Water Treatment Technology.Ashland 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 23,622), Boyd co., E Ky., on terraces along the Ohio River near the influx of the Big Sandy; settled 1786, inc. 1854. Located in a region that produces chemicals, lumber, steel, oil, and natural gas, Ashland is a river and rail shipping point with large repair yards. Its many manufactures include marble and paper products, consumer goods, apparel, furniture, and construction materials. Tobacco and alfalfa are raised and there is dairying. Specialty Chemicals Drew Industrial Div. has introduced its Performax Millennium series of cooling water treatment programs. These products are multi-functional formulations that typically provide 90% reduction in corrosion and scale in open recirculating and once-through cooling water systems. Biodegradable and oxidant oxidant /ox·i·dant/ (ok´si-dant) the electron acceptor in an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction. ox·i·dant (  k s-stable organic compositions protect against fouling and scaling of plant equipment under severe operating conditions and are designed to achieve maximum performance in a wide range of system water chemistries ranging from soft to highly alkaline waters with high levels of scale-forming ions.--Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., The Drew Industrial Div. (Ashland, Inc.)
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