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t R-OF F I C E MEMO TENNECO CHEMICALS INC.
to E. Farber from J. C. Fisher Subject nOW VCM
at Flemington at Flemington
date June 6, 1969
cory to
P* P* Albanese H. B. Carr F. W. Kanzler M. W. Williams
project: 001
In your memo of June 5, 1969 on Dow VCM, you report that two tank cars of Dow VCM gave bottle polymerization conversions of 69-70% after 7.5 hours versus 65-66% for Flemington monomer. This was considered an 8% increase in polymerization kinetics. We should probably consider the fact that we are comparing kinetics at a relatively steep portion of the kinetic curve. Therefore, we may show significant difference in actual percent conversion, but does this necessarily mean that there would be a significant (8%) difference in total polymerization time in the plant at a normal 80-90% conversion?
JCF/lac
. C. Fisher
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