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l-t4 (M)M) TEN N ECOINTER. OFFICE MEMO CHEMICALS, INC. TO H.B. Carr From F.W. Kanzler Subject MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT November, 1973 at Burlington at Burlington I. ROUTINE ANALYSIS A. Raw Material Evaluation IR Scan Avirol POL-1-S Cloud Point % FAS Bottle Polymerization (4 runs @4 bottles each) (1 run @12 bottles each) RVCM Storage Phenol in Copolymer Storage Styrene Monomer Evaluation Lupersol 223M - Assay, A(0) L2O2 - Assay, A(0) Light End Impurities B. In-Process Analyses Trace Oxygen, tt tt If IT ft ff J tt It f It tt COD AI COD FCE % FAS AI % FAS FCE Compressor 1 "2 "3 "4 "S "6 C- Finished Product Bound Acetate Haze & Gloss Brabender Extruder Gels Total from Section II date November 20, 1973 coft to r.j. Eckman P. Gawason H.R. Horton R. A, Lojewski W.E. Stewart Ey Young o-F^rle 33 1 1 4 1 3 6 22 33 1 21 19 20 22 21 25 19 19 4 4 19 33 43 376 32 TOTAL 408 COLORXTE 013542 \ Pago 2 II. SPECIAL TESTINC A. Resin Plant" 1, Raw Materials a. DHW-80 (1) Analysis of Excess Ammonia A visit to Henkel in Hoboken was used to witness analysis procedures for excess ammonia determination. The method will be introduced in Burlington by mid-December. (2) Darling Oleic Acid DHW-80 manufactured with this oleic acid was evaluated via bottle polymerization. The modified Dow test, as well as the bottles run on 1730 formulations, showed equal or better conversion rates for the Darling DHW-80 when compared with standard DHW-80. Dow Test Darling Standard 98.3% 96.4% The 1730 formulation showed similar results with 94.2% conversion for the Darling material and 94,0% for the stan dard after 22 hours. A report was issued. b. TCE Runs of 389 and 390 resins exhibited slow reaction kinetics as well as shifts in the particle size distribution. A check of all raw materials made the TCE most suspect of contributing to these difficulties, however, parts of a Witco L2O2 shipment showed low assay and poor solubility characteristics and may also have contributed to the poor kinetics. 2. In-Process a. Plastisol Add System The designed experiment for rheology studies of various add levels confirmed the findings of previous studies of this na ture. As a result, the tridecanol and AR-901 add specification ranges were revised (10 lbs for tridecanol and 25 lbs for AR-901). b. Residual VCM Analyses were continued in the time study program. COLORITE 013543 \ Tage 3 B. Compound Plant 1, Raw Materials a. Lead Assay Only'two assay analyses were performed because of the break down of the muffle furnace. b. Stabilizer and Plasticizers Two analyses of DOP in V-1912 impurity check on Nuoplaz 6903 were run via gas chromatography. 2, In-Process a. Dicer Cooling In search for a substitute for CO2 cooling, water was used as a cooling agent on a trial basis. A total of three samples were evaluated for their retained surface water level. The water levels were found to be in the 2 to 3% range. C. Flemington Plant 1. Plant Expansion Copolymer effluent and sump water was evaluated for COD, pH, dis solved and undissolved solids in support of this project. 2. R&D a. Supercryl-100 A total of four haze values were run on production lots in support of this program. b. Spray-Dried BR-501 Haze and gloss determinations were run to check for differences in BR-501 optical properties when comparing normal dried resin versus spray-dried resin. D. Miscellaneous 1. Running Account of Analyses June July Augus t 403 375 275 427 FWK/ist September October 367 387 -JrW, Ul r.W. Kanzler COLORITE 013544