THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK • The Oppenheimer c a s e is aired in the Letters column as several of C&EN's readers agree with the AEC's decision. Page 2854. • George Eastman made a g r e a t contribution to the chemical industry and the chemical profession, says Editor Murphy, noting the centennial of Eastman's birth. Page 2861. • Canada's chemical boom has reached a plateau, with new investments dropping from $141 million in 1952 to $51 million in 1954. Its future growth will be steady and a vital factor in Canada's industrial expansion. Page 2862. • A leader of Canada's chemical industry is
Victor G. Bartram, president of Chemicals since 1940. Page 2867.
Shawinigan
• Faster write-offs are provided in the Administration's tax revision plans. Another provision of interest to the chemical industry is tax relief proposed for research. Page 2884. • Nerve gas intermediates for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal are being manufactured at Muscle Sfioals Phosphate Development Works, with phosphorus oxychloride being produced as a by-product. Page 2886. • Opportunities for chemical expansion abroad are many, according to survey made by U. S. Foreign Operations Administration. Page 2890. • Germany's kerosine plants have been converted to other uses because of Allied ban on synthetic motor fuels. Page 2892.
^ Fission of CIL is completed (as result of U. S. court judgment) and two new chemical giants take over—CIL '54 and Du Pont of Canada. Page 2868.
• Production of synthetic rubber is being considered a t one of Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd.'s European refineries. Page 2892.
• Du Pont of Canada's proposed research center marks beginning of independent program of basic industrial research pertaining specifically to Canada's needs. Page 2868.
a study of the Engineers' Council for Professional Development. Page 2896.
• Lithium C o r p . will double its c a p a c i t y as
result of new contract for processing of Canadian ores. Page 2868. • Brea Chemicals is now largest dry ice producer in the West, following first shipment from its new plant in Brea, Calif. Page 2869. ^ Du Pont halts manufacture of rayon at Buffalo, N. Y. Move—which will reduce staff by 800—does not affect film department's activities there. Page 2869. • Hercules
expands
production
of
Abitol,
technical hydroabietyl alcohol, at its Burlington, N. J., plant. Page 2869. • Cure of cancer by chemicals may be near,
says Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, pointing to encouraging results in treatment of animals. Page 2872, • Changes are foreseen in raw materials picture for production of organic chemicals; use of vegetation and aromatics from petroleum will decline while coal hydrogenation operations will increase. Page 2876. VOLUME
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• A v o i d i n g the postcollege slump is the aim of
t " F o r m a l d e h y d e " — A C S M o n o g r a p h N o . 121
—has b e e n doubled in size and brought up to date in t h e second edition. Page 2914. • Eye a c c i d e n t s can be reduced—Houdry's process a n d development labs turned the trick with an intensive voluntary safety glass program for all personnel. Page 2916. • Tinless tin cans is the goal of American Can's long range program to become independent of metals which must be imported. Page 2918. • A u t o m a t i c device f o r stopping t i t r a n t flow
has been developed b y Fisher for use with t h e Titrimeter. Page 2922. • U. S„ phthalic anhydride imports were unusually heavy in 1953; nylon intermediates, anthraquinone, and finished dyes were other features of the chemical import trade. Page 2928. • Employment in June w a s most
favorable
since last fall, although trend in chemicals has been down this year. Page 2930. • Companies whose g o o d management is well publicized can command a premium price for their stocks becavise of the safety feature they offer. Page 2932.
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