GOODRICH

Ketene Process. The ketene process based on acetic acid or acetone as the raw material was developed by B. F. Goodrich (81) and Celanese (82). It is no longer used commercially because the intermediate P-propiolactone is suspected to be a carcinogen (83). In addition, it cannot compete with the improved propylene oxidation process (see Ketenes, ketene dimers, and related substances). 

Synthetic emulsion polymers account for approximately 70% of the U.S. consumption of acrylate monomers. Major end uses for these latex polymers are coatings (32%), textiles (17%), adhesives (7%), paper (5%), and floor poHshes (3%). The U.S. producers of acryflc copolymer emulsions include Rohm and Haas, Reichhold, National Starch, Union Carbide, Air Products, Unocal, B. F. Goodrich, and H. B. Fuller. 

Bmnswick, Ga. B. E. Goodrich Group 48.1 1967 Ashai Chem membrane 83 1,7... 

Although the use of simple diluents and adulterants almost certainly predates recorded history, the use of fillers to modify the properties of a composition can be traced as far back as eady Roman times, when artisans used ground marble in lime plaster, frescoes, and po22olanic mortar. The use of fillers in paper and paper coatings made its appearance in the mid-nineteenth century. Functional fillers, which introduce new properties into a composition rather than modify pre-existing properties, were commercially developed eady in the twentieth century when Goodrich added carbon black to mbber and Baekeland formulated phenol— formaldehyde plastics with wood dour. 

B. F. Goodrich Co., Typical Properties of Geon Uinyl Compounds for Wire and Cables Insulation and Jacketing, bulletin, Cleveland, Ohio, 1991. 

Polyoctenamer trans-ocX.en.e mbber) is manufactured in Europe by Hbls AG at 12,000 t/yr under the trade name Vestenamer. Components for the manufacture of polydicyclopentadiene (PDCPD), a Hquid mol ding resin, are produced by Hercules in the United States (13,600 t/yr), by Teijin in Japan (3000 t/yr), and by Shell in Europe, under the trade name Metton they are also produced by Goodrich in the United States and Japan under the trade name Telene. 

Compounders TechnicalGuide Vol. 1, CTG No. 49, The BE Goodrich Co., Research Center, BrecksviUe, Ohio. 

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