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lice: H. K. Ball (2) f B. Kehoe \/ P. J. Schroeter October 15, 1957 Mr. Hugh W. salzberg, instructor TEE C M COLLEGE Xtepartaeat of Cheoictry Convent Avenue and 159th Street New York 31, few York Dear Mr. Salaberg; As requested in your recent letter to our lieu York office, ve have shipped to your attention a 50 gram a&aple of commercially pure tetraethyllead. In accordance with our safety regulations, we are enclosing a booklet pertaining to our precautions for handling organic lead compounds in laboratories and a release concerning the use of the material. Would you kindly sign end return the latter to us promptly. In reply to your question in the last sentence of your letter, I do not believe that tetraethyllead will react with aqueous alkali under n o m a i conditions; however, la the presence of sunlight this material will decompose producing metallic lead which can react* If in the future we may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly. Very truly yours, ETHYL CCKPGRATIC Process Development Snc: 2 K 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 N29621