INTERNATIONAL French-Canadian Fertilizers Northwest Nitro-Chemicals to build $ 2 2 million plant in A l b e r t a using S a i n i - G o b a i n phosphoric a c i d process Ν
ORTHWEST NITRO-CHEMICALS plans
pany's principal subsidiary, Alcan—will add 22,000 tons annually to the exist ing 92,000-ton capacity smelter a t Isle Maligne in t h e Saguenay River Dis trict. First aluminum production is set for the summer of 1956. Cost of the new expansion is $ 1 5 million. Aluminium, Ltd., already h a s several large expansion programs u n der wav—the most recent being i n Jamaica'(C&EN, Oct. 2 3 , page 4 5 6 6 ) —so that some new financing will b e required. T h e plan is for Alcan to r e deem its outstanding 5l/4c/o second preferred shares a n d to offer a larger preferred share issue later this year.
to build a $ 2 2 million fertilizer plant in Medicine Hat, Alta. T h e fertilizers will be manufactured under SaintGobain license, using a process owned jointly b y Saint-Gobain and Union C h e m i q u e Beige of Brussels. The process involves manufacture of ammonium phosphates by reacting phosphoric acid a n d anhydrous am • Fish protein concentrate is obtained by sodium hydroxide hydrolysis of shark monia. Another type of ammonium and ray flesh in process developed phosphate is manufactured by similar means with addition of sulfuric acid, which raises the nitrogen content. These processes h a v e been used in Europe a n d are n o w being licensed in North America for t h e first time. The plant will b e operated under a long term management contract with Commercial Solvents, which controls Northwest. Completion is set for next year. Associated with CSC in the venture will be N e w British Dominion Oil; Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc.; and Frank McMahon of Alberta. Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Ltd., has been named exclusive sales agent.
P-D Goes to Italy Parke-Davis has formed an Italian subsidiary firm and established a new branch office and manufacturing lab oratory in Rome. T h e company is named Parke, Davis Italia. The facilities will begin operations immediately and for t h e present will serve physicians a n d pharmacists in Italy. Later, as operation expands, it might b e possible to extend coverage to adjacent countries, P-D says. Se lected products will b e produced now, with a full range of pharmaceuticals to b e available later. About 50 persons will b e employed initially.
More Aluminum for Canada An immediate expansion of primary aluminum smelting facilities is planned by Aluminium, L t d . N e w pot facili ties—to b e constructed b y the com 4830
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1955
Cuba Looks at Its Oil Industry More than $ 2 5 million have been committed t o oil exploration in Cuba in the two years since its first well w a s brought in. Reflecting the w i d e interest of Cubans in oil exploration was the varied audience attending Cuba's First Congress on Petroleum, held on the campus of • University of Oriente in Santiago Nearly 200 delegates from Aus tralia, England, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, U. S., a n d Cuba attended the three-day meeting.
by India's Department of Fisheries. Neutralized hydroiysate is spray-dried to a water-soluble powder which r e tains natural flavor, is said to h a v e protein content of 85 r / c Already used for treating malnutrition, tuberculosis, d u o d e n a l ulcers, and as convalescent diet supplement, product is suggested too for plastics, paint, leather, a n d rayon industries. • Cabot- Carbon of C a n a d a plans in creased production of oil furnace car b o n blacks through expansion of its Sarnia plant facilities. Program's com pletion in about two months will boost production from 2 0 to 5 5 million pounds per year. • Parke-Davis h a s set u p two more warehouses, latest step in its Canadian expansion program. Vancouver, B. C , and Edmonton, Aha., depots are sched uled t o begin operation first of next year, will supply full line of pharma ceutical products to^vestern Canada. • Australia gets another National Lead subsidiary, Mineral Deposits Pty., which has acquired mine, plant, a n d
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PROPERTIES
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1,4 Dimethoxy Benzene
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Hydroxy Anisole
(Hydroquinone
L
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(Hydroquinone monomethyl ether)
dimethyl ether)
Molecular weight
133.16
Melting point
c e oor>
Boiling point Density, g/1. Solubility in water in benzene in acetone in ethanol in ethyl acetate Color and form Odor
OH
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ANSUL ETHER-D.M.B.
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124.1 CO COP
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213.0°C. (a 760 mm Hg.
246.0°C.(t4 760 mm Hg.
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1.038 (a 55/55°C
1.55(3) 20/20°C.
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@ 25°C. in grams/100 grams of solvent insoluble 177.0 233.0 33.3 150.0
