), and proper in peel strength (which can be up to 23 g / cm).

The present invention provides a clear, low viscosity photocurable composition including (i) a cationically curable compound (ii) an acrylate-containing compound (iii) a polyol-containing mixture (iv) a cationic photoinitiator and (v) a free radical photoinitiator. The photocurable composition can be cured using rapid prototyping techniques to form opaque-white three-dimensional articles having ABS-like properties.

In the process of recovering platinum group metals from platinum group metal- and base metal-containing materials, the present invention uses reductants and a sulfur-deficient matte to aide the separation of the furnace matte from the furnace slag and therefore improve recovery of platinum group metals.

Nanoporous three-dimensional networks of polyurethane particles, e.g., polyurethane aerogels, and methods of preparation are presented herein. Such nanoporous networks may include polyurethane particles made up of linked polyisocyanate and polyol monomers. In some cases, greater than about 95% of the linkages between the polyisocyanate monomers and the polyol monomers are urethane linkages. To prepare such networks, a mixture including polyisocyanate monomers (e.g., diisocyanates, triisocyanates), polyol monomers (diols, triols), and a solvent is provided. The polyisocyanate and polyol monomers may be aliphatic or aromatic. A polyurethane catalyst is added to the mixture causing formation of linkages between the polyisocyanate monomers and the polyol monomers. Phase separation of particles from the reaction medium can be controlled to enable formation of polyurethane networks with desirable nanomorphologies, specific surface area, and mechanical properties. Various properties of such networks of polyurethane particles (e.g., strength, stiffness, flexibility, thermal conductivity) may be tailored depending on which monomers are provided in the reaction.

The invention discloses a method for extracting and separating molybdenum (VI) in an aqueous solution. The method is mainly characterized in that a non-ionic surface active agent, the molybdenum-containing aqueous solution, a saline solution and deionized water are mixed and stirred evenly, the concentration of the non-ionic surface active agent is 50-300 g / L, the concentration of molybdenum is 1-40 g / L, and the salt concentration is 50-300 g / L; the pH value is adjusted to 1-4, the mixture is subjected to still standing and phase separation after being stirred for 10-60 min at 25-80 DEG C, phase separation is conducted for 10-60 min, an aqueous two-phase system with the upper phase being a non-ionic surface active agent phase loading the molybdenum and the lower phase being an aqueous phase, and the concentration of the molybdenum in the non-ionic surface active agent phase loading the molybdenum is 2-80 g / L; the reextraction temperature is 25-80 DEG C, the time is 10-60 min, phase separation is conducted for 10-60 min, the phase ratio of the non-ionic surface active agent phase loading the molybdenum to an ammonium sulfate aqueous solution is 1 to 5, and the reextraction product is ammonium molybdate. According to the method, the extraction rate is high, good phase separation is achieved, the molybdenum extraction rate reaches 95% or above, and the molybdenum reextraction rate reaches 95% or above.

The invention discloses methods for making photonic bandgap structures and photonic bandgap structures made by those processes. In one embodiment, the photonic bandgap structure is flexible. In another photonic bandgap structure, the structure has a graded, periodic grating. One embodiment of a method according to the present invention comprises the steps of preparing a pre-polymer mixture, positioning that mixture between two slides, exposing the mixture to electromagnetic radiation, curing the mixture, and discarding at least one of the slides. In another embodiment of the method, the pre-polymer mixture is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation through a prism. In one embodiment of the method, the pre-polymer mixture is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation through a lens.In one embodiment of the invention, the photonic bandgap structure is used as a filter in a multispectral imaging device comprising a imaging device, the filter, a processor, and an electronic image storage device.

The invention discloses a ternary all-polymer solar cell and belongs to the technical field of photovoltaics. A non-fullerene small molecule receptor with strong crystallinity is added to an optical active layer of a binary all-polymer solar cell as a third component. An inversion structure is adopted by the cell; and the optical active layer is prepared from the following components in percentages by weight: 41.6-50% of an electron donor, 41.6-50% of an electron receptor and 0-16.6% of the non-fullerene small molecule receptor with the strong crystallinity. A non-fullerene small molecule receptor material with strong crystallinity is added to the optical active layer, so that spectral absorption is widened, phase separation is improved and bimolecular charge recombination can be inhibited, thereby causing more effective charge generation and transportation, improving the short-circuit current density of a device and finally improving the photoelectric conversion property of the device. The ternary all-polymer solar cell disclosed by the invention has the advantages of being high in photoelectric conversion property, simple in preparation process, short in process and low in cost.

Aromatic amines produced by hydrogenation of the corresponding nitroaromatic compounds are purified in a specified manner. In the purification procedure, the particular amine is initially mixed with an aqueous solution of a base. The organic and aqueous phases are then separated by adding excess water.

The addition of a compatible metal salt crystal to the organic solution entering the mixer(s) in the solvent extraction stage(s) and / or the stripping stage(s), or to the emulsion mixture of the organic solution and the aqueous solution in the mixer(s), or to the mixture of the organic solution and the aqueous solution in a settler tank(s) following the mixer(s) in the solvent extraction and / or stripping stage(s) following the leaching of metal values from the ore containing that / those value(s) into an aqueous solution, and prior to the further refining of those values in processes, such as electrowinning, during mining operations for those metal values in order to improve the phase separation of the organic phase and the aqueous phase, and to promote the removal of contaminants from the organic phase.

