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FILE NAME: Trade Publications (TR) DATE: 1966 Sept 10 DOC#: TR009 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal - Chemical Week ;i:jpwttwn. POUCC paaisist : .POnLViClC' I ,1 jliliT p LEMfcC 15 l i s t `Cidf'L..... jfju&ei-srsal UWM 25 m fsim aty # : 1 li 1 te s i lime to illSSiS&aS s iili These ?3 thermoplastic products and intermediates are the best recommendations we can oner .for dealing w ith us. Being basic back to the monomer, Borden Chemical supplies the broadest range pf polymers and chemicals available from a single source. They are designed for use in paints, Paper, adhesives, textiles, Inks, specialty coatings, water soluble films and in polymerization. Many are useful as binders, thickeners and opacifiers. With 20 years polymer experience, we have developed the best quality control system possible and can provide unusual shipping flexibility and immediate delivery from over 12 stockpoints. '' have a problem involving an emulsion or resin, we think we could help. >. J resinable? Then contact The Borden Chemical Company, Poiyco D ept, C,v' 56, 511 Lancaster St., Leominster, Massachusetts. September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WELL 1 [r-; fireifiO /|re $ \ If ON THE COVER: Operator peer;, nip reactor as trickle of magnetic material drops from the opening. New markets are opening up for ceramic permanent magnets as designers perfeet smaller and lighter magnets with higher coercive force (p. 101), DEPARTMENTS Business Benchmarks Business Newsletter Countdown Engineering Internationa! Key Changes Letters Management Market Newsletter Meetings National Roundup Production Research Specialties Technology Newsletter Viewpoint Washington Newsletter World Roundup 112 23 107 53 74 84 16 82 7S 16 37 47 47 101 89 5 33 69 T H IS W E E K IN B U S IN E S S 5 VIEWPOINT: Cold light on the hot subject of advertising costs is shed by study showing yearly change of such costs as a percentage of GNP. 27 Trade balance may trigger new economic policies for '67. White House worries about the relatively rapid increase in imports. 29 An end to the 7 % tax credit? Process industries-- which have benefited by several hundred million dollars in four years-- ponder new project-payout formula. 29 Allied Chemical sets up new Industrial Chemicals Division, consolidating form er corporate offshoots or three of Aiiied's five original predecessor companies. 30 Continental Oil-Consolidation Coal merger set for next week; Pitt-Consol Cham is included, but potash and activated carbon stock holdings wiil be spun off. 30 Antitrust action in the U.S.: Genera! Dynamics in d ic a te s it will appeal ruling by fecera, c o n n in New v o"c that i: mas: divest its Lim e d Careomc d vision. 31 Antitrust proposal for me world: Globai-rnmcied business men consider irimbcctions of Senator Hart's p e r ter agency to probe international mergers, cartels. 32 New' opportunities on the horizon fo r plastics producers: Medical research on a ir borne mineral fibers could lead to restrictions on asbestos in major uses. 74 Canada's Prairie farmers begin a record wheat harvest, are expected to follow up with another fertilizer splurge-- raising sales 2 0 % next year. 82 Manhattan's Park Avenue is becoming the fashion address to- enemies! companies lured by modern offices, easy com m uting, and good communications. 112 There will be 250,000 fewer housing starts this year. Mortgage money is short, al though housing; demand factors (fam ily formations and income) are good T H IS W E E K IN T E C H N O L O G Y 23 Du Pant's Corvarr, finds its first use in process equipment as a long-testi,- p a c k ing and sea! materia for pumps, etc. 47 Armour will build plant for new series of amines derived from petroled rvbased materials and made by a new catalytic process. 53 Nebraska seeks patents on a new process for making surface active age its from sucrose and beef tallow, will offer process free to those w h o'll build in .` rate. T H i,S W E E K IN S P E C IA L T IE S million. 101 Specialty magnet market will double in the next 10 years-- from S50 minion to $100 Auto industry w ill ta ke lio n 's share. bsbsssesessbsbs t C hem ical W eek is published weekly be McGraw-Hill, Inc:, 330 West M n i CL, New York, N.Y. 10536. Copyright 1966 by McG raw-Hill, Inc. A ll rights reserved. Member of Ar C H ABC. E xecu tive , Editorial, C irc u la tio n and Advertising O ffices: McGraw-Hill Building, 330 West 42nd S t,, New York, hi.Y. 10036. C o rg o m t* o ffic e rs : Shelton A Flsber, president; Joan J. Cooke, secretary; John L. McGraw, treasurer. Printed at Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 (3rd St. and Hunting Hark); second-class mail postage pa d if;. ^ r tW a tiU p h la , Pa. S ubscription rate fo r individuals In fie ld of publication: U.S., U.S. possessions and Canada, 55 per year (single copy, 5 0 p ; other V,'estera Keru-- spnere countries, 315; all others, 525. Please see Advertisers' Inde Page before recues-.ing a subscription or sending in a change of address. P o stm a ster: Please s rA " Forn' 357 to F u lfillm e n t Manager, Chemical Week, P.0Z Box 430, Hightstown, N.J. 06520. ' -J - TM , n , m,n l are tootled on the 32nd floor of J . C. Penney Building, 1301 Avenue of the Amer ice s. m a ; r i tu > : ' k S ite --:. A d- A I ! ; 1 ' h' Inox Armstrong . a . .. . . . . . . . . .Publisher jlov E. Johnson , . . . __ _ _ _ _ Editor-in-C'iisf (alpi, ... S c h u l z .............. ; . . . .M an agin g Editor b o a r d OF EDITORS L Alleyer L u r i e ................ Assistant Managing Editor j, Robert Warren . . . .Assistant Managing Edito: Donald P. Burke ............ .... ............Senior Editor Anthonv J. Piombino . . . . ............Senior Editor :]ohn M . V,ntoli . : .............. ............ Senior Editor Horner S t a r r .......................... . . . . . .Senior Editor Robert T. J v i s n i n o t t ............ .............A rt Director .d e p a r t m e n t e d i t o r s Companies.............................. ......... Brute Bendo;-.Engineerin g.......................... ................ ivis Miner Internationa!........................ ............Chu Management.......................... . . . . Josep M arketin g............................ ........ fames :Markets ................................. ............Sau..,.: ,......... Production ............................ . . .Herbert C. Short Research .............................. . . Philip A. Unteisee STAFF WRITER Madsisr.e Say;: A r t ..................... u'll Copy ................ Lk Di'. Buyers' E D A .................... t r n h, Kim.;-, s i r e lit .............................. ............Francis ite gar. BUtwAS Chicaeo .. . ium A h Bu l l , edito: Marie; Vas H ouston.............................. ; cy;: S. Fyuvp. e d e r Pittsburgh ......... Ani.L- San Francisco .................. ..Willianr kennst;: M cunAW -HifL WORLD li n t .b E c o n o m i c s ..................... . . 'ou nias D e e n - m L : News Bureaus ..................irmn Willielm. Director Atlanta, Frances E id u x m Chicago, Fs A k ih;son; Clevoiimti, A r t h :: Fir m ir n ta n ; iitdkaa Mar. vin Reid; Detroit, Nic.iio.as 1unter: Lus Angeles ' Michael Murphy; D m Tam: risse, P o r n o :: ; f u r ton D o s s D Seattle. F:av kinnniherL im xm iM G n , Arthur Muore. Don .a pendents in S i Leur cities of ths United S L A ; ; Bonn, Robert Oorang; Brussels, G e o u e WiHmr; '.son; London, John Shinn: Mexico City, Bu h l . Gross; Milan, Ronald Tagyi:isso; Moscow, Hovraru ' .Rausch; Paris, Robert Fa v eli; Ilio de Janeiro, ; >es terry; Tokyo, Marvin Betal. Coriesponrisnis in 68 other foreign business staff Paul McPherson... .Advertising Sales Manager .ASyln J. .Babkow. x . .................. Business Manager ;; 4 L e s n e r t . j . .. . . .S a le s Promotion M anager ly S. Sem p le, .r. .Market Research Manager |Ap0tiert L, M a ie r .. ; , ........... Advertising Makeup e,. 2hl W, E r b ; . . . I , , , . 1 , . . . . . Circulation M anager is Aci Spending 'loo High:' Britain's Aionopohcs Commission rattled advertising ager.ci;s m London and Dew Vorir las:. week when it found that Unilever and Procter & Gemute are "w asting'' money on detergent advernsi ig at tue public':- expense, i'he commission recommended a 40(4 eat m eev!-rt!s:n:y arm promotion exiienf-er ane proposed at 200k reduci on m wholesale setting prices (G / G , Sect, 3, p. 68). Gunite th;$ move ny the commission goes appreciable ntrthc: than any D .S . government attack on advertising to date, it is bound to Gustier tile case of rue srustbusters who have argued that excessive acre vising could restrain competition. And the government uscii Iras given strong hints that it is aware oi advertising s power and In!ends to do something about it. tu '63, tor example, rite ideo era! Trade Commission swuck down ms fG;(4 mmrhase or Lm rcv, arguing tia; hteG's massive wivernsmu would stretch Clorox's already commanding lead over its rivais. And last June, Assisiant Attorney (.renerai Donald Turner, head ot the Antitrust Division suggested imposing (tor a period or rime) an absolute os percentage umuarion on promotional expemim res nv companies tiler have vimmcd 'lie Sherman Antitrust A ct. A :v\v, a;i aetbowwvve new hook uvects v ew mens wm rim- n iw r : :: w 'V " 1 r -e-c : senmueue tew rou "Acveimsm" :P.,-.mcm L o ;--." Munck ties mcuwuv rxivw- rvwig expenduores a percentage m cross nation:.: product, aid kind: no appreciates vearw cnarwt netweeit n(t mid Sc, p mmugn oil illese das Peep ; I no aire i lit t' growth. S a ia - D a r e n : ' . i n o r i is an w u e n e - v w t h a t ;.;iw n u ;n ;;. le u io u a m ire 'ban DraasAv. ileeause oi romgwv.UCP ma tue inline:'' ' ri ' - is harder to : cren gw pv am: m uea; iPUiue armaimg ihe loD u m oi ant w Lao . , , w . : r,n ootli sides o; lie,: .Atlantic shooie comadei ' ' 1" advertising. :vw exp-mw:! by Stare!; t " T h e economic and social justification of advertising G u m why reals G ) upon it? service in increasing legitimate human wants and ( A upon it? being an eirectvc ami jam agency oi competition. "So long a; we believe that human beings should con tint!: to want more and better tilings, which w ill in the Jong run contrinire to their happiness and well-being-- so long will wc have individual erlort and competition. I f we believe in a philosophy of competition then we must permit all means of fair and effective competition." September IT, 1966 il 1h7 Pt i ; 1.! 1 i -! h The machinery sngnutaclurer had a good idea. He wanted to eliminate one costly step in ap plying labels io rood packages. But he needed AIvSCO heip'i V r, - Previously, adhesive had been applied to the labels in two stages: resin went on in so lution . . . with the plasticizer applied to the label back as a separate step. T he p la s tic iz e r w as e m u ls ifie d in w ater. A M S C O Technical Service reseaiched sol vents which were immiscible in water and would do the job of cutting die resin. One solvent proved ideal. Now resin and plas ticizer' are applied in a single emulsified sys tem with no premature reaction. Can you benefit from experience in chemi cal and solvent research? With A M SC O you can. Just call. American! fVIineral Spirits CQmpany Chemicals * Petrochemicals Solvents N e w York --Sales O ffic es in p rincip al cities Service world-wide through AMSCO Internationa! September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK 7 Although the Far re: Continuous M ixer* is not completely se!l'-purgimp one srocV: ran be followed bv another, without cleaning, with coRtaruinauon o: cnlv a small amount of material. W h e n required, however, the operator can dean both the chamber and the rotors thoroughly and easii)1in a T his is only one of the many advantages o f the I1CM . A true m ine:, it has rotors and a mixing action similar to the B anbury'' mixer. Discharge temperature is independent of production rate, and can be kept constant throughout a wide range of rates or can be varied by as much cs 100" r very few minutes t; T o dean, the m ixing chamber is made readily accessible by push-button control. It is first moved forward and then at any given rate. For further details of this unique machine, stud fo r a copy of bulletin 227. totaled on a turntable, as shown in the upper illustration. P A R R E L C O R P 0? R Si This leaves the rotors overhung, supported by the drive end AY & A of the m achine. The orifice can be easily removed, as a unit, A N S O K i A , C O N N E C T I C U T for cleaning. H Plants: Ansonia and Derby, Conn., Rochester, N.Y. Sal es Of f i ces: A n s o n ia , A k r o n , C h ic a g o , Los A nge fes. H o u s to n , Atlanta In Europe: ra rr el Italians s. r. !., Via Borcocna 8, M ila m , Ita ly j In Canada: Farrel Canada Limited, 44 Victoria Siresf, Toronto I, 11 Ontario September 10, 1965 CHEMICAL WEEK 9 New $2!,UUl>,O0 PVC and C aleu riu rin g P la n t Now binder construction in Burlington, New Jersey, this new Il C facility will be devoted to the production of PVC homopolyrners utilizing an advanced mass polymerization process. Versatile multi-calender lines are also being established here for the increased manufacture of flexible and rigid film and sheeting. Esterification Capability Doubled. Substantially Increased versatility is now possible in the production of specialty plasticizers, lubricant eases, polyesters for polyurethanes and comonomers. P ew /fppIbtV C h e m w -rd a rV c? P r o b b s s in g Lhbdirbroigb This advanced laboratory contains sophisticated processing equipment for the development of plastic products. Techniques include blown film, blow molding, special compounding processes and polyurethane fabrications. 100% PVC CcipcVyridtr irtcreass Kctv in Engineering, Greater production output ana faster delivery of copolymer resins for use in vinyl records, floorings, extrusions for packaging and solution coatings. Cchtiritied Kigh QtfbPvy -- fticreared Prtwucvaa, Call R C First f or polyurethane coatings, adhesives, potting compounds, laminates, elastomers and caulking. Call R C First for P V C :51m and sheeting, press polishing and RucorailTM extruded p miller for handrail applications ir. exclusive woodgrtdn patterns. 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We'll also be glad to send you techni cal bulletins on N E O D O L 25. Shell Chemical Company, Industrial Chem icals Division, 110 West 51st Street, New York, N . Y. 10020. Shell Chemical Company C'W-9 i Industrial Chemicals Divisici:} ! 