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I Du Pont k J Grasse/// .Chemical Briefs Survey shows... SULFAMIC ACID ideal basis for air conditioning and ice-machine cleaners Rapid descaling action and α low corrosion rate—two properties found in Du Pont Sulfamic Acid—are the factors air condi- tioning service men look for in a scale re* mover. That's what a nationwide survey of over 10,000 service men has revealed. Strong acid efficiency enables Sulfamic- based scale removers to quickly convert hard depositsinto salts that are easily rinsed away. And due to its low corrosive action, properly inhibited Sulfamic Acid compounds can be safely used on all metals found in air condi- tioning systems, even galvanized steel! In addition to its fast action and greater safety, granular and crystal Sulfamic Acid have these advantages over hydrochloric and other liquid acids: • Less weight to handle . . . less storage space required • No bottle breakage, no spillage • No fumes • No stress cracking or pitting of stainless-steel equipment Versatile Sulfamic Acid may h !p solve a problem in your plant, or in the product you sell. Why not write today for our new prod- uct information bulletin on Sulfamic Acid, and a copy of the brochure on Sulfamic- based air conditioning and ice-machine cleaners. «K.u.i.p*Torr BETTER T H I N G S FOR BETTER LIVING . . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Inc.) Grasselli Chemicals Department, Rm. N-2533 Wilmington 98, Delaware Please send me | | Sulfamic Acid Product Bulletin ( 1 Air Conditioning Brochure Information on Name Firm Street City Zone State - 22 C&EN MARCH 2 5, 1 9 5 7 INDUSTRY Du Pont Adding Fifth Lab Sales service center at Chest- nut Run will include labs for pigments and electrocherni- cals departments (CONSTRUCTION has started on a fifth lab bxiikling at Du Pout's center for sales service research at Chestnut Run, near "^Wilmington. The new lah will be operated jointly by the company's pigments and electrochemicals depart- ments:. It will conduct customer serv- ice and development work on titanium, silicora, pigments, sodium, peroxygen compounds, chlorine, vinyl, and related products, The lab will cost about $5 million. It is expected to be ready for use by early 1958. It will be near labs occupied by the company's textile fibers, poly chemicals, and film depart- ments, and one occupied jointly by the elastomer chemicals and organic chem- icals departments. The electrochemicals department will move its sales service facilities into the new lab from Niagara Falls. It will adso install equipment for study and development work on electroplat- ing and degreasing. The pigments department will have complete technical service facilities for titanium metal and silicon, including seven lab rooms. Silicon labs will be provided with crystal-growing furnaces and electrical measuring devices to de- termine quality. Its titanium lab equipment will include several furnaces for preparation of titanium metal and alloys. AEC Will Reprocess Fuel Until commercial units are ready, AEC will contract to reprocess spent fuel from private reactors V^»HE]NIICAL PROCESSING of spent fuel elemextts from private nuclear reactors can b^ done by AEC under new con- tract conditions. AEC will establish charges under individual contracts for recovery of source and special nuclear materials. This will include blanket materials placed around a reactor core to be transmuted into fissionable mate- rials. AEC expects no immediate de- mand for these services. AEC will negotiate contracts with privat-e reactor operators extending through June 30, 1967. Contracts will he on t h e basis of operating a concep- tual plant capable of processing all fuel element types now known to be planned for use in power reactors. The standard daily processing charge will he $15,300. Adjustments may be necessary for other types of fuel ele- ments for which costs are substantially higher or lower, or which require modi- fications of the assumed plant. The daily rate is based on an assumed plant cost of $20,570,000 with an op- erating cost of $4,592,000 a year. AEC assumes that such a plant would be capable of handling 1 ton of na- tural or slightly enriched uranium a day and would operate 300 days a year. Each contract will provide for firm charges for the processing service. However these will be subject to escala- tion to adjust for changes in costs of labor and materials. -AEC will provide mechanical, metal- lurgical, and chemical treatment of spent fuel elements and blanket mate- rials, as well as storage of resulting wastes. Contracts will be subject to cancellation by AEC on a year's notice. This will occur when fuel element processing services are available com- mercially at reasonable.prices. The processing will yield purified nitrate salts of uranium and plutonium. There will he additional charges, not yet set u p , for conversion of these prod- ucts to forms—uranium hexafluoride and plutonium metal—for which AEC has established prices. There will he m additional standard charge to cover process losses and, unless waived by AEC, a use charge for the materials during the normal processing time. • S*auffer Chemical plans to expand its Niagara Falls zirconium tetra- chloride capacity by 40 r /r and its sili- cone tetrachloride capacity by 20 Γ Λ. Work on both projects has started and shoxild be complete within three months. • Food Machinery & Chemical is ex- paneling solvent facilities at its West- vaco Chlor-Alkali plant at South Charleston, W. Va. The expansion in- volves carbon bisulfide and carbon tetrachloride. This expansion is part of a complete rehabilitation of the plant scheduled for completion early in 1958. • Frontier Chemical, Wichita, Kan., has acquired controlling interest in Rare Earths Chemical, Mead, Colo. • American Cyanamid plans to install calcining facilities at Bauxite, Ark. Completion is set for late this year. The calciner will treat bauxite ore used in making aluminum sulfate.
