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27 The federal budget for fiscal 1965 earmarks a slight rise in spending for research and development—$14.1 billion. Spending for defense R&D would decline 5% below the 1964 level—the first cut in 10 years.
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34 The market for low-molecular-weight polyethylene waxes is growing steadily. Consumption should reach 48 million pounds in 1965, up from 33 million pounds in 1963. Borne Chemical plans to build a new plant.
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36 More than a year of formal training prepare recruits for technical sales jobs with Union Carbide's chemicals division. Trainees learn chemistry of Carbide products as well as sales techniques.
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28 Production and consumption of silver in the Free World should be about the same in 1964 as in 1963. Production totaled 210.5 million ounces last year; consumption, excluding U.S. coinage, was 307.9 million ounces.
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The enzyme that converts stearic to oleic acid is
stereospecific. Data from 9-tritiostearic acid isomers show that hydrogen in the D configuration (but not in the LJ is removed during formation of the oleate. 45
The derivative chemistry of B 10 H 10 " 2 and Bi 2 H 12 ~ 2
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Evidence for an insertion reaction by methyne has
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50 A process using sucrose instead of formaldehyde to denitrate nuclear waste streams has been developed by General Electrics Hanford Laboratory. Process is eco nomically competitive with the formaldehyde process. 51 High-purity helium-3 from Monsantds Mound Lab oratory can be used as a vapor pressure standard for measur ing temperatures from 0.3° to 3.2° K. An AEC license is not needed since concentration of tritium is low.
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