1. VEB SYNTHESEWERK SCHWARZHEIDE: PRODUCTION AND USE OF SYNTHESIS CONTACTS DURING THE THIRD QUARTER 1954 2. EXPORT OF CONTACTS TO THE USSR

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• Publication Date: February 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the
National Defense of the United States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C.
Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revel-
ation of which in any manner to an unauthorized
person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY East Germany /USSR.
SUBJECT 1. VEB Synthesewerk Schwarzheide:
Production and Uee of Synthesis
Contacts During, the Third Quarter, 1954. NO. OF PAGES
2. Export of Contacts to the USSR
21 February 1955
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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During the third quarter of 1954, VEB Synthesewerk Schwarzheidel had
205 contact ovens, i.e. 13 more than the enterprise had a year before
when it still was under SAG administration. The following table lists
the number of contact ovens during the third quarter of 1953, the
second quarter of 1954 and the third quarter of 1954. The table also
lists the average number of ovens in operation during those periods
and the rate of exploitation, i.e. the ratio between the number of
ovens in operation and the total number of ovens.
Period
Total
Number,
Average number of
-Ovens in Operation
Exploitation rate
in percent
Third quarter 1953
192
178.5
93.3
Second quarter 1954
205
191.1
93.3
Third quarter 1954
205
190.4
93.1
The additional ovens were installed in the enterprise during the
fourth quarter of 1953-
2. From the following table the ingredients of''the cobalt synthesis con-
tacts2 can be seen. The table also lists the amount of each ingred-
ient which was consumed per ton of cobalt produced during the third
quarter of 1954. Included in the list are the amounts of ammonia,
steam, water and electric power consumed per ton of c
third quarter of 1.954.
oba
lt during the
Ingredient _ _ _ _ ` `
- _
_ _ Unit
Am
pe
oun
r T
t Used
on of Coba
lt
Kieselguhr
metric
tons
2. 1
Soda
metric
tons
3. 8
Nitric acid (100% HNO3)
metric
tons
4.43
0
16
Sodium chloride metric
tons
.
Sodium fluoride metric
tons
0.017
Sulfuric acid (100% H2S04) metric
tons
0.22
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Amount
Inpredient_ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ Unit U ed-per Ton of Cobalt
Potassium sulfate metric tons 0.06
Magnesium oxide metric tons 0.09
Cobalt kgs 18.91
Thorium dioxide kgs 3.18
Silica gel metric tons 0.01
Ammonia 1 kgs 3.21
Steam of 9 Atli metric tons 54.5
Steam of 2.5 Atli metric tons 55.7
.Pater cubic meters 352
_: ,:Electric power kwh 9,150
3. The enterprise produces contacts in its own contact faotort.,r. During
the third quarter of 1954, the contact factory produced 187 contacts
which contained a total of 183.393 tons of cobalt, 7.388 tons of thor-
ium dioxide and 16.293 tons of magnesium oxide. During the same period
the contact factory produced 18 contacts for export to the USSR which
contained a total of 18.935 tons of cobalt, 0.953 tons of thorium di?
oxide, and 1.534 tons of magnesium osid&. During the second quarter
of 1954, the factory produced 1.3_.caritacts-:and delivered them to the
USSR, and during the third quarter of 19)3, 12 contacts.
4. The contacts produced in the contact factory of the enterprise during
the third quarter of 1954 for use inthe enterprise on the average con-
tained 981 kg. of cobalt, 39.5 kg. of thorium dioxide, and 87 kg. of
magnesium per contact. The contacts produced in the contact factory
during the third quarter of 1954 for ex;'ort to the USSR on the average
contained 1,052 kg. of cobalt, 52.9 kg. of thorium dioxide and 85 kg.
of magnesium per contact.
5. During the third quarter of 1954, 0.61 contacts were used on the aver-
age per 1 million cubic meters of synthesis gas.
excess pressure.
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