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T H E J O U R N A L OF I N D U S T R I A L A N D ENGINEERING C H E M I S T R Y
June 1921
MARKET REPORT.MAY.
587
1921
FIRST-HAND PRICES FOR GOODS IN ORIGINAL PACKAGES PREVAILING IN THE NEW YORK MARKET
INORGANIC CHEMICALS May 1
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. 14l/z .O l S / S . 19
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.18 . 07
Hydriodic oz Nitric. 42'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I b. Phosphoric. 50y0 tech ...... . I b. Sulfuric. C P . . . . . . . .I b. Chamber. 66'. ton Oleum 20% .... ton Alum. ammonia. lump . . . . . . . . . ..I b. Aluminium Sulfate (iron-free) .... .I b. Ammonium Carbonate. pwd. .... .I b. Ammonium Chloride. gran ...... . I b.
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Nitrate . I b. Barytes. white. .................ton Bleaching Powd.,35%. Works. 100 lbs . Borax. cryst., bbls . Ib. Bromine, tech ..................Ib. Calcium Chloride. fused .ton Chalk. precipitated. light .I b. China Clay, imported .......... .ton Copper Sulfate 100 Ibs . Feldspar .ton Fuller's Earth 100 lbs . Iodine. resublimed. Ib Lead Acetate. white crystals .I b. Nitrate., .Ib. Red American 100 lbs . White American ........100 lbs Lime Acetate .............. 100 lbs . Lithium Carbonate .Ib. Magnesium Carbonate, tech .I b. ton Magnesite Mercury flask, 75 lbs . Phosphorus, yellow. Ib Plaster of Paris ......... Potassium Bichromate .Ib. Bromide. cryst .I b. Carbonate. calc., 80435% ... .I b. Chlorate, cryst . I b. Hydroxide, 88-92% . I b. Iodide. bulk ............... .Ib. Nitrate . I b. Permanganate. U S P .Ib. Salt Cake. bulk ............... .ton Silver Nitrate . o2. Soapstone. in bags. .ton Soda Ash. 58%. bags ........ 100 Ibs Caustic, 76Y0 100 lbs Sodium Acetate . I b. Bicarbonate 100 Ibs Bichromate. lb. Chlorate., .I b. Cyanide . Ib. Fluoride. technical lb Hyposulfite. bbls 100 lbs . Nitrate. 95% 100 Ibs Silicate, 40'. . I b. Sulfide .I b. Bisulfite. powdered .Ib. Strantium Nitrate . I b. Sulfur. flowers 100 lbs Crude .long ton Talc, American, white., .ton Tin Bichloride . Ib. Oxide. .I b. Zinc Chloride. U . S. P ............I b. Oxide. bbls .I b.
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.071/z 18.00 23.00 .04 .03
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. 063/4 . 093/a .08 65.00
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30.00 2.75 07 . 27 28.75 . 04 18.00
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5.25
8.00 1.00 3.75 13 15
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2.00 1.40
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72.00 47.00 . 35 1.50 12 18
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.04S/, 2.50 10 35 35.00 . 41 12.00 1.90 3.75 . 06 2.25
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.20 .12 4.00 2.70
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.07 .06
.13
3.00 20.00 18.00 .18 40
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May 1 May 15 . 14 011/2
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18.00 23.00 . 04 . 03 .09 .063/ 4
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.08 60.00 14 30.00 2.75
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27 28.75 04 18.00 5.25 8.00 1.00 3.75 . 13l/a .15
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2.00
1.40 lOI/z 72.00 47.00 .35 1.50
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.111/2 . 18 .053/4 .09 .Oo'/z
2.50 . 10 . 32 35.00
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12.00 1.90 3.75 . 06 2.25 .07a/, .07l/z 20 . 12 4.00 2.80 Ol'/n 07
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. 13 3.00 20.00 18.00 . 18 40 40 09
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ORGANIC CHEMICALS
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Acetanilide Ib . Acid. Acetic 28 p c 100 lbs . Glacial .I b. Acetylsalicylic Ib Benzoic. U . S. P., ex-toluene . .I b. Carbolic. cryst., U . S P., drs ..I b. 50- to 110.lb tins 1b. Citric. crystals. bbls., .I b.
.............. . . . ....... ......
. .101/4
27 2.75
.55 .70
.11 .21 .47
.27 2.75
.l O ] / d
.58
.65 . 11 .2 1
.44
Acid ( C o n c l u d e d ) Oxalic. cryst bbls . . . . . . . . . . lb .. Pyrogallic. resublimed .......lb Salicylic. bulk. U . S. P ...... .I b. Tartaric. crystals. U . S . P ....lb . Trichloroacetic. U . S P . . . . .. I b. Acetone. drums .................I b. Alcohol . denatured. complete .ga1. Ethyl. 190 proof . . . . . . . . . . .gaI. Amyl Acetate ..................gaI.
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Carbon Bisulfide ...
