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Chemicals and materials 201 Corrosion inhibitors. Blends of amine salts are de signed for use in synthetic, semisynthetic, and soluble oil metal-working fluid systems to protect ferrous and nonferrous metals. Air Products & Chemicals 202 Epoxy curing agent. In single-component epoxy sys tems, accelerator affords longer shelf life, reduced vol atiles, and lower curing tem peratures. Ajinomoto USA 203 Ceramic coating. Mate rial based on titanium diboride protects graphite from oxida tion at temperatures to 2500 °F; easily applied to graphite surfaces by brush, spray, dip, or roller coat. Aremco Products 204 Solvent. Arconate pro pylene carbonate, high-boil ing, oxygenated liquid, has low toxicity and broad solvent powers; useful for many paint and coating a p p l i c a t i o n s . Arco Chemical 205 Emulsion polymers. Heatreactive polymers for nonwoven binding, paper saturation, textile and adhesive applica tions have rubbery properties and are resistant to discolor ation and embrittlement. B. F. Goodrich 206 Ceramic. Two-part paste is used for rebuilding corrod ed pumps, valves, pipes, and similar equipment subject to severe chemical attack. Inte grated Polymer Industries 207 Thermoplastic. Abrasionresistant material has high im pact strength, high degree of flame retardancy, and resis tance to many chemicals; can be injection molded, extrud ed, or spun. BASF 208 Antifoam emulsion. Sili cone material suppresses foam in aqueous systems; pro vides stable, uniform disper sion that can be used to treat wastewater from fermentation units and chemical process ing plants. Union Carbide 46
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209 Plating additive. Synthet ic formulation gives printed wiring board manufacturers way to quantitatively measure additive levels in tin/lead bath. ETD Technology 210 Solvents. Six strong ver satile solvents with evapora tion rates ranging from slow to very slow are suitable for cleaners, metal-working fluids, inks, and adhesives and seal ants. Exxon Chemical
Literature 211 Wastewater treatment. 32-page brochure illustrates screening, grit removal, pri mary and final clarification, biological treatment. Envirex 212 Control instruments. 226-page catalog includes technical data, engineering ta bles, and ordering informa tion on hundreds of instru ments. Foxboro
describes how manufacturers can maximize material per formance by changing fillers and reinforcements. Rogers 219 Cartridge filters. Bro chure describes disposable line, provides data on chemi cal compatibility and cartridgesealing options. Filterite 220 Zinc oxide. 116-page manual discusses how zinc oxide's properties can be exploited in broad spectrum of applications; includes use statistics. Zinc Institute
Labware and instruments 221 Tensiometer. Spinning drop device is manually op erated instrument designed to measure interfacial tension in range of 10 to 10~ 6 dynes per cm. Tekmar
213 Plastic products. 60-page catalog has complete speci fications for industrial tanks, blowers, and safety equip ment. Nalge
222 Dispenser. Positive dis placement hand-held device provides repetitive delivery of fixed volumes of reagent from 25 to 2000 μΐ. Cavro Scien tific Instruments
214 Synthesis reagents. Two brochures describe catalysts for phase-transfer reactions and chiral compounds for syn thetic organic c h e m i s t r y . Fluka Chemical
223 Vacuum manifold. 30position device triples num ber of solid-phase extraction samples that can be prepared in 10-place units. Applied Separations
215 Gearmotors. Selection guide details 6 steps for choosing c o r r e c t parallel gearmotor or speed reducer; construction features, dimen sions included. Sew-Eurodrive
224 Image processing. Soft ware package for the IBM PC AT is first for PC that allows users to perform real-time im age processing and fast graph ics functions at c l i c k of mouse. Data Translation
216 Solid-phase chemistry. Newsletter called Interactions discusses use of solid-phase sorbents in sample prepara tion and analysis. Analytichem International 217 Video imaging. Bulletin describes function of solidstate video imaging in inspec tion system; examines tech nical differences between vid eo and fiber optic imaging. Welch Allyn 218 Phenolics. Article re views advances in compound ing and molding phenolics;
225 Air sampler. High-volume device is line-operated vacu um pump that takes filter samples for dust and other particulate matter, chemicals, and aerosols; flow does not vary as back pressure on sampling media changes. SKC 226 Integrated software. Labview system is useful for instrument control and data acquisition, analysis, display, and management; combines graphical programing lan guage and interactive graph ics. National Instruments
227 Bubble tubing. PVC tub ing has tapered bubbles ev ery 36 inches that provide easy-to-cut connection points. Monoject Scientific 228 Fermentor. Compact, lightweight, bench-scale unit allows cell growth or other experiments in which dis solved oxygen, pH, tempera ture, and stirring speeds must be closely controlled. Wheaton Instruments 229 Chest freezer. Ultracold units with 12-cu-ft capacity have t e m p e r a t u r e ranges down to - 9 0 °C. Kelvinator Scientific
Plant equipment and instruments 230 Data logger. Hardware and software combination called Loggernaut turns IBM PC into data logger for pro cess, waste, energy, and envi ronmental monitoring. Cyborg 231 Monitoring system. Soft ware-controlled multipoint de vice detects H2S, HCN, phos gene, Cl 2 , and CO. MDA Scientific 232 Digital-to-analog con verter. Units have high speed, low output current, and dielectrically isolated current switch es. Hybrid Systems 233 LCD bar graph. Large easily read graphs, including 8 with back-lit displays, ac cept standard voltage and cur rent inputs. Triplett 234 Mass flowmeter. Preci sion unit employs Coriolis force principle to measure vir tually all liquids, slurries, and highly viscous flows. K-Flow 235 Cascade minirings. With in distillation, absorption, or stripping column, rings with low ratio between height and diameter improve efficiency of mass transfer between phases. Glitsch For information on these items or numbered ads, see Reader Service Card