110 West 51st St., N .Y ., N Y 10020 ! Please send me sample of Nr O D O L J 25 for evaluation, technrial b u i- j letins about N E O D O L 25. [ n a m e ________________________________________j f i r m ________ :____________________________ ] ADDRESS_____________________________________I CITY _____________________ STA TE________ 1 I---------- ------------------------------------------- J September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL VYEK 13 pa,K :l, v i m s ZFcR Li L Low-Temperature Plasticizer in New, Free-Flowing Po w d er Form Low Temperature Performance Versus Arizona's 208-DLC Concentration ARIZONA 208-DLC ADDITIONS PER 100 PARTS OF NEOPRENE W 0 10 20 30 10 ,0 0 0 psi Stiffness ASTM D- 1043 COM POUND "c r!: N c o o r e n e vY A : o A A S ;: A Y D OCL ;\C OZOIH: A S cS ueD Z inc O x H e N A -22 Tr-MURAM !A TT > -t A 0 .7 1 0 .7 5 F ic s iY i 2 0 ', CD irw A c : IOC Ca n e a FIRST i t FATTY ACI D, R O S I N & T E R R E N E C H E M I S T R Y Anzc-a's 2C3-D IC oners r'ne irnooncn" tovc-temnercn.re fkxicA'ty orogenies 0: ns.zone s 2C5 Plasticizer, but in o tL5 'v eosv-io-riandie p o wder form, in caon.cn to Increased ease oi hand,mg, Arizona's 2CB-DLC reduces mill time end O he incorporation of carbon chioroprene, nitrile and Hypo ion* Elastomer systems, 'OuPcn! T .f/. A. ozone's 205-DLC is cocked in 5C-'b., moiri .'roii boas for oosio' nandilnc ana storage. ir, :rs non- term 208-DLC oermirs ;t O'e cccurcie weighing as well as facilitating equipment cleanout, without any change in low-temperature piasticizirig characteristics. Anzonc oisc oners Toe,smew 2/ and 27- DIC, specially Designed tor icdsitying arid improving ove'-s ;j processing in einyiene prepyiere terpolymer (EFT) eiastomers and butyl rubber systems, For more detailed information c bout Arizona's products, write or ca ! Today. Isn't if time you moved to Arizona? A R I Z O N A CHEMICAL C O M P A N Y , H I West 50th Street, New York, New Yor-00020 Septmber 10, 1966 CHEMICAL V'EEK 15 Put your plant in the Houston-Gulf Coast! Salt . . . oil . . . gas . . . sulfur . . . water . . . shell . . . you'll find them in abundance in the H o u sto n -G u lf Coast. Y o u 'll also find a vast petro chemical complex, in which the fin ished product o f one plant becomes feedstock for another, Raw m aterial supply is just one reason why more than 400 chemical products are being produced in the H o u sto n -G u lf Coast region, and why more man 185 chemical plants leave been built here. Other good reasons for ibis area's sustained growth--and why it is a sood site for your business--ere its diversified transportation facilities, including deep-water seapor s . . . skilled employees . . . fine ivine conditions, with year-round outdoor recreation . . . outstanding educa tional institutions. . . and the tiggesi m ark et for your products in the South-Southwest. You'll find the B o u sto n -G u lf Coast combine: these advantages to a degree unmatched by any other area. Let us give you more facts, in complete confidence. Chute Fred Slaaeke, Vice President, He uslon L ig h tin g & Power C om pany, 1016 W alker, Houston, Texas 77001. 'ster shell dredged from Galveston Bay and other coastal waters make large supplies of this iportant raw material available for the m anufacture of cem ent and other industrial products. u L J 1 C l no ra IU 5L o UyJU D Q H O U S TO N LIG H TIN G & POWER COMPANY a taxpaying, investor-owned electric service company r----- " 1 For a com plim entary copy of the Houston-Gul' Coast Index, guide to c wealth of inform ation about the area, just write us on your letterhead. im .h e September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK 17 tt'-;vy.f 'r,tli l <;r'-r*'iiiitrt;il^vli`o'lI:yfiiFif:T: iiili^ liil 'sh*, -t'" *" 1r 3 dv-product here. Our salt oaks is its own 'oduct, m ade from a natural dom estic that is practically inexhaustible. Ite p^.5% l\Ta2SO.;) Stauffer salt cake is a se-flowing, non-caking product. Because s loaded dry and delivered dry . . . dry as the desert from which it comes. Contains no free acid. For more information, call your Stauffer representative. Or write to Stauffer Chem ical Com pany, Industrial Chem ical D ivision, 380 M adison Avenue, New York, New York 10017, STAUFFER CHEMICALS . . . si work everywhere. the ( n d V ^ ^ r^ ^ f < ^ ,| 4t^ Prt f PS he mo si a lb- P yea o U ^ : F - e e ls heaviest demand ^ 0ma^ m' September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL V/EEK 21 ;' I; . ' 'j w; ; i /a //;:. /Vs v k s CKEMJCAt WEEK SEPTEMBER LA 'iO&6 Another new U .S . aluminum producer, W. I. Reed t Associates, San Francisco engineering consulting firm, disclosed plans late last ve-ei: on behalf of a newly incorporated Georgia company, United Aluminum. Corp. The new firm will build a $3 8-million plant "somewhere, in the Southeast." United Aluminum, which will be based in San Francisco, reportedly has been organized by a group of San Francisco and Southern industrialists and is now in the final stages of financing. Names of the principals and precise site of the prooosed installation will not be made public for -vrhaps four or five weeks, C ik learns. Construction of the plant is expected to get under way next spring, be completed in early '69. Plans call for expansion of capacity to 132,000 tons/year in 10 years. W ord o f the U n ite d A lu m in u m p ro je ct com es just a few wet its afier d isclo su re d an an other new p rod u cer, N o rth w est Ahm w Tuw s, was n su fv so !; ::brunch v. b I0 o -m ;b .io : n ro icct in the Pvwei So u n d area of dw w ordier; V wlfiT 1 Amu;,: Cwbine is nsvmng its rug cxynmaQu wawsrws, o \Pu bufic. 1 a SOirisiiljK'iwibs. yes: svntrieoc phenol plant (location not disclose:;) mat I will leave double Lite capacity of another U C C phenol unit slated to go kilo ( production a; Forme Brook. IN.IB. earlv next year. The new unit wBl be- ' conrrficted in Am B C A Chairman Blow Mason. dr., says the ntm iusmBatien. ; cased cm tie;: camera: wseeew. :s scpecWd to be the ''larges: mm r ma cao- i nomical. phenol plum in the world." While most of the omnut of hud;, units veil] Isa used cmtiihwU, sirmfic. amounts of phenol end iwvwsUucr acetone, sacs Bsssom ''will hr carail a.Ink m meed growing demands of the mwohtad ' i I CundBde mmu uuw.:ided ;Bate; for nffiyetbyknm Buss seescewinm at 1 N .J.. Aaa: s.j dels Ina been tarnim: <mi poh'propyknu '"1B ' fa' : The new ;s. ysadgBmia aal: 'trig adjodsi Usi: present Aaad bcb JU g I via ,a. a.n extension td' the company's polyethelene film production tom;lug. 1 out of Cartcrsvine, Ga., and Ottawa. Bb Construction of the plant tub begin jl new wasnth, be coinpnncd Irak: in '67. I Bumble Oil bar the green lighf on coastmeiiun Wans for its pna- | posed $ 100-million refinery at Benicia, Calif. The company's app).cation to { build needed water-terminal facilities was approved by the San Francisco j Bay Conservation & Development Commission. 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Our headquarters are at I 'l l Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10006 with offices and warehouses In principal cities, n Canada Canadian Titanium Pigments Limited, Montreal Try us. T- TITANIUM PIGMENT C O R P O R A T IO N SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL LEAD CO M PANY <Et *' m ^ ' W hy U S . tracie surplus Es shrinking F ir s t - h a lf '66 exp o rts are up B u t im p o rts are risin g fa ste r r - Soybeans : M otor vehicles Chem icals Wood pulp U lubber goods d-w N onferrous m etals ; : Textiles Ores -+31 % --17 % 4-15 % + 10% + S% + 8% + 7% 4- 3 % Autos Gem s Chem icals W hiskey N o n ferro u s T e x tile s New sprint Sugar m etals +8S % -1-34 % 4-32 % +28 % +24 % + 16% + 16% + 7% SEPTEMBER IO, 1966 The Global Spending Spree R a p id r i s e in r6 S i m p a r t s could alter US, economy Sky-high demand lor products-- including foreign cars and foreign chemicals (phow, lei!)-- ha; the U . S. ihis vear leading toward m smalies; tr.+ e surplus-- the excess od exports imports---' + ' ~C; T'b> at;--acre balance e True A- .A y to :uAware tire A cmiirtis:r;+ion' : economie poney for the CL'iLwi;! ; sur -- arA perhaps its trade policy as v, eib To:a! Id. S. e.xpons : ; Januare through July v.e re up about 15% i rom shipments in tite eon'emer jil:g seVCa'-: months in Ad: bur i:tj:?or were v + more than 20% . In ehemie w' procbiies mis. rene; v.-.m even Auro ur; sevenmonth exports : :p id A . -.o nearly dAd. biuior:; but triports up d2 ; . :0 555k million. These ligures, ho 'ever, sbu :m to a ehemie al warne sa "xus: :.'b Anion -- situhi:v higher f f:j'i i i+r 'rear's first seven months, and anon,, one-third of rite mat is>r:'a mint trace maples for '66 to date. orpins in 'id and a ad. id radian none' . last year, the present out', colt tor Ad is a surplus of only ahotr ltd hikiom Tnis mould be less than A T of the S739-bi!iion gross natior at product now predicted for this ytar. Demand Called Excessive: But the declining trade surplus could have a significant impact on the . chnson Adisninistrat:on's economic decision-mak ing. The surge in imports tends to confirm what a good m aty critics of the Administration have teen saying all year -- namely, that demand in the domestic economy is m uch too high. If now seems clear thrt demand in 2? ,a,: An End to 7% Credit? Congress may write a swift end to the 7% tax credit for new business investments, a law that has notably reduced U .S . business taxes-- possibly $2 billion on '66 federal income tax returns. About half of that amount will go to manufacturing industries, among which the chemical industry and the primary metals producers -- at about $140 million and $11$ mil lion, respectively -- are expected to get the largest shares. Such an abrupt tax lave ch urge this late in the Congressional section was deemed most unlikely ouh a few weeks ago; hut now impor ant A d ministration onieiais coisside: suspen sion of the investment credit " a live possibility." Gardner Ackley, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, is believed to be- pushing the measure; and. even Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler up to now the Cabinet's strongest advocate o: ktwvtig the Thix cHii` 0 ne Dvalog Last v.eek Allied Chemical Corp. set up an Industrial Chemicals D i vision by consolidating three former divisions that for many years had been better known among buyers of indus trial chemicals than Allied itself. ergec into the big new emisin. who-e '66 sales wii'; probable exceed $500 million: Gene:un Chem ical So)Y&Y Process and Ntmona! Aniline divisio us. They were descended irme: Twee: o! me nve companies that mer aed i:t 1920 to forai Allied GhentHal N Dye Corn.. as it was known unti! 'JAC, - Ti12 new die is. or. will be headed by 63-y ear-old Vincent Suellau, who has been with Allied since the company was rormed and who had been presi dent of the General Chemical D ivi sion for the past three years. Its head quarters will be at Allied's corporate r ch and development facility in : s'1- ns Township, N .J .; and initially it will employ about 14,000. Allied's Biggest: Industrial Chem icals, Allied's largest division, will be one of the two operating divisions Fveshec ir A v , wove), Foosbec promisee ctisKuners that the new division "will ckfer all cd the research, nrobuebo;: and commercial functions previously provided by the three separate divisions.'' Jt will take over maior riant? at Syracuse and JNtlt'Ho. N .Y .: Ekraomh. N .J.: Fast St, Louis. Flu Mmtmhwale. AS Van it.uen Ponce, Fa.: id! Srcstndts arid Nichols. Calif.: anti tire new chlorinecaustic facility a: Sterne. N .C . In another organizational move last week, James Prendemnst was named president of Allied's Nitrogen D ivi sion, largest U .S. producer of anhy drous ammonia'and derivatives. Prendergasi -- who was born in Victoria, B .C ., in '20, and served in the Royal Canadian A ir Force during World War II-- will continue as president of the Barrett Division, a post he has held the past three years. As Nitrogen Division president, he succeeds George Meredith, who will retire at the end of December after nearly 40 years as an Allied executive. The President Ponders: iC e sto m Ammon hunsek teas keen tying to size up the pros and. cons. A Wicke Pious e call for ;a.X credit rep aFt --- as an anuuniawon move -- \ -w . ;r] aw sure is quick passage. If j o huso:; ;lik cs a har.dwo li 11!. 002. (k arem JTiUY end tltc ta.x crean tut ii s own. T ,,1? Tbt `.Ywrk Senator Fa : D .. La.) --- chatrman o: t. epmate Finares Committee and nu.uv.w whip --- tacked onto the House-p .used for- ewri in', esteta tax bill a ride: ::- renca: the iax eredi:. His arnencmr: t wo uhi den y the 7 tax oedueiio:n for Hi ca oita: equip ni ordered mher Aug. D and ior ah iiems noi de :vcrea by rc.'i : J an. h Trie wnair: Ians :c rpc;1d !.he me amire tina era kis anrumi; lee and omo the Senio: noor. where it's tike iy to : : y. Discouraging Spending;: I he Hite of the proposal in die House of Repre sentatives is less certain; it is almost entirely in the hand of Way: A Means Committee Chairman A'ilrnr Mills (IT, Ark.), who so far has not aired his views on the matter, But even if the repeal ruler is re jected by the House, Font seems to feel that the action he wi ! generate in the Senate will be enough to cool business spending decisions One political angle: congressmen up for re-election could point to re peal as a blow' at price rises. Kentember 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK 29 li ^ &&LI; M embers ot tine 21-nafion Grgani- , t* .on for Econom ic Cooperation and fjfDevelopment's restrictive practices ^"committee may be asked this fall to If endorse a proposal that would create an international agency designed " to ride herd" on mergers, cartels, joint | | ventures arid other combinations that might lessen world competition. Ifk The proposal was made by Senator wbPhiiip H an ( D ., M ich .), chairman of | i the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, t|t who feels that the number of links I between U .S . and foreign firms may be excessive. He sees the trend as a menace, worries because no govern ment agency is steeping track of the combinations, let alone protecting the public interest. He has urged the State and Justice Depts. and Federal Trade Commission to support Iris plan a O E C D 's meet- ing. The officials of these agencies say they will cons; der the nropouN. are otherwise non committal. Moan while, some memo ers of H art's sum think the O E C D tgroup may be too to effectively deal with the issue. a smaller unit -- possibly inciud- ing the six-nation European Economic Community (EEC:)% Britain. Canada and the U .S .-- may be more .sunable. Rough Idea: Hart aeenev would be the first step towar d such proreebon. He doesn't have all the specific ironed out, but he does offer some rough ideas: The agency would establish an of fice staffed by antitrust experts from several countries, who would act as a clearinghouse for information not now collected. It might have investigatory powers, but not powers to'prosecute; it could, however, recommend actions to the respective governments in volved. Adding impetus to H art's proposals was new evidence submitted by F T C showing that the 50 largest U .S . in dustrial concerns have acquired at least 177 foreign companies since '60. In Western Europe alone these com panies since '5S have established 92 joint ventures and bought 78 foreign comnanies. F T C a mimmit Paul Rand Dix on ovemo era abroad in rcc::nt y -. her omm-i twee private Eve mer.: here. He :Mers to these sunn lies io rebmt ion g-standing conipa nv ehoraes mmi ha:rsb enforcement of U .S . aminusi Jimn cut off investmt nl cionorili nib es ahnran.