Halowax
Encyclopedia
Halowax is a New York-based company that was later owned by Union Carbide
. It was subsequently taken over by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-based Koppers
, which was later renamed Beazer East. It is the largest US producer of polychlorinated naphthalene
s and polychlorinated biphenyl
s for floor finishing and similar applications.
See Polychlorinated naphthalene
and Polychlorinated biphenyl
.
Union Carbide
Union Carbide Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. It currently employs more than 2,400 people. Union Carbide primarily produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers before reaching consumers. Some are high-volume...
. It was subsequently taken over by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
-based Koppers
Koppers
Koppers is a global chemical and materials company based in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States in an art-deco 1920s skyscraper, the Koppers Tower.-Structure:...
, which was later renamed Beazer East. It is the largest US producer of polychlorinated naphthalene
Polychlorinated naphthalene
Polychlorinated naphthalene products are made by chemically reacting chlorine with naphthalene, a soft, pungent solid made from coal or petroleum and often used for mothproofing. The generic chemical formula is C10H10-nCln. Commercial PCNs are mixtures of up to 75 chlorinated naphthalene...
s and polychlorinated biphenyl
Polychlorinated biphenyl
Polychlorinated biphenyls are a class of organic compounds with 2 to 10 chlorine atoms attached to biphenyl, which is a molecule composed of two benzene rings. The chemical formula for PCBs is C12H10-xClx...
s for floor finishing and similar applications.
See Polychlorinated naphthalene
Polychlorinated naphthalene
Polychlorinated naphthalene products are made by chemically reacting chlorine with naphthalene, a soft, pungent solid made from coal or petroleum and often used for mothproofing. The generic chemical formula is C10H10-nCln. Commercial PCNs are mixtures of up to 75 chlorinated naphthalene...
and Polychlorinated biphenyl
Polychlorinated biphenyl
Polychlorinated biphenyls are a class of organic compounds with 2 to 10 chlorine atoms attached to biphenyl, which is a molecule composed of two benzene rings. The chemical formula for PCBs is C12H10-xClx...
.