- Price adjustments.
BASF Florham Park, NJ Products: Butofan[R], Styrofan[R], and Styronal[R] carboxylated styrene-butadiene latex products, and Butonal[R] high solids latex products Increase: $0.04/dry lb in U.S. and Canada Effective: August 1, 2006, or as contracts allow Cytec Industries West Paterson, NJ Products: CRYLCOAT[R] powder coating resins Increase: $0.12/lb in the Americas Effective: ......
- Positive sealing of aggressive fluids. (Technology
Focus).
Positive sealing of piping may be difficult on fragile or irregular flanges where bolt torque and gasket compression stress must be limited. For instance, Dow Chemical Co.'s chemical plant in LaPorte, Texas, uses graphite heat exchangers filled with fluoroformates, a family of chemicals consisting of phosgenated alcohol and acid chlorides....
- Rubber Faces a Tough Environment
Today, most users or potential users of rubber components face a changing environment. The environment can evolve based on changing application or market conditions. In some cases, regulations dictate new requirements. To avoid problems from rubber or elastomer components in a specific application, Ashtabula Rubber suggests answering three questions: What ......
- Antioxidants.
PRODUCT LINES REVIEWED ACETO CORP. Polyphenols for plastics and rubber. AKROCHEM CORP. Antioxidants include hindered phenols, mercapto-benzimidazoles, dihydroquinoline, butylated paracresol, amines, and unsaturated acetals. ALBEMARLE CORP. POLYMER ADDITIVES Offers Ethanox and Ethaphos primary and secondary antioxidants for use in a wide variety of polymers from thermoplastic elastomers and engineering ......
- Silicone Enhancements
Silicones have their share of desirable qualities, especially in medical applications. Silicone elastomers pair biocompatibility with good chemical resistance, clarity, compression set, and tensile properties. Coatings and adhesives based on silicones have likewise found a home in medical devices and medical electronics. But these materials have their share of hassles ......
- Bug Zapper
Newton, MA—Microbes and rubber go together like kids and candy stores. This affinity springs in part from the chemical makeup of rubber compounds. "They often contain additives that act as nutrients for bacteria and fungi," notes Bhawan Patel, director of development for Milliken Chemical's Elastomers Business ( www.millikenchemical.com ). What's ......
- Rubber chemical price fixing alleged as probe widens
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the world's largest tire company, filed suit alleging price fixing and anticompetitive behavior against 12 companies in the United States and Europe. The suit, filed in federal court in Akron, Ohio, said the companies violated the Sherman antitrust Act on sales of EPDM (ethylene propylene ......