8273 results about "Organic acid" patented technology

A method is disclosed for the recovery of an organic acid from a dilute salt solution in which the cation of the salt forms an insoluble carbonate salt. An amine and CO₂ are introduced to the solution to form the insoluble carbonate salt and a complex between the acid and the amine. The acid/amine complex is thermally dissociated, or “cracked”, in the presence of a water immiscible solvent in which the amine is selectively soluble and in which the acid is not appreciably soluble. The organic acid may then be recovered from the water by any suitable means such as distillation, reactive distillation, extraction, or reactive extraction.

An apparatus for detecting chemical substances which is high in sensitivity and selectivity is provided.

An organic acid or an organic acid salt is used to generate an organic acid gas from an organic acid gas generator 3 to be mixed with a sample gas for introduction into an ion source 4 for ionization, thereby obtaining a mass spectrum by a mass analysis region 5. A data processor 6 determines the detection or non-detection of a specific m/z of an organic acid adduct ion obtained by adding a molecule generated from the organic acid to a molecule with specific m/z generated from a target chemical substance to be detected based on the obtained mass spectrum. When there is an ion peak with the m/z of the organic acid adduct ion, the presence of the target chemical substance to be detected is determined, and an alarm is sounded. False detection can be prevented.

There is provided a substrate processing method capable of increasing an etching rate of a copper member without using a halogen gas. A Cu layer 40 having a smoothened surface 50 is obtained, and then, a processing gas produced by adding a methane gas to a hydrogen gas is introduced into an inner space of a processing chamber 15. Plasma is generated from this processing gas. In the inner space of the processing chamber 15, there exist oxygen radicals 52 generated when an oxide layer 42 is etched, and carbon radicals 53 generated from methane. The oxygen radicals 52 and the carbon radicals 53 are compounded to generate an organic acid, and the organic acid makes a reaction with copper atoms of the Cu layer 40. As a result, a complex of the organic acid having the copper atoms is generated, and the generated organic acid complex is vaporized.

A process to produce terephthalic acid is provided, the process including the steps of: providing a feed stream comprising a dialkyl substituted aromatic and in an organic acid solvent: contacting the feed stream with an oxidant, the oxidant containing at least 50% by volume oxygen and at an oxygen partial pressure of at least 1 psia, at a temperature between about 80 DEG C. and about 130 DEG C., in the presence of a catalyst system comprising zirconium and cobalt, wherein the contacting is done in a stirred tank reactor; removing from the stirred tank reactor a vapor stream comprising the organic acid, water vapor and unreacted oxidant; condensing at least a portion of the organic acid and water from the vapor stream; separating at least a portion of the water from the organic acid back to the stirred tank reactor; returning at least a portion of the condensed organic acid back to the stirred tank reactor; continuously recovering from the stirred tank reactor a product comprising a diacid substituted aromatic; isolating solid crystals of diacid substituted aromatic from the reactor product; and recovering from the solid crystals a diacid substituted aromatic having a purity of preferably at least 97% by weight.

In a biosensor for measuring a specific substance in a liquid sample, one or a combination of sugar alcohol, metallic salt, organic acid or organic acid salt which has at least one carboxyl group in a molecule, and organic acid or organic acid salt which has at least one carboxyl group and one amino group in a molecule, is included in a reagent layer provided on electrodes, thereby providing a highly-accurate biosensor which is excellent in stability and has high response (sensitivity, linearity) of the sensor to the substrate concentration.

A composition for removal of chemical residues from metal or dielectric surfaces or for chemical mechanical polishing of a copper or aluminum surface is an aqueous solution with a pH between about 3.5 and about 7. The composition contains a monofunctional, difunctional or trifunctional organic acid and a buffering amount of a quaternary amine, ammonium hydroxide, hydroxylamine, hydroxylamine salt, hydrazine or hydrazine salt base. A method in accordance with the invention for removal of chemical residues from a metal or dielectric surface comprises contacting the metal or dielectric surface with the above composition for a time sufficient to remove the chemical residues. A method in accordance with the invention for chemical mechanical polishing of a copper or aluminum surface comprises applying the above composition to the copper or aluminum surface, and polishing the surface in the presence of the composition.

