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Inter-Office Memo TENNECO CHEMICALS, INC. To H. B. Carr From F. W. Kanzler Subject MVC Qualities At Burlington At Burlington Date July 24, 1969 Copy to E. Farber J. C. Fisher G. W. Leach M. W. Williams File During the past months, light end and heavy end impurity analyses were performed in Burlington on incoming MVC on a routine basis. The analyses did involve MVC tank car shipments from PPG, BFG, Ethyl, Dow, Allied and Tenneco Hydrocarbon. Table I (attached) shows the total impurities for a typical analysis of MVC, while Table II (attached) gives a breakdown of the level of the individual impurities found in the MVC. FWK/rjl Attachment (2) F. W. Kanzler COLORITE 005867 Ethyl Dow PPG THC Allied BPG ( )* High values TABLE I Total Impurities in MVC (PPM) 15 53 92 112 (292) 150 192 COLQRITE 005868 Propane Propylene Allene Butane Butene-1 Methyl Acetylene Methyl Chloride 1,5 Butadiene Ethyl Chloride 2-Chloropropene-1 TABLE II Ethyl Dow PPG THC < 1 <1 (1)* <1 <1 (6) ND < 1 -Cl 82 (201) ND 9 ^ 1 4 (4) ND ND ^ 1 6 (5) mND 5 ^L1 i? 14 4o 54 1 (15) <1 <1 11 5 (14) ND ND 10 ND ND ND ND 18 ND ND Allied BPG <1 4 <1 *1 <1 -=.1 <1 4-1 <1 *-1 145 188 24 - ND - ND ND-Not Detected ( )* High values COLORITE 005869