A method of removing cyanide ion from wastewater comprising providing wastewater containing cyanide ion and having a pH below 2; adding a quantity of an Fe2+ ion source to the wastewater, and causing the Fe2+ to react with the cyanide ion to form a reaction product Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3 and separating the reaction product from the wastewater. COATED ABRASIVE
ABTICLE
U.S. Patent 6,359,027.
Mar 19,2002
G.D. Ddahlke et al., assignors to 3M Innovative Properties Co., St. Paul, Minn.
A composition for use as an energy curable binder precursor formed by mixing an epoxy resin; an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer resin containing 50 to 90% weight vinyl acetate; a polyfunctional acrylate component; and an effective amount of a curing agent for crosslinking the epoxy resin.
Zbiden Co. Ltd., Gifu, and Sanyo Chemical Zndustries Ltd., Kyoto, both of Japan
An adhesive for electroless plating obtained by dispersing cured particles of heat-resistant resin soluble or decomposable in an acid or an oxidizing agent into an organic solvent to form a dispersion and mixing with an uncured resin and a heat-resistant thermoplastic resin, characterized by in that the dispersion of the cured particles of the heat-resistant resin in the production of heatresistant resin cured particles into the organic solvent without drying, and the uncured resin is a resin becoming hardly soluble in an acid or an oxidizing agent thorough curing treatment and capable of forming a heat-resistant cured resin. ROTABY ATOMIZER
U.S. Patent 6,360,962. Mar. 26,2002 K. Vetter et al., assignors to Behr Systems Inc., Auburn Hills, Mich.
ADHESIVE
FOR ELECTROLEBS
PLATING
US. Patent 6,358,035. Mar. 19,2002 Y Ono and l! Adachi, assignors to
A rotary bell cup for atomizing particulate material including paint comprising a generally conical overflow surface having a gen-
erally constant flow angle defining a radially inward central axial opening and a radially outward atomizing edge having a bevel; a central flat portion disposed between the conical overflow surface and said radially inward central axial opening; and a deflector. VEHICLE POWDER
COATING
SYSTEM
US. Patent 6,361,605. Mar 26,2002 JR. Shutic et al., assignors to Nordson Corp., Westlake, Ohio
A powder coating system comprising a virgin powder hopper; a first powder weight or volume measuring device associated with the virgin-powder hopper; a reclaim powder hopper adapted to communicate with a powder spray booth; a powder weight or volume measuring device associated with the reclaim powder hopper; a mixing hopper connected to the virgin powder hopper and the reclaim powder hopper; a controller unit utilizing information received from measuring devices to supply a selected ratio of virgin and oversprayed powder coating material. TOUCHING
UP COATINGS
ON
METAL SURFACES
US. Patent 6,361,622. Mar. 26,2002 D.R. McCormick
and A. Lindert,
assignors to Henkel Corp., Gulph Mills, Pa.
A composition for coating and/or touching up a metal surface comprising water and 0.5 to 240 millimoles per kilogram of a component of fluorometallate anions; 0.5 to 10 g/L of a component of phosphorus-containing inorganic oxyanions or phosphonate anions or both; 0.5 to 3.5 g/L of hexavalent chromium; and 0.1 to 2.2 g/L of trivalent chromium cations; the liquid comprising not composition more than 0.06% of dispersed silica and silicates. Circle 065 on reader card or go to www.thru.to/webconnect 66
Metal Finishing