A system is disclosed for hydrogen generation based on hydrolysis of solid chemical hydrides with the capability of controlled startup and stop characteristics wherein regulation of acid concentration, acid feed rate, or a combination of both control the rate of hydrogen generation. The system comprises a first chamber for storing a solid chemical hydride and a second chamber for storing an acidic reagent. The solid chemical hydride is a solid metal borohydride having the general formula MBH₄, where M is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal cations, alkaline earth metal cations, aluminum cation, zinc cation, and ammonium cation. The acidic reagent may comprise inorganic acids such as the mineral acids hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid, and organic acids such as acetic acid, formic acid, maleic acid, citric acid, and tartaric acid, or mixtures thereof.

A method of producing substantially pure HMF, HMF esters and other derivatives from a carbohydrate source by contacting the carbohydrate source with a solid phase catalyst. A carbohydrate starting material is heated in a solvent in a column and continuously flowed through a solid phase catalyst in the presence of an organic acid, or heated with the organic acid and a solid catalyst in solution to form a HMF ester. Heating without organic acid forms HMF. The resulting product is purified by filtration to remove the unreacted starting materials and catalyst. The HMF ester or a mixture of HMF and HMF ester may then be oxidized to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) by combining the HMF ester with an organic acid, cobalt acetate, manganese acetate and sodium bromide under pressure. Alternatively, the HMF ester may be reduced to form a furan or tetrahydrofuran diol.

A light-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a hydrophilic substrate provided thereon with a layer sensitive to infrared light rays comprising (A) a polymer represented by the following general formula (I); (B) an organic acid and/or a cyclic acid anhydride; and (C) a light-heat conversion substance. The light-sensitive lithographic printing plate is excellent in the both printing durability and the developing latitude.

A simple, biocompatible system and procedure for generating nitric oxide (NO) is described. A mixture of powdered sodium nitrite, ascorbic acid, and maleic acid (or another organic acid of adequate strength) immediately generates nitric oxide (NO) on treatment with water. To slow down the NO generation, one may prepare an ointment from a nonaqueous medium (petrolatum, Vaseline™) and the three powdered ingredients, which on being applied topically on the skin will release NO as water permeates through this medium; alternatively, one may convert the aqueous sodium nitrite solution into a gel with hydroxyethylcellulose (or other gel-forming compound) and combine this gel with another gel obtained from aqueous ascorbic and maleic acids with hydroxyethylcellulose for topical application (on intact skin, burns intra-cavity, burns, intra-cavity, etc.). The two gels may be admixed immediately before use (possibly from a single container with separate chambers and dual nozzle, via pushing or squeezing the two gels through the nozzle), or may be applied in sandwich-like fashion (possibly as a transdermal patch) for further slowing down the delivery of NO.

Melt-processable, highly-neutralized ethylene, C3 to C8 alpha,beta ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and process for making them. Copolymers are made by incorporating a C4 to less than a C36 aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid and neutralizing greater than 90% to 100% of the acid groups present concurrently with or subsequently to the incorporation of the organic acid.

Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin metathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various metathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture and reused. Internal olefin compounds, specifically beta-substituted styrenes, are used as ligand precursors. Compared to terminal olefin compounds such as unsubstituted styrenes, the beta-substituted styrenes are easier and less costly to prepare, and more stable since they are less prone to spontaneous polymerization. Methods of preparing chelating-carbene metathesis catalysts without the use of CuCl are disclosed. This eliminates the need for CuCl by replacing it with organic acids, mineral acids, mild oxidants or even water, resulting in high yields of Hoveyda-type metathesis catalysts. The invention provides an efficient method for preparing chelating-carbene metathesis catalysts by reacting a suitable ruthenium complex in high concentrations of the ligand precursors followed by crystallization from an organic solvent.

Specific core-shell binders and additives for use in ink-jet printing ink compositions are provided. One class of specific core/shell binders has the general formula [AmBnC'p]x, where A and B are hydrophobic components in which A exhibits a glass transition temperature Tg between about -150° and +25° C. and B exhibits a glass transition temperature greater than 25° C., C' is a component that forms a hydrophilic or water-soluble component in the polymer chain, and has an ionic or non-ionic structure, m<30 wt %, n>40 wt %, and p<30 wt %, with the total of m+n+p=100 wt %, and x=1 to 100,000. The molecular weight (weight average) of the polymer is between about 1,000 and 2,000,000. The polymers useful in the practice of the invention are prepared by emulsifying the monomers and then conducting a free-radical polymerization in water. The foregoing binder polymer is used in conjunction with additives comprising either (a) amine alcohols having the general formulawhere R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, and phenoxy, R is alkyl, X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, -OH, -COOH, -CHO, and substituted groups or (b) organic acids (water-soluble or water-dispersive), including polymeric acids. Other additives include amines, polyalcohols, polyamines, and polyesters. In the ink compositions of the present invention, the ratio of binder (1) to colorant (pigment) is greater than 1 to 10. The concentration of the additive is within the range of 0.005 to 50 wt %. The general ink formulation comprises: 5 to 50 wt % water-miscible solvent; 0.5 to 10 wt % colorant; 0.005 to 50 wt % additive; and water.

