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Ames, I o w a Baton Rouge, La. Binghamton, Ν. Υ . , Carlton Hotel Connecticut Valley, Auditorium, Chemistry Laboratory, Trinity College, Hartford Cornell, Ithaca, Ν . Υ. Dayton, engineer's Club
American Chemical Society 105TH
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Dot roil, Mich., April
12 to 10, 1943. 106TH
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Minneapolis
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September 6 t o 10, 1943. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM. Boston,
Mass., December 28 t o 30, 1943. Tenth National Symposium.
O t h e r Scientific Societies ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY. Hotel Roose-
velt, Pittsburgh, Penna., April 7 t o 10, 1943. P U L P A N D P A P E R INDUSTRY,
TECHNICAL
ASSOCIATION. Commodore Hotel, NewYork, Ν . Υ., February 15 t o 18, 1943. 1 The list of the SOCIETY'S National Officers and Directors, Editors, members of Council, Divisional and Local Section Officers, Committees, and Chapters of Student Affiliates
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N E W S three times a year—usually February 10, May 10, and October 10. T h e latest list is printed on page 1239 of the October 10 issue.
Papermakers t o Feature Container Exhibit TΗΕ Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry will hold a fourday convention a t the Commodore Hotel, New York, N. Y., February 15-18, 1943. Featured in the discussions will b e the progress being made toward relieving the critical materials shortages b y t h e de-. velopment of new packaging materials and containers. These developments will bo dramatized b y an exhibit of new products made from paper and paperboard. Companies willing t o display packages and containers should write to H. G. Macdonald. Secretary, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 122 Hast 42nd St., New York, Ν . Υ., for details.
Eastern N e w York, Chemical Laboratory, Union College, Schenectady Iowa, Main Auditorium, Chemistry Building, State University o f Iowa, Iowa City Lexington, Room 201, Kastle Hall, University of Kentucky Louisville, Ky. Minnesota, Room 100, Chemis t r y Building, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis N e w York, Hotel Pennsylvania North Carolina, Raleigh North Jersey, Newark Athletic Club, 1 6 Park Place, Newark Northeast Tennessee, Kingsport Northeastern, Huntington Hall, M . I. T . , Cambridge, Mass. Rhode Island, Metcalf Auditor ium, Brown University, Provi dence Rochester, Memorial Art Gal lery, Prince Street Campus, University of Rochester Southern California, Theater, Harker Bros. Building, L o s Angeles St. Louis, Lecture Room A, First Floor, S t . Louis Univer s i t y School of Medicine Syracuse, Bowne Hall, Syracuse University Toledo, University of Toledo Virginia, Central Y. M . C. Α . , Richmond Washington, D. C , Cosmos Club Western Vermont, Burlington
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Ε. Η . Nortlaey Charles D. S u r d Η. Β . Hass
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Charles D. IHurd Melvin S. N e w m a n
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S o m e Recent Advances in the Metal Industries Chemotherapy Ketones Recent Developments in the Nitroparaffins Ketones S y n t h e s i s of Polynuclear Compounds Ketones
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Charles D. IHurd
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B. S. H o p k i n s
S o m e Recent Advances in the Metal Industries
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Melvin S. N e w m a n
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Eugene Wrxechter B, S. H o p k i n s
S y n t h e s i s of Polynuclear Compounds Cement i n the War Metals i n the National De fense
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Paul J . Flory H. Mark S. D . Kirkpatrick Per K . Frolich
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Gustav Eglofi
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H. B . Hass
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H. B . Hass
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E. E. Jeliey
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Walter L. Badger
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E. H . Volwiler
Newer Medicinal Chemi cals
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Charles D. Hurd
Ketenes
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Francis M. "Whitacre Anesthetics W a r Advances along the S. D . Kirkpatrick Chemical Front Clifford B. JPurves Unsubstituted Hydroxyl Groups in Cellulose Ace tates a n d Ethers H . B . Hass Recent Developments in the Nitroparaffins
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400,000 t o n s higher than the previous peak. As a result, stocks of mined sulfur are now larger than ever, and total more than 4,000,000 tons at the mines alone. T o n for t o n , the Nation in 1942 took about
S y n t h e t i c Polymers H i g h Polymers S y n t h e t i c Rubber S u b s t i t u t e Fuels in a World at War Recent Developments in the Nitroparaffins Recent Developments in the Nitroparaffins T I i o Polarizing Micro scope in t h e Chemical Laboratory Chemical Engineering in the Middle Ages
three times as much sulfur as aluminum, nearly three times as much as rubber, two and a half times a s much as lead, three times» as much a s zinc, and 3 4 times as much as magnesium.
