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Paul M. Boisde Walter C. Meuly Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. 

Thomas Hoppe, Ciba-Geigy Corporation Henry T. Kohlbrand, Dow Chemical Company Srinivasan Sridhar, Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. 

The authors are honored by the invitation of Karl A, Gschneidner, Jr, to present this paper at the Second Chemical Congress of the North American Continent, They are also indebted to Joseph G, Cannon of Molycorp, Inc, and H, Holt Apgar of Rhone-Poulenc, Inc, for discussions relating to the market for rare earths. We acknowledge with thanks Wayne Person of GTE Sylvania, Towanda, PA, who provided the brightness and color coordinate data in Table I,... 

Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. imports HDI (Chemical Manufacturers Association 1997) however, no information on import volume was found in the available literature. No information on export volumes of HDI was found in the available literature. 

In 1977, FMC Corp. and Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. imported between 1 and 11 million pounds of 2-nitrophenol into the United States (TSCAPP 1989). Imports of 2-nitrophenol through principal U.S. customs districts in 1983 were 3.56 million pounds (EPA 1985). Imports of 4-nitrophenol into the United States are negligible. Export of 4-nitrophenol in 1987 was 35% of its United States demand of 23 million pounds (CMR 1987). 

UK Rh6ne-Poulenc Chemicals Ltd, Laboratory Products, Liverpool Road, Barton Moss, Eccles, Manchester M30 7RT. Tel. 061-7895878 USA Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co., 1 Corporate Dr., Shelton, CT 06484. Tel. 0203-9253300 or Rhone-Poulenc Inc., Fine Organics, CN 7500, Cranbury, NJ 08512-7500. Tel. 0609-860400... 

G. Lacroix etal, US Patent 6,344,564 (February 5, 2002) Assignee Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. 

Production of BHT from pure para-cresol/m-p-cresol has been discussed in some detail in Chapter 3. Global production facilities are discussed subsequently. There are currently three US producers of BHT, namely, PMC, Uniroyal and Merisol. These companies produce both feedgrade (limited use) and technical grade BHT. Shell chemical ceased domestic production of BHT in 1982. Rhone-Poulenc Inc. sold their BHT facilities at Oil City, Pennsylvania to Merisol by end 1997. There are large BHT manufacturers in Japan, Europe,... 

Rhone-Poulenc Chimie, Lyon, France Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., Seattle, USA... 

BMI provides a continuous service temperature of 177°C in a moist environment. These are often used in high-temperature laminates and as adhesives in the electrical/ electronics industries. Major suppliers of bismaleimide resins are Rhone Poulenc Inc. Kerimid) and Technochemie GmbH, BTL Specialty Resins, Ciba-Giegy, and Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co. 

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