- ''Rather than being hampered bv our m itri! st laws Dixon ados. l:U .S. brnm have been exnanding abroad at r immer me they have been <:x- rm b im hime, 7h ese expansions, nrme reoonedlv been io great that seveml ! ornili) govern" IIS are foster companies Gnic ican onerati wititin their country." Challenging Internationa! Unions: Hart has pressed the Justice Dept, on jQ Upeppy k 1 isher Scientific's Fisher: le a d y to serve iasf-arov/ing research m arket. Growing with R&D Chemical and pharmtuwatical re search will be growing a ft much faster rate than he gross iiwiioiiaS product during the maxi 1aw years. Chairman Aiken Fisher of a'isher Scientific Co. (Pittsburgh) pie diefed in an appearance lief ore the >owe 's on: Society of Security Analyst s. Annual research and d o 'elopirmni expenditures by ali U .S . inE u>irv wlY. rise by more than 20% by' '69, ac cording to Fisher's preiesrin s. arm medical research outlays v.ill climb at about the same raw. Number of trained you:.a men and women avariarne : criar: showina a TG and 'fi9 in : decrees to oe aw; o' enei vnuz WORLD ptSenalt- H a r h Seeks A d m in istra tio n ;4 uP Prf fo r global antitrust agency. enuueni suits in the international sphere were hied two years ago. One. Still pending, challenges the joint ven ture of Monsanto and West Germ any's F ar'onfabriken Bayer, e >rabl ishing Money, the largest U .S . producer of isocyanates.) Justice Dept, spokesman Edwin Zimmerman refuses to concede that the government is being soft on inter national combines. He notes that Ju s tice has closely studied several big deals-- e.g., GE-Bull-Olivetti, R C A Siemens, Chrysler-Simca-Rootes-- but these didn't have the anticompetitive consequences that would add up to a violation of U .S . laws. ad the major mark nv er's company, wo rv prnent for ir : usury. nos- puns, schools, e loIltheerr rna- jor product line contro! in- struments. At present, industri customers ac count for about 50% of t re com pany's sales volume. Fisher exp: cis this part of the business to grow, but predicts that the rate of growth will be greater in other areas -- e.g., university la boratories, hospital diagnostic and re search laboratories. H e estimates Ids company's '66 sales at more than $63 million -- up about 10% from ' 65. September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK Ill-7^11]] il '! opil 1 h. a! I 0 W S 1 0 ! "T0 f CHEMICAL W EEK SEPTEMBER. Iff, 1966 bp Ir President .Tohnson's " Great Society'"legislation is at stake in Novem bers elections. As is normal in an off-year election, live Democrats, as the ? party in power, expect to suffer some losses in the House, The question is how t:. - many. They hold a iwo-to-one majority in the 89th Congress mid can. I suffer some losses without losing effective control of the legislative machinery. !I' Democrats now hold 63 marginal House seats, some won b y less than a 5 % margin in '64. Republicans must win back 38 seats just to come up to the minority balance they held in the 88th Congress, And most analysts don't expect them to pick up more than 30 seats, despite unrest oww Viet nam, inflation and civil rights troubles. This still would leave the I''resident a good legislative margin. The outlook for Republican gains in the Senate is even dimmer. M ahv house Democrats are vulnerable because they now will be runring with out the coattail advantage of Johnson's landslide victory two years ago. Tut she senators op for w-eieetion won their seats in :60 when the laic It o sN cw J ohn iff Kennedy and Richard M . Nixon split the vote. Hi' Private patents wilt be almost impossible to get under orovisions of the new auto safety law and its S55-miilion research contract section. The House and Senate have agreed to language providing for public ownership of inventions if the government's contribution is " substantial." Senator Russel! Lone CD.. L a .) is tming to tack such a provision to all restarch and development legislation so long as lit ere is no government-wide policy in this field. & The proposed Dept, of Transportation may be headed up a dead-end street in Congress. The House last week approved creation of the Kith Cabinet-level department---but only after considerable gutting. Aim its fate in the Senate is uncertain, tied to how Jong the bitter civil rights bailie will run. Even if created, the department would ham. no role in approv ing rates, mergers of competitive practices. These still would be left to the Interstate Commerce Cornmision, Civil Aeronautics Board and Federal. M ari time Administration. The Maritime Administration is out of the proposed de partment completely. And the House eliminated a proposal that would have authorized the Secretary of Transportation to lay down standares for evalu ating federal-aid programs. There is little doubt that the department will come into being one of these years. "While it will start with little actual authority, is can be. ex pected to lead a fight in Congress for changes in regulatory laws to give it more power. 33 co ^ ,'<! r.i fA 'UREA HNOs iy's b;'0c kt hi ron gh in Urea plant design, manes i: cssibie to bJi id pjgr-.ts for the simultaneous r u 'C a o jring cf Ure a, Metrie A(:ib, Ammonium NiwaU, UA-22 rid otm=r Nil rogen 00 uti on s. ids unioue. it's rn; re eco- omical too, '//eatherh/ s Apc ign offers more fertilizer at ;SS CCS'[ per t on t h i'OU|gh iow initial cost, higher ammonia on, e:ad lotver op crating labor cos. WeCrerly's fully automated process utilizes urea off-gas for the nitric acid plant and ammonium ni trate neutralizer. Capacities of 20 to 1000 tons 'PjinipwviUrrntainiKii-rt per day. For more information on this com plete, compact Weatherly nitrogen complex, write, wire or phone Area Cede 404 355-5323. r iI i I Ikjiiutn:uiiUUatill The D. M,, W eatherly Com pany Engineers and Builders * 1819 Peachtree R d., 1\T , A tlanta, Gco-gia 30309 N r\ i ! U i i M. L. D G ' Chemical acquires ILS. Paint; Petrolite enters Humble's complex w -- Grow Chemical Corp. (New York) lias bought C ,S . Paint & Lacquer (St. Louis) for 84.000 shares of Grow common and about $600,000 worth of preferred stock. The purchase of the protective coatings maker is the second of three planned acquisitions. Cello Chemical (Baltimore) was acquired in July and negotiations are under way to but' Farboil C o . (Baltimore). (Recent price of Grow shares: $12.50.) Petrolite Corp. (New York) has purchased an 85acre site in Humble O il & Refining Co.'s Bayport. Tex., industrial development. Petrolite is the sixth landowner on the 7,250-acre property on Galveston Bay. 25 miles southeast of Houston. Other site owners are Lockheed, Retzloft Chemical Corp.. Shaffer Too! Works, Haldor Topsoe, and American Cryogenics. ton will exchange 834,447 shares of common and 155.763 shares of new preferred for 1,112,596 shares of Producers common slock. (Recent price of Pulton common: $12.75.) Purex increases quarterly dividend; Pioneer omits dividend Purex Corp. (Lakewood, Calif.) has increased its quarterly dividend from 16e to 17y/share, a id has declared a 2(7 common stock dividend. Pioneer Plastics Corp. (Auburn. Me.) is omening its regular quarterly 5o/share dividend to conserve capital for completion of Pioneer's recent move to a larger plant in Auburn. M e., and to install new equipment. Giidden plans $4-miliion R&D center; Shell dedicates $75-mil!ion Sight oil complex Dow adds to- Ohio site; Stromberg-Carlson to m a r k e t m ic r o film The Giidden Co. (Cleveland) will construe: a 34miiiion research center in Strongsville. ().. which null name t.7 the raw.writ and devewpment actwu: is of its Dow Chemical Cm (New York) has acquiree an ad Coatings and Resins and Durkee Foods grout):,. The ditional 279 acres in Belmont County. Ohio, which companv has an option cm a 30-acre site, siuye.n to re br its holdings in the area to more than 500 acres. storing of the property. If rezoning is approved, Giidden O land holdings-- which lie over what experts savs it v.ill beam construction bv June '67, with com belnwe to be major salt deposits-- were acquired in two pletion scheduled for Aug. '68. previous purchases. The Coatings and Resins and Durkee Food; groups Stromberg-Carlson (Rochester. N .Y .e --a General account tor about 80% of the company's annual sales. Dynamics subsist ary-...will market microfilm nwamerd Sales for fiscal '66 which ends Aug. 31) are expected by KelvarCorp. (New Orleans, L a .;. Stromberg-Cta'ison to iota! about S345 million. The company's Pw.:D and Rata Products Division (San Diego-) will manage the technical sendee expenditures for fiscal '66: :bout 38 distribution of Relvar's microfilm aperture cards and million. 1 i ,11 duplicating equipment. Shell Oil Co. (New York) has dedicated its $75- miliiori light oil processing complex at Martinez. Calif. Abbott acquires Faultless Rubber; Tdie addition increases the capacity of the Martinez re I finery bv 55fT . brings its capacity to 85,000 cols./clay. Fulton and Producers Cotton Oil m e r g e ill The boards of Abbott Laboratories (North Chicago Atlantic Richfield builds coke facility and Faultless Rubber Co. (Ashland. Of) have ratifie an agreement providing for the acquisition of ah Fault Fluor Corp. awarded refinery contract less assets for 110.554 Abbott common shares. Atlantic Richfield (Philadelphia) is buildim a Si ID - And Abbott has reached an agreement in principle million petroleum coke storage and handling wcilify at with Air Control (Norristown, Pa.), a subsidiary of Long Beach, Calif., for overseas shipments. The unit National Aeronautical Corp. (Fort Washington, Pa.) for -- to be completed about April `67-- is designed to the exclusive distribution of Air Control's laminar air accumulate coke in quantities sufficient to load 10,000- flow nitration hoods. 15,000-ton cargoes for Japan and Europe, Product will The merger of Fulton Industries (Atlanta, Ga.) and come from a new, 1,200-tons/day coking un t nearing Producers Colton Oil Co. (Fresno, Calif..) has been ap- completion at the company's Watson refinery t td by the directors of both companies (CW, Aug. Powerine Oil Co. has awarded a $ 10-mil .ion mod do 32). Terms of tire agreement, subject to stock- ernization and expansion contract at its Santa Fe holums' approval: exchange of three-quarters share of Springs, Calif., refinery to Fluor Corp. (Los Angeles), Fulton common and 0.14 shares of new Fulton preferred Construction will begin later this year and is scheduled for each share of Producers common stock. In all, Ful for completion in the summer of '67. September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK 37 i -v'v c r i <Helping y o u meet i.'ne chu '`e (oj ] fn'iicljl'i!<( 'a f IP : t : ^ y V ' V - - v ` . ?, ; (} :k tm v V ..-., ; V , * tv' t V!_.-* uJtjK* v -v. u j- - c <' wv 4-c; fc**'\ , 1v.'Nf` % ,- , ^ ' Y, f 1prOr_.^-- ' s. k ' j, _f i 4 4... , >'> . vV '1 r V S VVlf , C-i i-3i-ctl : riiiileal P ro te i . / - j-* <" Ot- ' j 1 *- ` g. ** - 0 ` ^ -, i . f '' - - t> O H O E ,g S t r0 . v;.:;/v ' ; ~-': (as fiftlagast 0.25%J J: .. ^ . i`c ^' ^ ^ t!; ^ ^ * UI : Li-ia hV, et A V",,wi 'u t::' ;' - '... - - . 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It is used f: ;n plunger pumps for fire-resistant hy- otvxdie fl..ids 'Www- or Abtwsec; ;r. memi prewssmt: plants... -hr tom ease, increasing par lung hie iron about a veeh (with neoprene) to five months, And tests rww under way at Du Pom's engineering laboratories: show that Coriam will make an excellent sealing material for roomy wadis (for example, cemritaga! pump shafts). fit upmil: In: Du Pout's Kenneth DDnsom nroer.t! manager "f indus tria l tames sttses. wes n o t - e c Cer ium's industrial sales rivaling its mar ket in shoes and consumer products. And in tire industrial sales area, auto motive seals could well turn out to be a larger market than plant process equipment. 3m there is no question that plant process equipment will be gin to lake a portion of Corfam 's pro duction if more potential users have the good results from if that the pio neer users have had. The same properties that make it attractive shoe material -- durabil ity, toughness and flexibility-- are main reasons for its success in industrial trials so far. And Du Pen.; has aodec to these properties by hrmrwrmiDg the Corfarn with other niaterhds. In fact, "straight" Corf am hasn't been used industrially, and probable v o o h he mCdUcc !;a ::V; r-re bribes^ idt'/::'.. im.prc-ve.ci properties, according to J ohnson. Du Pont describes Certain; as a coriaceous (tough. ie .u h e w ;D perrmeric material. It is a non woven shew. D urethane polymer has; reirnorcea with nob ester. Toe sheet contains fi bers deposited in a rami cm mauwr ..no .rid together with a binder to- ob tain uniform strength in a i directions, bach cubic inch o: sheet .emutits mil lions of pores that e.m he saturated with elastomers, resins and waxes. The sheet may also be crated. The first material Du Pam has used for impregnating Coriam is Adiprene, its- urethane-based elasiciner, which has good resistance to tbrasion, oil, fuel, weather and ozone, in addition Adiprene has good tensile strength, high load-bearing and elongation ca pacities. When, vulcanized, it remains flexible at temperatures below -8 0 F and retains hardness anil strength at temperatures to 250 F. It also has good September 10, 1566 CHEMICAL WEEK 43 0A3 eye-appeal didn't sell products, you wouldn't need our coEor-brighren.ng "IfO; oppeorcnee is everything. And ro be competirive, you nave io match nature itself, net's w h y we uioped HORSE HEAD'" titanium dioxide pigments /w r.n whiles, and brighten ent dn dance other colors. ideal for interior or exterior paints, industrial tinishes, piasiics, and ruboer picauCiS. rcr information, write to the company with 100 years pigment cxpei lence. Our pigments wtMwTl flipW'dlfl re your best salesmen. The N e w Jerse3yy Zinc Company, i oO rront ht., N. Y., N. Y. OCCb. ltUAif tm Armour's McCorlde and Gardner cheek plans fo r n ew am in es p la n t. s green light for construction of a ci--ijnereial plant to make a new series of amines has been flashed by .fames Gardner, president of Armour Indus trial Chemical C o., and Miles MeCoride, vice-president and technical director. The new semiworks unit will turn on: several million pounds.year of the new beta-amines after it goes onstream at M cCook. 