INSTANTIZE* YOUR PIPETING, DILUTING, AND FILTERING.
C & E N PROGRESS REPORT
EXPANSION IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Use L/I Automatic REPIPETS®, Automatic Dilutors, Grunbaum® Pipets, STAT-FILTERS®, and Lambda-Dials.®
Here are companies making news last month, adding to the chemical process industries by PLANNING
REPIPETS AND DILUTORS: • Accuracy of 1%, reproducibility of 0.1 %, independent of viscosity and surface tension. • Fit directly on any 1/2 oz. or larger bottle, can, or reservoir, eliminating hazardous mouth pipeting and transfer of reagents from bottle to bottle. • All-Pyrex instruments handle concentrated acids, alkalies and solvents. • No drainage errors due to surface tension. • Save 50 to 95% of manipulation time, (write for copy of Time Studies). • All-amber instruments optional for labile reagents. • Miniature instruments in all capacities. • Choice of Teflon or glass tips. • Integral air filters keep reagents pure. • Self-cleaning. • Stocked for immediate delivery in 1/2i 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 ml sizes, adjustable from zero to full capacity. Price: REPIPETS $47.50; Dilutors $89.50.
• For transferring or dispensing 1 to 500 microliters without any holdup. $6.00 each.
#LABINDUSTRIES 1802V Second Street Berkeley, California 94710 Phone (415) 843-0220
32 C&EN OCT. 7, 1968
p-Xylene
Ascorbic acid
Carbon black Polyols
Remarks Capacity will be expanded by 50%; completion slated for second half of 1969 Expansion increases capacity by 5 0 % ; completion slated for mid-1969 Cost: $40 million; capacity: 17 million pounds per year; slated for operation by late 1970 Capacity: 60 million pounds per year Capacity for product will be expanded by 5 0 %
STARTING CONSTRUCTION
GRUNBAUM PIPETS:
*An L/I coined word meaning instant set-up and instant automated performance with state-of-the-art precision.
Hercor Chemical Corp. Joint venture of Commonwealth Refining Co. and Hercules,
Phillips Petroleum Co. Toledo, Ohio Wyandotte Chemicals Corp. Wyandotte, Mich.
• For direct dialing of 0.5 to 100 microliters with any V2 and 1 ml Repipet or Dilutor.
STAT-FILTER:
Plant or Unit Methylamines
Inc. Penuelas, P.R. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. Belvidere, N.J.
LAMBDA-DIALS:
• Inexpensive, hand-held disposable pressure filters for aqueous solutions. $38 for complete system with 100 sets of disposable test tubes and filters, 25 caps, and 3 plungers. $9.00 for demonstration and trial kit.
Company and Site E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Belle, W.Va.
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Allied Chemical Corp. Syracuse, N.Y.
Chlorine-caustic soda
Dow Badische Co. Joint venture of Dow Chemical Co. and BASF Overzee, N.V. Freeport, Tex. Enjay Chemical Co. Linden, N.J.
Polycaprolactam
Phillips Petroleum Co. Borger and Orange, Tex.
Carbon black
Triad Chemical Joint venture of First Mississippi Corp. and MISCOA (partnership of Mississippi Chemical Corp. and Coastal Chemical Corp.) Donaldsonville, La.
Ammonia and urea
Ethylene and propylene
Expansion increases capacity by 150 tons per day; due on stream this year Capacity for product will be doubled at Freeport Ethylene capacity will be expanded; facilities for propylene will be added Expansion at Borger increases capacity by 28 million pounds per year; at Orange by 5 million pounds per year Capacity for ammonia: 1000 tons per day; for urea: 1200 tons per day; will use Dutch State Mines process to make urea; completion in 1969
STARTING PRODUCTION Freeport Sulphur Co. New Orleans, La.
Phosphoric acid
One of two wet-process phosphoric acid trains now on stream
