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replaced its soda ash and sodium sesqui carbonate plant at Bartlett. Calif., with completely new and more efficient fa cilities. Soda ash capacity of the new plant is three times that of the unit it replaces. Haw material for the plant is a saturated liquor drawn from wells sunk 6 or 7 feet helow the dried up surface of nearby Owens Lake. This liquor contains principally soda ash. sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, and some borax. Clear liquor is carbonated in tall towers under carefully controlled con ditions to give- a slurry of sodium sesqui carbonate. Carbon dioxide for this step comes partially from the calcining operation and partially from scrubbed stack gases from the oil-fired boilers. Separation of the sesquicarbonate crystals is followed by washing to re move adhering mother liquor, and care ful drying to produce a technical grade of white sesquicarbonate crystals—sold by Columbia-Southern under the name of Pacific Crystals. The remaining sesquicarbonate and anv sodium bicarbonate that has been
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• Foote Mineral expects it will have to cut back on production of lithium hy droxide next summer. Reason: Ship ments to AEC should be completed by May 1. and industrial markets, though growing, do not yet justify capacity operation. Foote has been supplying lithium h> dioxide to the AEC for several \ ears, but the commission at present does not plan to negotiate for further supplies when present con tracts expire, says Foote chairman Gordon H. Chambers. Nevertheless,
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• Reichhold Chemicals is p l a n n i n g a $ 4 to $5 m i l l i o n plant t o produce phenol at T a c o m a . Wash. W o r k o n the 6 0 m i l l i o n pound-a-\ ear plant is expected to start d u r i n g t h e latter half of 195*) and h e completed in one year.
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• Monsanto Chemical increases i t s v a n i l l i n capacity by 2 5 ''ear ended Aug. 3 1 . Sales hit nearK S3.9 million, up 49'* from the \ e a r before. Kariiings totaled S4 12.252 ι S i . Il a s h a r e ) , a gain of 7 5 ' . Present sinus point to a further gain in sales and earnings in the current \ c a r . president James M. Phelan claims. NuclearChicago is building a new NSOO.OOO plant northwest of Chicago .uni h.is borrow etl S6()().()()() from an uisiuaiiee eompan> to help finance tin· expansion.
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