111., in March '67. The products malting the lab-ioplant transition diner in several re spects from corweruional fatty amines sold by Armour and a number of mbs; proaucers. Thc-v are derived from petroleum-based materials rather than from naturally occurring raw mate rials, and are made by a new catalytic process '.patents have been applied for m :ae U .S. and abroad). The new route gives a saturated long-cham hydrocarbon containing an amine or diamine group on an interior caroon atom -- predominantly at the beia position. Conventional products alpha-amines. e beta-amines have greater liquidsolvency and stability than do .ytlpha-amines. Like alpha-amines they :,,m strongly cationic surface-active agents. They are expected to show cost advantages when used in competitive applications. Large-scale mm are anticipated in the oaoer. petroleum, plstico rubber, textil:-. metalworking, paint, veci and pesticides industries. IvicCoride de clares that fatty nitrogen chemicals are now a SlOO-rniihon year industry, and concludes, "The beta-amine break through. we feel, opens up an equally big new business field." Among the other producers of tatty amines: A D M Chemicals. Dow. C ar gill. General s h it and Murnbo Prod ucts. Fatty attwD condensates and fatty nitrites are aim nan of the fatty nitrogen chemkvM family. Airlines and Diamines: hour betaarnnics and a pair of diamines have been tested since '64, and a series of derivatives joined them in '65. The amines are dubbed Armeens L-7, L-9, L - l l and L -5, the number indicating the number of carbon atoms in (he chain. The diamines are Duomeens L - l l and L-15. Exceptionally low melting and cloud points are said to make these amines easy to handle and store, especially when used outdoors at temperatures rnmmnuxA.nr THE CASE OF Tbit The Chinese descriptor of clove is "fragrant nail." The objective of a continuous de velopm ent program performed by Snell for a ciove growers' cooperative of an African island-nation was to demonstrate tire flavor vs Mo of " fra grant nails'' (cloves). At last count, our creative food technokg.y staff hod produced 32 unique wars of using cloves, including the use of clows as an ingredient in powdered spaghetti sauce mix. cake frosting mixes, car bonated beverages, cored.Js. a choco late syrup, tea, and cigars'tea. Snell has been serving the food in dustry for almost hall-v-century in product research, devei ymieni, and improvement. 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Schirmer, president, states, 'Best id': payload-weight ratios with .vide cargo range add up to profitable operation | | | | for our fleet of UNI FRAME ta tkers. | f They've logged more than ,000,000 H miles during the past six years w ith o u t 'time off' for other than normal maintenance. We attribute fn's to m Certified's superior construction and experienced know -hoy_.'' K Million-mile performance by xas# hundreds of the nation's chem'ica' >- i "'-..''1 lttli&ii'jHsiu-a] ifh< 01 miom C For lowest cost per !b. per mile transport of your cargo, cai or writ ,,......... & Steel Products Cornpsnv, 1000 Berry Ave,, St. Paul, vin n . 55'L Telephone 16 i wL m. Il 7,-/scoz ! iC-pscfs booklet with tne Profitable Payfcad story it yours \ fres upon request Cv n V.SU \ fe: . i i n s "..Stro>W. ^V ^ tvnnn a * / /y/w<- p i>n s t fjiHiaaaatej * ' ''s' -1x t,, o"1 \ ; ... -k )-v IA _jj r~ ti > \ i V, < / vH\tp J i r --- e |i ` nil mu A' nun '. .!-.; : Ti,'llii" n ;| 1IfFii! 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Where you base water conditioning, waste treatment and product recovery problems, Cram- has the engineering and product sophistication to solve them most econom ically, tooth specif.ed-to-order or pre-packaged Crane-Cochrane-' systems from daminerakzers to deaerators, ion-exchangers lo sall-splitiers. But that's not toe hah" o f it. Crane also has piping and h itirgs to meet about arty requirement vet! have, fo r full details, write Crane C o ., Dept. 012, WOO South Kecieie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois oDudd, ipis T allo w ate from steers ike these H erefords is used in n ew s y n d e t m a nu factu ring process BnsMer S w.-*' Jp ; p- p \L :C ' Y...A A '" ` t r a n s p a r e n t e m u l s i o n 9 p r o c e s s o[ s ki'a-y fo- s u g a r e s t e r s in s u r f a c t a n t s nier W hs; do caille iicve 10 do v, ah ;he cholee of a wmihetie acierren! croe- ess? 1; .he S uay of Nebraska y V its waja be t - mxip will be pbNA. Nebra AKA. bid A ounce: of noth :n;:!e and sc KT NcyIa. is seeking patc its on a new process for making sa rf aceactive Agonis :r- :r:r sucrose am bc.n tallo v. And ids vikmg to o:w ; ihe proee; h ;cy c.dy -free to proc vrhow build in 1;ie slam. Tim nr.-ntAsS ix > been works C'u; for I s r e a - lr 'ey. blow Osipwv arm William ICoacnl'lmi or lire consulting iirm roster D . Snell. Inc. (New York a And v.hile the nrocess is yet to be pilotea. Oiipow is convinced that it not oniv overcomes me major draw- racks of previously offered sugar sur- tactams orocesses but also well be economically compciitive with proc esses based on petroleum derivatives. The technique is so new that indus- .rv evaluations have not been made. 3 itdies on a forerunner of the new ?k :s, made for the Sugar Re- learoa Foundation, bear out estimates hat sugar-based syndets can compete m a cost basis with present commer- daily available synthetic detergents, Bin on Kiodecraciauiniv: One Ida Sonina nsxru is h:n nn- sjrfocinn;;- ark 'noth odible and Apaezradahie. N. bmp. lire :t'Hornes. compaiibie with other anionics. They could be used for food additives le.g.. as emulsifiers) arid in cosmetics, as v. eh es for conventional surfaciant iob> --in paint drying oiks. printing inks. am: tor a range or ncmschok; anti industrial detergents. Nebraska Abe iak feel the ''hiedeerwamwuv utiemu n regamnim r.o'.'.senoici denmgents it mr iroin answered. e\e.n though industry has switched from airy,lbenxem-based suliales and sulfonate 0 linear alkyl sulfonates. Several Switches: Osipovas and Rosenblatt's method incorporates sev eral changes from earlier sugar-using processes. The big switch is in avoid ance of a solvent in order to bring together the sugar and `'tallowate'1 reactants. The new process employs a sol vent for the sugar, but its twist is to form a transparent emulsion of the tallowate-- making the tallow product into droplets smaller in diameter 'W w man one-quarter the wave lei.cam m lights. These can be dispersed in. pro pylene Aycoi solution or sue; r A n d. according to Osipova the talkovates in this form react with sucrow much as they would if the two products u ere dissolved in a mutual solvent wbmetnvl ormamade lias 0A: N.VTA commercially as a mutual so 1bN j. Although the glycol must : c recovered by distillation, this is a fairly simple stem This dispenses Nth possidle trouble with me U.S. Food a Drug Administration, vine ' vpparenhv feels dimethyl forman A 1 C:cV'J'l be fully removed, and the; sohent residue is a hazard to user-. Taiiowatcs dim mixture o' methyl stearates, plus some palrnitn.es and oiea' cs derived from taboo are put into the highly dispersed :orm by mixing with a soap or detergent and stirring oath the glycol. Tim micelles of soap carry the tallow ales mto the ultrafine suspension. Amont suitable suspending agents: aikyi su.baies and other organic syndets-- e.g.. sodium olcatc. The oleate can be recovered as oleic acid if needed; in oiner cases-- such as in making household syndets -- the agent need not be removed. While transparent emulsions have ' In Japan, Dia Nippon Sugar C c . sells suj/ar esu-rs fur foot! use with no government complaint. September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL 'REEK 53 A f ; bN ib : kb iji : : bj; j. ; iqji fj!j|):' b j ' . 'jk ;il Y AAjsf !. a -1 lili )p j:;! f 'di tA ig g p c ;^ r:! . &il'iniklii.i In October oi Id 64, thcr B Y\ c.~ nothing but an empty sire .ch of H arniiton County, t" 1orica on the site above. But less than 10 rnonto s later O c c id e n ta l' s rod ; heriellenation oiant was on stream-- th e hr,. t plant in the newly opened Phc spirate 3 o '"O o 'lori ,i cl. \Y orbing closely wr | taci dec la 1 engineers. Dori -0 iverd Murphy Division desI2 J] ':i, coi' structed and completely ec capped ai! battery limits and ofi-ntes of the plant. It will teed phosphate rock to Occidental's new nrUti-rnil- hon dollar fertilizer plant located one mile away. (Dorr-O'nver turn' keyed that plant, too.) i); D orr-O liver' s experience and know-how made it possible. e n g in e e r in g under reflux, as the pressure is gradu ally reduced to one millimeter o f mer cury and the temperature brought to ml 350 F . r'here remain many processing uurdies before such bench-scale proc esses can be brought to the most eco nomic commercial design, and Snell is now working on this. Bids on Biouegradabiliiy: Nebras ka's big hope is tor a commercial plant to use sucrose esters in 'produc tion of household detergents. One measure of be potential cornes from a manufacturing cost estimate pre pared by The Lummus Co. (New York) and a 63 market studv pre pared by Com -Dew , Inc. (.Philadel phia), for the Sugar Research Foun dation (New York), which sought to commercialize a previous Osipow process. Lummus calculations assume sugar supplied at iOc/ib. and metro 1 tallowate at 12c Tm A detergent mix containing K IN o: the sugar wiiow- coinmrrtin. pacing'...: synben m w- ieciivenesS'-- could be m xnxm usw c at 13.5c db. in a "lam having car-achy r ' 0 million lbs. year. Cost would ' to 7.74c/ib. in a plan: having a opacity for 100 million ins. 'year. Snell sags it expects As new process to be even lass expensive user the process evaluated by hummus. According to vat Com-Dew w-pawg the roniemc sucrose ester detergents are compatible with anionic surate- tants, which make up as much as 30w of over 2 billion tons year of detergents produced in the U .S . And the sucrose ester detergents we tar more easilv broken down in sew age treatment processes than are the amyiberzene sulfonate- detergent:. Stnee Cone-Dew made its report, however, the soap and deterge::! in dustry switched from alkytbenzene- sulfortate, adopted linear alkane sul fonate (L.AS) as die basic component of the detergent mix.* Now there are reports that LA.S is not completely broken down in the oxygen-starved conditions prevalent in most house hold cesspools. Sugar and tallow de tergent proponents hope that this will W a the way to widespread commer- Aion of sucrose syndets. pw. g Island Test: One study of * I n addi tio n to cite L A S mat eri al th e comPounded detergent contains such other chemicals &s s o d iu m polypho sp hat es , sodium silicate, sodium sulfate, etc. Breathe easier T h e odds croit: posted yet on the test man that gambled on oxygen compressor design. W hether you am pushing oxygon over the fence io a sum: mid or oxdiy ramming A into a process a: duO---CiOC or even NX) psi, we can give you a hundred reasons to consider C lark oxygen compressors and they are till operating! M ost oxygen plant designers know about the dependability a:id safety of these proved units but the economic justification is eciudiy impression C lark offers two ty joes of machines.... both proved. For many ap plications, a horizontally-split centrifugal compressor of compound design will du the- join best A the ; ratio across the. case wnA too high Lx O:nor applications, a in n a: isotherm;.:! centrifugal wnn- pressor is riant. That give; cooling between individual stages---saves horsepower-- holds down temperature. Pressures of 270 psi cat: bo handled the isothermal way. Higher pressures usually call to: an isothermal and a compound unit, dhev are both good rnacrunes. Sam e finesse inside. Sam e safety---same 100% availability. N o stand by needed. You will often save an extra case. W ith Clark oxygen compressors there is no reason to consider odds ___there aren't any. Breathe easier. So your insurance m an can too. Say Clark. CLARK BROS, CO ., Division o! . z y .w v w A Industries, Clean, New York CM September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK 69 to IS Sto -y .-py- C o r r e r y Chemie turned "end-for-end as Dow Corning* develops new aids for plastics processing Going; to "extremes" to find answers to plastics processingqu jstions is commonplace at Dow Corning. For example, whether you want to m ake a foam, or make another foam disappear, we can help you do it better. Or if you need to m ake something slick, or make it stick, our researchers have developed efficient ways to do both. E etails? F o r fo a m o r no foam , we have the answer as shown in the illu s trations. If unwanted foam is the problem, one of our foam control agents stops it quickly, speeds production, cuts costs, reduce; waste. By using one of our Dow Corning siiicone-giyeoi surfactants, ure thane foams (rigid or flexible gain uniform, controlled e.oii size, stable dimensions, processing advantages. Is " slick " or " s t ic k " you r g o a l? Dow Corning materials aid both. One of our silicone release agents, applied to molds. e> trusion presses or other plastic processing equipment assures quiet, clean release cycle after cycle. Still another group (four products --our reactive organosiiicon chem icals--provides an excellent nouns o: couuliru: organic resins to- inoraanic surfaces such as gnu:-, griper. At Dow Corning we specialize' in many such ''eecuor-enc a-vekpmerus . . . mtuim: new uses for to r products, mm answers or your problems. AVe'i] do it even if we have to oeve.op a new m tueriaD Why not let us try for you? Ju s t write us on your ieiierh eia. Release coating talks turkey! The lid is off sticky packaging problems with this new cover coated with a S ;c - f e food- grade silicone coated release coating. Devel oped by Dow Corning and applied by a con verter, this coating prevents the frozen, bone less, ready-to-cook turkey roast from sticking to the lid, even after cooking at 425 F. The d won't delaminate or pull meat away from roast. Such coatings, applied to a wide ange of board and paper stocks, won't mi grate, transfer, or contaminate. Write for a brochure with coated samples. We welcome the epitomi mt;c V; kee n von abreast c>f latest new e on the developerMV paid applica: ions of :taerais to balg you 100c tire n most cine; lively in \n c r products, processes, product urn. Please make all inotiiries on your letterhead, and address them to Dept. 2109, Chemical Products Division, Dow Corning Corpora tion, M idland, M ichigan 48640. September IO, 1S66 CH LM !CAL 7/L.EK. 61 1 ;b ! best O: 3 A 3 A.-t Ss GRAPHITE PRODUCTS DIVISION GREAT LAKES CARBON CORPORATION 18 East 4 8 t h S t r e e t * N e w Y o r k , N.Y. 10017 OFFICES AND AGENTS FROM COAST-TO-COAST AND AROUND THE V/ORLD Great Lakes Carbon Corporation is one o f the voorid's la rg est m anufacturers of graphit; for e lectro ch em ica l a n d electt otherrnic p r o c e s se s-- a n d fc r aerospace, nuclear, m etallurgical and other industrial uses. They are the people at Pfaudier. Them refers to GiasteeT reactors. That big is up to 22,000 gallons. And the mao who said ''Yes'1knows. Because he looks for answers stocked for quick delivery, you: turn to the table cm page 4. t yoinre interested in materials of construction. You find out about Giasteeh Nucente" ceramic metal, Pfaudbn and 3. And so it goes. Facts on mixers. Storage tanks, heat exchangers,. Centrifuges. Pipes, valves and fItt:ingsCo!u rnns. Dryer-Bienders. They're all in the Guide,, Teed engineering assistance Our Project Erigi nee ring .................. ........... f:o' volo 19SG Buyer's Guide, idrici y o o r corno, ti d e , CDir.pc.ny end a a dress \c> T pc- pfaudier C o ., Dept. CVv-SG Rochester, K. Y. service starts with your j prowess, ends with startup. f : That story is on page 10c The f Guide is free. Use the coupon. [ Or for really fast action, call \ /16 BE 5-1000. procese equipment from . /4W ilhlfcT 3 5 0 0 is bad nc lor swim mi H y a m ix e 3:>00. Less chlorine needee. raises al algae. These enemies of a pool's beauty just on a fresh (dear and clean appearance. A five ppm can't exist in the presence of this powerful algaecide. dosage of H y a m in e does the job and lesser com H y a m in e quickly clears up such algal problems as eenlraiions, every 5 to clogged filters and drains, decaying odors, staining of 7 days, prevent algae walls and floors, and water discoloration. ilareups. .Lor further in 3 , ;j Sw im m ing is far more enjoyable when you use formation. write as today. t'H.TAimlL'-bA PI: NT'S fiL VAf'.'