Plastics & Rubber

General Chemical Corporation supplies a number of products to the plastics and rubber industry.

Application	Product
Blowing agent

Treating cellulose in the manufacture of viscose rayon and cellophane	Sodium Hydroxide Pellets ACS

Dissolving casein	Sodium Hydroxide Pellets ACS

Polymer inhibitor for acetelyne, styrene and synthetic rubber to prevent formation of undesirable polymers	Sodium Nitrite

Source of nitrous acid in production of rubber accelerators, retarders and antioxidants-antiozonants	Sodium Nitrite

Manufacture of synthetic rubber and plastics	Sulfuric acid



Water treatment, chemical recycling, agrochemicals

Pharmaceutical intermediates

Electronic Chemicals for the semiconductor and disk drive industries, plating chemistry, and high-quality printing

Metal treating, pulp and paper production, food processing, textiles and more