Children as well as adults seem to enjoy the family convertible. M&T is making that enjoyment last longer by supplying vinyl manufacturers with stabilizers which help keep the vinyl rear window clear . . . and safe.
It's clear today. Will it crack tomorrow? Art and Science: Chemists have been working for over twenty years to perfect vinyl stabilization systems. But, there is still some doubt about the mechanism by which heat, light, and weather attack various vinyl materials. However, we have learned a great deal about which chemicals will pre-
Sometimes we forget. Sometimes we just don't bother to put the hose away. Unless it's made of stabilized vinyl it soon cracks from exposure to heat, light and weather.
vent degradation; for example, many organotin compounds, barium-cadmiums, and zinc. M&T now supplies a complete line of stabilizers which can be used alone or sometimes in combinations to give exactly the kind of stabilization required for a particular product or end use. Thermolite® 31 is a good example. It gives such outstanding performance in clear and pigmented formulations that it is the most widely used organotin for stabilizing rigid vinyls. Also, being the most powerful stabil-
izer know, it is used here and abroad as a standard for testing other stabilizers. Some Thermolite stabilizers are best for clarity, others for eliminating plate-out problems, some offer excellent high temperature stability, others are designed for non-toxic applications. To find out which is right for your product or end use all you need do is call your local M&T representative. Stabilize food and other products: While most of the publicity has gone to organotin chemicals as stabilizers for PVC, we shouldn't forget that hundreds of patents have been issued that deal with all kinds of tin chemicals as stabilizers for foods, fuels, lubricants, paints, rubber, soaps, and many other materials. Take food for example. There's a patent (U.S. 2,785,076) which covers the use of stannous chloride or stannous sulfate to stabilize frozen pineapple against the development of off-flavors. T h e r e ' s a n o t h e r p a t e n t (U.S. 2,914,213) covering the use of these same tin salts to prevent attack and corrosion of metal containers which carry carbonated beverages and certain fruit juices. In the lubricant and general petroleum field we know of almost 175
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Pineapple seems a long way from vinyl plastics. Yet tin chemicals can be used both to protect and stabilize vinyl and preserve the odor and taste of pineapple.
patents pertaining to stabilization additives which deal with the use of tin chemicals... chemicals from the simplest salts of tin to some of the most complex organotin compounds which can be synthesized.
Handy reference on stabilizers: As the nation's leading manufacturer of tin chemicals we do our best to keep abreast of all that is going on in this field. Because so many of our customers find it useful we have published a bibliography of patents and pertinent literature on the "Uses of Tin Chemicals as Stabilizers." You can have a copy by writing for Bibliography ST-3. If you want additional information on any of the chemicals or patents mentioned in the bibliography contact: M&T Chemicals Inc., General Offices, Rahway, New Jersey. In Canada: M&T P r o d u c t s of C a n a d a Ltd., Hamilton, Ont.