/A lLJ'Or; ! ! h Er ;p J MM I L L.W W Sc , gas industry shows rapid growth According to information monitored from Soviet sources by Radio Liberty, output of natural gas in the 1J.S.S.R. has risen from 2.3% of the world's total in '55 to 15.6% in ' 65, making it the world's second largest producer. | Use of this gas, the Soviets claim, has saved the country S billion rubles ($8.88 billion at the official exchange rate) or double the amount now invested in the industry. Japanese plan two big styrene centers Two Japanese chemical groups plan giant styrene monomer production centers. One of 68.000-100.000metrie-ton; capacity will be built by four members ot he Mitsui group: Tovo Kmaisii Industries, Mitsui Ferrochemical liWusiriw, Toyo Hag mi ..are: RRcmcAJisemioai Industrie!, rime lour arms mm wigimriy smarm; w build >ermm!eim a: lev genwaim cm but cmmc ;.r the economy of scale. ' he same rime. Mitsubishi Petrochemical R r>L:snii ' build a stvrene monomer plant or biO.OOOtons.- mar capacity. Details haven't been ironed out yet. Arabia moves on sulfur; Kuwait experts fertxLm! Three companies now conducting feasibility studies for a possible suiter extraction plant in Saudi Arabia estimate that 250.000 ions.'yum could be extracted. Value, at'present world trices, wouid be 512.5 million. Two U.S. companies. Occidental Petroleum and Allied Ciiemicai wouid market the sulfur. ;e third mem ber ot the consortium. Saudi Arabia's beirornin, would supply soar gas at m east. Occidental would receive a management fee as opem- tor ot the project, it expects the sulfur to be used mostly tor the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers in Me Medi terranean area, Europe, Australia and Me Far East. Long-term supply contracts to be negotiated would serve as the basis for financing the 519-rniilion project. The first export shipment has been made from Kuwait's new 833-million fertilizer complex at Shuaiba. L w t to Iraq under an agreement made earlier this year by the plant's operator, Kuwait Chemical Fcriiliz- er ~o. The company is 60% owned by the Kuwait S ment and private interests and 2050 each by oil and British Petroleum. Its entire output for the Present year is already committed, with deals concluded Aith Cyprus, Pakistan, and Sudan and other African countries. Present capacity, already' due for expansion, is 400 tdns/day of ammonia, 550 tons/day of urea, 500 tons/day of ammonium sulfate and 400 ton /day of sulfuric acid. K C F C handles its own sales to neigh boring areas, with sales further afield handled under a three-year agreement by a group consisting of Qua Mathieson (U K ), R . G . Shaw (London) and Wood ward & Dickerson (Philadelphia). Chemicals pace Italian recovery Italy's economy continues its slow, steady recovery. Official statistics for the first six months of '66 show that industrial production as a whole registered a strong 11.2% growth rate over the similar peiiod a year earlier. But chemical output rose 15.2% This compares with a chemical rise (all are first-half f cures) of 5.5% in '65 and 9.6% in '64. and a rise for industry as a whole oi 0.4% in '65 and 3.7 R in `64, Production of artificial and synthetic fibers v w up : % 7 L the fust hail of this. year, compared with A t '5 drop its "65 and a 25.2% gain in D A Jxenwn Kir Me surite is nutreaseG oomestte nu-ungs Bui exports (including heavy sales of fertilizer o Red China) also played a big part. BP wiH double capacity of Australian ammonia plant Rwinana Nitrogen Co, Pry. Ltd, ;80%. ow.ted ley BP Australia, Ltd,) is blueprinting a 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 - M is y ear ammonia pi ant at Kwiirana, Western Australia, instead of the 50,000-tons/ycar unit originally planned. The SI 1-million refinery associated with the project should be onstream within 18 months. A 90,000-tcns ;yeai nitric acid plant and a 1] 0,000-ions/year ammonium nitrate unit will complement the ammonia plant. Manned ammonia capacity was doubled as a result L market surveys indicating a grcaier-ihan-aniicipated riernam. for nitrogenous fertilizers in rim region. Four Japanese PVC plants scheduled for South Korea Four Japanese polyvinyl chloride plants having total capacity of 37,600 metric tons/'year and costing more than $14 million will be built in the Republic ci Korea. Construction of each plant will be undertaken by the Korean firm that buys it, with technical guidance and equipment to be supplied by the Japanese Japan's Chisso Corp. will help Korea Plastics C o, build a $ 3.6million, 6,600-tons/year plant. Shin-etsu Chemical in dustry C o ., Ltd., has a deal with Kongyung Mnyl Co. Septmber 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK 69 at off its kind in Mexico, tins nt lehyned tc produce 6u lio unci? per year of ethylVvitn a purity of at least 99.9%. PCLYEYK o Mexico's iirst. rids plant. is igned io product 24,000 tons year of 9.9 % pare polyerkyl- pel' tis for use in plastics. McKee servos hese Process industries: PETROLEUM CHEMICALS STEEL " -- """ * IRON NON FERROUS METALS MINERALS ORE AGGLOMERATION McKee continues to serve Mexico's Process industries The tveo nsw plants a; Jbeynosa. connected by a seven-mile, storage-type pipeline, were placed in operation early in .966. These are the latest in a long list of projects for Mexico's petro leum, chemical, iron and steel, and mining industries for which M cKee engineers have supplied a diversity of services since 1944. In Mexico, as in 59 other countries, repeat contracts from satisfied clients for projects like these oiler strong evidence of the reliaoility of M cKee engineering and construction. We would welcome an opportunity to discuss your next project. ARTH U R G. M cKEE & COMPANY, 2300 Chester Av enue, Cl eveland, On c 44101 CLEVELAND NEW YORK UNION PITTSBURGH . CHICAGO H1BEING SAN FRANCISCO CANADA MEXICO CITY SAO PAULO BUENOS AIRES SANTIAGO PARIS MADRID Odln a competitive advantage ip r your ^`rodupt'b^ iininatm gfhe "shake well before using, ' Cptele^ orfthe curtornqr sabsfctipn stemrping from ease o ue by keeping solid in iuspbnsoh, Win pusiomer pteference wnh better ' shelf appearance, Avoid hvqg.your qualityformulations regatded as "cheap" > or "mfeiior" because of-settling. Kpepyqur pfbdpci uniform. Imptove rtabijity ' of emulsions with CAB-O-SIL ' fi ! ` ifftf m m m MvfiuJ ! X Very often just a little CAB-O-SIL will do.the job, Less tham r%-keeps silver polish ingredients m suspension. Contents-of- av.quart jar o f'a rt colors retailing for s d.25 can be kept in suspension for only.2c.--No pigment settling occurred after 6 months in an interior enamel paint and an alkyd resin primer containing 0.08, lb. CAB-O-SIL per gallon. In a tranquilizer capsuleppellets -iri corn oil settled within; 1.a'rew weeks: only 3% CAB-..O-SI.-L'-vAp-'l''u'CLsp.rtr glyc-^e.Prvo' l m'r at ifn' t.a1.-i'ned:suspension. Let CAB-O-SIL enhance youn,reputariDn:fopquality:and uniform ity by helping solver -the s e ttlin g p roD lem ; No e!aboratevr.esearerr.program is-needed. It takes so little iC IV i iole Lmnd iOfVuUiS today or coll Boston (617) 'T J 6000 ica. Difftpreni g ''"`H ,o 7J r . * ft J X m- 1dl rttf C X f - i X > if pi m - , if >tt Jskrt.rr 1 'A . ; >' Arrt.rtT r A4 ; rf f X fp sS tim :, j|fg | rav!-, fie pip:-: V M l) Ifrt- ,a B\ 1 1 o f r u r t , r ^ p r ' l AO L. o t) i t Cf U [-t t V' 1 j 1II M tree j ( LuRMiltrt!! ip brushns; Process tomnany, New Bedford, Mass., as the most reinforcing ol ai! light colored materials. GA3-0-SIL contabili ten sile strength, increased modulus values, elonga tion, purity, and aids in HI processing various poly mers for molded products. N n rr-.r._____ Title........ . Corn na n y . Address_ C i t y ______ Ppr -State... De ;t. September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL W1LK 73 NTE- 'entorv was negligible. Price cutting >y 5 of our competitors resulted in i t -a! reduction in the price of immonium phosphate fertilizers and it our opinion did not result in any in crease in the total quantity sold in vestera Cannon. One source says most of the price tutting was started by one of Corn- nco's major customers. Imperial Oil i,td. The Standard Oil Co. (New Jer- ;ay) affiliate is a major entry in the traine market (a.s is Shell Canada rid.), working with some 300 disirib- iiors. There are persistent reports that iither imperial or Shell will be the text fertilizer maker on the prairies. Price discounting varied, but cuts xceeced the usual S5/ton discount or built fertilizer. Whether '67 will see i reper ; ion of this price cutting is a noot cp;e?uon. The only new proouc- ir will re !>;mpjo; Cri em.i ca1. whos font-* ZS. M an., o an' should A op- ?OST. fh ;t-; OS0- lllC 1r'V' fncsph; ? 5.(TO . ms of m m . A h )0G : ni trot em will be rnar ter . li e U .S. ilin some mil be ol M:- nnoha : rig Saska;cirev,tari, L . ,, r-nl> oiher fertilizer plant on he her zor is fl TTueh-diseussed unit .ha; we rid re built :n the Repina area n eo : ;ij;/avion -'it h a oyrnes:o-$per. oo h~s:.. Ron by Rtifron 3ay Mming : Smelting w- O . How Big a Fufare? .est ire that wheat arreas wif Trig y ear. U hjJo fertilizer drroand houle CO tronue o climb 20%. D. Sin , chi el executive cfreer xf A erte rn Co-c permive Fe' OTZCTT Ltd,. saie 1! ' a ;,lk last vet p~yA; ter we on me prairies corad 'each c; on te rib T\' `7< e pre- kiets "t( Vif tors in '66. 700.0 Ki ions n `67 S.TTC 00 u rs in 68 ar d over 1 mi li or tons ir '69. " Shou .d this :rend co minu." says Sim, " projec- :ions for 75 are ir excess of 2 mUltori :onsa If the Irene follows the rattern mat deve opt d in the U .S ., use in ?75 could re; ch 3 million tons, h r adds. Sim pr inu oui that farmers in the ITS. bon der stades that have similar T m ^tic and soil conditions are aver- a, 5-10 times more fertilizer per act ,an are the Canadian farmers. Dean C . F . Bentley of the University af Alberta told the Canadian Fertiliz er Assn, last August that he could " see i:*-'t.s "wl '.". I-O -v.,,-V'.v.C>t;t- tu-.*** T i vw ' r / o & c f you tell us whether you want to build solids or control sweetness; or you want a carrier, a plasticizer or a humectsnt; or you wouid like to save money . . . then we can tel! you which of the many kinds of Fro-Dex'- corn syrup solids to use. Fro-Dex comes in a variety of DE's and particle sizes. On Mr. Uebsrbacher is eagerly waiting to hear from you. 250 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017 September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK 75 Staying on the top is no cinch. Not in fabrics any more than in chemical polymers, pharma ceutical tablets, soap suds or what-have-you. So how do you protect a lead? Take advantage of your lead time by taking advantage of ail th' help you can get. Including us. e recognize there's room for improve ment in most formulations ana processes. And that improved specialty chemicals--de signed, say. to thicken, stabilize or suspend better, snuff out microbes more effectively or completely control metal ions --can often cut costs as well as turn out better products. For this reason, we've taken a new slant on formulating and processing problems. One that involved organizing a unique, problemoriented marketing team. Ana pulling an equally selective group of chemicals, desig nated "Designed Chemicals," at their disposal.' These specialty chemi- \ cals will be handled only by our Designed Chemi cals Group, men who, really know ingredients. And know how to help! you search out that mys terious missiiwu- chemical. PerhapJ. s one that'll give your product or proeem new competitive edge. How much of a lead in terms of rime and S i H W M m a r k e t d o y o u b a v e c n Wr-*'-1 your competition! Remem ber, your time ; m arket relationship car. change almost overnigh:. Where y on. stand t om o rr ow depends on the move you make today. Cal. our De signed Chemicals Croup. The Dow Chemi cal Com pany, Midland, Michigan. * C H E M I C A L WEEK SEPTEMBER 10, 1966 Alpha-olefm prices have been slashed sharply by G o lf O il. Prod ucts having chain lengths varying from C c to C :o will sell for 14^/lb. under G u lf's new schedule. The same tag will apply to any combination of Ge-Cbo fractions as well as to the CG-Cso fraction. Previous prices of individual olefins and fractions ranged as high as 25c/'lb. No change, however, was made in the 6.25/lb. price for C 4 product. Commercial application of alpha-olefins in detergents, polymers and specialty chemicals is expected to be stimulated by the new price cut. Intensive developmental work is already under way on alkenyl sulfonate detergents derived from alpha-olefins. Alkenyl sulfonates may ultimately compete on a price-performance basis with linear alkylate sulfonate, now the major household surfactant (C W Market Newsletter. April 3 0 ). G Phenolic resin price increases' continue to spread, Reichhold dkemicais will boost pnenoj iormaidenyde resin mgs icy'lb., effective Oct. 1, Tit? increase, to be prorated on a resin solids basis and will apply to n o s i of R eichhold's line, follows similar hikes recently posted for p-terdary -butylphenol, p-phenol and phenolic molding resins. Lithium carbonate prices are holding at 38.Se/ib., for mess con tracts despite confusion in recent weeks concerning packaging differentials ( C W , Sept. 3 , p. S 3 ) . Some months ago Foote M ineral established a orice or 37c./lb., but only for packaged-carbonate shipped on yearly contracts of 200,000 lbs. or more. In addition, a 35.5cylb. bulk price (hopper oars, delivered) was established for the large orders. B y now, both prices are standard in the industry for big orders. G Eftoids to block sale of stockpiled nickel on a hid basis we being made by the National Assn, of Meta! Finishers. The House of Representatives is now considering legislation that would release 24.5 million lbs. of nickel through the General Services Administration. Metal finishers are feadul that the bid disposal would duplicate the difficulties that arose when cadmium was sold two years ago. The association charges that relatively little cadmium reached the metal-plating business, although large lots were acquired by speculators. The metal finishers are urging Congress to restrict the nickel disposal to users in the U .S ., prohibit resale and to restrict distribution to domestic nickel producers and established distributors. In addition, sale at the prevailing market price (rather than bid selling) is suggested. N ickel scarcity has forced some shops to purchase nickel from black-market sources at twice the normal 80ck$l/Tb. price. 