Process of storing and handling acetylene solutions

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF STORING AND HANDLING ACETYLENE SOLUTIONS WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST 50% ACETYLENE AT LOW TEMPERATURES AT SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL PRESSURE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT DANGER OF EXPLOSION WHICH COMPRISES DISSOLVING, STORING AND HANDLING ACETYLENE AT TEMPERATURES BELOW ABOUT -80C. AND UNDER A PRESSURE OF AT MOST 1 ATMOSPHERE (GAUGE PRESSURE) IN A SOLVENT MIXTURE FOR ACETYLENE BOILING ABOVE 0*C. AND BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALIPHATIC MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS CONTAINING 1-4 CARBON ATOMS, ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDES CONTAINING 2-4 CARBONS ATOMS ALIPHATIC KETONES CONTAINING 3-5 CARBON ATOMS, ALIPHATIC ESTERS CONTAINING 2-6 CARBON ATOMS, HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING 1-4 CARBON ATOMS, MONO-UNSATURATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS BOILING BETWEEN ABOUT 0*C. AND ABOUT 100*C., ALIPHATIC ETHERS CONTAINING 2-8 CARBON ATOMS, ALIPHATIC ACETALS CONTAINING 3-9 CARBON ATOMS, ALIPHATIC NITRILES CONTAINING 3-4 CARBON ATOMS, SAID SOLVENT BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT RANGING FROM ABOUT 22% TO ABOUT 50%, CALCUALATED UPON THE WEIGHT OF THE ACETYLENE SOLUTION, AND THE SOLUTION BEING MAINTAINED ABOVE THE SOLIDIFICATION POINT.