U . S. Sulfur Supplies H i g h AMERICA begins 1943, its second year of global war, with a substantially greater above-ground supply of sulfur than it bad at the time of Pearl Harbor. Despite unprecedented domestic sulfur consumption in 1942, sulfur production more than matched demand. The output of Gulf Coast mines s e t an all-time record estimated at 3,500,000 long tons, about 1
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Α . . C. S. Student Affiliate Chapter at North Central College, Naperville, III. C H E M I C A L
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Michigan A l k a l i and J . B Ford Co. Consolidate
I. H. Taylor
Bert Cremers
THE Michigan Alkali Co., and its affiliate, the J. B. Ford Co., have con solidated as one company t o be known as the Wyandotte Chemicals Corp., with headquarters at Wyandotte, Mich. The consolidation combines in one organization a large producer and distributor of chemicals and the world's largest manu facturer of specialized cleaning materials. E . M. Ford, formerly vice president and treasurer of the Michigan Alkali Co., is president of the new corporation, the position which was to have been assumed by his father, E . L. Ford, grandson of Captain John B. Ford, founder of the business, who died suddenly on December 20. F . S. Ford and W. F. Torrey are vice presidents of the new corporation; Ford Baliantyne is secretary and treasurer. Other officers are: S. T. Orr, vice presi-
dent in charge of manufacturing; I. H . Taylor, vice president in charge of sales; G. W. Schwarz, controller; C. B. Robin-. son, vice president in charge of sales, J. B. Ford Division; and Bert Cremers, vice president in charge of sales, Michigan Alkali Division. The Michigan Alkali Division will be responsible for sales in the glass, soap, paper, chemicals (carload lots), flour mill, rayon, oil refinery, synthetic rubber, steel, aluminum, coal mine, and public highway industries. The J. B . Ford Division will cover dairies, laundries, bottlers, metal cleaners, hospitals, institutions, brewers, railroads, and other industries not specifically assigned t o Michigan Alkali Division. The Michigan Alkali Co. was established 5 2 years ago. The J. B. Ford Co. was created in 1898.
New Disease Fatal in Cable Plant TΗΚΕΕ deaths among employees at the plants of the Anaconda Wire and Cable Co., Hastings-on-Hudson, Ν . Υ., and the Habirshaw Cable and Wire Corp., Yonkers, Ν . Ύ., h a v e been reported, and four other employees have been stricken with the disease i n its violent form, while about 500 employees have been affected less seriously. Precautions taken at both plants have apparently stopped spread of the disease, which is attributed t o chlorine in the chemicals used in fireproofing and waterproofing of cable lines. The report of the Commissioner of Health indicates that contact with a hydrocarbon of high chlorine content brought about a fatal disease of t h e liver. Since the investiga tion w a s started, t h e Anaconda company has spent m o r e than $50,000 t o protect employees.
ANTICIPATINO commercial production of potassium sulfate, a process is being de veloped in Western Australia for the utili zation of extensive alunite deposits of lake beds. Other investigations involve the substitution o f local pyrolusite for im ported material in the manufacture of dry cells. -©^-3METALLIC C H E M I C A L S
A r m y - N a v y Ε Awards THE A r m y - N a v y " E " flag was presented to the Belle Works of E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., on January 14. T h i s was the seventeenth award of t h e kind to employees of plants owned or operated for the Government by du Pont. T h e Fulton Sylphon Co., Knoxville, Tenn., w a s awarded the Army-Navy "E" w i t h added star for sustained high achieve m e n t in the production of war equipment. On January 6 the flag was presented to t h e St. Marys Manufacturing Co., subsidiary of T h e Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. A triple Army-Navy " E " award t o the Monsanto Chemical Co. on January 5 brought t o 15 the number of production awards received by the company since Pearl Harbor. I n awarding two Army-Navy " E " flags to the D o w Chemical Co., Major General William N . Porter, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, complimented the com pany on its production which has been in some instances double the capacity of the plants, and has been consistent. V O L U M E
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plan t o manufacture Permanoid, a British plastic with a cellulose acetate base, ac cording to a report to the Department of Commerce. This product, it is stated can be made in various forms and has appeared both as textile and rubber substitute.
