The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-05
Wyandotte Chemicals Big
Aid in Nations War Effort

II cut HteU IOT CulOIlue SiilCc WAT WIS
l declared. our production Of chlorine
has been more than doubled. Products
| prepared from chlorine were used to
make chemical smoke scrt ems used by
the English Navy which assisted in
| trapping the German pocket battle
| cruiser Graf Spec. W.C.C. hypOchlOrite
| is used for water treatment by our
| Navy in the Pacific warfare. Wyan-
| dOtte chlorine is used in producing
| Sulfa drugs with their marvellous heal
| Ing pUwers.
| Wyandotte products play an import
ant part in safeguarding Army and
| Navy health in camps and in hospitals
-aflOat and on the march. Army and
| Navy Laundry work in many combat
and training zones is done with soaps
and builders in which WC.C. chemi-
| Gals are used. Another WyandOtte
| chemical gives vital protection against
| bacteria in camps, hospitals. dairies,
! food and beverage plants. in shower
and locker rooms. and as Il protective
rinse for fruits and vegetables. And
| the cloth in uniforms of Army, Navy,
Marine. Coast Guard. and nursing
| services Of all kinds come from tex
tile 0ills in many of which other Wy
andOttt' products are in regular use in
processing operations.
This glObal war may aptly be term
ed "a cleaning war" Each part, and
in some cases the parts run into the
hundreds, Of steel prOjectiles. bomb
bodies and fins, brass and steel cart
ridge cases. land mines. fuses and
fuse bodies. machine gun parts, and
scOrtS of other military and explosive
items have To be thoroughly cleaned
10 insure proper performance. Practi-
cally 100 per cent Of all WyandOtte
mt tai cleaners are used in war pro-
ductiOn plants and arsenals for clean
ing airplane motor parts, steel he'll
NETS, pistOnS. crankshafts, and essen
tial metal parts of all kinds. Wyan
dOtte Chemicals Corporation is ma
jOr prOduc r OF alkaline metal clean
ing compound as well as organic sol
vent type. materials.
Carbon diOxide gas. which is used to
initiate rubber life RATS in few sec
onds, is another product of WyandOttf'
Chemicals Corporation. Here in Wy
andOtte is the worlds largest dry ice
plant Dry ice-which is solicited
arbOn diOxide-is light. mobile re-
crigerant, and is playing an import
ant part in shipping both fresh and
frozen fOOdstuffs TO our Allies in vic
tory ships.
WyandOtte dry ice is used in motor
and plane plants for shrink fitting
and for tight plane riveting opera
tiOns. Carbon dioxide Is also playing
an important part in this war a. q
fire extinguisher, and dry Ice Is being
used in mining operations as an ex-
nlosive-thus releasing dynamite for
more necessary uses. As an explosive
per square inch.
WyC.C. coke ovens are also contrib
uting to the war effort. Coke itself is
certainly an essential item. Aromatic
products are by-prOduct Of coke pro-
ductiOn: and are necessary in the
manufacture Of INT, picric acid and
high-test gasoline.
Cement manufactured in VICE.
plants is now in runways at the Ford
bomber plant at Willow Run and at
the u S. Navy base at Crosse lie.
And where fast setting of cement, or
de-icing Of slippery driveways. is de-
sired. WyandOtte calcium chloride is
available.
W.CC. research laboratories are al
so contributing to the war effort.
Members of the research staff are
serving OH advisory committees of the
War Production Board and large
percentage of research department
projects are either directly or indir-
city connected with war activity. AS
an example of this work. many
months ago our manufacturing, tech
meal and research staffS perfected a
wax coating process for wood barrels
which both served its purpose anu
also saved steel.
WyandOtte CHI meals Corporation
technical field representatives. located
in IS North American cities. are to-
day at the instant call of government
and industry to help speed war pro-
ductiOn. Where there Is metal clean
ing problem in tank, airplane. or
ammunition plant-a question Oh tex
tide processing in a mill supplying
cloth for military use-adviee regard
Ing the fast setting Of concrete on an
airport ruIrway-the question Of speed
ing diSh-washing operations where
thousands Of student officers must be
fed in just so many minutes-Or how
best TO wash tons Of Army or Navy
blankets and meet exactlng sanitary
conference.-the solutions to these
and hundreds of technical processing
problems are daily being supplied by
W.CC. field representatives. We are
told by both government and industry
that their answers are definite con-
tribution 10 speeding many kinds OF
war production.
More than 400 strong. the plant
and Office workers. union officials,
service representatives. executives,
directors and officers Of Wyandotte
Chemicals Corporation. are working
together to help speed victory