LIQUIDOW-Anti-Icing Benefits
LIQUIDOW liquid calcium chloride Deicer plays a key role in helping winter road crews meet the public`s demand for dry pavement. The practice of anti-icing involves the application of a very thin layer of calcium chloride prior to a predicted snow or ice storm. Liquid calcium chloride inhibits the bonding of snow and ice to the pavement, making it easier for snowplow crews to clear roads down to bare pavement.
According to Gary Dittmer, Engineer and Manager for the Mason County Road Commission in northwestern Lower Michigan, ``anti-icing allows us to get back to bare pavement faster and provide the higher level of service that the public is demanding.`` Besides helping to satisfy public demand for dry pavement right after it snows, anti-icing also results in significant manpower savings.
As a prewetting agent, LIQUIDOW helps salt work faster, at lower temperatures while minimizing application rates by reducing ``bounce and scatter.``
Liquid calcium chloride provides unmatched performance due to its ability to depress the freezing point of water, even when in very dilute concentrations. LIQUIDOW is also used in dust control, road base stabilization, concrete acceleration and tire weighting applications.
DOW Caustic Soda Solution
As the world`s leading caustic soda solution producer, Dow can provide you with comprehensive product, application and technical information. Caustic soda solution (sodium hydroxide) is an essential ingredient in an array of industrial operations, including pulp and paper, textiles, soap and detergents, bleach, petroleum products and alumina, along with many other uses in the chemical processing industry.
DOW Polyglycols
Dow offers a full range of polyglycol products that deliver performance and added value in your product or process.
Polypropylene Glycols and Copolymers
DOW polypropylene glycols (PPGs) and polyglycol copolymers are the building blocks in a multitude of functional and market applications.
Quat 188- 3-Chloro-2-Hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium Chloride
Quat 188 is an aqueous solution of 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride. It is an effective cationic monomer used to modify natural and synthetic polymers to produce quaternary ammonium compounds with uses in the chemical processing, personal care products/cosmetics, pulp and paper, textiles and water management industries. Applications and contributions of Quat 188 include use in pH independent cationic starch for paper applications. It imparts antistatic properties, provides reactive sites for dye fixation and produces cationic coagulant.
