Witco i s the problem solver. Take metallic carboxylates· Which metal and which carboxylic acid? That's the problem. And that's where the problem company comes in. With the answer. One of these, perhaps: Copper (8%) naphthenate for fungusproofing burlap, fish nets, cordage, sails, tarps, lumber. Calcium naphthenate as a pigment grind ing or wetting aid. Lead (24% ), cobalt (6%), manganese (6%), and zinc (8%) naphthenates to
meet Federal Spec. TT-D-643b; or lead (2.5%) manganese (0.3%) and cobalt (0.6%, lead free) to meet Federal Spec. TT-D-651C. Tin octoate (highly stabilized stannous content) as catalyst for epoxy resins, oneshot polyetherflexibleurethane foams. Tin octoate and zinc (22% ) octoate as curing agents for silicone resins. Cobalt (6% ) naphthenate and octoate as promoters for unsaturated polyesters. Cobalt naphthenate, octoate and tallate as catalysts in the oxo process (converting unsaturated hydrocarbons to monohydric alcohols). That's just a sampling of ready answers.
More important: our Organics Division has both the broad product line (the most metallic salts available from one source) and broad know-how to come up with the right answer—readymade or back to the lab —for you. A carboxylate or combination of carboxylates to give that new or old product the exact functional characteris tics you're after. We'd like to try our hand at it—as soon as you hand us the problem. Or problems. (What's one more to the problem solver, but another one to grow on!) Call or write: Organics Division, Dept. C-10, Witco Chemical, 277 Park Ave., New York, Ν. Υ. 10017.
