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The professor closed his eyes, and with a sigh, he dosed his book.
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HOWARD NBCHAMKIN Brooklyn College Brooklyn· N . Y .
EMANATIONS Glyeo by EDWARD ROSENDAHL
Monostearin a new synthetic wax This light colored wax is a true chemical ester. I t b e a melting point of 65.5°C-5e.5°C. It is Insoluble «U in water and glycerine r •B UMVIHMIV WHWT WUMMA £SjrWlSUV, in acetone, eetere, waxes· resins, oils, and partially soluble in hydrocarbons and mineral oils. It does not discolor or precipitate when dissolved in oils or hydrogenated oils. It emulsifies readily with alkalies, soaps, amines. Forms temporary dispersions in hot water, glycerine and alcohol. MONOSTBARIN is being used for cooking oils and fats· lubricants, plssticisers, varnish removers, glaring, water-proofing, as a beeswax substitute, and for many other purposes.
Glaurin a new synthetic o i l GLAURIN (Dlethylene Glycol Mono Laurate) is a true fatty ester. It is yellow in color and has a pleasant fatty odor. It is free from soap, salts, metale. It is non-drying, non-thickening, and practically non-volatile. It is soluble in alcohol, esters, ethers, ketones, hydrocarbons, waxes, resins and in certain proportions in vegetable and mineral oils. It is insoluble in water. GLAURIN is recommended in place of wax for holding back volatile solvents in varnish removers. It is ideal as a lubricant where great penetration without volatility is needed. It acts as a plasticiser and softener for resins· waxes, natural and synthetic rubber. It is a good dye solvent for carbon paper and typewriter ribbons. Also, GLAURIN is being used for textile softening, leather improving, cosmetics, polishes and for glaring furs.
Yumidol when glycerine fails, t r y this When exposed t o high degrees of humidity, products treated with glycerine as a plasticiser or softening agent, often become soft and warp. In dry weather they loss moisture, shrink and become brittle. That's because of the hygroseopio nature of glycerine. YUMIDOL is much less hygroscopic. It has a higher specific gravity, index and can be used viscosity and refractive r< for many purposes where glycerine is unsuitable. YUMIDOL. a special grade of Sorbitol, is a polyhydrie alcohol having six hydroxyl groups. I t is a straw-colored viscous liquid completely soluble in water and water-soluble liquids, but insoluble in hydrocarbons· oils, fats, waxes, resins and other water-insoluble materials. It is non-drying, practically non-volatile and has a low freesing point. Samples and full information about Glyco material! described in this column will be
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Disfreol Stéarate Glycerol Monostearate Diglyeol Laurate Glycol Oleate Propylene Glycol Stéarate „ (Prostearin) Propylene Glycol Laurate e(Prolaurin) Propylene Glycol Oleate (Protein) Glycol BoriGlyceryl BoriBorate Borate Ammonium Stéarate (Anhydrous) Glyceryl Monoricinolcsts
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Tragedy i n t h e Flask As his daughter became older and began to go to college The professor felt that chemistry should be her greatest knowledge. So he set her in the parlor and he gave her pen and paper And began to lecture slowly» told her not t o grin or caper. "The electromotive series of the elements," he bored her "Is a table of activity of metals in their order, And the story I will tell you is the one concerning Gold Of his great eternal quest for a wife that he could hold. "All the elements were present in aflaskof sea-green water When a piece of Gold fell in, and . . . attention here, my daughter! And this piece of Gold," continued he, "went searching for a spouse Who would lighten his électrons, and with him snare his house. "A sulfate ion glided by, she swam near Gold, but passed. Gold followed, thinking he had found his one true love at last. He changed his mind quite suddenly when everything turned green, He knew that Nickel's jealousy had caused this brilliant sheen. "In his nucleus he felt his neutrons beating hard and fast. 'cause had he fought this battle, it would have been nie last. He knew that Nickel was as strong as powerfully built potassium He sought to fight with neither, nor with Sodium nor Calcium. "When soon he saw Magnesium, he quickly ran away, 'cause discretion is the better part of valor any day. Magnesium and Aluminum were bad for him to fight, Because, like Zinc and Arsenic, they hold their mates too tight. "A pretty chloride ion let herself come into view, But as soon as Gold had seen her, out of the flask she flew! Hydrogen had been her mate, this clarified the picture. The two had fled because this was no constant boiling mixture. "A perchlorate of Platinum came floating near a t hand. Gold merely stepped out of the way t o be in safer land. He knew he could not beat him and turned about and fled. But said that he would search and search though he was nearly dead. "And so, my darling daughter, ends this tragic tale of Gold. He fought and lost and all the metals left him in the cold. Hell always keep on searching for a wife, . . . hell look and look."
C h e m i s t r y Confuses Cake Makers 44/^HEMieTRY Catalyses Commerce," Vjt but the editor of theChrùUianScience Monitor evidently thinks it confuses cake makers, and his "Words from the Wise," appearing July 18, will probably have the endorsement of housewives who look to INDUSTRIAL· AND ENGINEERING C H E M I S -
TBY for t h e latest cooking hints. He writes: "Cake make», frequently plagued with failure, will achieve happier results by controlling the hydrogen ion concentration of their batten*' reads a hint to housewives in INDUSTRIAL· AND E N O I N B B B I K O
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Probably the chemist who concocted this delicate tidbit thought he was being helpful· but wouldn't it have been much simpler to merely say, "Watch out for the proportion of sodium bicarbonate (excuse it. please, baking soda) to sugar, used in cake batter"? One wonders, but probably will never know, what passes through the thought of the chemist who, when asked by a compliment-hunting wife, "How do you like my new dress, dear?" replies, " I t ' s all right, sweet, but you should have had phenolformaldehyde buttons instead of ureaformaldehyde, and the color pattern would have had more luster on cellulose acetate than on such a low-grade cuprammonium." Probably he ranks but two degrees higher than the absent-minded professor, and one So. D. above the researcher who changed his sweetheart because he couldn't stand perfume made from hydroxycitronellal base when the company he worked for used phenylethyl alcohol and Rhodinol. Perhaps as long as heavy water is so expensive and hard to get, there's little likelihood of the technical parent's bringing his daughter a glass of deuterium oxide in response to the order, "I wants a d'ink a' water." Editors seem unable to resist the temptation to amuse themselves with chemical nomenclature, little realizing t h a t our publications are not written for general consumption and that the language of t h e chemist to the chemist conveys a far more accurate meaning than t h e editor's English may t o some of his own readers. Chemiste may wonder, but probably will never know, what passes through the mind of t h e editor who expects chemists to take such comments to heart.
Corn Products P h o t o g r a p h Contest HE November 8 meeting of the Corn T Products Chemists Club, Argo, 111., took the form of a photographic salon 9
to which all employees were invited t o contribute. More than 150 prints were submitted by 25 persons, a n a were hung in the assembly room of t h e Clearing Industrial Club, where they created a great deal of interest. Wm. Langdon, a commercial artist, was the speaker of the evening and judge of the photographs. The following awards were made: Class 1, first prise, portraits and baby pictures, Art Wood; second prise, W. B. Newkirk. Class 2. all other pictures, first prise, Don Brown; second prise, d e l l Myers; third prise, E d . Gantt. This is the first photographic salon of the club, which plans t o repeat it next year.
