A method of reducing color in an alkanolamine, the method comprising: contacting the alkanolamine with an amount of an aqueous solution effective to provide 5 to 1000 parts per million by weight of an alkali metal borohydride, based on parts by weight of the alkanolamine; and 0.5 to 10,000 parts per million by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide, based on parts by weight of the alkanolamine; preferably wherein the color-reduced alkanolamine is not distilled after the contacting.

A method of coating at least one silica capillary using a novel dual ligand sol-gel sorbent and method of manufacture of such sorbent is provided herein. The dual ligand sol-gel sorbent provides superior enrichment effects through simultaneous exploitation of superhydrophobicity of one of the ligands and the ability of the other ligand to undergo π-π interaction with hydrophobic aromatic analytes. Sorbent performance is enhanced both in terms of analyte enrichment and sorbent stability, such as pH stability and solvent stability.

A method of coating at least one silica capillary using a novel dual ligand sol-gel sorbent and method of manufacture of such sorbent is provided herein. The dual ligand sol-gel sorbent provides superior enrichment effects through simultaneous exploitation of superhydrophobicity of one of the ligands and the ability of the other ligand to undergo π-π interaction with hydrophobic aromatic analytes. Sorbent performance is enhanced both in terms of analyte enrichment and sorbent stability, such as pH stability and solvent stability.

A method of stabilizing imino-functional silane involving adding thereto at least one Brønsted-Lowry base to inhibit, suppress or prevent the addition reactions of the imino-functional silane with itself to form a imino- and amino-functional silane and the subsequent deamination reactions to form conjugated carbon-carbon double bond-containing imino-functional silanes and stabilized imino-functional silanes containing the at least one Brønsted-Lowry base.

Processes for regenerating alkali process streams are disclosed herein, including streams containing sodium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, and combinations thereof. Systems for regenerating alkali process streams are disclosed herein, including streams containing sodium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, and combinations thereof.

Processes for regenerating alkali process streams are disclosed herein, including streams containing sodium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, and combinations thereof. Systems for regenerating alkali process streams are disclosed herein, including streams containing sodium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, and combinations thereof.

The present invention relates to a diluted solution for measuring free steroids in blood and a method for measuring free steroids using the same, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a diluted blood sample for measuring free steroids in blood and a composition for blood sample dilution solution.

In the method for preparing a diluted blood sample for measuring free steroids in blood of the present invention, it was confirmed that physiologically active free cortisol could be evaluated with the cortisol enzyme immunoreaction detection kit without additional sample pretreatment by removing cortisol which is present by binding to excess albumin and cortisol-specific corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) contained in serum using a protein precipitation and neutralizing agent. In addition, by selectively removing the protein in the blood sample, it is possible to measure low molecular weight compounds, including steroids, which are strongly bound to proteins in the blood, such as cortisol, in free form.

Therefore, the method of the present invention can be applied simply and effectively to medical sites requiring blood tests for disease diagnosis, monitoring of free cortisol before and after surgery, and emergency patients.

The present invention relates to a diluted solution for measuring free steroids in blood and a method for measuring free steroids using the same, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a diluted blood sample for measuring free steroids in blood and a composition for blood sample dilution solution.

In the method for preparing a diluted blood sample for measuring free steroids in blood of the present invention, it was confirmed that physiologically active free cortisol could be evaluated with the cortisol enzyme immunoreaction detection kit without additional sample pretreatment by removing cortisol which is present by binding to excess albumin and cortisol-specific corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) contained in serum using a protein precipitation and neutralizing agent. In addition, by selectively removing the protein in the blood sample, it is possible to measure low molecular weight compounds, including steroids, which are strongly bound to proteins in the blood, such as cortisol, in free form.

Therefore, the method of the present invention can be applied simply and effectively to medical sites requiring blood tests for disease diagnosis, monitoring of free cortisol before and after surgery, and emergency patients.

This invention relates to an industrial process of manufacturing hydroxide precursor for lithium transition metal oxide used in secondary lithium ion batteries. More particularly, this process utilizes highly concentrated nitrate salts and is designed to mitigate waste production.

This invention relates to improvements in and relating to ice pigging, and comprises a flowable slush of frozen particles for ice pigging a pipework, comprising, an aqueous liquid medium, a multiplicity of frozen particulates of said aqueous liquid medium, a freezing point depressant, selected from a hydroxide ion, said hydroxide ion present in the range of less than 10 wt %.