Price Regulations Antifreezes. Maximum prirces lor alco hol antifreezes will he established by tho Office ι if Price Administration by midJune at level- substantially below tluiH· now charged by some mnniifncturers. Priée Administrator Henderson has announced. As now contemplated by Ol'A. the regulation will hold manufacturers' price's to levels perhaps as low as 69 cents per gallon for high-cost-production alcohol antifreeze delivered by the carload in drums, container included. This ceiling would be approximately ΙΟ cents a gallon under price's now charged by some manufacturers. The regulation also will probably set maximum retail prices at approximately 35 cents per quart for highcost-production alcohol antifreeze and about 25 cents per quart for 1 ou-cost production alcohol antifreeze. T h e schedule will also eover ethylene glycol antifreeze solutions, prices of which have remained relatively stable at estab lished levels. Oleo. Uniform maximum prices for oleo stock, oleo oil, ami oleostearin to all classes o f buyers for a n y purpose are established by Amendment 4 t o Revised Price Schedule 53 (Fats and Oils). Tiider the original provisions of t h e schedule, the maximums were the individual seller's highest price at which he did business on October 1, 1941, or 111 percent of his N o v e m b e r 2 0 , 1941, sales price, whichever was higher. The new ceiling priées established reflect these peak levels, except that under t h e amendment they are t o be uniform fur the industry. Specific ceiling prices set for oleopacked in used drums or barrels, f. o. b. Chicago—in rents per pound are: extra oleo stock, 12.75; prime oleo stock, 12.Λ0; extra oleo nil, 13.04; prime oleo oil, 12.75; and prime oleostearin, 10.61.
Copper Industry Featured b y Record-Breaking Consumption ALL-OUT aid to nations fighting aggres sion caused a sharper increase in de mand for copper in the I'niled States in 1941 than for almost a n y other large-ton nage material, according to the t'. S. Bu reau of Mines. Consumption, a s measured by the use of primary refinery shapes, was considerably above all previous annual records. Failure of domett ie product ion to advance in proportion to consumption and shipping restrictions foretold t h e need for contraction in civilian copper use. Smelter production of primary copper from domestic sources during 1941 in creased, as did total out put of new refined copper. Imports of crude and refined copper set a new annual record in 19-41 ; exports of re fined copper and primary fabricated shapes were almoist the smallest of the century. 798
Third W P B Report Shows Increasing Scarcity of Materials change of position, generally due to depletion of supply through rising demands for the particular item, in some cases was brought about by the increasing deficiency of its substitute's. The third group is almost devoid of metals and chemicals. Most of its items are used with little change from the condition in which they are mined, quarried, or grown. Even where supplies are almost unlimited, certain varieties or grades have become scarce. In the case of large-tonnage items, problems of labor, manufacturing, and transportation have become increasingly important in making the materials available.
I XCKKASKD momentum of the Nation's all-out war effort is reflected in the third provisional report on relative scar city of certain materials, issued by the Con servât ion and Substitution Branch of WPB's Bureau of Industrial Conservation. T h e second report was printed in CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING
NEWS
for
May 10, page 607. Forty additional items are listed in Groups I and II. Referring to previous lists, Harvey A. Anderson, chief of the branch, pointed out the tendency of many items to claim position in the higher brackets where demand exceeded supply. This
Group I
The available supply of these materials is inadequate for war and essential civilian uses and in many cases for war purposes alone METALS
Tin Tinplate and terneplate Tungsten Tungsten carbides Vanadium Wrought iron Zinc, high grade
Alloy iron Alloy steel Aluminum Aluminum pigments Cadmium Calciutn-siliron Chromium Cobalt Columbium
Copper Copper scrap Iridium Magnesium Manganese, electro Nickel Nickel scrap R hod i um Tantalum
Acetone Alkyd resins Alumina Ammonia Aniline Anthraquinonc derivatives Benzene Butadiene Chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents
Chlorine Cresols Diphenylaniinc Methyl methacrylate sheets Naphthalene Pentaerythritol Phenol Phenol formaldehyde resins and plastics
Agar Asbestos, long fil>er Babassu oil Burlap Cashew nut shell oil Chrome pigments Coconut oil Corundum Cotton Duck Linters Raw. long staple Feathers and down, goose and duck Graphite, Madagascar flake Hemp Agave fiber Henequen Manila fiber
Hemp Cordage Seed Sisal Jewel bearings Jute Kapok Kyanite Lumber, certain grades, hard and soft woods Mica, block Natural resins, except rosin Nylon Oiticica oil Palm oil Palm kernel oil Pig and hog bristles Quartz crystals Quinine
CHEMICALS
Phosphates Tricresyl Triphenyl P h t h a l i c anhydride mid phthalates Polystyrene Polyvinyl chloride Sodium nitrate Sulfur chlorides Toluene
MISCELLANEOUS PRODI ( T S
Group I I .