Left. Officals of the M o n santo Chemical Co. receive triple Army-Navy "E" Behind the burgee, left to right, are Gaston DuBois, vice president, Major General William N . Porter, EJgar M . Q u e e n y , presi dent, Brigadier General Paul X . English, Charles Belknap, executive vice president, and Brigadier General A . M . Prentiss.
'*Λ: Right M a j o r General W i l liam N . Porter, Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, spoke at the presentation of two Army-Navy "E" awards For production ex cellence to Dow Chemi cal Co. Shown left to right in foreground are General Porter, James W . Driver, Dow personnel di rector, Captain C. D. Swain, Naval Inspector of O r d nance, and Willard H . Dow, president.
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Gas Mask
Synthetic Rubber from Soybeans
Π Ρ Η Ε improved /Acme full-vision allpurpose gas mask, made by the Acme Protection Equipment Co., Pittsburgh, Penna., has been approved b y the U. S. Bureau of Mines for respiratory protec tion in atmospheres containing 1 6 per cent or more of oxygen and n o t more than 2 per cent of acid gases, organic vapors, or carbon monoxide; 3 per cent ammonia; or 2 per cent total of poisonous gases; and smokes from ordinary fires.
Isoversa on Process of O i l Refining A NEW catalytic process of oil refining, "^^ the Isoversion process, has been re ported b y the Phillips Petroleum Co. The process i s said to change petroleum prod ucts of very little value into materials useful in the manufacture of 100-octane gasoline and synthetic rubber.
Rubber from Soybeans A g r i p o l , made From soybean oil, is the latetst contribution of Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., to the syntheticrubber program, P r o duction of approximately 2,000 tons a month is planned Eror early 1 9 4 3 . Clinton Braid wood, left, company rubber expert, examines sample with H e n r y Reichhold, chairman of the b o a r d .
TΗΕ first commercial production of s y n thetic rubber from soybeans has been announced by Henry Reichhold, chair man of the board of Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Detroit, Mich. Called "Agripol", this rubber substi tute has been under experiment by Reichhold and the U. S. Government for more than a year. Present production capacity for making Agripol in Reichhold plants is approximately 250,000 pounds a month, to be increased to 2,000,000 pounds per month by February 1943 and to 4,000,000 pounds per month by May 1943, provided raw materials and some addi tional equipment are allocated. Further expansion during 1943 will bring total annual production up to 50,000,000 pounds. T h e mechanical products for which Agripol will be used include gaskets for food closures, industrial gaskets, belting, in sulating mats, hose linings, adhesives, m a n y latex products, and proof goods. Direct military uses include numerous gadgets, insulating parts, shock absorption pads, gaskets, etc., employed in the manufac ture of aircraft, naval vessels, cargo ves sels, motorized military vessels, motorized weapons, chemical warfare supplies, am munition cases, and many miscellaneous facilities. Agripol is inferior to natural rubber in tensile strength and resistance to severe abrasion. In the field of static rubber Agripol is expected to prove a war and peacetime boom, as in molded products where high tensile strength and great elongation are not essential. I n flexibility a t low temperatures, Agripol is the comparative equivalent of n a t ural rubber for all practical purposes. In aging tests it behaves in a superior fashion 108
to natural rubber, is less susceptible t o attack b y the elements, and in resistance to oxidation greatly surpasses natural rubber. It vulcanizes a t a b o u t the s a m e temperature range a s natural rubber and can be worked on existing r o l l s and formed i n existing molding equipment. Certain other substitutes for natural rubber require redesigned fabricating equipment and substantially higher— temperatures for molding p u r p o s e s . Principal raw material_s employed in t h e production! of Agripol a r e soybean oil and a small percentage of e t h y l alcohol. T h e fatty a c i d s extracted fsrom the soybean oil, whexa. polyraierizecH. with ethylene glycol (oh>tained througîn the dehydration of ethyl alcohol) produce Agripol. In compounding the finished rubber the customary fillers u s e d in compounding natural rubber are employed, such a s sulfur, carbon Mack, zhsne oxide, and a n appropriante plas-£âcizer.
