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By Staff -- Purchasing, 5/6/1999

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CHEMICALS

Acetic acid 27 64 9 0 0 0 2.6 2.8 1.2

Acetone 17 67 17 0 0 0 3.2 3.6 1.3

Acrylic acid 0 83 17 0 0 0 3.4 3.1 1.8

Ammonia 13 67 20 0 0 0 3.4 2.9 1.2

Butanol 13 63 25 0 0 0 3.7 4.2 1.3

Carbon black 0 63 19 13 6 0 6.6 5.5 1.6

Caustic soda 19 75 0 6 0 0 3.0 3.9 1.5

Chlorine 11 67 22 0 0 0 3.6 5.0 1.8

Ethanol 11 67 22 0 0 0 3.6 5.8 1.8

Fatty acids 0 57 14 14 14 0 8.4 5.6 1.3

Formaldehyde 0 71 29 0 0 0 4.1 3.7 1.6

Glycerine 0 80 20 0 0 0 3.6 2.9 1.7

Hydrochloric acid 20 60 20 0 0 0 3.3 3.2 1.5

Hydrogen peroxide 0 80 20 0 0 0 3.6 3.0 1.5

Industrial gases 14 67 19 0 0 0 3.3 2.4 1.2

Isopropanol (99) 22 50 28 0 0 0 3.7 3.9 1.1

Methanol 25 42 33 0 0 0 4.0 4.1 1.2

Methyl ethyl ketone 21 50 29 0 0 0 3.8 4.2 1.3

Phenol 0 17 83 0 0 0 7.1 4.1 1.3

Phthalate plasticizers 0 63 38 0 0 0 4.6 3.9 1.8

Soda ash 7 80 13 0 0 0 3.1 3.7 1.5

Sodium bicarbonate 0 67 33 0 0 0 4.3 3.4 1.1

Sodium silicate 0 78 22 0 0 0 3.7 4.2 1.5

Sodium sulfate 0 70 30 0 0 0 4.2 5.2 1.3

Styrene 0 57 43 0 0 0 4.9 3.4 1.5

Sulfur dioxide 0 40 60 0 0 0 5.8 4.3 1.4

Sulfuric acid 0 80 20 0 0 0 3.6 3.6 1.7

Surfactants 0 75 17 8 0 0 4.5 5.4 1.6

Titanium dioxide 11 33 33 0 22 0 9.3 7.0 2.0

Vegetable oils 0 33 67 0 0 0 6.2 4.3 1.4

EQUIPMENT AND MRO SUPPLIES

Electric motors 6 35 39 13 6 0 7.7 7.2 1.8

Filters 7 50 32 7 4 0 5.9 5.4 1.9

Flow instruments 0 38 29 19 14 0 9.8 8.8 2.4

Hose 16 61 16 3 3 0 4.3 4.7 1.8

Pipe 12 64 18 3 3 0 4.4 4.8 2.6

Pipe fittings 14 54 18 7 7 0 5.8 4.8 1.7

Pumps, centrifugal 0 22 33 22 22 0 12.3 12.1 1.6

Pumps, specialty 0 18 41 24 18 0 11.9 12.0 n/a

Pressure instruments 6 38 25 25 6 0 8.5 11.6 1.5

Recording instruments 0 25 31 25 19 0 11.8 11.0 2.9

Seals, gaskets & packing 7 57 21 11 4 0 5.8 5.7 2.2

Valve actuators 0 45 25 20 10 0 8.8 7.8 2.5

Valves, ball 4 60 20 12 4 0 6.0 6.3 1.9

Valves, butterfly 5 45 30 15 5 0 7.2 7.8 2.2

Valves, gate 6 44 33 17 0 0 6.4 7.1 2.2

CONTAINERS/PACKAGING

Bags, 50 lb. paper 8 38 46 8 0 0 5.9 7.3 2.1

Bags, plastic 4 31 38 23 4 0 8.4 6.4 1.8

Drums, fiber 6 47 47 0 0 0 5.0 5.6 2.0

Drums, plastic 6 44 44 6 0 0 5.6 7.9 2.0

Drums, steel 5 52 38 5 0 0 5.1 4.3 1.8

Flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) 8 8 62 23 0 0 8.8 7.2 n/a

Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) plastic 0 10 50 40 0 0 10.5 8.2 n/a

Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) metal 0 13 50 38 0 0 10.1 6.2 n/a

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Purchasing 1999.