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Dow is a diversified chemical company that offers a broad range of innovative products and services to customers in more than 175 countries, helping them provide everything from fresh water, food, and pharmaceuticals to paints, packaging, and personal care products.
 
Dow was founded in 1897 by Herbert H. Dow, in Midland, Michigan, USA. His plan to manufacture and sell bleach on a commercial scale has grown with a commitment to principles of sustainability. Dow remains headquartered in the same town more than 100 years later, and now has annual sales of $46 billion and employs 42,000 people worldwide.
 
The Performance Chemicals operating segment consists of three businesses: Designed Polymers, Latex and Acrylic Monomers, and Specialty Chemicals. Market leading product lines include Polyox™ and Cellosize™ water soluble polymers; Versene™ chelating agents; UCON™ fluids and lubricants; and Dowicil™, Dowicide™, and Ucarcide™ antimicrobials.
 
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  Dow Glutaraldehyde
 
Dow Glutaraldehyde is a broad-spectrum biocide that is effective at treating bacteria, yeast, and mold. The use of Dow Glutaraldehyde in industrial process systems can eliminate the need for formaldehyde-based biocides in process streams and provide overall cost savings.
 
Dow Glutaraldehyde does not contain any formaldehyde, halogens, or heavy metals, and is biodegradable. End uses include oil fields, water treatment, metal working fluids, paints, coatings, adhesives, inks, pulp, and paper applications.
 
Dow is a leading global supplier of glutaraldehyde.
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  Cellosize Hydroxyethyl Cellulose
 
Cellosize™ Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (HEC) is a nonionic, water-soluble polymer that can thicken, suspend, bind, emulsify, form films, stabilize, disperse, retain water, and provide protective colloid action.
 
Cellosize™ offers narrow viscosity ranges, consistent viscosity reproducibility, and excellent solution clarities. The product is primarily used for general thickening applications in latex paints, household cleaners, personal care products, and tape-joint compounds.
 
Dow is the leading global manufacturer of hydroxy ethyl cellulose and related chemistries.
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  UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Heat Transfer Fluids
 
UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Heat Transfer Fluids are formulated for high-temperature, liquid-phase heat transfer in systems requiring bulk fluid temperatures up to 500 degrees F. Their unique formulation allows for a trouble-free service life due to thermal stability in vented systems.  These heat transfer fluids are less likely to form coke, lacquers, and resinous deposits than petroleum products. In addition, the UCON™ line is water soluble for easy cleanup.
 
Common applications include use in chemical processing equipment, laminating and calendaring rolls, dies, molds, drying rolls, ovens, and die casting equipment.
 
Dow Chemical is one of the leading manufacturers of heat transfer fluids.
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  UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Base Stocks
 
UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Base Stocks feature excellent lubricity, high viscosity indices, low pour points, clean burning properties, excellent stability, and gas solubility.  They can be controlled and varied to achieve a level of performance not possible with natural oils and lubricants.
 
The water-soluble base stocks are commonly used in the fiber, metal working, and the sugar beet processing industries. The water-insoluble base stocks are preferred when a lubricant is needed to be combined with other natural oils, organic solvents, plasticizers, resins, or gums.
 
Dow Chemical Company is one of the world's largest producers of polyalkylene glycols with 30 years of experience and is the backward-integrated manufacturer of all three alkylene oxides used to produce these polyalkylene glycols. 
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  UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Formulated Fluids
 
UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Formulated Fluids include calendar lubricants, coatings fluids, hydraulic fluids, metal working fluids, solder assist fluids, defoamers, textile rubber fluids, and food grade lubricants. These fluids feature excellent lubricity, high viscosity indices, low pour points, clean burning properties, strong stability, and gas solubility. 
 
UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Formulated Fluids work well where high temperatures can degrade petroleum-based products. UCON™ Formulated Fluids are used in applications ranging from hydraulic fluids to quenchants, and from machinery, gear and bearing lubricants to compressor lubricants.
 
Dow Chemical is one of the world's largest producers of polyalkylene glycol chemistries. Dow has the industry’s broadest product line and is backward-integrated in all three alkylene oxides used to produce these products. 
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  Dowicide Phenolic Biocides
 
Dowicide® Phenolic Biocides offer cost-effective antimicrobial protection for a wide variety of applications. The line includes OPP, SOPP, and OBCP preservatives. 
 
