New Jobs for the World's Most Useful Metal —Straits Tin
Tin mining in Malaya. Here a test boring is being removed.
New tirs chemicals may give your product a competitive edge Straits Tin is not only one of the world's most useful metals. It is n o w also fast becoming one of the world's most valued chemicals. In many processes, from coal hydrogénation to glass and ceramic manufacture, and i n many products, from lubricating oils to sensitized and decorative papers, tin chemicals are major factors—as catalysts, antioxidants and opacifiers and in other capacities—in the competitive race for product improvement. From our research laboratories are coming a host of new discoveries about the ways both organic and inorganic tin chemicals can make other materials more efficient. Organotin compounds, for example, are the best stabilizers known for polyvinyl chloride plastics. Stannic oxide, another tin chemical, is the best opacifier for many glazes and enamels. By addition of organotin compounds, the new chlorinated rubber paints have 5 to 10 times longer life under average conditions. 168
And these are just a few of the ways tin chemicals can do more for you today. Straits Tin, from Malaya, is 99.87% pure, and is world famous for its absolute reliability of grade. Whatever your product or process may be, it may profit y o u well to investigate thoroughly the properties and competitive advantages of the chemicals that now come from Straits Tin.
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