An improved water treating composition comprising about 45 to 85 percent alkali metal hexametaphosphate, about 5 to 35 percent alkali metal pyrophosphate, and about 3 to 30 percent di-alkali metal orthophosphate. The preferred composition is a 70-20-10 composition, containing 70 percent sodium hexametaphosphate, about 20 percent sodium hydrogen pyrophosphate, and about 10 percent dipotassium orthophosphate. The invention also provides a method for treating water which comprises adding the forego...

A novel adhesive composed of a water-insoluble high molecular weight polyvinyl compound and a water-solubilizing amount of an alkali metal anionic surface active agent, improved by adding a water-soluble polyvalent metal inorganic salt to replace a portion of the alkali metal ions with a polyvalent metal ion. The adhesive is used to attach materials adapted to be subsequently separated by moistening.

It is not intended that the following abstract of the disclosure be construed as limiting the invention in any manner. The disclosure relates to binary azeotropic mixtures of tetrachlorodifluoroethane and methanol. It has also been discovered that n-butanol or isobutanol or sec-butanol will form azeotropes with these halogenated solvents. The disclosure also relates to ternary azeotropes of tetrachlorodifluoroethane and trichloroethylene with methanol. It has also been discovered that ethanol or...

It is not intended that the following abstract of the disclosure be construed as limiting the invention in any manner. The disclosure relates to binary azeotropic mixtures of tetrachlorodifluoroethane and methanol. It has also been discovered that n-butanol or isobutanol or sec-butanol will form azeotropes with these halogenated solvents. The disclosure also relates to ternary azeotropes of tetrachlorodifluoroethane and trichloroethylene with methanol. It has also been discovered that ethanol or...

An aqueous cosmetic composition adapted to be coated on the skin or hair and to deposit a thin film of water-insoluble cosmetic material comprising an aqueous medium having a protective colloid, and dispersed therein a solution of said water-insoluble cosmetic material in an organic solvent, which solvent is selected from the class of volatile water-insoluble solvents and solvents soluble in water at room temperature only to a limited extent.

A smoking preparation comprising tobacco and a zeolite material which effects a decrease in the amount of polycyclic aromatic compounds produced from the pyrolytic reactions of tobacco, the zeolite material being of the Y-type structure, at least partially exchanged with zinc ions and containing platinum or silver.

A refractory material is premixed with a binder consisting essentially of a mixture of sodium silicate and ammonium pentaborate, to give a refractory composition having a relatively short setting time when mixed with a given amount of water which setting time is predetermined by selecting a weight ratio for the silicate and the pentaborate within a given range.

A protective lubricant composition suitable for use as a wire rope lubricant, comprising about 75 to 95 weight percent of an asphalt, about 4 to 20 weight percent of a high viscosity index, distillate mineral lubricating oil and about 0.5 to 15 weight percent of Fischer-Tropsch wax.

A gasoline composition containing, as an anti-wear additive, an aliphatic diether of diethylene glycol, or a combination of the glycol and a dialkyl ester of phthalic acid.

A remarkable synergistic action in sweetening effect is exhibited between neohesperidin dihydrochalcone and a saccharin sweetener by employing both in a ratio of from about 0.1:1 to about 3:1.