I N DEHIC-A D U N , India, synthetic tall oil has been produced fron—ι rosin a n d fatty acids by a . method work^sd out a t the For est Research Institute, ^according to a re port to -fehe DepartmeEit of Commerce. This material is L n demaisid for t h e produc tion of asiphalt e m u l s i o n s for road making.
BEITDSH HOD^DURAS ^a new excise
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of 10 cent-s per gallon h a ^ been imposed o n methylated spirits anc3 methylated or denatured alcob.ol mad-se in t h e Colony from rumt distilted in th=e Colony, accord ing to a report received! by t h e Depart ment of Commence. CHEMICAL
SWITZERLAND is now turning to domestic production of a number of dyestuffs inter mediates because of curtailed imports of raw and semimanufactured materials. Cooperative research has been undertaken by several leading d y e makers to assist in the development of t h e industry. -Q*syQ-
I N 1941 there were 3 5 Canadian factories engaged in the manufacture of compressed gases, according to a report to t h e De partment of Commerce. Sixteen were lo cated in Ontario; eight in Quebec; three in Manitoba; three i n N o v a Scotia; two in Alberta; two in British Columbia; and one in Saskatchewan.
The War Effort1 E F F O R T for this war? In freedom's hour And v e r y life's? Vain word of compro mise T o dull our Nation's will to win, our power, While civilization falters—lives or dies. Effort for this war? Best terms are tame, But t h i s breathes doubt, and m e n who falter fail, When action must follow thought like ball and flame, And strength and truth inevitably must prevail. Effort for this war? T h e martial call T o warriors on land, in sky, on sea, Fortifying them to g i v e lives—all, For l o v e of the Nation's reverent mem ory? Effort for this war? A t home, even those Must serve with fullest heart and readi est hand While light at Armageddon overthrows Darkness, so that peace may smile in every land. D E C E M B E R 1942
JAMES PATRICK M C G O V B B N
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N E W GOODÂLL PRODUCT
LINING fKfjL 4 i f [A- GOODALL "SYNTFLOW" is a synthetic rubber compound in VlS4iA4*& W Ida a h e a V y liquid o r plastic state that can be applied to surfaces of almost any shape or size. Any desired thickness and durometer reading; can b e built-up. Adhesive to cast iron or steel is 6O0 p.s.i.; on alloys, such as brass and aluminum, 450 p.s.i. fljf/J St'o lieAfl" 1 P r a c : tically every type of metal, ceramic, or concrete Λ WSwnAzflxZ II » U o U U . p r o C ess handling equipment can b e lined with "SYNFLOW." Badly pitted surfaces offer n o problem as long as they c a n be c l e a n e d .
Intricate chemical feeder lined with SYNFLOW
CHEMICAL PLANTS:
MINING: Mine pipe lining.
Tanks, pails, dippers, pipe fittings, valves, coils, pumps, exhausters, mixing propellers, agitators . . .
OIL REFINERIES:
Filter trough lined with SYNFLOW
PAPER MILLS: Beater tanks, up-flow spreaders on Fourdrinier machines, slop chests, outside sludge tanks.
Acid sludge digesters, steam curing kettles . . .
METAL WORKING: Inside and outside of pickling tanks, dippers, baskets, electrolytic tanks, anode and cathode supports . . .
V a n Stone fume duct l i n e d with SYNFLOW
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OTHER PLANTS: Wherever a rubber-like covering or lining is desired on equipment.
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