79 h; an assurance to you of our dependability as a supplier. Through our unique fermentation process, blackedap molasses is transformed into C itric A cid which meets or exceeds the most exacting purity and rnesh requirements. Available in U . S. P . anhydrous; granular, fine granular or powder. Telephone or Aerile for samples STEPAN CHEMICAL COMPANY Edens & Winnetka u Northfield, Illinois Telephone: 312` T16-7500 Row Urule out Park Avenue Carbide ($2 billion as a location. sales) has ac- [ quired large neighbors -- e.g., Hooker ? Chemical ($244 million sales) and (?' \Vitco ($146 m illion)-- and small h'C'ones: Grow Chemical ($13.3 million). $/. And the neighborhood seems far I from crowded. Onlv Carbide owns the building it occupies. But Grow . H ooker, B. F . v Goodrich Chem ical, Monsanto, Mis- subishi and W ilco have offices in the T 'similarly styled and relatively new *f chemical Bank New Y o rk Trust C o. A building across the street. When Stauffer moves into 209 Park 2 it will have as a neighbor Westvaco, ) which is switching over from 230 Pari:. This seeing. Great kaltes Chctrttcei mover, its sales am cw. worn >a ;.. . r. into 250 Pari;. Travel is at Greta. Lattes: its president i: a: in Las .Angeles, research is uvamu in r ua, and plants are in .Arkansas iichigan. Equalizer Ruling The International Chemical Workers Union is calling a nor. Tonal Employ ment Opportunity Commission ruling "a veritable M agna Carta for Southern workers.'' s E E O C has ms'since the first com plaint ever filed tv a union under the eeua.-employment wovisionx of the . Civil Rights A ct cf `64. Earlier, E E O C stirred naiiomvice interest when it tweed to consider I C A U T cnuyvxin: A l t , May gyy ppq afnu ia n de clining to do so. -aaOC says Planters Manufacturing '-w '.Clarksdaie. Mass.) violated the tt>v ;o a number of wavs, most notabiv bv- prying Negro workers lower wages han paid ro white workers. ' T ne next step is to conciliate the R rences between Planters and the uc,hmeolin-sa1$sCWheUisP"rewsiildlienngt tWo amlteeert wMiitththe. company any time to work out 'cement." to. ;re the commission had handed dvv. itt f D *tS r u lin & h')e union filed a suit dis ede-ral court accusing Planters of yeR'^inaiion. The suit is still pending. da;' . uR'fhyn' R ..F' -te y- ..Ap. R %'4E'W: M " ww F ; (( bet ? ' * * ** .r f ' ve, *, A rt . < V . Vi , V i ^ ~ " ,,G y ; `R 43 , V !R F% ' " F v / *# V F V F Vi , v 'R j l ' f f A i' V * ^ F 4 ,1! Wt A ( is waste) Fight it fa st! Save money! Speed production! 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I must apish' the foamer id manually; T. by metering. i f In my operation, the foam controller must; i t IT pre-rent formation of foam (as an antifosmer) f I; T eliminate already-formed foam (as a defoamer) f L Piease send me your new brochure covering Dow Corning r I silicone defoamers for G food applications: for G industrial L applications. I! " N a m e _________________________________ T i t l e __ fi I Company ______________________________________ y I A ddress______________________________________ I I C i t y __________________ S t a te _______________ Zip i L _ _ . . . _ ... ^ ^ _ - . . . ^ .... . - J Septmber 10, 1966 CHEMICAL 'PEEK 83 Edward V . Hagopian to general Manager, Hoover Chem ical Products division, Hoover Ball and Bearing Co. fpcLitmore Lake, M ich.). js S. M . Arm andias to director pdf business development in European Ifcountries, A C F Industries Inc. (New S: York). AvA Joseph A . Paciello to assistant to lithe president, Berkshire Color Divis,r - on ("Reading, Pa.), Tenneco CheraiL cals, Inc. r Irvin K . Linriard, Frank Markoe, ; jr,, and Thorwald H . Smith to senior A Yj ce . presidents, W arner - Lambert pharmaceutical C (Morris Plains. . N.J.)- ). Ralph & Davies to vice-president ( of administration, Applied Radiation Corp. (Walnut Creak. C alif.). Donald K . Hartmann to vice-presi dent of Dresser Industries ('Dallas) and president of Magnet Cove Barium Corp. (Houston). John . Kennedy to presiden:. American Mineral Spirits C o .. Wes tern Dos .Angeles). '"''Tight N . Wait to executive vice- ; nt, Consumer Products D i vision. Union Carbide Corp. ; . James )L Prendergast to president and Edward X. Corbel to executive vice-president, Nitrogen Division. Wes ley . Gatewood to executive 'vicepresident, Barrett Division, Allied .Chemical Corp. (New Y ork). b William A . Siniihers to vice-presi.Ment and general manager, Pittsburgh -branch, Fisher Scientific Co. A Charles . Peck, Franklin R. Win- nert and Richard E. Trumbull to '. icepresidents, Ow ens-Com ing Fiberglas Corp. (Toledo, O .). 1) .^re<^Dwyer and M artin Solomon to i:'^e'Presidents, Thermoformed Plastics (bashings :\t.y .), division of Loral Corp. a d P * th e ? t h e m u g te e st ;A . Edward J . Bolka to vice-president ; measurer of Vancouver Plywood l-Enland, Cre.'l. subsidiary of -W elly Oil C o. I ' V'"!r*e G . Goebel to corporate al director, H , Fred Oehlr t0 director of research, Or- "dusA' ^ e m ica ls Division, Emery In ti les> Inc. (Cincinnati). .aBOUR PUMP COMPANY ELKHART, INDIANA Area Code 219 522-7365 TELEX: LABOUR EKR 025916 September 10, 1965 CHEMICAL '< -LK i M i 11s a i d : " ' M a k e l i o u t o ! . * & , v . a > ' '>1 K ^ ^ ' t'71"'' ......................................... smi: ' ^ q u a r a a ' / " a y m ir* i a > |une'w k q in ' i^ x i u > 3i i , j u i i l ^ P " I t 's ele i u .t c i /,, W ^ liif-ixi 0'u.l tu sm i'ics11 ''iili r*v> \':'' -i ># $ r ; ! > '1. .: 1 '. i ^ rn m im m ! hi ; m a r k , ' / -L."-.~ '>- <m \- w/mm-:,:..- . ;o.is you a a mrli.ict > r,"'k--p : j <iutlWj 1'' s.* r * 1 : ' ''is m a d e` cf stee l- \ ' 7 ~ \ y C H E M IC A L W E E K S E P T E M B E R 1 M 1 9 6 6 A new process for making aromatic derivatives of fatty compounds, developed by Archer Daniels Midland (Minneapolis), will sharply cut the price of phenylstearic acid and will bring a number of new chemicils onto the market-- e.g., phenol, thiophene and naphthyl acids; aryl alcohols, amines, quaternaries and some esters. A D M plans to sell phenylstearic acid made by the process for less than SI..'lb. Present price: S4-5/ib. The material is used in semifluid all-weather lubricants, to which it imparts stability to tern verature and moisture extremes. ADM . das applied fur patents on its new process, which yield both crude unci rciined products. A 300-kiIogauss magnet, the world's biggest, is being designed at the National Magnet. Laboratory at Massachusetts institute of Technoio tv. Coil material for the huge electromagnet will be Amzirc zirconium copper, a high-strength, high-conductivity copper ahoy made by Arncricar Medal Climax. Power needed will be 41 megawatts. Superconductive magnets would cumulate this power rejuiremeut. but the hugest magnetic herds (btained from them are about 100 l;G . The National Magnet Laboratory has 14 magnets that can produce holds ranghig from 100-225 LG . Five others, in cluding the 300-kG. unit, are in design. Penicihamine may 2nd use in treatment of arthritis, the: mutism and other collagen diseases, according to Lniversiiv of Southern Cm.ifo.rma researches. Luc ten bavena ana Marce! Nmmu In their animal stories, toe two physicians used me chemical to render collagen in the skin less fibrous and mote soluble. This reverses the trend taken by the material (found in tissue, bones and teeth) during aging or disease. No adverse effects hare been noted. The U S C team is investigating how the penicillamine causes the change in the collagen molecule. The work is supported by the National Institutes of Health. Pressures of centrifugal compressors keep moving up. Nuevo Pignone (Florence. Italy) has successfully completed a three-week continuous test run under industrial conditions with its new Model 2 B C L 306. b operat ing at 290 kg./sq.cm. (4,125 psi.). Ordered by Norsk-Hydro (Oslo, N or way), the compressor was operated on synthesis gas (hydrogen and mitogen) at the A N IC ammonia plant at Ravenna, Italy. While compressor manufac turers have had the ability to design special centrifugal units for pressures up to 5,000 psi. (CW, May 9, T9, p. 106), most units operating at pressures this high have been reciprocating type. One reason: tremendous volume of gas moved by centrifugals were not needed. Decisions to build gient am monia plants provided the break for centrifugals, although most of the big plants required synthesis gas compressed to only 2,000-2,500 psi. Under these conditions centrifugal compressors became the economic choice (CW, Oct. 9, '65, p. 79). 29 /TiTHS PF ACTIC / OF M U LU N O I @ <00 # iO O 0000 0000 # 0 0 >000 O O I i g O O O i 0 0 o o OCAS O 0 0 - 3 5 0 O I O O , OO 03 O a 0 0 O O O A 0 0 'fe(I) i. . * 1FA i . -J u M U M D A s ITUlF of r i g . . ( v iu u u r e ot aggregates. ..... M g , 3. Vlixture of aggregates and ultimate particles. . __ _ _Pis- i- Controlled dispersion of ultima re particles. k>es vronr ositxins; B ro b lsm lo o k lik e tM s ? ` t3> Mining riius seen Bulimed-- as " the manipulation of a hetero geneous mass of two or more materials so saat a. homogeneous product is obtained which is uniform both as 10 analysis unci structure."' Fait another any. an ideal mix 01 solid/solids or liquid/ solids is one which has mlimwe, uniform controlled ' -rsiort of properties. Aggregates clusters are broken up and one aaaieriai is actually com blued, or coaisd, with another. Aw/meadese Aiiinmte lAaoicies. rig. 1 shows, a random mass of aggre gates as introduced into a mixer. Fig. 2 shows this same mass of aggregates mixed. But, the aggregates have not been released or combined into the ultimate particles necessary. In Fig. 3 some of the aggregates have been com bined with the ultimate particles. Fig. 4 illustrates the ideal, controlled dis persion o f ultimate particles. Intensive Mining-" as produced by friction and pressure forces, sufficient to break down the aggregates, is necessary to achieve the controlled dispersion indicated by Fig. 4. Of ail mixing methods now in use for solid/solids blending, mulling, alone. ISirnDs01 ; IVirr-,XOr SIS (B a lch ) imp niW-iiluilan; era available- du elder baicl: or continuous processing in 12 sixes, ranging irom 24 inch to 10 ft. pan diameters and in productive capacities up to 300 tons per hour. S im pson M U LT I-M U LL (C ontinuous) combines the mechanical prince: res needed to combine aggregates or tg- glomerates . , . rather than plac tig them next to each oilier. j In A. SiincEOG--- mulling is accomplished on me p m. Muller wheels roll over and ihrot sh the material to produce an intensive kneading, smearing, spatulaie acti w. Plows turn and told the batch into me path of the mullers. Discharge is by action of the plows alone, diroutA a : bottom door, Mo power is wasted m '`hefting'' heavy materia! burdens. The result? A. strictly uniform mix-- homogeneous and thorough. A mix without " hot spots," balling, uncen and wasteful dispersion. Power re quirements are low, wear life of purls is exceptional. Controlled Dispersion. If your present mixing methods me giving you less than uniform, c m trolled dispersion, you're wasting val uable raw material. Why not ask fer a test at the National Performance Lab oratory? Without investing a cent in new equipment you can find out, in advance, exactly what a Simpson IVix- Muller or (continuous) Multi-Mill can do. A new booklet fully describes this new service. Write for it today. j 3 A 1O N A L hi ft! M E e R 3N G C O iVi P A M Y 642 M A C H I N E R Y H A L L * C H I C A G O , I L L I N O I S 30603 Send ?to' Lab, f i t Sroehnre September 10. 1966 CM Li/l ICAL W l a K a ? lignificarli developments from Emery oleochemical research w IE'v -&r Emery offers low odor resins fiorprinting inks There's no longer any need to 'special order" low odor solvairice resins for flexographic or rotogravure inks. Low odor is a u n ifo rm ly dependable characteristic of ill Emmas: Poiyanu.de R esins. . F ilm and foil prim ed w ith irais based on lim erez 1538, '535, 1530. and 1540 show superiority in the resin odor .est. shown below, prescribed by the .Flexographic Technical Assn.., Inc. In addition to low printed film odor, Enterez P o ly imides offer excellent color; im proved w et-pack resist.nce and adhesion to polyolefin films: ru b, b lockin g, and meaning resistance; high gloss: and good com patibility rith other nlnn-fornorw resins. Fo" detailed inform ation, wriie for Technical Rulleht: ;46, "E m erex P o ly am id e Resins in Flexograp hic and otogravure in k s " . Quality Esters for textile lubricants Em ery oleate esters, w idely used in specialty lubricants, reflect the outstanding color, odor, and oxidation sta bility of the Em ersol* Oleic Acid from which thtv are derived. E m ery's m ethyl, propyl, and glyceride esters, because of their oily, non-corrosive nature and low pour points, a r e used m t e x t ile oils, as bases 'or siufurixcu lubricants, and in the com pounding of sp ecialty lubricants. A'hen sulfated, they exhibit interesting surface active pro; erties which have led to their use as w etting agents. A n other E m ery ester, glyceryl m ono-oleate, is a long chain mono-ester. W ith its unique oil solubility, small amounts of glyceryl mono-oleate add rust preventative p ro p erties to mineral lubricating oils. Technical Bulletin 43-LA. contains specifications and properties of E m ery (oleate Esters. Three additional E m e ry q u ality esters are well worth investigating for use as textile lu b rican ts and as com ponents of textile softeners and finishing compos Fiona: Ernerest 2322 B u ty l Stearate. V e ry low odot and w ater white color. Request, D a ta Sh eet N o . 104. Ernerest 2320 B u ty l Stearate. P riced below 2312 for applications having less stringent odor and stability requirements. Request D a ta Sheet N o . 104. Em ery 3930-D Ethylene Glycol D istearm e, a virile, moderately high-m elting wax, exhibits good ligne heat, and odor stab ility. R eq u est D a ta Sneer N o . 105. INDUSTRIES, 1MC. Organic Chemicals Division D tp i. 137, Carme T ow e r Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 W'-rtU'-rr: OperaEons. Far,!.-, F g Bpri nc a. n a hf or ni a Em ery ! n c! u s trie- s (Ca na da; L ld .. Ontano UnFever-Irnorv N V.. Couda, The Export Division.. C.nc;r.nat: Nf E h e r'Eirtdti Natne________________-- ------------- ------------------ C o m p a n y ...-----------------------------------------------------S t r e e t ---------------- _ -------------------------------------------------- C1/______________ ____------------ St-ate- Pirus L fP>vI "ijrI T. "KI X r D T. G o si G o 39X9-IJ rii) D m tfiii a -e .Title. -ip---- -- Seotember 10. 1QGR r:H FM iri Q'J ecutud Try for DMSO? 