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...anesthetic, three to five times as powerful as ether, has been developed by Dr. John Christian Krantz, professor of pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. It is called pro-pethylene (chemical name: isopropenyl vinyl ether). Last fortnight Dr. Krantz told the New Jersey section of the American Chemical Society that propethylene is superior to ether, the anesthetists' standby...
...material, which has no chemical resemblance to rubber, is a vinyl chloride plastic with unusual elastic properties. It contains a plasticizer (unidentified) that enables it to keep its elasticity up to a relatively high temperature (250°F. and it is impervious to sun, water, acids and alkalis. Unlike other plastics, it can be processed on standard rubber-working machinery; unlike rubbers, it does not need to be vulcanized. It is also much easier to make than synthetic rubber; its basic ingredients are coal, air, salt and water...
...outdone, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. announced that its "elastic Vinylite" (vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate resins) was being made into chemically inert beer pipes, men's shoes, babies' diapers, bedroom slippers, shower curtains, aprons, waterproof sheeting, women's hats, chair covers, card-table covers, insulation...
...mink, beaver, muskrat and wolf skins, nickel ore, cobalt and quahaugs. Other items on which the U. S. duty was reduced: electric cooking stoves, lacrosse sticks, swordfish (if not frozen), eels, chubs, saugers and tullibees, pipe organs for churches, ice skates, alewives in bulk, rutabagas and polymerized or unpolymerized vinyl acetate...
Plastics. Carleton Ellis, Montclair, N. J. research chemist, surveyed modern developments in synthetic resins. Best known ones are those made from phenol and formaldehyde (Bakelite, Durez), urea and formaldehyde (Unyte, Plaskon, Beetle), glycerol and phthalic anhydride (Glyptal, Rezyl), and vinyl compounds (Vinylite). Other trade names: Tornesite, Thiokol, Plioform, Victron. With Bakelite starting the grand march they have been widely used in small molded shapes. Late developments make it possible to mold large objects (chair backs and legs, table tops, radio cabinets) from plastics. Tanks nine feet in diameter have been molded from Haveg, a phenol-aldehyde. Textiles can be impregnated...