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w. r. GRACE & oo. RESEARCH DIVISION 1 CJS^^OiE 1 jjj^Swd^ftgaocKg--mc2:4l irUCS c0 CONSOLIDATED MONTHLY SUMMARY AUGUST 1970 Tnis Consolidate^ Monchly Summary contains the tec .mica t information tor August 1970. Because of the highl-/ confidential nature of its contents, circulation is restricted to one copy per operating unit in the Chemical Group and to a Oy selected individuals. Those receiving, copies are requested to limit access to only those members within their organization who have a real need to know. Cab) o C r a < t* r d d rt* 1 . : 3on 5 31 - 5 7 11 15 2 0 8 1-18 m - 710 bsZ 1886 ./1 Z T! i j L *'ION OP CONSOLIDATE) MONTH LY SOD-TRY Coe ra 11 n it s -CG - C / 0 G tv B1ackwood .J A'/ ~ C C c. F . Brookps WRC G. E. Ashby J. H. Baird " DLA - c c f\ . A . Clabault i CiLo " c/o C. w. Lorentzen H. C. Duecker W. E. Eason, Jr- CPD - c / o R. M. Vining V. S. Frank HA-Mr - c o J. J Singer, Jr. C OV - c c M. c. Morri11 T. G. Gibian C. L. Kehr rA i - C ' o A . Kau f-ar. i CG - C / 0 p i M. R i n a 1 d o D. E. Kramm 0. D. Myrick, Jr 5?G - C 0 D. C I B. rk W. K. 01Loughlin Dew Yor k E r. g i n e e ring Division c/o R . H. La fferty Patent Department c'o T. A. Wilson Mathematical Sciences c/o A. M. Schneider K. E. Prince R. G. Rice M. G. Sanchez F. J. Sergeys G. Teplitzky P. L. Veltman Overseas Central Files Dr. Otto Ambros (edited to comply with U.S. restrictions on export of technical information) 15208149 w. r GFSACEE & co. RESEARCH DIVISION [GRACEj R m *, e a ' c - C ( W a ' y I J r :! 02 s September 21, 1970 MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 1970 CONSOLIDATED EDITION GRACE CONFIDENTIAL NOT TO GO OUTSIDE U. 5. Oms report contains information on the following activities at the Washington Research Center. INORGANIC RESEARCH 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 I-10 ADVANCED NAVAL FUELS ADVANCED SPACE FUELS AUTO EMISSIONS CATALYST . NEW MOLECULAR SIEVE COMPOSITION . ZEOLITE STABILITY AND ACTIVITY EXPLORATORY - MICR05PHER0IDAL TiTANIA CATALYST BANE EXPLORATORY - DISPERSION HARDENING OF LEAD EXPLORATORY - CLAY COMPOUNDS EXPLORATORY - FIRE RETARDANCY/POLYESTERS EXPLORATORY - RECOVERY OF MERCURY ORGANIC RESEARCH 0-I CURABLE POLYMERS - CLP PRINTING INKS 0-2 CURABLE POLYMERS - LOW COST CLP SYSTEMS 0-3 CURABLE POLYMERS - ALTERNATE CURING AGENTS 0-4 CLP - PHOTORESISTS 0-5 CLP - CLP METAL OFFSET PLATES 0-6 POLYMERIC ADHESIVES - CAN END FASTENING SYSTEMS 0-7 SILVERLESS PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM Cable - Craccrad Tel . (301 ) 531 - 5711 15208150 T*X - 710 862 1886 2- - bepterr.r G7< ORGANIC RESEARCH. Cont'd. C-5 0-G 0-10 0-II 0-12 0-13 0-14 FIRE RETARDANT .'iATERIALS ADHESIVE STUDIES - CRYOVAC COOPERATIVE EXPLORATORY - GENERAL EXPLORATORY - ALTERNATIVE CLP SYSTEMS EXPLORATORY - WATER FILLED POLYESTERS EXPLORATORY - CLP CASTS EXPLORATORY - PHOTOGRAPHIC HALF TONES STUDY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH A-1 MONO-ROTE A-2 HERBICIDE COATED UREA A-3 VZRMICULITE-MOSS PLANTING DEVICES " BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH 5-1 ADAPTED RUMEN MICROBES (ARM) 5-2 ARM FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONICS (CHRON-X) 3-3 SALTS OF ISOBUTYRIC ACID AS A POULTRY FEED ADDITIVE; 3-A EXPLORATORY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT RESEARCH C-l FIRE