Gte Products Corporation

Doris L Brown

Charles F Chenot

Robin W Munn

John A Arbie, Sr

Deborah V Lutz

Kevin L Brown

Nidhi Goel

A basing cement comprises, in weight percent, 80 to 85 filler material of limestone and lithopone, and 15 to 20 of binder resins including at least 6 weight percent of araucaria resin.

Basing cement

A process is disclosed for applying a lubricant to a powdered material to control the fluidity of the powdered material. In the process one first obtains at least x number of samples of the powdered material without lubricant. Thereafter, increasing amounts of lubricant are applied to x-1 number of the samples. The bulk and tap densities of the samples are then measured and the Hausner ratio from the densities is calculated. The Hausner ratio versus the concentration of the lubricant in the powder samples is plotted and the concentrations of the minima lubricant in the powder samples at the point of the plot obtained in step e are determined. The concentration of lubricant determined in step f is applied to the remainder of the powdered material whereby an operational level of fluidity of the powder is achieved.

Procedure for controlling powder fluidity

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Towanda, PA, United States of America

Doris L Brown