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Eleven large volume consumers in the United States and their products from acetone are Hsted in Table 10 (47). The largest distributors are Ashland Chemical Company, Unocal Chemicals, ChemCentral, Van Waters Rogers, andJLM Industries (47). 

Drew Chemical Corporation (Ashland Chemical, Inc.) Exxon Chemical Company Hercules, Inc. 

In 1976, Ashland Od (Ashland Synthetic Fuels, Inc.) was awarded the prime contract to constmct a 540 t/d H-coal pdot plant adjacent to its refinery at Cadettsburg, Kentucky, by an industry—government underwriting consortium. Constmction was completed in 1980 (112). The pdot-plant operation ended in eady 1983. 

R. E. Carpenter, You re in the Chemistry Fusiness Fundamentals of Polyester and Other Chemical Resistant Resins, Ashland Chemical Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1982. 

Although not commercialized, both Elf Atochem and Rn hm GmbH have pubUshed on development of hydrogen fluoride-catalyzed processes. Norsolor, since acquired by Elf Aquitaine, had been granted an exclusive European Hcense for the propylene-hydrogen fluoride technology of Ashland Oil (99). Rn hm has patented a process for the production of isobutyric acid in 98% yield via the isomerization of isopropyl formate in the presence of carbon monoxide and hydrofluoric acid (100). 

Ohve Branch, Miss. Ashland City, Term. 

U.S. phenoHc resin manufacturers include AHiedSignal Inc./Bendix Ashland Chemical, Inc. Borden, Inc. Dexter Corp. Dyno Polymers Georgia-Pacific Corp. Neste Resins Corp. Occidental Chemical Corp. Owens-Corning Corp. Plastics Engineering Co. PMC, Inc. Resinoid Engineering... 

A. R. Cantafio, ed.. Principles of Industrial Water Treatment, Drew Industrial Division, Ashland Chemical Co., Boonton, N.J., 1994. 

The shrinkage in demand has resulted in a restmcturing of the carbon black-industry. Several of the principal multinational oil companies have left the business including Ashland, Cities Service Co., Phillips, and Conoco. Some plants have changed ownership. In the United States this has increased the production capacities of Degussa, Sid Richardson, and Huber. Today s U.S. industry consists of six principal producers. Rated capacities of the six U.S. manufacturers is shown in Table 13. Cabot Corp. and Columbian Chemicals are the leading producers, followed by Degussa, Sid Richardson, J. M. Huber Corp., and Witco. A survey of the future markets and present stmcture of the carbon black industry has been presented (1). 

The principal U.S. manufacturers and/or water service companies that sold or leased chlorine dioxide generating equipment and services in 1991 were Aquatec, Capital Controls, Chemquip, Drew Chemical (Division of Ashland Chemical), Eischer Porter, Prominent Eluid Controls, Rio Linda, and Wallace Tiernan. 

FIG. 17-24 Modem FCC unit configured for high-efficiency regeneration and extra catalyst cooling. (Reptinted with peimission of UOF. RCC is a service ma7k of Ashland Oil Inc.)... 

Singer [22] developed a process for converting 50% of low-cost Ashland 240 isotropic pitch to mesophase by heating the pitch to 400-410°C for approximately 40 hours. During this "heat-soak," mesophase tended to collect at the bottom of the vessel, due to its greater density. The production of highly-oriented, graphitizable... 

Carboflex P200 and P400 milled earbon fibers were used at ORNL, and were obtained from two sourees. Initially, the Carboflex carbon fibers were obtained from the Ashland Petroleum Company, Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.A. More reeently, however, Carboflex fibers were purehased from the Anshan East Asia Carbon Company, Anshan, China. 

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