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Chloroform. U . S P .............. Ib. Creosote. U . S . P ................ I b. Cresol. U S. P .................. Ib.
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1.85 23 .35 4.40 . 131/1 40 4.75 3.05 .6 5
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.12
.43 45 .18 3.16
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OILS. WAXES. ETC
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.08
.43 .50 . 18
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.70
.08 . 12
2.08 . 05 25
Beeswax. pure. white ............I b. Black Mineral Oil. 29 gravity .gaI. Castor Oil. No 3 ................I b. Ceresin, yellow lb . Corn Oil. crude, tanks. mills ..... .I b. Cottonseed Oil. crude, f o b mill .I b. Linseed Oil, raw (car lots) .ga1. Menhaden Oil. crude (southern) .gal . Neat's-foot Oil. Z O O .gaI. Paraffin, 128-130 m p., ref .I b. Paraffin Oil, high viscosity ...... .ga1. Rosin. "F" Grade. 280 Ibs bbl Rosin Oil. first run .ga1. Shellac. T. N .................. . I b. Spermaceti, cake., . I b. Sperm Oil, bleached winter, 38'. .ga 1. Stearic Acid, doub1e.pressed ......Ib Tallow Oil. acidless .ga I. Tar Oil, distilled .gaI. Turpentine. spirits of .ga1.
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.161/a 1.85 .21 .30 4.40 13'/z .37 4.75 3.05
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2.90 . 071/z 18 .15 .13l/z 1.25 2.75
Ether. U S. P., conc., 100 lbs . . . .I b. Formaldehyde ..................Ib . Glycerol. dynamite. drums. ..... .I b. Methanol, pure. bbls Pyridine Starch. corn ............... Potato, J a p . , ............. .Ib. Rice .I b. Sago .... ...... .I b.
May 15
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. 30 1 .00 07 . 45 5.35 40 55 .30 1.73 . 1c 75 60 66
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.75 .60 .70
METALS
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Aluminium. No 1. ingots .I b. Antimony. ordinary. 100 Ibs . Bismuth . I b. Copper. electrolytic Ib . Lake .I b. Lead. N Y .I b. Nickel. electrolytic Ib Platinum. refined. soft . oz. Quicksilver. flask 75 lbs . ea Silver . oz. Tin .I b. Tungsten Wolframite .per unit Zinc, N Y 100 lbs .
.23 5.1 2'/z 1.65 12S/r 13 04l/r 45 65.00 47.00
.23 5.121/2 1.50 128/*
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.45 65.00 47.00 62Vr
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.29
3.25 5.10
3.25 5.10
FERTILIZER MATERIALS
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Ammonium Sulfate. export 100 lbs . Blood. dried. f o b . N Y .unit Bone. 3 and 50. ground. raw .ton Calcium Cyanamide. unit of Ammonia Fish Scrap. domestic. dried. f . o . b works .unit Phosphate Rock. f o . b . mine: .ton Florida Pebble. 68% .ton Tennessee. 7S-8070 Potassium Muriate. 80% .unit Pyrites. furnace size. imported .unit Tankage. high.grade. f o b Chicago unit
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2.50 3.50 45.00
2.50 3.50 45.00
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11.00 15.00 1.00 18
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COAL-TAR CHEMICALS May 1 Crudes Anthracene. 80-85% Benzene. pure Cresol. U S P Cresylic Acid. 97-99% Naphthalene. hake Phenol. drums Toluene. pure Xylene. 2 deg dist range
........... .Ib. ................ .ga1.
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..........ga1. ..............I b. ................. .Ib. .................ga1. . . ...... .ga 1.
.75 .27 *
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.90 .08 .10 .28
.60
M a y 15
.75 .27 .18 .90 .os
..2810 .60
Intermediates Acids: Anthranilic . B Benzoic Broenner's Cleve's Gamma.
.................lb. ......................... 1b. ....................I b. .................l b. .................... .Ib. ...................Ib. H ........................ .Ib. Metanilic. .................l b . Monosulfonic F .............I b. Naphthionic. crude ......... .I b. Nevile & Winther's ......... .I b. Phthalic ...................I b. Picric ..................... .I b. Sulfanilic ................... l b. Tobias'. .................. .Ib. Aminoazobenzene ...............l b . Aniline Oil .................... .Ib. For Red ...................Ib. Aniline Salt ....................lb. Anthraquinone .................. l b. Benzaldehyde. tech., ........... .I b. U.S. P.................... lb . Benzidine (Base). ...............I b. Benzidine Sulfate .............. .Ib. Diaminophenol .................I b. Dianisidine .................... .I b. $.Dichlorobenzene. .............l b . Diethylaniline ................. . I b. Dimethylaniline .................I b. Dinitrobenzene .................I b. Dinitrotoluene., ................I b. Diphenylamine., ...............I b. G Salt ........................ .I b. Hydroquinol .................... Ib Metol (Rhodol) .................I b. Monochlorobenzene ............. lb . Monoethylaniline ...............lb .
