What's in a name (change)?
THANOL THANCAT
URETHANE POLYOLS
These are the new tradenames for Jefferson Chemical's fast growing lines of urethane polyols and catalysts. The reason for change . . . to help our customers, and our own people, readily identify both established and new urethane chemicals with the greatest ease. Frankly, our old naming system proved inadequate. We tried to make each polyether name as descriptive as possible. With each new addition to the line, it became increasingly difficult to assign meaningful, non-duplicative and non-confusing nomenclature. Now, for simplicity, all Jefferson urethane polyethers will have the tradename THANOL, followed by prefix letters denoting the broad use in most cases, or composition in some special cases. Numbers that indicate the molecular range will be retained. For example, flexible
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URETHANE CATALYSTS
workhorse polyether Triol G-3000 now becomes THANOL F-3000 (F for Flexible). Special use polyether Triol TE-3000 becomes THANOL TE-3000 (TE for Trimethylolpropane—EO capped). Similarly, our urethane catalysts will have the tradename THANCAT followed by the three letters that most nearly identify the chemical name. N-Ethylmorpholine and N-Methylmorpholine are THANCAT NEM and THANCAT NMM, respectively. And, as you may suspect, these name changes presage new and exciting developments in both polyethers and catalysts. Keep tuned for announcements soon . . . Jefferson Chemical Company, Inc., 1121 Walker Avenue, P. O, Box 53300, Houston, Texas 77052.
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