Morton: trade name antimicrobials

Of the hundreds of chemicals that are efiective as antimicrobials, only a few are used in plastics applications. The most common group of active ingredients consists of 10,16-oxybisphenoxy arsine (OBPA, tradenames Intercide, Akzo Chemical Vinyzene, Morton International), 2- -octyl-4-isothia-zolin-3-one (tradenames Micro-Check 11, Ferro Corporation Vinyzene IT, Morton International), N-trichloro-methylthio-4-cycIohexene-l,2-dicarboximide (Captan, tradenames Vancide 89, R.T. Vanderbilt Fungitrol C, Hiils America), and N-(trichloromethylthio) phthalimide (Flopet, trade name Fungitrol 11, Huls America). Other antimicrobial active ingredients include amine-neutralized phosphate and zinc 2-pyridinethiol-l-oxide. 

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