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I Du Pont k J Grasse/// .Chemical
Briefs Survey s h o w s . . . SULFAMIC ACID ideal basis for air condit ioning and ice-machine cleaners Rapid descaling action and α low corrosion rate—two properties found in Du Pont Sulfamic Acid—are the factors air conditioning service men look for in a scale re* mover. That's what a nationwide survey of over 10,000 service men has revealed.
Strong acid efficiency enables Sulfamic-based scale removers to quickly convert hard depositsinto salts that are easily rinsed away. And due to its low corrosive action, properly inhibited Sulfamic Acid compounds can be safely used on all metals found in air conditioning systems, even galvanized steel!
In addition to its fast action and greater safety, granular and crystal Sulfamic Acid have these advantages over hydrochloric and other liquid acids:
• Less weight to handle . . . less storage space required
• No bottle breakage, no spillage • No fumes • No stress cracking or pitting of
stainless-steel equipment
Versatile Sulfamic Acid may h !p solve a problem in your plant, or in the product you sell. Why not write today for our new product information bulletin on Sulfamic Acid, and a copy o f the brochure on Sulfamic-based air conditioning and ice-machine cleaners.
«K.u.i.p*Torr
BETTER TH INGS FOR BETTER LIVING . . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Inc.) Grasselli Chemicals Department, Rm. N-2533 Wilmington 98, Delaware Please send me | | Sulfamic Acid Product Bulletin ( 1 Air Conditioning Brochure
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Du Pont Adding Fifth Lab Sales service center a t Chestnut Run will include labs for pigments and electrocherni-cals departments
( C O N S T R U C T I O N has started on a fifth lab bxiikling a t D u Pout's center for sales service research at Chestnut Run, near "^Wilmington. The new lah will b e operated jointly by the company's pigments a n d electrochemicals departments:. It will conduct customer service a n d development work on titanium, silicora, pigments, sodium, peroxygen compounds , chlorine, vinyl, and related products,
T h e lab will cost about $5 million. It is expected to be ready for use by early 1958. It will be near labs occupied by the company's textile fibers, poly chemicals, a n d film departm e n t s , and one occupied jointly by the elastomer chemicals and organic chemicals departments .
T h e electrochemicals department will move its sales service facilities into the new l a b from Niagara Falls. It will adso install equipment for study and development work on electroplating a n d degreasing.
T h e pigments department will have complete technical service facilities for t i tanium meta l and silicon, including seven lab rooms. Silicon labs will be provided wi th crystal-growing furnaces and electrical measuring devices to dete rmine quali ty. Its titanium lab equipment will include several furnaces for preparation of titanium metal and alloys.
AEC Will Reprocess Fuel
Until commercial units a r e ready, AEC will contract to reprocess spent fuel from private reactors
V^»HE]NIICAL PROCESSING of spent fuel elemextts from private nuclear reactors can b ^ done by AEC under new contract conditions. AEC will establish charges under individual contracts for recovery o f source and special nuclear materials. This will include blanket materials p l aced around a reactor core to be transmuted into fissionable materials. AEC expects no immediate demand for these services.
A E C will negotiate contracts with privat-e reactor operators extending th rough June 30, 1967. Contracts will
he on the basis of operating a conceptual plant capable of processing all fuel element types now known to be planned for use in power reactors. The standard daily processing charge will he $15,300. Adjustments may be necessary for other types of fuel elements for which costs are substantially higher o r lower, or which require modifications of the assumed plant . The daily rate is based on an assumed plant cost of $20,570,000 with an operating cost of $4,592,000 a year. AEC assumes that such a plant would be capable of handl ing 1 ton of natural or slightly enriched u ran ium a day and would operate 300 days a year.
Each contract will provide for firm charges for the processing service. However these will be subject to escalation to adjust for changes in costs of labor and materials.
-AEC will provide mechanical, metallurgical, and chemical treatment of spent fuel elements a n d blanket materials, as well as storage of resulting wastes. Contracts will be subject to cancellation by AEC on a year's notice. This will occur w h e n fuel element processing services are available commercially at reasonable.prices.
T h e processing will yield purified nitrate salts of uranium and plutonium. There will h e additional charges, not yet set u p , for conversion of these products to forms—uranium hexafluoride and plutonium metal—for which AEC has established prices. There will he m additional standard charge to cover process losses and, unless waived by AEC, a use charge for the materials during the normal processing time.
• S*auffer Chemical plans to expand its Niagara Falls zirconium tetrachloride capacity by 40r/r and its silicone tetrachloride capacity by 20ΓΛ. Work on both projects has star ted and shoxild be complete within three months. • Food Machinery & Chemical is ex-paneling solvent facilities at its West-vaco Chlor-Alkali plant at South Charleston, W. Va. T h e expansion involves carbon bisulfide and carbon tetrachloride. This expansion is part of a complete rehabilitation of the plant scheduled for completion early in 1958. • Frontier Chemical , Wichita, Kan., has acquired controlling interest in Rare Earths Chemical, Mead, Colo. • American Cyanamid plans to install calcining facilities at Bauxite, Ark. Completion is set for la te this year. The calciner will treat bauxite ore used in making aluminum sulfate.
