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1-1*4 fttM) TENNECONTER'OFFICE MEMO CHEMICALS, INC. to h.B. Carr at Burlington from f.w. Kanzler at Burlington Equipment Needs for 1973 Control Laboratory, Resin Plant date March 29, 1972 CopPyY tToO ''''f'ile list of capital equipment to be purchased for the fiscal 1973 is as follows: .1 UV Spectrophotometer Approximate cost: 4.5M or 15M with near IR capabilities. This instrument will afford improved analysis for raw ma terials and in-process analyses of colorimetric nature. .2 Digital Integrator Approximate cost: 6.5M. The time to calculate gas chromatographic results will be drastically reduced with this instrument e.g., calculation of the analysis of VAcM which is done by area normalization at present would be reduced from 25 to about 10 minutes per sample. The calculation of VCM virgin or recovered would be reduced from 20 to 10 minutes per sample. Easy quanitfication of all analyses will be made .possible by the log readout ability of the integrator. 3. Conversion of the Present Conference Room into a Laboratory Area Approximate cost: 4m. The installation and running of the bottle polymerizer has resulted in a drastic reduction of work space available in the laboratory. New instrumentation (Haze and Gloss Meter) has amplified this problem. % Calculator for the Quality Control Laboratory Approximate cost: 0.7M It becomes increasingly more difficult to secure spare parts for the calculator presently used in the laboratory. Scarc ity of parts has resulted in having the calculator in repair for up to 6 weeks. In addition, print-out capabilities would afford better control of calculations made by the technicians FWK/jt F.W. Kanzler COLORITE 016488