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...............Ib . .....I b. ................I b. ..................Ib. ..................I b.
a.Naphthy1amine b-Naphthylamine (Sublimed) b.Naphtho1. dist m.Nitroaniline p.Nitroaniline Nitrobenzene. crude Rectified (Oil Mirbane) $.Nitrophenol $.Nitrosodimethylaniline o-Nitrotoluene p.Nitrotoluene m-Phenylenediamine p.Pheny1enediamine Phthalic Anhydride Primuline (Base) R Salt Resorcinol. tech U S P Schaeffer Salt Sodium Naphthionate Thiocarbanilide Tolidine (Base) Toluidine. mixed o-Toluidine $.Toluidine m.Toluylenediamine. Xylidine. crude
.............lb . ......I b.
...................I b. .........I b. ..................lb . ..................lb . .............lb . .............lb .
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.................lb. ................Ib. ..................... l b. ..................... l b . ............lb . .................lb.
1.80 2.25 60 1.75 1.30 3.25 1.25 1.60 2.75 75
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2.25 1.25 20 42 28 2.00 45 1.50 1.10 * 75 5.50 6.00 15 1.40 50 25 25 60 80
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1.80 2.25 60 1.75 1.30 3.25 1.25 1.60 2.75 -70 1.40 40 30 30 2.25 1.25 -20 42 * 28 2.00 * 45 1.50
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1.15 1.75 55 3.00 75 2.00 2.25 70 70 60 1.40 44 27 1.25 1.15# * 45
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COAL-TAR COLORS Acid Colors Black Blue
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.I b. .Ib.
1.00 1.50
1.00 1.50
May 1
M a y 15
2.50 60 1.30 6.50 6.00 8.00 4.00 2.00 7.50 2.50 1.50 1.95 1.00 85
2.50
Acid Colors (Concluded)
....................... .I b. .................... .Ib. .......................... .I b. .................... .Ib. ............Ib. ..................I b. ...................I b. .................... .I b. ..................... lb . ..................I b. ..................... .Ib.
Fuchsin Orange 111 Red Violet 10B Alkali Blue. domestic Imported Azo Carmine Azo Yellow Erythrosin Indigotin. conc Paste Naphthol Green Ponceau Scarlet 2R
................Ib. ...................... .Ib. .................... .Ib.
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1.30 6.50 6.00 8.00 4.00 2.00 7.50 2.50 1.50 1.95 1.00
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D i r e c t Colors
.......................... lb . ....................... .Ib. ...................... .Ib. .................... .I b. ........................ . I b. ....................Ib. .........lb . ............I b. .............lb .
Black Blue 2B Brown R Fast Red., Yellow Violet. conc Chrysophenine. domestic Congo Red. 4B Type Primuline. domestic
.90 .70 1.65 2.35 2.00 1.10 2.00 90 3.00
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.90 .70 1.65 2.35 2.00
1.10 2.00 .90 3.00
Oil Colors
......................... Ib . ........................... lb . ........................ lb . ....................... . I b. ......................... lb . ........................ .I b. ............lb .
Black. Blue Orange Red I11 Scarlet Yellow Nigrosine Oil. soluble
..7080
-70 .80
1.40
1.40 1.65 1.00 1.25 90
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1.65 1.00 1.25 .90
.20 .70 .35 1 .00 .90
.20 .70 .35 1.00 .90
S u l f u r Colors
......................... .I b. ..................I b. ........................ .I b. ......................... .I b. ........................ .Ib.
Black Blue. domestic Brown Green Yellow
C h r o m e Colors
.............Ib. .........I b. ............... I b. .........lb . ................Ib. ...................Ib. .........I b.
Alizarin Blue. bright Alizarin Red. 20% paste Alizarin Yellow G Chrome Black. domestic Imported., Chrome Blue Chrome Green. domestic Chrome Red Gallocyanin
.................... I b. .................... I b.
5.00 1.10 1.00 1.25 2.20
1.00 1.50 2.00 2.80
5.00 1.10 1.00 1.25 2.20 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.80
Basic Colors
...........lb. .................. I b. ..............lb. .............. I b. ..................lb . ..................lb. .........lb. ............. .I b. .......Ib. ..................I b. .........lb . ........Ib . ............lb . ...............lb . ...............Ib . .............Ib. ....................... . I b. .. ..........lb. ........ I b. .... .Ib. .................. I b. .................... I b. .................I b.
Auramine. 0. domestic Auramine. 00 Bismarck Brown R Bismarck Brown G Chrysoidine R Chrysoidine Y Green Crystals. Brilliant Indigo. 20% paste Fuchsin Crystals. domestic Imported Magenta Acid. domestic Malachite Green. crystals Methylene Blue. tech Methyl Violet 3 B Nigrosine. spts . sol Water sol., blue Jet Phosphine G domestic Rhodamine B. extra conc Victoria Blue. base. domestic Victoria Green Victoria Red Victoria Yellow
2.50 4.15
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