Societa' Italiana Resine S.i.r. S.p.a.

Societa Italiana Resine

Euteco Impianti S.p.a.

Marcello Ghirga

Benedetto Calcagno

Natale Ferlazzo

Gian Fausto Buzzi

Luigi Piccolo

Antonio Paolinelli

Claudio Divo

Natale Bertolini

Lucio Di Fiore

Emanuele Sartorio

Luigi Valtorta

Guido Arduini

Gaspare Renda

Fulvio Trombetti

Gian Pietro Paganessi

The catalyst comprises one or more molybdates of trivalent metals chosen from Fe, Al, Ce and Cr and/or molybdates of bivalent metals chosen from alpha manganese molybdate, beta cobalt molybdate, beta nickel molybdate and the molybdates of Zn, Mg and Ca, and one or more promoter elements chosen from Se, Te, As, Sb, V, Nb, Sn, Pb and Tl homogeneously distributed within the crystalline structure of said molybdates with distortion thereof without creating new crystalline phases.

Catalyst for the conversion of unsaturated hydrocarbons into diolefins

Production of cumene by alkylation of benzene with propylene on a solid phosphoric acid catalyst, using in a first step a plurality of catalyst beds in series and in a second step a single catalyst bed, using an overall benzene/propylene molar ratio of at least 5:1, continuously delivering the benzene to the first bed, continuously delivering a series of streams of liquid propylene respectively to the first bed and, in the form of a cold stream, between each pair of contiguous beds, and carrying out a partial recycle of reaction products of the second step as a cold stream between the first and the second step, and using a benzene/propylene molar ratio higher than 13:1 at the inlet of each bed of the first step, and higher than 25:1 at the inlet of the bed of the second step.

Process for the production of cumene

Cumene is prepared by alkylation of benzene with propylene in the presence of a solid phosphoric acid catalyst in a continuous process by delivering liquid benzene and liquid propylene in a molar ratio lower than 6:1, to a liquid reaction medium consisting essentially of benzene and cumene and containing the catalyst, while maintaining the temperature and composition of said medium substantially uniform in each point, operating at 170.degree.-280.degree. C. and in the liquid phase, and with a contact time higher than about 0.4 hours, expressed as the ratio between volume of catalyst and hourly volume of reagents fed in.

A microfibrous pulp suitable for use in the manufacture of synthetic paper is prepared by forming an aqueous emulsion of a solution in an organic solvent of olefinic homopolymers and copolymers and copolymers of at least one olefinic monomer with at least one further monomer copolymerizable therewith, heating the emulsion above the melting point of the polymers and spraying emulsion into a zone of expansion in which water and the organic solvent are evaporated. The hot emulsion is sprayed in the form of a tubular jet in the cavity of which a stream of inert gas is injected to spread the jet transversally in the zone of expansion.

Process for the manufacture of a microfibrous pulp suitable for making

Liquid-phase chlorination of n-paraffins is improved as to yield on chlorine and as to restriction to mono-substitution by passing the paraffins up a reactor divided into stages by baffles and feeding chlorine in controlled amounts to each stage.

Process for chlorinating linear paraffins

Novel compositions for use in agriculture as soil improvers and fertilizers comprising as essential components ammonium sulfate and ferric oxide hydrate. By-products obtained in the production of titanium dioxide from ilmenite or ilmenite slag in the sulfate process and substantially consisting of ferrous sulfate heptahydrate are reacted with ammonia and that the reaction product obtained, consisting substantially of ammonium sulfate and ferrous hydrate, is subsequently oxidized until a composition is obtained which substantially consists of ammonium sulfate and ferric oxide hydrate.

Novel composition for use in agriculture as soil improvers and

A soil modifying composition and a concentrated solution of ammonium sulphate with a high purity degree are obtained from by-products consisting essentially of ferrous sulphate heptahydrate, obtained in the production of titanium dioxide from ilmenites by the sulphate process, by contacting solid particles of said by-products with gaseous ammonia, lixiviating the resulting product with water, thereby to recover said concentrated solution of ammonium sulphate, the dried residual solid yielding said soil modifying composition.

Process for the preparation of fertilizers and soil modifiers

Methyl acrylate alone or in mixture with acrylic acid is prepared by passing a gaseous stream containing methanol, acrolein and oxygen at a velocity of 5 to 50 cm/sec through a fluidized catalytic bed formed of spherical particles 15 to 100 .mu. in size, said particles comprising from 10 to 80 wt.% silica support, the remainder consisting of an active catalytic component defined by one of the general formulae:

Process for preparing methyl acrylate or mixtures thereof with acrylic

A solution of active nuclei for the hydrolysis of titanium sulphate and for the rutilisation of titanium dioxide in the manufacture of titanium dioxide in tutile form in the method via sulphate is prepared by transforming titanium tetrachloride into a compound of the formula Ti(OH).sub.x Cl.sub.y, wherein x ranges from 1 to 3, y from 3 to 1 and x + y is equal to 4 by contact with steam in the vapor phase, and contacting the reaction products with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide to form an aqueous suspension of titanium hydroxide having a TiO.sub.2 content of from 10 to 30 grams/liter and a pH value of from 3 to 4.

Manufacture of titanium dioxide by the sulphate process using nuclei

Methyl acrylate or a mixture of methyl acrylate with acrylic acid are prepared by passing through a fluidized bed of catalyst a gaseous mixture comprising acrolein, methanol and oxygen fed at the bottom of the catalytic bed. A further amount of methanol is fed at one intermediate point at least, between the top and bottom of the catalytic bed. The catalyst is defined by one of the general formulae:

Process for preparing methyl acrylate or mixtures of methyl acrylate and

Acrylic acid is prepared by contacting an oxidation catalyst with a gaseous mixture containing acrolein, oxygen and methanol. A proportion by volume from 0.05 to 0.5% methanol and a molar ratio of acrolein to methanol from 10:1 to 100:1 are maintained in the said mixture the catalyst is defined by one of the general formulae:

Method of preparing acrylic acid

The copper and palladium ethylene-oxidation catalyst used in the preparation of vinyl acetate is regenerated in a process including deposition of the metals from solution in a Daniell-type galvanic cell and subsequent reconversion to the halides.

Process for the production of vinyl acetate from ethylene

Palladium and copper ethylene-oxidation catalysts, used in production of vinyl acetate, are regenerated by a process including electrolytic deposition of the metals and subsequent reconversion to halides.

An improved process for the production of acrolein from propylene and of acrylic acid from propylene or acrolein or mixtures of propylene and acrolein which essentially comprises catalytic oxidation of propylene and/or acrolein with oxygen or a gas containing molecular oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst and of methanol in a quantity of from 0.01 to 1% by volume with respect to the total gaseous mixture of the reactants. Acrolein and acrylic acid are formed in the process at high conversion rates and selectivities.

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Marcello Ghirga