An antimicrobial composition that involves a synergistic mixture in terms of active agents, of a primary antimicrobial agent, such as polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), a secondary antimicrobial agent, and optionally an organic acid against various kinds of microbes is described. Various additional processing aids, such as alcohols and surfactants, may also be incorporated within the mixture. The composition allows one to use a significantly less concentration of individual constituent antimicrobial agents to achieve the same or a better degree of antimicrobial efficacy. The antimicrobial composition can be applied to the surface of almost any kind of substrate material, and can achieve a killing-efficacy of about 3 Log₁₀ reduction in microbes within 30 minutes under ambient conditions.

An antibody-containing solution formulation comprising an organic acid and a surfactant as stabilizers; a method for suppressing the formation of visible insoluble matter and/or insoluble particles due to the presence of metal ions in an antibody-containing solution formulation, which comprises adding an organic acid to the solution; a method for suppressing the formation of visible insoluble matter and/or insoluble particles during shaking and freezing-thawing of an antibody-containing solution, which comprises adding a surfactant to the solution; and a method for stabilizing an antibody-containing solution, which comprises adding an organic acid and a surfactant.

The invention provides a plant nutrient solution for soilless culture of tomato. The plant nutrient solution is prepared by the following raw materials in part by weight: 2 to 4 parts of potassium nitrate, 3 to 8 parts of calcium nitrate, 1 to 5 parts of magnesium sulfate, 1 to 3 parts of potassium phosphate, 1 to 2 parts of potassium sulphate, 1 to 2 parts of monopotassium phosphate, 0.1 to 0.15 part of Na2-EDTA, 0.05 to 0.1 part of Fe-EDTA, 0.01 to 0.05 part of molybdic acid, 0.01 to 0.03 part of manganese sulfate, 0.3 to 0.5 part of sodium tetraborate, 2 to 4 parts of superphosphate, 0.003 to 0.01 part of zinc sulfate, 0.001 to 0.002 part of copper sulfate, 0.001 to 0.003 part of ammonium nitrate, 1 to 3 parts of urea, 1 to 2 parts of organic acid, 0.5 to 1 part of beta cyclodextrin, 0.05 to 0.1 part of vitamin B, 2 to 4 parts of chitosan, 1 to 2 parts of nicotinamide, 0.5 to 2 parts of amino acid, 0.3 to 0.5 part of diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate, 0.02 to 0.5 part of gibberellin, and 5,000 to 7,000 parts of water. According to experiment, the plant nutrient solution provided by the invention can be used for carrying out soilless culture of tomato, and the tomato has high plant height, thick stem, high cluster and high output.

A smokeless tobacco product is provided. A tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of that product comprises a tobacco formulation including a granular tobacco composition enclosed within a water-permeable pouch that has been treated with a substance selected from the group consisting of: an analgesic, a buffer, a coloring, an effervescent, or an organic acid.

A catalytic combustion improver of coal for increasing combustion efficiency and decreasing the exhaust of SO2, CO and NOx is composed of the primary raw materials chosen from 17 salts of organic acid, including acetate, oxalate, succinate, etc, the organic compound prepared by reaction between 17 organic acids and ore, metal, metallic oxide, or compound, chloride, etc, and the secondary raw materials chosen from high-caloricity agent, surface coating agent, solvent, assistant, emulsifying disperser, sulfur fixating agent and filler.

The invention relates to cationic asphalt emulsifier and preparation method and application thereof. The main agent of the cationic asphalt emulsifier is prepared through the reaction of quaternarization reagent and intermediate at molar ratio of 0.5-3:1, wherein the intermediate is produced in the reaction of organic acid mixture and organic amine at molar ratio of 1: 1-3. The adjuvant agent of the cationic asphalt emulsifier is the combination of, based on the main agent by weight, 0.1-2.5% of nonionic surfactant and 0.1-2.5% of modifier. The organic acid mixture is the mixture of linear, branched or naphthene-containing organic acid with small relative pace steric effect and organic acid with big relative space steric effect at molar ratio of 1: 3- 3: 1. The quaternarization reagent is epichlorohydrin, hydrochloric acid, chloromethane, dimethyl sulfate or chloroacetic acid. The modifier is one or more of aluminum sulfate, ammonium chloride and calcium chloride and the nonionic surfactant is fatty alcohol-polyoxyethylene ether. The emulsifier has no bad effects to the property of the asphalt, has wide application range and can satisfy different construction conditions.

