CARBON BLACK OFFERS/PRICES/TYPES/ANALYSES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500490182-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 182
• Publication Date: June 14, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT 25X1A
COUNTRY Rumania/Austria
SUBJECT Carbon Black Offers/Prices/Types/Analyses
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TNI^ DOCOIIIOt CONtAINS INIOtNAtION AIIICTINO tat NATIONAL Dt'INSt
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THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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Carbomet S at the price of
'conversion'
US$210.00
Carbomet 3 at the price of
'conversion'
US$200.00
Furnal K 300 at the price of
'conversion'
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US$170.00
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Metanex 37 at the price of
'conversion
US$150.0
DATE DISTR. /111 Jun 1954
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Agencies Indicated "above. .It' is not to be transmitted overseas without the concurrence of the
originating office through the Assistant Director of the O111cc of Collection and Dissemination, CIA.
Subject: Carbon Black from Rumania
As agents of CIIIMIM).'ORT Bucharest, We take the privilege of calling your
attention to the P.umenian producrcion of lamp blacks and furnace blacks[ The
products are produced in four different qualities, active and cemiactive.
Enclosed we are sending you technical information and comparison classifications
of /American carbon blaclz and we would appreciate if you could study these
materials and in turn decide for a test order. We are at your disposal
regarding samples and we are also in the position to deliver you the goods
against payment in shillings f 2-m our vt r-nna i, orehouse, duty and taxes paid.
Per the import we are offering you:
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The above prices are pier net ton inclusive of packaging ar~d at Franco-Austrian
borderHegyeshalom; packed in paper bags and two of these bags in one wooden
box of gross weight 90-120 kg, car loads of approximately five tons. Payment
against documents throngh'AustrianRumamian clearing respectively direct
trans.fer (of money). The:goods, which we have stored in Vienna, are sold as
follows In boxes from our warehouse Vienna II:
Carbomet S 8 7.2c: (approx US 13 cents per lb)
Carbomet 3 S 6.90 (approx US 12.5 cents per lb)
Furnel R 300 - S 6.00 (approx US 10.9 cents per lb)
Metanex 37 S 5.40 (approx US 9.8 cents per lb)
The prices are per net kg, duty and tax paid.
We are looking forward w{':h interest to your appreciated information.
Respectfully,
AIMramn1 VAJDA & CO Ltd"
3. "COMPARAPt CLASSIFICATIONS OF CARBON BLACKS CH1I41MPORT
a. Rumanian Designation: Carbomet s - type IPC.(Medium processing channel)
Foreign Type: Micronex Standard
o. Rumanian Designation: .. .
Carbomet 3 -type EPC (Easy processing channel)
Foreign Types. .Dixie B; Cosmobil.
e. Rumanian Designation: R-?300 - type FF (Fine Furnace)
Foreign Types: Continex FF; Cosmos 80; Dixie 80; Statex B; Steling L;
d. Rumanian Designation: Metanex.37 - type SRF (Semi-reinforcing furnace)
Foreign Types: Gastex; Cosmos 20; Dixie 20."
4. "ANALYSES
a. Carbomet S
Moisture maximum 3p
Ash maximum O.o6%
Iodine absorption gr 8.5 9.5
'Pour density' unpressed cm/gr 10
Pour density' pressed cm/gr 4.5
Sieve Residue (1600 mesh/cm) 0.005 max
Sieve 'Residue (16000 mesh/cm) 0.1 max
alytical data:
b. Carbomet 3
Carbomet is a 'flame black' manufactured by imperfect burning of Methane
after the channel method and is classified amongst the active blacks of
the medium processing channel (MPC) type. It is a fine, black, dry,
unsoluble powder.
Ash maximum 0.06%
Iodine absorption gr 7 - 8
'Pour density' non compressed cm/gr 10
'Pour density' pressed cm/gr 4.5
Sieve Residue (1600 mesh/cm) 0.005 max
Sieve Residue (16000 mesh/cm). .0.1 max
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C. Furn sl. R.300
This is a furnace black and can be classified with the semiactive blacks
of the fine furnace (F-x) types.. It'is a fine, dry,?black?,'unsoluble
powder.
Analytical data:
Moisture maximum l~fu,
Ash maximum O.P%
Iodine absorption gr 5 r 7.5
'Pour density'. pressed cm/Sr 4.5
Sieve Residue. (X600-.mesh/m2) 0.05
d. -Letup Black (Flame Black) Metanex 37
Analytical data: Fine black powder
Moisture maximum 1.5%
Ash maximum 0.06%
... , ,IQdine,ab?orption.gr-% 2.2 - 4+.7
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Spec gravity in apparent loose
em 3/gr maximum 6
Sieve Residue 1600 mesh/em;2 maximum % 0.005"
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