'M ^.A meeting to be held early next -fni >n Washington may help de- fcicu the pharmacological fate of di- frhethyl sulfoxide (D M S O ). The chetn- . ical has been widely praised as a mtr- ifacle among miracle drugs; but clinical 5 testing of D M S O was virtually halted : [ate last year by the Food & Drug | Administration after researchers here ' and abroad reported some adverse 'side effects in animals treated with the material. k On Oct. 5, officers of the Dept, of Health. Education ff: Welfare will 'meet with --everal medical researches who have had laboratory. ;:nd clinical experience with D M S O . The confer ence was arranged at the request of Representative Robert Duncan (D .. Ore.), ntatty of whose timber-country constituents are Keenly Interested in the fate ef D M S O . Reason: in the L .S .. D M SO is a wood chemical, it's de rived commercial':;, from the lignin waste procured F D A won't say what sort of dis cussion it expects at the coming meet ing. A spokesman for F D A Coow m - sic Umes Goddard comments on'y tha MeD listen to what they htoe to say. But one of the rhvuctans who Mans to attend. Dr. Arm ar Scherbe'- U the Cleveland C D d :. wD: 'do' be m m " a thorough remew of DM.30---mhistory, the proUcms that leu to the discontinuation of testing, and what we can do to get it hack into clinical testing." A thorough review of D M SO is a big order. During the three years since the first reports of its extraordinary' behavior in living organisms. D M SO has been the subject of considerable controversy and considerable bally hoo. It has also been credited with an almost unbelievable spectrum of medicinal actions-- from relieving Headaches and alleviating schizophren ia symptoms in humans, to enhancing the erficacy of antibiotic and nutrient materials applied to fruit trees. The singular property of D M SO is Rs ability to pass through biological membranes: it can be applied extern a l' hen penetrate deep into the fio. ,f an organism. For example, doctors have reported successful treat ment of the pain of bursitis or rheu matism simply by swabbing D M SO onto the skin near the affected joint. Moreover, D M S O seems able to carry other substances with *it as it courses through living tissues. Finally, the permeating action of D M SO seems to he completely reversible-- i.e., there is no permanent effect on membranes once the D M S O has passed through them. Ail of this was noted by the men who did the initial resettreh on D M SO : Stanley Jacob, a surgeon on the faculty of the University of Ore gon Medical School; and Robert HerWbe;- of Crcvo: Zeilerbach Oorp.'s than Francisco; Research Center at Camas. Wash.* furs: reports or these extraordinarv properties of D M S O appeared in '63. in news release', from the University of Oregon. Early in '6-t, the firs: re ports in medical journals came out. Six drug homes help C Z pro duce medio:naUnu.ee D M SO : Amcri- n . a n v 11: m : .. .x x t t-: x . Scarring, Suuib'r. and Syntex. (CZ has an ..greemen; mbs the university whereby tise com.party and the school will share equally .til rovalties from sales oi medicinal D M SO bv licensees.) By Jan. '65 the nonedar press had uncovered D M S O and doctors curiwn about the "miracle" been:: raving Physic .ms no: abluatea with any formal testing program were experi menting with the drug, with neither the knowledge nor the supervision of F D A or the drug companies. And laymen who had read of the " miracle" and had become convinced that it could help them 'were treating themselves ware industrial-grade DMSO. By '65, more than 1,000 doctors in the U.S. were trying D M S O ; and -- as even the staunchest supporters of the drug concede-- the situation had gotten out of hand. Then several reports of adverse reactions to D M SO caused alarm in Washington. Most important of these: researchers here and in England had found that heavy doses of D M SO caused changes in the lenses of the eyes of experimental animals. The doses used were much larger than *CZ holds a nuro.mt c: DMSO patents, cover ing production and uf-o. The chemical is used industrially as a solver.', for a wide variety of niaifiriai?., including pcuuncrs ; synthetic fiber producers use :i in quantify, You'll make better ine dust paints wlfli t!iis efeeirereW d d o :g' working for you Smaller zinc particles-- that's one of the secrets of producing better zinc dust paints. Smaller particles, with them greater surface area per unit of volume, increase contact between the zinc dust and the substrate. Result: improved conbttciivitv and increased corrosion resist::rice. Both Federated's N o. I l l and Mo. 555 zitre dusts are electronically monitored to ensure that their particle size will average between 5 and 7 microns. The electronic monitor also controls the high purity and low oxide content of N o, 111 and N o. 555 zinc c uses. This ensures full reproducibility of oil. absorp tion, specific gravity and cc or. Your benefit: uniform results with your zinc dust paints and primers. Is it worth the effort to product zinc dust under the exacting requirements of our electronic monitor? We think to. And so doourcustomers.Weinviteyoi: .............. to test these zinc dusts in youi m own formulations. For sample: !\fperr'~! or informative literature write: Federated Metals Division oi M/i Asarco, 120 Broadway, New York, N .Y . 10005. A M E R IC A N S M E L T IN G A N D H E F N M G COM PANY September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL REEK 95 This Ugh:-''all titanium lube will outlast cast-iron tubes three to sue-- see text l_T itar " T i! r e p la c e s ca st ir o n in Solera a m m o n ia stills fo r lo w e r co sts, l o n g e r s e r v i c e , r e d u c e d maintenance Titanium replaced 4-inch diameter x 5/ 16-inch wail cast iron tubes in am monia stills and enabled Allied Chem i cal to significantly reduce costs in four soda ash plants. Titanium readily with stands the severe corrosive attack of ammonia, ammonium chloride and hot brine. Allied selected titanium to replace cast iron because of titanium's projected three-times-longer service life. This is expected to reduce retubing labor costs, extend header sheet life and minimize downtime. M aximum economic performance is vital in soda ash manufacture, with its fixed investment and tight profit gins. After an intensive metals eval uation program Allied specified titani um tubes in ammonia recovery on a .company-wide basis. Where header sheets are in good condition cast iron pipe is replaced with 0.030" wall tita nium. Where header sheets need re placement, the heat exchangers are redesigned around the properties of I VS" C)D x .030" wall Co deW eld ti tanium tubing. Redesigned titanium heat exchangers have higher heat trans fer efficiency, are more compact, cost less to install and maintain. Bonus Savings in Steam . Tests at Allied's Syracuse. N .Y . plant suggest that titanium tubes will offer a 2% savings in process steam-- worth S1S00 per month -- because of its superior heat-transfer. One half million lineal feet of titanium tubing . . . this is the use of titanium in the soda ash industry to date. You too can engineer your wav around tough corrosion problems with tita nium. Titanium Metals Corporation of Am erica's Application Development Center can assist you wi.h chemical, metallurgical, or engines: ing data, a testing program, prototype fabrication, and technical assistance to your com mercial fabricator. All yon have to do is ask. Ask too for T M C 'A 's Design Data Book for the Chemic 1 Processor. t i tar i um T I T A N I U M M E T A L S C O J tP O '& A T S O W O F A M B B IC A 033 B r o a d w a y , '-le w Yori-c, M . Y . 1 0 0 0 7 NEWYORK CLEVELAND CHICAGO CALL. 3 - LOS ANGELES 10. N o tify Production of im pending order 9. In fo rm Shipping of need for tank truck 8. Sturt order processing 7. Inspect truck for correct hosing and cleanliness 6. Load truck 5. Run analysis on shipment 4. C h e c k applicable freight rates 3. G e t proper approvals 1. D e t e r m i n e b e s t r o u te s , b rid g e limitations 1. Roll out Tierce hours from notiiiconcn m rod out. That's ad the tim e it took for Eastman people to process the urgently needed order of X IP A In-isopropylanilineg a new product recently marketed. W hile the truck's motor was being warmed up for the cross country run. orders were signed, approvals obtained and the material loaned. R em day, as ah the shipment was at the com _ _,o1 e [j i ... .. . t ( ^ ....... r Li \ . , .. -j--0 ~ / nine hours alter m e order was receives:. W ith Eastman service, all systems are " G O ." Ith more than 400 industria! and specialty chemicals, Eastman rves these industries: e s iK A gricultural chemicals C h em ical specialties - Cosm etics Drugs Foods Industrial chem icals tap Paints, Varnishes and Lacquers * Petroleum Plastics Printing Inks * Rubber Textiles ; p. rties and shipping information on Eastman industrial and specialty aoicals, see Chemical Materials Catalog, page E-l, or Chemical Week Buyers' de, page 101. Interested personal service--aio;ays-- when you buy horn hc.sirnan J E a 3 .s t r n .a i i . CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC. CHEMICALS DIViSIOH, KINGSPORT, TENN. S u b s i d i a r y of E astm an Kodak C ; rnp a n y SALES OFFICES: Eastman Chemical Products, Inc., Kingspct, Tenn.; A tl an ta j Boston; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cle ve land ; Dallas; Detroit; Greensboro, N. C.; Housti n; Mem phis; New York City; Philadelphia; St. Loi is. Western Sales Representative: Wilson & Gi o, Meyer & Company, San Francisco; Los Angeles; Seattle; Sait Lake City. I irli rM l iUii 'il ill: il!: w.;'r mw WUiViiU*ij-( |li Uij ^itT "lIiUt!itil! &Yi-/'y/'ti Sri jyir li-. .^ jammUfr 5jp!?'au Mifigw ViitW-i '"' '"'hV''tbp;>iVv ftl"i ^TMlit^' fi hh ^ t 'Auto in d i th paca iti row ing m arket ' o r p e r m a n e r i f m s g f i e t s , o a rticuiariy ceramics Thanks mainly to zooming sales of lectronic ecuipmemt and electric moors for auto use. producers of the ermanent magnets used in such deices are in an expansion phase that hows few signs of ending. Sales of ie magnets, made of special alloys nd ceramic ferrite compounds." are xpected to double within the next 0 years from the present $5G-milon/year level. Getting ready for this sales spurt re: Crucible Steel Corp. ("Pittsburgh), produces both the relative new ce- imic magnets and the well estab lish alnico metal lypes. and has just rdicated a new multimillion-dollar rmanent magnet plant at Elizabeth- he, K y . Management has already 'proved plans to expand the ceramic 'Por-I.LJ ,, ^ .j ^ C,j,-t-rj t 'IS\>-11'/ 'O' r`lr? ar:<:i cxvpfen stores ci on g tvith b ari um a|'<^ op), m a n Kiin esc, nine Cso ft fcrriter-i "Vy .vale::: ion. F e r r i t e s a r e the pen-size ftimts c 'h h that: resv.k from calcining TiatcnaLs. I T a r a f er rit es a r e used for ce- : perrr.ane::: nairnets: soft ferrites are used F actory cores in computers, antenna rods, a ;n color T V sets. faculties of this plant in the :'all. and again next spring. Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh), sole producer of sulfatemodified strontium ferrite ceramic permanent magnets. It is com pleting an expansion at its Blairsville, Pa., plant. This will hike its magnet capacity from approximately 1.5 mil lion to 4 million lbs. year (C IV M ar ker N ew sletter, Ocr. 23, '65). Stackpoie Carbon C o . (St. M a m , P a.). This company has roughly dou bled its magnetic powder plant ca pacity at Kane, Pa. Stackpoie sells both ferrite powders and sintered barium ferrite magnets. Indiana General Corp. (V al paraiso, had.). I G C , which claims to be the largest manufacturer of mag netic materials, and first to produce ceramic magnets commercially in the U .S ., is doubling permanent magnet capacity. These expansions are all to boost output of ceramic magnet materials; Vnco. a been aroma g 0 ] . . , v c r g<j ,/ c ; .... . has perhaps wCh or lite mark.ex. Ce:ramie magnets, made by pressing ami sin- wring pow dered ferrites, hi com- mereiai stri de about five tears ago. By opening new markets in range oi products-- power tools and kitchen appliances to office equipment and automobiles-- they have share! 40K, of PM sales already. Sales of ceramic magnets are now estimated at Si 5 -IS million/year. The boom is gaining strength large ly because of the automotive indus try. When Detroit's industrial sts be gan using small electric magnet motors in autos a few years ago, most magnet people foresaw no big market potential. But the auto makers have recently committed thenisek'cs to more motors in autos---there were 19 different magnet motors in some '65 Chryslers-- to operate car windows, fans, seats, washer pump motors, etc. Also, ceramic magnet motors are replacing many " electroneld" motors -- those that depend on elecrom ag- nets. The new motors have greater September 10, 1966 CHtMICAL WEEK 1 0 i s p e c ia l : ty ;|l.lO / lb .; a comparable alnico mag| p : about $2.80/lb. P'K eyed to Chem ical Process: Ceff'rnic magnets involve a true C P I 'WA Pf processes for permanent cerarnic magnets originated with a Dutch company, Philips of Eind hoven in '56, but N orth American Philips Co, (New Y o rk ) owns the U.S. patents (2,762,777-- nonoriented and 2,762,778-- oriented), which it licenses to magnet producers in the U.S. N A P purchased all the Dutch firm's pan includine futures, which were put into trust m tr.e U.S. ov the Dutch company m '39. Wcstingaouse nas a cm;,. patent on the simate- ; The ceramic types are made from alkaline carbonates (e.g,, barium, strontium, lead ), mixed with iron oxide and calcined (or about three Hours. The resulting ferrite is then grounc to a tine power:. presser: trito shape and bred in a kiln at 30001300 F. into power vrh; w.xer and wet- pressed; p;tniyorie med and non- oriented grndes are dry-pressed. then iire" "'rient ed noearis controlled posi- iioi the molecw les 1 all point the .-ante way's in the nagr.et; nonorient- od is rancio;ri. Whe:I me ferrite pow- der is we:- or on'".'-tmessed into the la a magnetic field. ..T h e ability of a permanent magnet to support an external magnetic field results from loeked-in positions of small magnetic '"domains." These iocked-in positions, once established by initial magnetization, are held until acted upon by forces exceeding these iocked-in forces. "Coercive force" of a magnet reflects its resistance to de magnetization. A magnet's coercive force is meas ured in oersteds. In alnico magnets, -oercive force values are 400-1,800 oersteads; in ceramics, 2,000-4,000. a-.Gauss is the unit term for residual nduction, on a square inch basis max" denotes peak energy prod uct. B stands for fiux density; H , for toercive force (gauss and oersteds), (lono-mnted ceramic magnets proN c out a 1 million energy prod- m ax), oriented consistently Produces 3.5 million BH max. Power Package: These high levels Immediate delivery from warehouse stock * 1 to 16 gallon capacities HI-3 ike linings ` All closures and styles VULCAN CONTAINERS INC Bellwood Illinois p m m 3H2- September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK 103 'O U N T D O W N jte summary o f this week's new products NEW E Q U I P M E N T ^ S U P E R V I S O R Y C O N T R O L : Motorola Instrumentation and Control ;'lnc. (P-O. Box 5409, Phoenix, Aria. 85010) has developed a 10-comjjjand supervisory control system for plant, pipeline, electric and water utilitv applications. The packaged system enables installation by the iiser, eliminates custom engineering. The solid-state system, called I'M....10 controls and monitors circuit-breaker and relay positions, reclosure actuators, alarms for pressure, level, temperature current, etc., positions for valves, operations of compressors and pumps. FILTER H O L D E R : Millipore Filter Corp. (Bedford. Mass. 01730) has some up with an improved-design Millipore filter holder for withstanding 10,000-psi. inlet pressure. Typical applications arc nitration of ultradean liquids and gases in high-pressure lines. The unit holds a 47-mrn.diametsr filter. Dimensions: 3G; in. diameter. I i::j (. (n. high. C O N D E N S A T E R E C O V E R Y : Graver Tuner Cormitionina C r. : Union. 