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AEC Releases Uranium Data Domestic ore and concentrates production rising; new processing plants coming r r a DOXIESTIC production of
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nium o r e arid concentrates increasing, the U. S. continues t o maintain its p o sition a s t h e F r e e World's leading ura nium producer. Statistics released b y AEC for t h e first six months of 1958 include fig**?**** on uranium concen trates, domestic ore production, rate of processing, o r e fed to r>rocess, ore stockpiling, ore reserves, and initial production bonus. AEC's G r a n d Junc tion (Colo.) Operations Office com piled the data. T h e commission notes that as of June 3 0 there were 18 uranium process ing mills operating, including the single government-owned mil! at Monticello, Utah. Several new plants are sched uled t o begin producing in 1958's sec ond half; t h r e e will be completed at Grants, Ν. M., one a t Lakeview, Ore., a n d one at River ton, Wyo. By t h e end of die year, A E C expects t h e country's mills to b e processing almost 21,000 tons of o r e p e r day. Uranium concentrates received at t h e Grand Junction depot totaled 5756 tons of U ; i O s . Average price paid for t h e concentrates was S9.34 a pounds or about $107 million total. Additional concentrates were produced as by product from t h e processing of Florida phosphate rock in Florida and Illinois, from treating Idaho euxenite at Mallinckrodt's St. Louis plant, a n d from re
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processing of refinery residues at Vitro C o r p / s Cannonsburg, Pa., plant. This b r o u g h t total first half production of U : i O s to 5850 tons. Uranium ore production in the first half of 1958 totaled about 2.4 million d r y short tons, almost a half million more than in the last half of 1957, reports A E C . Ore fed t o process dur ing t h e period amounted to 2 . 5 million tons, with an average of 0.26*% U^O§. Development of new uranium ore reserves h a s b e e n keeping pace with depletion by mining, so that t h e figure for estimated reserves as of June 3 0 is just about what it was on Dec. 31, 1957—about 78.5 million tons (0.27% U 3 O s ) . In addition, government and private stockpiles totaled about 2 mil lion tons. Prospecting a n d developing, down during t h e first half because of the commission's limitations on uranium procurement, are expected t o increase as t h e market for uranium for commer cial power expands. T h e Government has paid $12.6 million through J u n e 30, 1958, on 9 4 6 certified properties as initial production bonus; in the first half of 1958, just over $1 million in bonus payments was made. The bonus has encouraged prospecting a n d ex ploration a n d has assisted miners dur ing early development of new ore bodies. •
Resinous Polyol X-450
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PROPERTIES 1 * Colorless solid
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Ethyl alcohol Isopropyl alcohol Ketones Aromatics
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INSOLUBLE IN: Water C a r b o n tetrachloride Hexasie Ethylene glycol
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Reacts rapidly (at normal cooking temperatures) with f a t t y acids to form esters. Forms condensation polymers with phenolic, u r e a a n d melamine resins Cross links diisocyanates readily
C a r l o a d and l.c.l. quantities of Resinous Potyol X - 4 5 0 a r e a v a i l a b l e . Your letterhead request w i l l bring you Resinous Polyol X - 4 5 0 technical information bulletins fAD-JIS and MD-116 and t h e samples y o u require.
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Rayon Cord Fights Back Five of t h e major rayon crord producers have formed a nonprofit organisation to p r o m o t e the use of rayon cord in automobile tires. ivnown as American Tyrex Corp., t h e promotion «organization is hacked by American Enka, American Viscose, Bcaunit Mills. Courtaulds ( C a n a d a ) , a n d Industrial Rayon Corp. Each of these producers lias 121 the past m a d e rayon yarn of h i g h tenacity and fatigue level. In the future. American Tyrex will set the minimum standards for the product from all five companies which b e a r the certification mark "*Tyrex." A n u m b e r of 1959 automobile models will h a v e tires made of T y r e x " cord, and it will b e officially i n t r o d u c e d this month. American Tyrex will soon launch an extensive advertising and public relations program to make the public more rayon conscious.
