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MBmCÛMPOUNDiNG ^OLMELLCMIiNGS \ IfiftSKMMBREeNÂNTSi iRliNSS / / ÎCÂNDtËS CASTORWAX IMÈTÂIIBBÂVMHÉÎ 7" SwiiiîiifiMoei iRlilIÉlilKl ÉHCWSI It's easy to see why CASTORWAX is used with marked success in so many applications. It's the low cost syn- thetic wax that combines • High sharp melting point (86°C) Φ Extreme resistance to organic solvents, oils and greases # Compatibility with most waxes, resins and elastomers • Excellent electrical properties # Stability to oxidation Mall the handy coupon for working sampîeand.your copy of informative Technical Bulletin #7 Our technical service staff will be glad to help you use CASTORWAX to best advantage in your applications. ·-·-•- · · · ··»···* + · · · · · · · · ? * · * · · · · · · · •*'*'+-*•*•• ·Γ·*«*· %* Τ-·~·· PLEASE SEND Name Company_ Street City | I Technical Bulletin # 7 | { Sample of CASTORWAX Title CEN-96 »Zo η e State_ Bake , ESTABLISHED Î857 CASTOR OIL COMPANY 120 Broadway, New York 5, Ν . Υ. • LETTERS Only 98% Complete DEAR SIR: I have read with interest your article "À Chemical Giant Rises in the South- east," which appeared in the Aug. 20 issue of C&EN. There was one point I should like to bring up. In articles of this kind, which comprise a broad analysis of the chemical industry in Alabama and other sections of the country, why is it that the lime industry is generally completely overlooked as it is in this particular case? Chemical lime is just as much a basic chemical as sulfuric acid or soda ash. In fact, from the standpoint of volume it ranks number two, even when all of the agricultural, building, and refrac- tory lime is excluded. In this case, the main lime production of the Southeast is in the area around Birmingham. Needless to say, these commercial lime plants also participate in the growth of the chemical industry in this area. Please don't consider this as criticiz- ing your efforts, since by and large, you have done an excellent job with this and other articles. It is simply a matter of making these articles, instead of 9&% complete, 100% authentic. ROBERT S. BOYNTON Washington, D. C. On Contamination Tests DEAR SIR: I note with interest the great con- cern over radioactive contamination of the seas due to possible sinking of boats powered with nuclear energy (C&EN, July 23, page 3612). If the yearly sinking of seven or even one such boat endangers our lives by contamination of food supplies, what about the testing of five atomic bombs (by England and the U. S.) in the Pacific Ocean all in one year? The power anjffission products of one such nuclear weapon is many times that of the 60^00M£W. reactor to be used in tankers and freighters, and already in use in at least two submarines. Should not a testing program be im- mediately started, perhaps through the United Nations, to ascertain the ac- cumulation of long-lived fission prod- ucts such as strontium-90 (with a half- life of 25 years) in all food products obtained from ocean waters? All nu- clear weapon tests should be stopped while we survey the damage already done to the world's food supplies. CHARLES O. BOSTWICK Ljungaverk, Sweden 4340 C&EN SEPT. ! C, ! 9 5 6 iRliNSS iRliNSS iRliNSS iRliNSS iRliNSS
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MBmCÛMPOUNDiNG
^OLMELLCMIiNGS
\ IfiftSKMMBREeNÂNTSi iRliNSS
/ / ÎCÂNDtËS
CASTORWAX IMÈTÂIIBBÂVMHÉÎ
7" SwiiiîiifiMœi
iRli l IÉl i lKl
ÉHCWSI
It's easy to see why CASTORWAX is used with marked success in so many applications. It's the low cost synthetic wax that combines
• High sharp melting point (86°C) Φ Extreme resistance to organic solvents, oils and greases # Compatibility with most waxes, resins and elastomers • Excellent electrical properties # Stability to oxidation
Mall the handy coupon for working sampîeand.your copy of informative Technical Bulletin # 7
Our technical service staff will be glad to help you use CASTORWAX to best advantage in your applications.
·-·-•- · · · · · » · · · * + · · · · · · · · ? * · * · · · · · · · •*'*'+-*•*•• ·Γ·*«*·ϊ%*ίΤ-·~··
PLEASE SEND
Name Company_ Street City
| I Technical Bulletin # 7
| { Sample of CASTORWAX
Title
CEN-96
»Zo η e State_
Bake , ESTABLISHED Î 8 5 7
CASTOR OIL COMPANY 120 Broadway, New York 5, Ν . Υ.
• LETTERS Only 98% Complete DEAR SIR:
I have read with interest your article "À Chemical Giant Rises in the Southeast," which appeared in the Aug. 20 issue of C&EN. There was one point I should like to bring up. In articles of this kind, which comprise a broad analysis of the chemical industry in Alabama and other sections of the country, why is it that the lime industry is generally completely overlooked as it i s in this particular case?
Chemical lime is just as much a basic chemical as sulfuric acid or soda ash. In fact, from the standpoint of volume it ranks number two, even when all of the agricultural, building, and refractory lime is excluded. In this case, the main lime production of the Southeast is in the area around Birmingham. Needless to say, these commercial lime plants also participate in the growth of the chemical industry in this area.
Please don't consider this as criticizing your efforts, since by and large, you have done a n excellent job with this and other articles. It is simply a matter of making these articles, instead of 9&% complete, 100% authentic.
ROBERT S. BOYNTON Washington, D. C.
On Contamination Tests
DEAR SIR: I note with interest the great con
cern over radioactive contamination of the seas due to possible sinking of boats powered with nuclear energy (C&EN, July 23, page 3612) .
If the yearly sinking of seven or even one such boat endangers our lives by contamination of food supplies, what about the testing of five atomic bombs (by England and the U . S.) in the Pacific Ocean all in one year? The power anjffission products of one such nuclear weapon is many times that of the 6 0 ^ 0 0 M £ W . reactor to be used in tankers and freighters, and already in use in at least two submarines.
Should not a testing program be immediately started, perhaps through the United Nations, to ascertain the accumulation of long-lived fission products such as strontium-90 (with a half-life of 25 years) in all food products obtained from ocean waters? All nuclear weapon tests should be stopped while we survey the damage already done to the world's food supplies.
CHARLES O. BOSTWICK Ljungaverk, Sweden
4 3 4 0 C & E N SEPT. ! C, ! 9 5 6
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