Rapeseed oil Rayon, high tenacity Rubber Chlorinated Crude Latex Reclaimed Synthetic Shearlings Shellac Silk Row Noils Garnetted
Reclaimed Sperm oil Teak Tung oil
Materials that are essential to the war industries but the supplies of which are not so limited as those of G r o u p I METALS
Aluminum scrap. No. 12. remelt Antimony Arsenic Bismuth Calcium Ferrosilicon Iron Gray Cast
Iron Malleable Pig Scrap Lead Lithium Manganese, ferro Mercury Molybdenum Palladium
C H E M I C A L
A N D
Platinum Ruthenium Silicon and alloys Steel Bessemer Carbon Basic Scrap Zinc, low grades Uranium E N G I N E E R I N G
N E W S
CHEMICALS
Alcohol
Formaldehyde Glycol Halogen at ed hydrocarbon re frigerants Iodine Lactic acid and lactates Lithopone Mannitol Methyl inethacrylato powilor Phosphorus
Butyl
Kthyl Methy! Atebrin Barium carbonate Bleaching powder Bromine Cadmium pigments Carbon tetrachloride Citric acid
Potassium Perchlorate Permanganate Sorbitol Strontium salts Tetraethyllead Titanium pigments Urea formaldehyde plastic Viiiylidiiio chloride plastic Xylene
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Albumin, blood Bauxite Castor oil Cellophane Cellulose nitrate, acetate, and other derivatives Cork Cottonseed Cryolite Diamonds Industrial Dies Fish liver oils
Flax Fluorspar Glassine paper Glues, animal and vegetable Glycerol Hides Lead pigments Leather Linseed oil Magnesite Mercury pigments Mica, splittings Mola
Natural gas Parchment paper Pine oil Rayon filament, staple filier Rotenone Rutile Steatite talc Tanning materials Vitamin A products Vulcanized fiber Wood pulp Wool Zircon
Buffalo Conference on Examinations September 5 to 6 THE success of national testing pro grams depends upon the joint effort of a large number of individuals and insti tutions, in both the construction and use of the examinations. A test must be repre sentative of what is actually being taught; it must be of greater service to the professor using it than a test of his own construction. In an endeavor to make the coopera tive tests meet these requirements, a Con ference on Testing is being sponsored by the Committee on Kxaminations and Tests, Division of Chemical Kducation, AMERICAN
CHEMICAL Group I I I .
Materials that are senerally available in significant quantities as substitutes for less available materials METALS
Gold Indium
Osmium
Borax and boric acid Camphor
Carbon black Chromic acid for plating
Silver CHEMICALS
Hydrochloric acid Sodium metasilieate
MlSCELLANEor» PRODICTS
Asbestos, common Asphalt Brick and tile Casein Cement, port land Ceramics Charcoal Clay Coal and coke Coal-tar pitch Concrete Corn stalks Cotton, raw, up to l 3 /s incl ι Cottonseed oil Diatom it e Emery Feldspar Felt, hair Flint Gilsonite Glass Gypsum and products Hair, cattle, calf, goat
Invert sugar Kraft paper Lignin plastic Lime Lumber and millwork Low grades, hard and soft woods All grades, gums Mica, ground Mineral wool Paper, except II Paperboard Peanut oil Petroleum products Crude oil Gasoline Lubricating oil Paraffin Plywood, unrestricted binder Pottery Pyre thrum Rosin and derivatives Salt
H P H E rapid rise of the D . W. Haering organization from one man in 1931 to a national organization in 1942 playing a vital and substantial part in the industrial war effort is emphasized by the recent addition of several thousand feet of floor space t o the Haering general offices on the 18th floor of the Engineering Building in Chicago. Recent personnel additions include the appointment of Arthur J. Grotsma as controller, and Robert Seyl as director of service. Ilya Stephanoff, Mitchell Stanislaus Sniegowski, and Isabelle Luan, 2 0,
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Oil
Protein Starch Stone Granite Limestone Marhle Slate St raw Sugar Sulfur Tripoli Turpentine Vermiculite Wall board Wood and products Sawdust Wood fiber Wood flour Zinc oxide, American process
»
JUNE
2 5,
A very
SOCIETY
meeting
in
Buffalo.
Arrangements have been made for competent and trained leadership for each of the various groups. It is regretted that Sunday must be included but. because of the war, the time and expense involved are being reduced to a minimum. It is hoped that those interested in the national testing program or in the construction of tests in general, qualitative, organic, or physical chemistry will take «advantage of this opportunity. Chemists wishing to participate and to contribute to t h e actual construction of tests should select the subject of greatest interest and write to those in charge of the several groups: GENERAL CHEMISTRY
Application of Principles, F. 1). Martin, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Scientific Method, Theodore Ashford, University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. Laboratory Technique, C. S. Adams, Ant ioch ( 'ollcgc, Yellow Springs, Ohio. General Knowledge and Information, O. M. Smith, Stillwater, Okla. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
Rufus D . Reed, State Teachers College, Upper Montclair, N. J.
ORCÎANIC CHEMISTRY Kd. F. Degering,
Purdue University,
Lafayette, Ind. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Otto M. Smith, Oklahoma A. and M. College, Stillwater, Okla.
chemists, have been added t o the laboratory staff. Jack Daggett has been transferred from the laboratory t o the field engineering department and John J. Meacher has been promoted t o district manager of the new Cincinnati district offices.
Haering Continues Growth
V O L U M E
Silica sand Soybeans
CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
successful meeting of one week was held last year at the University of Chicago. This year a two-day conference, Septem ber ô and 6, will precede the AMERICAN
1 9 4 2
UNIFORM containers for potassium salts are required under recent orders for control of fertilizers in the United Kingdom. Delivery of imported potash fertilizers t o agriculturists is restricted to prevent unnecessarv use.
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