Sulphonation and sulphated products, i n the form of solutions of their sodium salts, are main components in the world-wide manufacture of detergents. These products have found application also in many of the processes of ...

Natural oils and fats are the oldest raw materials used in the production of surfactant, i.e. soap. Synthetic detergents have largely displaced soap as a heavy-duty washing material, but soap - especially toilet and fine ...

The small-scale parquet flooring plant is suitable for producing averagesized grooved parquet (360 x 60 mm) with tounged-and grooved blocks (for lefthand and righthand use), skirting board and fitting pieces. The basic ...

Phenol is a basic chemical that is produced in many countries. It has a wide range of high-tonnage uses rn the production of phenol-formaldehyde, phenol-furfuryl and other resins. Because of its chemical reactivity, it ...

The small-scale joinery plant is suitable for the manufacture of kitchen and garden furniture as well as other products (e.g. tool handles) and for maintenance and repair work for a wide range of community needs. The ...

Furfurylic resins are a recent development in the manufacture of polymers. The basic raw material - furfuryl alcohol - is obtained from furfural, which can be produced from renewable resources or wastes such as bagasse, ...

Cotton-seed oil, palm-oil and certain kinds of animal fats are composed of two groups of fatty acids: liquid fraction (unsaturated fatty acids) and solid fraction (saturated fatty acids). It is often desirable to ...

As noted earlier, it is much more difficult to market leather, at acceptable prices, finished than crust leather. This is especially true when trying to export. Therefore, sufficiently large domestic market, i.e. local ...

Compared with wet-blue leather the marketing of crust leather is much more difficult, above all because customers have fewer options for further processing. The visible properties such as size, thickness, fullness, ...

Two reactors are used in this process. In the first, acetaldehyde is formed by reduction of cupric chloride to cuprous chloride in the presence of palladium chloride at a pressure of 11.2 bar. In the second, the cuprous ion ...