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01HH5 LAIor atort Swann Ha searah, Incorporated, ianlstoa, Alabama,
PRT.DCTAHY FXmTVf REPORT
1R0CLQR f. IK PHOIIOCSUPH RECORDS
(Viator Tailing Mxchia* Ccsapcny
of Caxmda,
)
By
H L, Jaaklns. (Hay 15, 1930.)
Six copies of this report vara made, and dl-
tributed as follows:-- .
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To determine whether raacnrch work on Aroclora for the Victor IV.Iking Machine Company of Canada is warrantedj mod if so, what 11ns cf attack should be pursued*
P?*TA.nT A COTTCLUSlCgr^t 111 of ths inforaation available la the Anniston
filas oa tha subject of the use of Aroolcrs by the Victor Talking Machine Company of Canada has been studied*
7ary briefly; ths firot sonplo of Aroclor 2163* shipped oa October 17, 192), g-ive proalalag results,whoa nixad with shallao, ss a base for phonograph records* Subsequent sunplos of Aroclor 2163 froa different batches, -- and la fact, one sample fn what ws hare reason to bailers is the ssaa batch as that froa which ths first ocaplft was sent, -- hare `nil given unsatisfactory results* Attempta to find cnothor Aroclor which would prove satisfactory bars nil failed. Tha a ia charge of the ork reports that thoy wero unabls to date raina which of. the subsequent samples of Aroelars wero east nearly satisfactory, as attempts to chock their results gars contradictory results*
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ju'at after the ccnpeanaor hud moTod to the r.~- v--- -
The pr.'blen apps^ra o tho writer to ha simply a
srriaiag problem.
The Victor 'anpany is unable to roproduca
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their own satisfactory, or nourly sntlafrotory, results with any
recant ehipnonta of Aroclor, end it app. ar* thet it la our res-*'
ponsibility to help tham find out what has gone wrong, ad to make au&joatiana to correct * t* It ia reeoeanandsd that aftor proper
paving of tbo way, a research man bo sent to discuss tho problem
with Irony and, if possibla, to w ;rk with tho problem there until,
a solution of th> difficulty is found or until a oloar oonosption
ia obtained of what line of attack ws say pursue in tho Anniston
laboratory.
rTTflOrCSTIONl
The fir t contact with tho Victor Talking ifechine
Ccsspeny of Canada consisted in a letter fron their Purchasing Agent,
dated Octobor 9, 1929, asking for quotations on and sample* of
Aroclora 1253, 2153 and 4263*
One pound each of Aroclor 2103,
Arcelor 1234 and Aroclor 4463 were shipped. On roYombo? 25, 1929, Mr. K. P. Irony, of thoir
Chemical Department, wrote ttat Aroclor 2163 had giYon quite preoioing
results and th t they were willing to do more thorough work towards
N 2 -- J. n Carothera
No. 3 - R. -,7. Coward (C.I.F.)
No. 4 -- F. A. Lidbury
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aa=o letter, Irony suggested cooperative exporirenting, iu*. airing vua pre pnratlon by ua of special batches of Aroclora, and the toating by than of those batches. "111 this any", ho states, nlt ia quito Ulcnly that ue nay succeod to dorolop something useful". Irany van guarded in hia statements regarding eventual use of our Aroclor, although tha general tons of tha latter a as encouraging*
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Tha nethod of cooperation pursued aince tho first _*
latter fraa Ireny h. a been essentially that requested by Irany*
According to tho Anniston flic:a* tha following hare been shipped
at tha request of either Irany or C* H* Panning!--
Weight. Aroelor No. -- Lbs.
Date of ShlTJent.
1234
1
2149
1
44*35 1253 4465
1
9 9
21C5
3
5155
3
155
100
'Di'chenyl
1
4053
10
D.H.B.
1
1264
5
2153--U
2
2155-2A.
2
1253
1
2165 ' (benaana
2
insoluble
free)
Not giren on Hoqueat
October 17, 1929.
Not drea on Request
December 10, 1923.
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No. 1 -- Theodore Swann
No. 2 - J. N. Corothora
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No. 3 -- R. VI. Coward (C.I.F.)
No. 4 - p. A. Udbury
No. 5 - l. ,Tf. Hutchins
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