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JEFFERSON CHEMICAL'S BEST CUSTOMERS Agriculture and Livestock Automotive and Aircraft Chemical Processing Construction Cosmetics and Toiletries Food and Beverages Metal Processing Paper and Printing Petroleum Pharmaceuticals Plastics Protective Coatings Rubber Soap and Detergents Textiles Waxes and Polishes
...and how we serve them Detergents alone have grown from some 275 million pounds i.. 1947 to over four billion pounds annually. Many of Jefferson's some 185 petrochemicals serve this "best customer" every day. Any discussion of soaps and detergents logically starts with surface-active properties. SURFONIC® "N" series nonionic surface-active agents extend from completely water soluble to completely oil soluble, make excellent emulsifiers, wetting agents, detergents, penetrants, solubilizing agents and dispersants. SURFONIC N-95 has the best wetting time and is the workhorse of this nonionic series. Then there are the low foamers. SURFONIC LF nonionic surfaceactive agents show select superiority over competitive low foamers in both mechanical dishwashing tests and metal cleaning tests. SURFONIC LF-6 and LF-7 rate superior on both deter-
gency and low foaming. However, in metal cleaning tests, blends of SURFONIC LF-7 and N-95 perform better than any individual surfactant tested. Another advantage of the LPs, they do not form gels when mixed with water in any proportion... no need for solvents to control viscosity or heavy equipment to handle dilution. SURFONIC LR-30 and SURFONIC LR-74 are the first members of a family of biodegradable nonionic surface-active agents developed by Jefferson. They are described as alkoxy-polyethoxyethanols, or ethylene oxide adducts of straight chain alcohols, and they have proved to be biologically soft by Warburg Respirometer Shake Flask and River Die-Away tests. The LR's have outstanding properties and are recommended wherever you have need for biodegradable products.
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Bas-relief depicting the use of Jefferson Chemicals in the Soap and Detergent Industry. Jefferson ethanolamines, mono-, di-, and tri-, are excellent intermediates in the manufacture of high purity soaps and detergents. Ethylene dichloride and propylene dichloride are used as solvents in extraction of oils and greases. Morpholine is used in many specialty cleaners both as an emulsifier and corrosion inhibitor. Polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols and propylene glycol, U.S.P. are used as humectants and emollients in creams and shampoos. And, of course, Jefferson's liquid caustic soda is used extensively in the manufacture of soaps, cleaners and detergents. Whatever your needs in these chemicals or technical service, a specific request will get specific action from . . . Jefferson Chemical Company, Inc., P. 0. Box 53300, Houston, Texas 77052.
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