THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK • W h o cares who w r i t e s it?
Lots of people,
apparently, if the comments of C&EN readers are a criterion. Consensus seems to b e t h a t a scientist who cannot communicate his thoughts is valueless. Page 4538. • A n t i f r e e z e consumption in U. S. m a y pass
100 million gallons in 1954, a new peacetime record. Industry says that re-use is its main deterrent to higher consumption. Page 4544. • Jefferson Lake joins other sulfur firms i n
diversification. It is starting triple superphosphate plant in Idaho. T h e $3 million operation will use Wyoming sulfur. Page 4546. • Olin
Mathieson
starts
second
cellophane
plant in Indiana. It may about double the company's production, w h i c h is 1 0 % of U. S. capacity. D u Pont will h a n d l e engineering and construction. Page 4548. • Corn chemist Hixon of Iowa S t a t e , receiving Midwest Award, looks back on 30 years of research, sees order emerging. Page 4554. • Eight a c t i v e components of A C T H isolated
at American Cyanamid. Structure of one—y8ACTH—has been determined; synthesis appears unlikely on a commercial basis because of complexity of structure. Page 4556. • Research Corp. g r a n t s to 31 c o l l e g e s total $124,000 for research in physical sciences and mathematics. Page 4560. • Rhenium may soon hit electronic m a r k e t to
t h e tune of 20,000 p o u n d s a year. Although produced only in pilot plant quantities a t present, rhenium's outlook as a commercial m e t a l is good, particularly for special applications. Page 4562. • Specifications f o r premium s o a p stocks suggested b y Association of American Soap & Glycerine Producers. Page 4566. • Investigations of mergers, Dixon-Yates, and
new atomic law can b e looked for under new Democratic Congress. Page 4568. • British Hydroformer will b e s e c o n d only in capacity to one being built in U. S. It is costing Esso, Ltd., $11.2 million to build at its Fawley refinery which provides about 2 5 % of British oil refilling capacity. Page 4572. • Slowdown in British sulfur imports by 2 0 %
since 1950 is blamed o n increasing use of pyrites VOLUME
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for acid making. Consumption of sulfuric acid and sulfur compounds is expanding b y 3 to 4 % a year. Page 4572. • Canadian National Research Council provided $2 million for support of fundamental research in universities. Total b u d g e t for this year is $17.8 million. Page 4576. • A portrait of the engineer as leader in industry emerges from a survey of alumni by Stevens Institute of Technology. Total of 6 7 % of 1902—52 graduates are in policy-making or decision-making posts. Page 4578. • Broad scope of A C S local section activities
includes public relations and publicity programs second t o none among scientific societies. These programs were never more n e e d e d t h a n during times of international tension. Page 4593. ^ H o w you v o t e is your own business, b u t v o t e .
T h a t is the suggestion from t h e Executive Secretary- to all m e m b e r s of the ACS as ballots for President-Elect and Regional Directors are mailed. Page 4598. • "Man and the Chemical Elements" depicts each element, giving details and tradition t h a t w e know cannot b e true, b u t which add many facts worth knowing. Page 4604. • Packaging industry seeks new methods and
materials—particularly in plastics and aerosol containers—as industry tries to free itself from dependence on tin. Page 4606. • A n adhesive, soluble in deinking solutions,
has b e e n developed by National Starch Products. Its use b y book, box, and b a g makers will make their products have value w h e n returned to paper mills as stock. Page 4608. • Price increases f o r phenolics, polyester, and
extruded cellulose acetate butyrate are not regarded as indicating a general upswing in resin quotations. Page 4614. • Chemical w a g e
r a t e s a v e r a g e d $79.90 a
week during September, compared w i t h $78.72 in August a n d $77.83 in September last year. Page 4616. • N o progress to report, b u t a progress report m u s t b e written—is this your problem? If it is you need the Standard Progress Report for Those with No Progress to Report. Page 4628. 4535