Merrell Has New Lab W m . S. Merrell, a division of Vick Chemical, h a s completed a n o t h e r expansion of its drug research facilities. This time it's a new, S1 million research iaboratorv a t Pkiiïiiield. ^ . ï . , that will develop medicinal chemicals. F o r a starter, the l a b is going after chemicals of three t y p e s : cardiovascular agents, endocrine simulators, and central nervous system stimulants a n d depressants. Most of t h e work is d o n e in eight two-man labs—Merrell calls t h e m mod-
ules—which the company finds well suited to its research setup. Depending o n the research problem, a project leader a n d o n e assistant may occupy one module, or a project leader and three assistants may occupy t w o adjacent modules. Merrell says the twoman module is t h e product o f almost 2 0 years of experiment, observation, and study. Other features of the lab i n c l u d e a radioisotope l a b for labeling d r u g s to trace them t h r o u g h the maze of reactions that occur in the body» a record room containing IBM cards which correlate chemical a n d biological data pertaining to M e n ell-developed compounds, and a 900-volume reading room.
Carbon Brick on the Way National C a r b o n now has its muiltimillion dollar p l a n t at Lawrenceburg, Tenu., in continuous full scale operation, turning out carbon brick around the clock, seven days a w e e k . Completed late last year (C&EM, D e c . 9, 195T, page 3 2 ) , t h e plant w a s designed around a new process that simultaneously forms a n d bakes carbon products* reduces processing t i m e from as long as eight weeks to less t h a n eight minutes. First s h i p m e n t from the n e w plant: some 45,000 carbon bricks to Great Lakes Steel, Detroit. T h e steel company will use t h e m t o line its blast furnace D , now being rebuilt t o up pig iron capacity.
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Briefs • The Sourh continues to best national business averages during the business slowdown, has long since e n d e d its role as the nation's N o . 1 economic problem. Less unemployment and more newplant construction are behind the Sauthus record, says a report by the Southern Association of Science axid Industry. SASI figures show SSS n e w plant locations in the South for the first half o f this year, up from S 7 2 during 1957*s first half. Now, n e w plant reports for the summer months lead SASI to expect 1958*s total count to exceed that for 1957. • Linde Co. gives another boost to oxygen capacity, will build and operate a 130 ton-a-day high purity- oxygen plant for.Armco Steel at Middletown, Oliio. Thus far i n 195S, Linde has started up 11 on-site oxygen plants for a combined capacity o f about 1100 tons a day.
Background is Furafil, photographed from 3 feet.
Furafil is a dark brown, modified cellulosic flour having a bulk density* of 30-35 pounds per cubic foot. Furafil absorbs water readily, but does not swell appreciably in doing so. It is used widely where powdered, absorptive, organic solids are useful. Industries in which Furafil is used include the following:
• An i n v e n t o r y of Texas* surface and ground water resources will he made by the state's Board of Water Engineers for the next session of the state's Legislature. But a proposal for a comprehensive state-wide water use plan will have t o wait until supplies and n e e d s in each river basin are determined, said McL^enâJLd £^> Weiïîcr*" chief en^^incey ef the board at the annual Water for Texas Conference. Other conference speakers pointed o u t that the easy prefects will be large—bigger than private groups or small government units can undertake unaided.
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Furafil is used a s a modifying agent for foundry sands to control expansion properties, and to compensate for thermal shock. This reduces the percentage of defective castings. r-sf-esre»
Fertilizer manufacturers use 100 pounds of Furafil per ton o f mixed goods to help prevent caking and preserve good drillability i n the finished product. INSECTICIDES AND
• Borden Chemical adds new facilities for producing polyvinyl acetate beads at Illiopolis, 111. Expansion resulted from increasing demand by makers of hotmelt adhesives, printing inks, decorative coatings, lacquers, and can lining formulations.
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A special, finely ground g r a d e of Furafil is used as a n extender f o r p h e n o l i c resin g l u e s e m p l o y e d in t h e m a n u f a c t u r e o f Douglas fir plywood. Furafil is available throughout the year. Write for a sample so you can evaluate it in your process.
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• Hilton-Davis Chemical opens a n e w research and sales distribution center for textile dyes at Greenville, S . C. • Rap-In-Wax: Paper, Minneapolis, acquires united States Packaging, Paterson, N. J. Purchase was made b y an exchange of stock and a n undisclosed amount o f cash. The Mew Jersey firm makes polyethylene coated cellophane, polyethylene coated Mylar, and other pouch materials.
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Furafîl's high absorption characteristics make I t a fine carrier f o r liquid ingredients a n d its anti-caking properties are also of value.