The invention provides polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams and methods for the preparation thereof More particularly, the invention relates to open-celled, polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams and methods for their preparation. The foams are characterized by a fine uniform cell structure and little or no foam collapse. The foams are produced with a polyol premix composition which comprises a combination of a hydrohaloolefin blowing agent, a polyol, a silicone surfactant, and a catalyst which is an adduct of an amine and an organic acid.

The invention in particular relates to passivation solution without chrome which is used for galvanized sheets and a method thereof. The technical scheme thereof comprises: firstly, dissolving inorganic salt corrosion inhibitor, then, adding the inorganic salt corrosion inhibitor into a stirred tank, adding dispersant, organic acid, sealant, silicone-acrylate emulsion and water while stirring, then, using inorganic acid or alkali to regulate the pH value to be 2.0-5.0, and then stirring for 1-2 hours under the condition that the temperature is 20-30 DEG C, the content of the components of each liter is: the inorganic salt corrosion inhibitor 10-55g, additive 4-10g, the organic acid 5-20g, the sealant 5-30g, the silicone-acrylate emulsion 150-300g, and the rest is the water. The method of the invention can additionally form a layer of organic resin separate layer on the basis of forming an inorganic metal compound precipitation film, additionally, since the silicon compound is added, not only the binding force between a passivation layer and zinc coating can be increased, but also the corrosion resistance, the scrubbing resistance and the wear resistance of the passivation layer can be increased, and the coating treatment after passivation can not be affected.

An organic-based uniprill fertilizer is provided. To produce the fertilizer, organic matter is sequentially pre-treated by first mixing it in a first grinder with a lime admixture, then adding a slurry of reagents and binders, followed by a mixture of acids. The acids can include sulfuric and phosphoric acids, in addition to nitric acid and various organic acids such as citric and fulvic acid, depending on the end requirements of the fertilizer product. Following the mixing of the pre-product with the mixture of acids and reagents, the resultant raw product is preferably processed through a second grinder. This grinding further dries, mixes and granulates the raw product. The particle size of the completed fertilizer is reduced into a flowable, user safe uniprill product that can be further ground to reduce its moisture. Further drying may be necessary for bag or bulk product, or it can be liquified by high speed blending or micro-fluidized for sprinkler or drip applications. The uniprill fertilizer comprises small, preferably microscopic particles that are homogenous in nature, in that any single particle is substantially identical in composition to all other particles of the fertilizer. Additionally, each uniprill particle contains substantially all sixteen nutriments and minerals required for the growth of healthy plants.

The invention relates to a method for recovering and preparing lithium cobalt oxide by using a disused lithium battery, belonging to the technical field of recovery and recycle of electrode materials.The method comprises the steps of: discharging, disassembling, smashing, NMP processing and burning a disused lithium battery sequentially, to obtain a disused LiCoO2 material; ball-milling the disused LiCoO2 material and adding natural organic acid and hydrogen peroxide to obtain a solution of Li<+> and Co<2+>; adding lithium salt or cobalt salt after filtering, and then heating by water bath; dropwise adding ammonia water in the solution to prepare a xerogel; and performing secondary burning to obtain an electrode material of lithium cobalt oxide. The method has the advantages that the electrochemical properties of the electrode material of the disused lithium battery can be recycled with obvious effect as well as simple and easy operation; the natural organic acid used in the process of acid dipping has small damage to apparatus; and the method is environment friendly and efficient, and has low cost, simple technique, high recovery rate and industrialized promotion.

A barrier polishing liquid is provided that includes (a) a nonionic surfactant represented by Formula (I) below, (b) at least one type of organic acid selected from the group consisting of an aromatic sulfonic acid, an aromatic carboxylic acid, and a derivative thereof, (c) colloidal silica, and (d) benzotriazole or a derivative thereof.

(In Formula (I), R¹ to R⁶ independently denote a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons, X and Y independently denote an ethyleneoxy group or a propyleneoxy group, and m and n independently denote an integer of 0 to 20.) There is also provided a chemical mechanical polishing method that includes supplying the barrier polishing liquid to a polishing pad on a polishing platen at a flow rate per unit area of a semiconductor substrate per unit time of 0.035 to 0.25 mL/(min·cm²), and polishing by making the polishing pad and a surface to be polished move relative to each other while they are in a contacted state.

