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Need a lubricant, water repellent, viscosity modifier or stabilizer... to improve your product? Witco metallic stéarates—AI, Li, Ca, Na, Zn, Mg, and others—may well be your answer. These stéarates provide internal or external lubrication . . . act as viscosity modifiers and gelling agents . . . impart water repellency . . . improve the suspension of solids . . . and provide heat and light stabilization for plastics. A few current applications of Witco stéarates may indicate new directions to you: Sodium stéarate is used as a lubricant for extruding nylon and as a gelling agent for stick deodorants. Calcium stéarate is used for
water-proofing
explosives,
concrete,
paper, rope and fabric. And zinc stéarate eliminates bloom in top coats of synthetic varnish containing acid catalysts. Others find use as dusting agents for molded rubber and plastic products. Witco offers industry oleates, laurates, and palmitates, as well as the widest selection of metallic stéarates available. Write today for more information on properties and uses. Or request our new 32-page booklet.
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