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• American Enka is back in t h e b l a c k after barely breaking even for the first half of 1958 a n d running at a 27 centa-share deficit in the second quarter. Profits of $149,000 ( 1 1 cents a share) chalked u p for the 12 weeks ended Sept. 7, in fact, were u p $40,000 from the like period of last year. Sales of $14.9 million for the q u a r t e r were about 2'r a h e a d of a year ago. • Olin M a t h i e s o n has sold its entire holdings of 97,714 shares of Thiokol Chemical stock for slightly over $5 mil lion. Profit from the secondary offering will h e l p balance t h e $10 million of deferred pre-operating expenses that Olin Mathieson plans to write off by the end of the year. T h e company ob tained its Thiokol stock in exchange for its ΗΟΓί- interput in Reaction Motors when Thiokol acquired Reaction last May.
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• Parke-Dovis plans to split its common stock three-for-onc. Shareholders will b e asked to vote on t h e move Nov. 12. If the move is approved, company di rectors expect t o establish a regular S 1.00 annual dividend rate on the n e w shares; dividends have b e e n paid on t h e present shares a t a $ 2 . 0 0 a year rate over t h e past year. In t h e past couple of years stockholders also have received an extra cash dividend in January.
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• Eagle-Picher says sales and profits for its third quarter, ended Aug. 3 1 , "were better than anticipated some months ago." Earnings were about t h e same as for the previous quarter. "This strengthens our conviction t h a t sales and earnings have passed their low point a n d that improvement will occur in t h e fourth quarter a n d continue in 1959/* says president T . Spencer Shore. Nevertheless, results this year continue to r u n well below last year. Third quarter sales of $23.5 million were clown 16Vf a n d nine-month sales of $70.1 million down 22'« from 1957's like periods. Third quarter profits of 40 cents a share compares with 91 cents a year ago; for the first nine months, earnings total $1.31 a share, down from $3.32/ • Merck has called its convertible sec ond preferred stock for redemption Oct. 24. Call price on t h e roughly 165,000 shares outstanding is $105, equivalent
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How the telephone switching system sorts numbers in seconds When you dial out of town, the telephone switching sys tem performs a n amazing feat. It sorts out the one other number in 35* million you want, and connects you t o it in seconds. The other telephone may be thousands of miles away. Bell Laboratories engineers endowed this great switching network with almost superhuman capabilities. As you dial, the machine listens, remembers, figures out the best route, makes connections, alerts, reports, even corrects ifcself. If it detects trouble on the way, it files a report, then chooses other circuits find goes on to complete your call. All you are aware of is the end product—the completed call. Yet a t Bell Telephone Laboratories, switching engineers see the present system as only a beginning. Ahead they see — and are developing—new systems vastly more flexible and capable than today's. Nowhere in telephone technology is the challenge greater. Nowhere are dreams coming true faster.
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INDUSTRY & BUSINESS to $36.30 a share for the 2.9 shares of common stock into which the preferred can be converted. Merck common re cently lias been selling above $ 7 0 a share. • Baltimore Point ana Chemical plans to sell $ 2 million worth of 6 1 /**?* sink ing fund debentures. T h e issue is to b e sold in units of $500 of bonds and 3 5 shares of common stock at a price of $605 per unit. The company also plans to offer 25,000 shares of common stock at $3.00 a share. Baltimore Paint was organized this summer b y American Dryer Corp. to acquire Baltimore Paint & Color Works and affiliated companies. Proceeds of the financing will b e used to reduce a loan made to buy the pred ecessor companies, a s well as for work ing capital
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AT HANSEN'S JUICES Mercone Screening Centrifuge applied to wide variety of fruit and vegetable pulps Installed at the Los Angeles, California plant of Hansen's Juices for extraction from a wide variety of ground fruit and vegetable pulps, the Mercone Screening Centri fuge, by providing instantaneous separation of pulp and juice, i s producing con sistently high quality products, A totally enclosed, sanitary unit, the Mercone combines the outstanding features of a centrifuge and a screen and is the ideal solution for the problem of applying continuous processing to previously used, time-consuming batch method opera tions. The amazing versatility of the unit is graphically illustrated at Hansen's where being processed on the same machine are carrot, apple, parsley, spinach, cabbage and celery pulps. "Dynamic Separation" as embodied in the Mercone Screening Centrifuge can well pay extra dividends in your plant. For more complete information, write — Dorr-Oliver Incorporated, Stamford, Connecticut Mercone—Reg. TM. U.S. Pot, Off.
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