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Need a lubricant, water repellent, viscosity modifier or stabilizer... to improve your product? Witco metallic stearates—Al, Li, Ca, Na, Zn, Mg, and others—may well be your answer. These stearates 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 stearates may indicate new directions to you: Sodium stearate is used as a lubricant for extruding nylon and as a gelling agent for stick deodorants. Calcium stearate is used for water-proofing explosives, concrete, paper, rope and fabric. And zinc stearate 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 stearates available. Write today for more information on properties and uses. Or request our new 32-page booklet. ORGANIC CHEMICALS DIVISION:
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