A pharmaceutical dosage form such as a capsule capable of delivering therapeutic agents into the body in a time-controlled or position-controlled pulsatile release fashion, is composed of a multitude of multicoated particulates (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) made of one or more populations of beads. Each of these beads except an immediate release bead has at least two coated membrane barriers. One of the membrane barriers is composed of an enteric polymer while the second membrane barrier is composed of a mixture of water insoluble polymer and an enteric polymer. The composition and the thickness of the polymeric membrane barriers determine the lag time and duration of drug release from each of the bead populations. Optionally, an organic acid containing intermediate membrane may be applied for further modifying the lag time and/or the duration of drug release. The pulsatile delivery may comprise one or more pulses to provide a plasma concentration-time profile for a therapeutic agent, predicted based on both its pharmaco-kinetic and pharmaco-dynamic considerations and in vitro/in vivo correlations.

The invention provides a full-component resource reclamation method for waste positive electrode materials of lithium ion batteries. The method comprises the following steps: 1) separating active substances and aluminum foils in waste positive electrode materials of lithium ion batteries by using an aqueous solution of fluorine-containing organic acid and carrying out liquid-solid-solid separation so as to obtain leachate, the lithium-containing active substances and the aluminum foils; 2) respectively carrying out high temperature roasting and impurity removal with alkali liquor on the lithium-containing active substances; 3) respectively carrying out recovery of the fluorine-containing organic acid through addition of acid and distillation, deposition of impurity ions through addition of alkali and ammonium carbonate coprecipitation on the leachate so as to prepare nickel-cobalt-manganese carbonate ternary precursor; and 4) carrying out component regulation on a mixture of the treated active substances and the nickel-cobalt-manganese carbonate ternary precursor, adding lithium carbonate in a certain proportion and carrying out high temperature solid phase sintering so as to prepare a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide ternary positive electrode material. The method provided in the invention has the following advantages: the application scope of the method is wide; separation efficiency of the lithium-containing active substances and the aluminum foils is high; short-flow direct re-preparation of positive electrode materials in waste lithium ion batteries is realized; and the method is applicable to large-scale resource reclamation of waste lithium ion batteries.

Preparations for percutaneous absorption comprising a basic drug or its salt dissolved in a liquid component and having an enhanced percutaneous absorbability and a safety to the skin, i.e., the administration site. The preparations for percutaneous absorption, preferably patches, contain a basic drug or its salt, an organic acid or its salt and a liquid component having a solubility parameter of from 7 to 13 (cal/cm³)^1/2 and a have a very excellent skin permeability of the drug.

A metal oxide-containing film is formed from a heat curable composition comprising (A) a metal oxide-containing compound obtained through hydrolytic condensation between a hydrolyzable silicon compound and a hydrolyzable metal compound, (B) a hydroxide or organic acid salt of Li, Na, K, Rb or Cs, or a sulfonium, iodonium or ammonium compound, (C) an organic acid, and (D) an organic solvent. The metal oxide-containing film ensures effective pattern formation.

An image forming method of the present invention including applying a pretreatment liquid to a recording medium, and discharging an inkjet recording ink dropwise according to an image signal to form an image on the recording medium on which the pretreatment liquid has been applied, wherein the recording medium is regular paper which has no coat layer, the pretreatment liquid contains a cationic polymer compound, a surfactant A, water and a water-soluble organic acid, and the inkjet recording ink contains a water-dispersible colorant, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant B, a penetrating agent and water, and wherein the pretreatment liquid has a static surface tension of 20 mN/m to 30 mN/m.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a catalytic wet oxidation catalyst and a treatment method of organic wastewater. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1) taking a porous inert material as a carrier, and performing pre-impregnation treatment on the carrier by adopting an organic acid solution; and (2) preparing an impregnating solution with a water-soluble compound containing transition metal elements and a water-soluble compound containing auxiliary elements, impregnating the carrier after treatment in the step (1) with the impregnating solution, drying in shade for 12-48 hours in air at appropriate humidity, then drying and roasting to obtain a final catalyst. When the catalyst prepared by the method disclosed by the invention is used for high-concentration organic wastewater, the characteristics of high activity, good stability and the like are realized, and the energy consumption and the investment can be reduced.