Dow Chemical and Du Pont.
Dow Chemical and Du Pont Du Pont (d pŏnt), family notable in U.S. industrial history. The Du Pont family's importance began when Eleuthère Irénée Du Pont established a gunpowder mill on the signed a letter of intent to combine their synthetic rubber synthetic rubber: see rubber. operations. The plan would match Du Pont's experience with synthetic rubber and Dow Chemical's patented technology in a venture with sales of about $1 billion. The companies estimated that sales could double within five years. The operations Dow Chemical is contributing have only one quarter the revenue of those Du Pont is chipping in. But the Midland, M[ concern also brings its Insite technology to the venture. Dow and Du Pont are exploring the feasibility of modifying an existing Dow Plastics site so that by late 1996 it could produce about 200 million pounds annually of ethylene propylene propylene /pro·pyl·ene/ (pro´pi-len) a gaseous hydrocarbon, CH3CHdbondCH2.
propylene glycol a colorless viscous liquid used as a humectant and solvent in pharmaceutical preparations. diene Dienes are hydrocarbons which contain two double bonds. Dienes are intermediate between alkenes and polyenes. Classes
Dienes can be divided into three classes: - Unconjugated dienes have the double bonds separated by two or more single bonds.
using the Insite technology.
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