RETARDANT PLASTICS - NAVY G-2 HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS INFORMATION SYSTEM - COAST GUARD C-3 CLP's IN THE BARE BASE - AIR FORCE OTHER RED 01-1 GRACE SUGAR PROCESS 15208151 ^ ": --^ LL ^ -3- September 21, 1970 Tp.pcp it' em s arc included in the various editions of : n e r e t> o re a s s howr. b e i ow ACC id it ion DAV idle ion HAX? Edition CGV Edition HATCO Edition European Edicion 5PC- Edition PFD Edition CPD Edition P&CD Edition De*A Edition Consolidated Foreign Edition Consolidated Edition 1-8; A-2,3; B-l,2,3,4; G-2 1-3,4,5,8,10; 0-12; B-4; G-2 1-9,10; G-2 0-9 ' 1-8,9; 0-lOB,12; b-3; G-1,2 1-4,5,6,8,9,10; 0-1,2,3,5,8,10a,100,12,13; G-2; OT-1 G-2 1-6; 0-1,2,3,5,7,8,10A,10C,14; G-3 0-8,12; A-l,3; G-l,3 1-9; 0-2,3,8,10A,IOC; G-3 1-8; 0-6,13; B-l,2,4 1-3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10; 0-1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10A,IOC 0-12,13; G-2; OT-1 All Items 15208152 2 Septer 0 r i base r.eg atives '.-.'ill oe cut, arranged in random pieces to L.ir.nue ci rrerecces m illumination or. the LETTERFLEX platen, and csed co make LETTERFLEX plates to be printed at ANPA. Meanwhile, we are azter.ptir.g to devise methods that will show variations in r:p density (i.e. the "hardness") of half tone dots. (Ideally this cculo ro dene using a microdensitometer - however, no such unit is available at v;RC. ) Three methods are being developed: 1, Dots are photographed under a microscope using oblique lies ting. Areas of low density at the edge of dots show up as halos. ("Halftone Photography", GATF publication.) This shows promise as a qualitative test for dot "hardness" dots in a Chemco camera negative show distinct halos whereas the Tylon test negative shows no halos, indicative as expected, of much "harder" dot structure in the latter. 2; Dots are photographed at low contrast on Polaroid P/N film m a microscope and then the negative and positive sandwiched slightly out of register around a plane of rotation. Low density edges again show clearly as halos. 5; F. Mitchell is assisting the project by building a true microdensitometer. Hopefully, the most basic infor mation will be yielded by this instrument - however, we nope that methods 2) and 3) may be developed to give quick evaluations of negatives in the field. (Ketley) ' AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH A-1 MONO-KOTE (CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIVISION) (Project 2659) The Construction Products Division has given high priority no the development of a Mono-Kote formulation which does not contain asbestos. Research has been working directly with CPD to collect and correlate existing data on the present Mono-Kote formulation (MK-3). The specific assignment to the Research Division from CPD is preparation of a research program for longer range studies of chemical bonding forces that develop in the steel Mono-Kote system. A proposed program is virtually completed and will be prepared for discussion and critical review by CPD in Cambridge on September 8, 1970 . A-2 HERBICIDE COATED UREA (Project 4834) The first report from the Amchem Company on urea coated with 2% Amiben is favorable with regards to its physical characteristics. Members of the Research Division and the Agricultural Chemical Group, Memphis, met with Amchem at Ambler, Pennsylvania during the 15208153