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ETH YL CORPORATION RESEARCH LABORATORIES 1600 W EST EIGH T M ILE ROAD FERNDALE 20 DETROIT, MICHIGAN Ja n ur, r y 2 5 , 194 9 Ur . Ro b e r t A. Kehoe College of Medicine Un iversity of Cin cinnati Eden Avenue C i n c i n n a t i 1 9, Ohio Su b je ct : Yitol Fluid Dear Bob : I q u o t e t h e f o l l o w i n g fr om FORTUNE, Ja n u a r y 1949, page 118: " . . . . T h e Vit am e t e r h as worked i t s e l f in t o an econ omic box, t o o . For t h e s p e c i a l fu e l i t u ses can a l s o dou ble as an a n t i f r e e z e , so t h a t t o d i sc o u r a g e i t s u se a s an a n t i f r e e z e i t is b e in g so l d fit t h e a l c o h o l a n t i f r e e z e l e v e l of Sfl.29 a g a l l o n , th ough i t ough t t o be ch e ap e r . Th is may be si m p l y an in d ex of a r t i f i c i a l l y h i gh a n t i fr e e z e p r i c e s, ou t it is an example o f t h e kind o f cropper even the b e st t ech n ical developments can t a k e ." ' I t i s , .indeed, a st r an ge sit u a t io n t o t r y to develop a market fo r a new p r o d u ct , bu t t o d e l i b e r a t e l y p r i c e i t h igh e r than i t should be, merely t o preven t i t s bein g d iver t ed in to an oth er e q u ally a t t r a c t iv e m arket. qu it e a sid e from t h at fact o r , however, the in t r o d u ct io n in t o r a d i a t o r s o f an aqueous meth anol s o l u t i o n o f TEL w ou ld c o n s t i t u t e a v e r y s e r i o u s h a z a r d . By r e f e r e n c e t o our r e p o r t on t h e s u b j e c t you w i l l see t h a t t h e con cen tr ation of t e t r ae t h y lle ad in the vapor above the liqu id w i l l be ve r y h igh , e s p e c i a l l y a t o p e r at in g t e m p e r at u r e , such as when t h e s e r v i c e man t a k e s o f f t h e r a d i a t o r cap t o ch e ck t h e level. Ve r y s in c e r e 1y y o ur s , Gebrge Ca lih gae r t C :C LA" KE 0020594