United States Steel Corporation

Porter Paint Co.

William R Davie

Marvin C Fields

George L Brownell

Weakly basic ion exchange resins are used to remove iron compounds in anhydrous or substantially anhydrous organic systems such as phenolic process streams. The resins may be either in the form of a weak salt such as the amine hydrochloride or may be a protonated amine carboxylic acid in the acidic form. In either case, we have determined that the active site does not perform in a conventional ion exchange manner but rather forms a complex with the entire iron compound molecule. While the complex is formed in a waterless or almost waterless system, it may be regenerated in an aqueous system.

Removal of iron compounds from organic process streams

Discoloration of maleic anhydride is minimized by first passing the maleic anhydride in molten or dissolved form through a bed of cation exchange resin and then adding to the maleic anhydride a small amount of 3,3'-thiodipropionitrile.

Color of maleic anhydride

An antifoulant coating composition and preparation method in which the final composition is composed of two Components A and B mixed immediately before the composition is applied, and usually an inert filler introduced at least in part via Component A. The active ingredient of Component A is a base formed of coal-tar pitch or equivalent and epoxy resin. The active ingredients of Component B are a curing agent for the epoxy resin and a solid organotin toxicant. Component B may be either a slurry of needle-like crystals of toxicant, or the toxicant may be dissolved in a suitable solvent. In the latter case the toxicant precipitates as needle-like crystals when Components A and B are mixed. The invention produces a composition of a viscosity which makes it easy to apply.

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William R Davie