Dowicide® Phenolic Biocides are offered in a number of grades to provide bacterial and fungal solutions for a wide range of industrial processes. Applications include pulp, paper, paints, adhesives, inks, metal working fluids, and chemical toilets.
The preservatives are also widely used in the construction industry.
 
Dow is the largest global supplier of biocides.
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  UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Compressor Fluids
 
UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Compressor Fluids are water-soluble polyalkylene glycol lubricants specially formulated for use in reciprocating and rotary screw compressors.  They are water-soluble with very low solubility to hydrocarbons. Natural gas does not dissolve the lubricant or reduce the lubricant viscosity, which results in greater longevity.
 
UCON™ Polyalkylene Glycol Compressor Lubricants do not get carried away in the natural gas stream, so no sludge will form or plug up the oil field. Applications include oil and natural gas extraction, processing, storage, and transportation.
 
Dow Chemical is a leader in polyalkylene glycol chemistries and supports this premier compressor fluids line with a full technical team.
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  Polyox Water-Soluble Resins
 
POLYOX™ Water-Soluble Resins are nonionic polymers with a high molecular weight. These products are unique resins for binding, lubricity, adhesion, and emollient performance.  They can form association compounds with many other substances to achieve a wide variety of useful properties to add value and improve profitability to other formulations. 
 
Common applications include ceramics, household cleaners, paper, personal care products, as well as products for agriculture, building and construction, electronics, telecommunication, mining, and pharmaceuticals.
 
Dow is the leading supplier of water-soluble resins.
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  Dowicil Preservatives
 
Dowicil™ Preservatives, including Dowicil™ 75, are broad spectrum biocides that are effective at treating a variety of bacterial systems. Their unique ability to remain highly effective over a broad pH range (2 to 12.5) enables easy elimination of several process steps.
 
Dowicil™ Preservatives are excellent in-can preservatives and in-process biocides.  They are highly effective at low concentrations and compatible with many formulations. Dowicil™ Preservatives offer protection against microbial growth in a variety of water-based products and applications, including adhesives, metal working fluids, paints, pulp, paper, inks, latex, and textiles, as well as products for agriculture, oil extraction, and building and construction industries.
 
Dow Chemical is a global leader in the manufacturing of biocides.
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  Dow Antimicrobials and Preservatives
 
Dow Antimicrobials and Preservatives offer broad spectrum protection against bacteria, yeast, and mold. They increase the shelf life of consumer products and provide overall cost savings.
 
The line includes Amical™ preservatives which are useful in controlling microbial degradation.  Bioban™ is a diverse family of bactericides and fungicides that are useful preservatives in a variety of applications. Canguard™ preservatives are low toxicity, broad spectrum non-formaldehyde biocides useful in protecting industrial water-based products. Tris Nitro™ antimicrobial agents control bacteria and slime in industrial applications.
 
Dow is the largest global supplier of household, institutional, and industrial biocides.
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  Tergitol X Series EO/PO Copolymers
 
Tergitol™ X Series EO/PO Copolymers increase the cleaning and wetting properties of household cleaners and industrial cleaning products and formulations.  They are specialty nonionic EO/PO copolymers that provide excellent steric and freeze/thaw stability, lubricity, and emulsification for aromatic and chlorinated solvents.
 
The Tergitol™ X Series products are particularly effective where defoaming and wetting properties are required.  Common applications include paint and coatings, cleaning supplies, fermentation processes, pulp, paper, and many other industrial applications. 
 
Dow is a backward-integrated, global manufacturer of EO/PO copolymers and offers products in this line that are FDA approved.
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  Dow Versene CA Calcium Disodium EDTA
 
Dow Versene CA™ Calcium Disodium EDTA is a food grade chelating agent which meets the requirements of the Food Chemicals Codex.  Versene CA™ allows control of metal ions in aqueous systems, resulting in a better quality product, enhancing consumer appeal, and extending shelf-life.
 
Versene CA™ chemically binds and renders inactive trace metal ions such as iron, copper, and zinc that adversely impact the color, flavor, clarity, shelf life, and vitamin content of foods and beverages.  Many applications benefit from Calcium Disodium EDTA, including carbonated soft drinks, fermented malt beverages, clams, potatoes, pickles, mushrooms, legumes, mayonnaise, dressings, potato salads, and FD&C dyes.
 