A carbon nanotube-metal particle composite includes: carbon nanotubes, polymer layer, and metal particles. The polymer layer is coated on a surface of the carbon nanotubes and defines a number of uniformly distributed pores. the metal particles are located in the pores. A catalyst including the carbon nanotube-metal particle composite is also disclosed.

A liquid-liquid-liquid three-phase continuous and countercurrent extraction apparatus comprises a three-phase-mixing chamber, a three-liquid-flow settler, and a two-phase-mixing chamber; a liquid-flow control separator placed in the three-liquid-flow settler aims to flexibly regulate the directions of three liquid flows in the three-phase system by different control separator combinations to achieve either a countercurrent operation of the top-layered phase with the middle-bottom two-layered mixtures, or a countercurrent operation of the top-middle two-layered mixtures with the bottom-layered phase; and a method of using the same, relating to extraction and separation field of chemical technology.

A polymer product comprising a plurality of compounds of formula (I): The product can be prepared by polymerising a lactam or lactone in the presence of a urethane diol or polyol. The products are useful in the production of polyurethane coatings.

Disclosed are methods of treating subterranean formations with rapidly hydratable treatment fluids based upon heteropolysaccharides. In particular, the invention relates to treatment methods with fluids containing a heteropolysaccharide, aqueous medium, and an electrolyte, wherein the fluids may further include a gas component, a surfactant and / or an organoamino compound. The fluids exhibit good rheological properties at elevated temperatures, and unusually rapid hydration rates which allows utilizing such fluids without the need of hydration tanks.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of halogenated butyl rubber and an apparatus for the production of rubber cement for use in the production of halogenated butyl rubber. The process and apparatus permit direct mixing of aqueous rubber slurry with a non-halogenated organic solvent to make a rubber cement solution. The water layer is then separated from the partially dissolved rubber cement and the cement phase is sent for halogenation. The apparatus is an enclosed vessel comprised of at least one dissolving zone and at least one separator zone. The process and apparatus advantageously employ recycle of rubber cement in order to disrupt an interface layer that forms between the water and rubber cement, to thereby improve continuously operation of the process.

The invention relates to a small-size block polymer material assembled at a low quenching temperature as well as preparation and application of the small-size block polymer material. Particularly, the invention discloses a block copolymer which has a glass transition temperature below 120 DEG C. The invention also discloses a preparation method and the application of the block copolymer. The block copolymer can realize excellent phase separation and rapid patterning at a relatively low annealing temperature (e.g., 80 DEG C) and relatively short annealing time (e.g., 30 seconds), and is etched to obtain a photoetch pattern with extremely high resolution (e.g., 5 nm half-pitch), thereby providing a new photoetch means for the further extension of Moore's Law and photoetching semiconductors smaller than 10 nm, even 5 nm (half-pitch).

Improved methods for producing colloidal dispersions of cerium-containing oxide nanoparticles in substantially non-polar solvents is disclosed. The cerium-containing oxide nanoparticles of an aqueous colloid are transferred to a substantially non-polar liquid comprising one or more amphiphilic materials, one or more low-polarity solvents, and, optionally, one or more glycol ether promoter materials. The transfer is achieved by mixing the aqueous and substantially non-polar materials, forming an emulsion, followed by a phase separation into a remnant polar solution phase and a substantially non-polar organic colloid phase. The organic colloid phase is then collected. The promoter functions to speed the transfer of nanoparticles to the low-polarity phase. The promoter accelerates the phase separation, and also provides improved colloidal stability of the final substantially non-polar colloidal dispersion. The glycol ether promoter reduces the temperature necessary to achieve the phase separation, while providing high extraction yield of nanoparticles into the low-polarity organic phase. In addition, use of particular amphiphilic materials, such as heptanoic acid or octanoic acid, enable efficient extractions at ambient temperatures without the use of a glycol ether promoter.

The invention discloses a method for treating a chemical nickel plating concentrated waste liquid by a solvent extraction method and an ion exchange method. The method comprises adjusting a chemical nickel plating concentrated waste liquid concentration to 6-7 by NaOH, fully mixing the waste liquid subjected to pH adjustment and an extractant, carrying out standing for two phase layering, separating the two phases to obtain organic and water phases, wherein the water phase is a nickel-free solution and the organic phase is a loading organic phase, fully mixing sulfuric acid and the above organic phase, carrying out standing for two phase layering, separating the two phases to obtain a water phase and an organic phase, wherein the water phase is a nickel sulfate solution and the organic phase is an extractant, treating the nickel-free solution by an alkalescent anion exchange resin column to remove hypophosphite, carrying out cooling to precipitate sodium sulfate crystals, and adding nickel sulfate and hypophosphite into the sodium sulfate crystals to obtain a regenerated chemical nickel plating liquid for direct chemical nickel plating. The method has the advantages of high extraction efficiency, environmental friendliness, simple operation, low cost and high economic value.

A separation device with a gas inlet port that accepts an inlet gas. The inlet gas is composed of a mixture of at least two separable particle components with each component having a different mass. A rotating separation rotor accepts the inlet gas and uses a separator to substantially separate the gas according to mass into two fractions, a heavier and a lighter fraction. One of the fractions is passed to a second separator that further separates that fraction into another two fractions consisting of heavier and lighter fractions. The desired fractions are collected and exhausted from the separation device for use.