9 .J . 07083) now has a new process for eeononnet.i rtohunu of com uensats for reuse as boiler feedwater in mstaiiatioiw v. here complete condensate deininerahzers are not necessary. The system. eaileJ G R F . tombines sodium cycle ion exchange and filtration to remove soluble md tended impurities. The process remotes water hardness, copper me. u at temperatures to 300 F. Cation resins have been developed :o .vithstand these temperatures without breakdown. COLD PIP E J O I N T : Tube Turns Division of Chcrnetrun Carp. fLouisille. Ky.) is offering a new pipe joint that permits aiamhu.m tmd stain less steel piping to be used in the same installation. The join: is espeemuv suited for cryogenic uses, is made of aluminum and stainless steel, vhich are metals that cannot be joined satisfactorily by conventional velding. EPIDIASCOPE: Jarrell-Ash Co. (590 Lincoln St., Waltham. Mass. 52154) is the agent for Metals Research Ltd.'s (England) new epidiacope, which can be used with art image analyzing computer for examinaton of large, solid objects. Typical applications: the examination of inckwork, concrete and metals for flaws, porosity, granular size, the tudy of crack density in ceramics and analysis of fibers. It can also be sed to analyze electron micrographs, photographs, negatives and trans iencies. A large area can be covered and 25-lb. samples can be nUa- lyzed. - V ; JEW S P E C IA L T IE S DCAPSULANT: Emerson & Cuming Inc. fCanton, Mass.) is market 's a new two-part epoxy casting resin. Stvcast 2050 is said to have low tscosity and long pot-life, can be cured at 140-150 F in three hours, or 1room temperature in two or three days. The product is supplied in VB' liner kits, in 2-, 10- and 50-lb. sizes at approximately $ 1/lb. JICiD NEUTRALIZATION . . . w itn ou t scaling or sludge torn ation, a n d a t co sts c o m p a r a b le to lln e, d e- ram -di!;:: upon -1Go p r o e m s . . . these b e u e n is are in b e te n t in M a g o x V m a g nesiu m oxide for acid effluent nerrraii- z a t i o n . r e a c t i o n with m i n e r a l acic s , a n d pH a d ju s t m e n t . Can e sugar mills find M a g o x a scaleeliminating, cost-saving substiiu te for lime. Magnesium Bisulfite pulp mills rely on M a g o x . Magnesium corns ounds utilize M a g o x for the magnesium com ponent. Acids are neutralized with M ac;ox at I.So times more eiifdency than with hydrated iime, and with the rate of reactivity adjusted to in prove process performance! M a g o x is unlim ited in supply, av a il able in bulk or bags anywhere m the world. I t is produced from high-; unity, selectively-mined natural magnet ite, in 90 to 95% M g O purities, in 13 standard grades. For acid n eu tralization , con tact Technical Field Service at Basic C hemicals: 345 Hanna Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44115; phone 216-241-5000; tw x 310-421-8277. V J Y L - B A S E B E D D I N G A D H E S I V E : A butyl elastomeric polymer ^Pound is offered bv Steelcote Mfg. Co. 13418 Gratiot. St. Louis, -L A DIVISION OP BASIC IIMCQHPB/.TEO September 10, 1966 CHEMICAL 'MEEK 107 leads again U Ci w ith THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE JiiSesdIParsa ! fib , db !'>! fill \m tfoa? Lupersoi 227 is a c ;e; color D o y 0 oiution or ci- isobutyry! peroxide in Timers! spirits, it ; more active at lower temperatures than any other u remiof iTteP - n t r o a rad; ' source for sal; today, f . rso! 227 has great pote in nianmressii ethylene polymerizati ns where !er temperature reactions atan were : 1201 to give polyethylene of hi :g 0 r do n$j' Ip/ Lower temperate-e rations of vinyl chlcrice and otner vinyl monomers are also made possible by Lupersoi 227. With its wide range of solubility in most organic solvents and monomers, Lupersoi 227 will initiate many other polymerizations at lower temperatures than formerly were possible -- clear <i_ownto room temperature in some cases, hhFor technical bulletins and samples, fill in and mail the coupon to our Commercial Development Dept. THERM AL DECOMPOSITION 0.2 m c la r solution in m ineral s p irits TEMPERATURE ( SC) HALF LIFE (h rs.) 30 34 40 50 0.2 m olar 30 17.1 10.0 3.9 1.28 tio n in benzene 2.8 'yyD k e... T lE a N A N IN C . LUCIDOL DIVISION! ] 740 M ilita ry Road Buffalo, N ew York 1424Q In Canada: HARCHEM LIMITED, Toronto bx Europe: WALLACE & TIE RNAN (JmsH, 3 8 7 Gunzourg/Dg, German/ i fifi/ MORE NEV Lupersoi 227 isn't the only new product at Luo Commercial Development Department is evaluati other new and different peroxldic and ncmperoxldic for possible commercialization. Interested? Mail the Coupon TODAY. 'R e frig e ra te d shipm ent required. m any !atO f'S Commercial Development LUCIDOL DIVISION 1742 Military Road Buffalo, New York 14240 Department Please s e n d ____ Technical Bulletin(s) and a sample of your Lupersoi 227. Please send inform ation on the follow ing type of initiator (indicate chemical type and/or activity; Add'l Requirements Application ________ N em e __________________ Company, Stret_,,_ City----- - _Titie_ -Zip- September 20, 1966 CHEMICAL WEEK TO THE CHEMICAL PROCESS PROCESS %'ADDREES REPLIES TO: BOX HO. ------- "Classified Adv. Div., Chemical Week 1- Send ta Office nearest you, y / Y O R K , W .Y. 10936-- P. O. Box 12 CHICAGO 1LL- 60611-- 4S R . Michigan Ave. 6 SAH FRANCISCO, C A LIF. 94111 -- V, 255 California St. POSITIONS V A C A N T Eagineer or Chemist experienced in " rsanic chemical manufacturing to manage ixyplarit. Production of organic intermediates ~' nhannaceutisals, agricultural chemicals, 'astics, and oilier allied industries. Excellera -hpottonity for a qualified and ambitious 'mson. Please send complete resume. P-1068, bemical Week. ''einical Engineers for Analytical Instranen-tioa Systems-- Minimum 3 years experience in process industry. BS degree t perienced in insmunermuiun a Sjljg including chrommogrnphr ' Ex and tons, sMust assume overall project respo me t ' for gjistomer's orders including application engiIneenu'y system specification, design and checkffit a ' career growth opportunity at a techPakallv oriented company in a suburban locaftjon. join the leader in. the business of control Systems. Send resume to Lee Sellon. Central Kjeoruiting, The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, Massachusetts. TChemical M adteang--Technical marketing of forganic intermediate chemicals. Degree m Ichemistry or chernic 1, Strong organic backer, Bence. .After orientation o cm ;. ^representative will v.-ork out of Sales Ounce p i t 360 Lexington Avenue, New York City. Bfbout 50% travel. Send resume to: H. N. BWinfield Kay-Eries Chemicals, Inc. W est gjflaveisiraw, Mew York, 10933. An equal op- by employer. I Jug or Loren Chemietil Engineer fpenenced in process economics or market veys of petrochem: idusiries. To part-time assignments cm coitsuittn: Metropolitan. Mew 61 . Send caci: _find desiren poroiem P I 156. Cl ^JVeek. Man Friday--typing, Sales' oilka - e: p1ana- -pity. Shamrock: Chen:;: 3 c. |2550. POSITIONS W ANTED ffiiormer President of Medium size chemical ^glmpany sold to N Y S E firm interested in '"cutive position in New York area with wth potential. Strong marketing, product jgwNelopirient, and production background, ffepoiisible for administrative decisions and kpfojections. Well known in aerosol, cosmetic, ftxtatings, ink, and chemical specialty mdusiges.. Can invest six figures in proven com- n" Age 38. PW-120O, Chemical Week. Engineer. Broad experience in several jffijfflstries including process instrumentation. Mss?? sell chemicals. Owns proven, developed process. PW-1187, Chemical Meek. fy g L L IN G OPPOHTUNITES WANTED isgp&i'0rUi rspceocmiapl acnhyemhaiscaalsn, interest in adhesives, Itigli polypigments, . coating:: and wishes to expand into the J * 1, industry, I have the sales contacts, urod- " tvnowledge, etc. Markets have already iraS.' SUrveyu; points of sale located. Can wirT on ^ hm work of the technical service sa'es efforts. Full or part time connection 'ggstdered. RA-192, Chemical Week. A' ;e Sales Organization now able to we representation in the southeast to i dau onal principles. Interested in products ffi.the tarings, plastics and rubber industries. -3, Chemical Week. C O N T R A C T '.YORK W ANTED Custom Blending--Sales Agencies, ftlfg. Rep's, chemical and lubricant specially firms-- will compound under private label--hi-temp, EP, dry firm and solid lubricants & coatings, small and large volume. CWW-1031, Chemical Week,. Spray Tower Available for contract drying detergent solutions of slurries. Midwest loca tion. CW W -1163, Chemical Week. o SPECIAL SERVICES Vice President Marketing--Nearly 20 years experience in the marketing of specialty chemicals and surfactants to the textile, paper, cosmetic and industrial cleaner industries. Available, under contract from management consulting firm, to a chemical manufacturer desiring entry into these industries. Services include information regarding .product oppor tunities, market research, formulation and direction of marketing plans, acquisition and training of sales and support personnel, prepa ration of collateral materials-- sales aids etc. Principals of interested companies are invited to contact SS-9982, Chemical Week. t> P U B L IC A U C T IO N Public Auction Sale-- Chemical Process Plant on premises of Polymer Chemical C o ., 138 Grand St., Paterson, M .J., sale date: Tues., Sept. 27, 1966 at 11:00 A .M . Everything sold piece by piece--no confirmation necessary, inch _8-hearth furnace. 90" centrifuge, gyrocentric screen, auto, bag packing scale, 80 hp boiler, nickel & copper sludge, lift mucks, conveyors, machy. motors, pumps, and many other items too numerous to mention. Write or call for J-ree brochure-- Auction Corp. of America, 307 E. 43 St.. M Y C. (212) 986-0850. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Acquisitions Wanted--A medium she, multi:)ia:U chein.ical mane: actiirer curre:ntly proUC1T-e tnennoinastic .resins, plasucizers, - solvents is seeidn.ii acciusition, prefer:ibh- for casn. small to mecnurti sized coinjxrrues now orociicing stahiuzers, eou-oxidumts, >a:her ruboer :>.nd olaStic additives: socimiiiv :resins ;md res:n co:nooun ds betseu on iireas, rcenojics, enoxi es. urcmanes; ci:otic ill:ru she ::ng and nine: inasti c con sum::gg pro:mets: !1 -irun pany seeking these a suskiuns indicates rapid and profitable growth of the acquired cont pany. Retaining of owniens in future operations very much desired. Re oiv in strict confidence to BO-S721, Chemical Week. Wanted, Small to medium size organic or bio chemical manufacturing company. Can pro vide a strong technical backing. Wanted proc esses for organic or biochemicals having a continuing out limited volume market. Pur chase or profit sharing arrangement. BO-1106, Chemical Week. PLANTS AND PROPERTIES Tank Storage Plant for sale or lease. Coiled metal tanks. 75000 barrel capacity. Piping, pumps, drainage facilities, various buildings including offices, laboratory, drum storage and cleaning facilities and 2--500 HP nretube boilers. Riparian grant on river, bulkhead, piling, tee-shaped dock with deepwater. 900 foot rail spur. Adjacent to Newark, N .J. Phone L . Wimmer 201-991-6500 or write P.O. Box 72, Harrison, INJ. e CHEM ICALS FOR SALE M o n tm o rilio n ite -- A p p ro x im a te ly 1,000,009 tons. Highest quality Nevada clay property. PS-8949. Chemical Week. Potassium, X n, Cu Cyanides-- N aO C N . Regu lar supplies at very attractive prices. A . & S. Corp., P.O. Box 66, Verona, N .J. Phones: N Y : BA 7-9063; N J: 239-6800. a EQUIPM ENT FOR SALE Ammonia Yl! Urea Plants tor Sale at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. iLaie model units (1959) with design capacity:,' 165 T P IV ammonia' & 200 T P D urea (m ax.' 187',TPDh'amiinoniaj'& 285 as feedstock ., (coke- oven 3 &blast. furnace gases). For sale in, entirety,; as indiv. 'operating T P D urea. Plant -'uses. steel-mill by-product units or piecemeal' . . ' equipmen. includes 8 compressors, up to 4600 H P A T , -T316 SS tanks, vessels, columns,, evaporation,; pumps, pipe & valve, etc. . . . high pressure steel autoclaves, towers, vessels, spheres . . , 180' high red. prilling tower . . proctss instru mentation, etc. Send for brochu'e. Perry Equipment Corp., 1415 N. 6th St.. Phila., Pa. 19122--phone (215) 763-3505. For Lease or Sak-- Erected your plant or FOB carrier plant site (4) 55 ton per dav (.) 160 to per day nitric acid lines, plus ho Bands c dollars of spare parts & equipment.. Write for details. H & P Equipment Co., Inc., Box 629, Weekhawken, Nki. 07087. Phone: 201-864-'. 2288. Liquidating Sifters, Screens, Separat; rs: Rotex ro-hall, ajar, robins pattern: 20"xl8"; 20"x 84", 40"x60", 40"x84", 3 'xll' opens. First Machinery Coro.. 209-lQth Si., Brooklyn, N .Y . 11215. Excellent Equipment from liquidations con sisting of: 23,000, 3600, 1400 gal. SS L O X Tanks: SS ana Glass fined reactor:; 316 SS Heat exchangers; Centrifuges, dryers columns, etc. Send for complete listings. Br 11 Equip ment Company, 37-53 Jabex Street. Newark, N .J. 07105. 3.---Kemp inert Gas Generators. M ad. 170-S 17000 SC FH @ 8u" W /125 H P m o w , 2300/ 60/3, W/Valves and controls, S,/xYs. 1-541, 1-540. and 1-539. 3--Renrv Vo gilt Waste Heat Boilers, 2200 Ibs/kr, 300 PS1G, slick VM VM Attached Valves S/Ncs. H701A, li'O lB , and H70iC. 11--Exchangers & 5 Re-bo:ier.s, vari ous sizes. M l above equipment is fro n Gallery Chemical Plant in Muskogee and s in like new condition. White for details. YaiTe Cor poration, P.O. Box 916. Muskogee, Oklahoma. Barge, 350,000-gals, 8 compartxnet Is, 1732*; 39'x9', two ar671 G M diesels, two <" Viking pumps, welded steel construction, reply to F S -1164, Chemical Week. SOI)-- used 13 Gallon Glass Carboys sub box h F.O .B . Omaha, Me ermedy : J` i ms Company, 1002 North 11 Sirem, (bn nn, Nebraska. o EQUIPM ENT FOR LEASE Jumbo Tank cars and covered ho >pcr cars available on short and long term lea. es. Write or call Transgo, Inc., 210 Californit St., San Francisco, California (415) 421-1974 s C H E M IC A L S W A N T ED Surplus Wanted-- Chemicals, Pharm; edificate, Oils, Acids, Plasticizers, Resins, Eyes, Sol vents, Pigments, etc. Chemical Sendee Cor poration, 96-02 Beaver Street, New' York 5, N .Y . Hanover 2-6970. We Buy Surplus or Discontinued t hemicals, Pigments, Dyes, resins, plasticizers, solvents, etc. Eastern Color & Chemical Co.. Inc., 117-19 Liberty Street, New York 6, New York. Buying Spent Catalyst, Metal Itesi lues and sludges. Submit details to New jersey 'Metals Company, 11 Commerce St., New u k, N .J. 01102. Spent catalyst wanted: chromium, molybde num, copper, tungsten and others. Consistent consumer. Southern California Chen real Co., Inc., 8851 Dice Rd,, Santa he Springs, Calif. Call 213-698-8036. California and Ch.ro loca tion. Submit Offers--Metal Residues Spent CataIvsts Flue Dusts. Lloyd ,VL Parkans C o ., 4189 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, Texas 7702;.