Dow is a leading global supplier of calcium disodium EDTA and is the only domestic manufacturer.
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  DOWTHERM™ Thermal Fluids
 

DOWTHERM™ Thermal Fluids are organic synthetic and inhibited glycol-based.  There are various grades available, each formulated from a different base chemistry to provide the right heat transfer properties for your applications.

DOWTHERM™ organic synthetic heat transfer fluids are composed of two stable compounds, biphenyl and diphenyl oxide, and offer exceptional thermal stability. These products are designed to meet operating requirements for highly technical and demanding applications such as oil and gas processing, chemical processing and pharmaceutical reactions. In addition, DOWTHERM™ inhibited ethylene glycol-based heat transfer fluids are produced from heavy-duty industrial inhibitor packages and 100 percent virgin ethylene glycol, ensuring years of reliable corrosion protection for applications such water-based HVAC, process heating and cooling and food industry applications.

Dow is a leading manufacturer of organic synthetic and inhibited glycol-based heat transfer fluids.

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  SYLTHERM Silicone Thermal Fluids
 

SYLTHERM Silicone Thermal Fluids are specially formulated, high performance silicone polymers designed for use as a low temperature, liquid phase heat transfer medium. These products are known for their low viscosity, which offers excellent heat transfer performance and long service life.

The principal function of SYLTHERM is to transfer heat within a process. The fluid is specially designed to meet operating requirements for highly technical applications such as oil and gas processing, chemical processing, solar energy manufacturing, and pharmaceutical reactions.

For over seventy-five years, Dow Chemical has been one of the leading manufacturers of heat transfer fluids.

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  DOWFROST™ Thermal Fluids
 

DOWFROST™ Thermal Fluids, inhibited propylene glycol heat transfer fluids, are often used in demanding applications, such as fermentation cooling, immersion freezing, HVAC, food and pharmaceutical applications, where propylene glycol solutions are preferred or required.

Dow’s glycol-based thermal fluids are produced from specially formulated industrial inhibitor packages and 100 percent virgin glycol with batch-to-batch consistency, ensuring years of reliable corrosion protection in well-maintained systems. For safety, DOWFROST™ HD is dyed fluorescent yellow to aid in leak detection. DOWFROST™ is ideal for applications, where contact with food or beverage could occur such as immersion freezing and fermentation cooling. DOWFROST™ complies with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations. Please note, DOWFROST™ HD is not approved by the USDA or FDA for food use, and is not suitable for food or beverage applications.

Dow Chemical is a leading global supplier of ethylene and propylene, the key building blocks for DOWFROST™ and DOWTHERM™ inhibited glycol-based heat transfer fluids.

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  ANTISOL FL PAC Polymers
 

ANTISOL™ FL polyanionic cellulose (PAC) polymers are available in a variety of high and low viscosities, and are used to modify flow and filtration properties in water-based drilling fluids.

These high-purity (98%) carboxymethylcellulose polymers perform essential functions, such as the following: dispersion of clay particles that occurs as a result of the polymer adsorption on the particles' surface; protection of the clay particles against the detrimental effects of electrolytes; retaining "free" water in the drilling fluid that could penetrate into the formation; preventing the swelling of shale formations and the dispersion of the shale in the drilling fluid.

Dow is the leading producer of high-purity carboxymethylcellulose ethers, which include a broad range of water-soluble, white to off-white cellulose-based anionic polymers.

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  UCON™ OSPs
 

UCON™ Oil-Soluble Polyalkylene Glycols (OSPs) are a unique, multi-purpose line of synthetic lubricants. They can be used as additives in automotive and industrial lubricant formulations, or as co-base oils that combine the advantages of polyalkalyne glycol base oils and hydrocarbon oils.

The result is a stable, highly compatible product line for applications including gear lubes, greases, hydraulic fluid, metal working fluids, and automatic transmission fluid. In semi-synthetic blends with mineral oils, UCON™ OSPs improve deposit control, oxidation stability, high viscosity index, and low temperature stability. When used in additives, they impart excellent friction control in formulations containing mineral oils and polyalphaolefins.

UCON™ OSP Lubricants are a new generation of products from the Dow Chemical Company. There are no chemistry equivalents commercially available.

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