From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from Imperial Chemical Industries providing information on the resistivity of Paraffin Wax and Seekay Wax.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\7\ img277 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1935 | |
| Battery Ignition 16036. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED. NORTH WESTERN DIVISION. TELEGRAMS: IMPKEMIX, LEICESTER. TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 60294. NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN SELLING AGENTS FOR I.C.I.(ALKALI) LIMITED, (FORMERLY BRUNNER,MOND & CO.,LIMITED) I.C.I.(LIME) LIMITED, (FORMERLY THE BUXTON LIME FIRMS CO.,LIMITED) THE CASTNER-KELLNER ALKALI CO.,LTD. CHANCE & HUNT, LIMITED. CASSEL CYANIDE CO.,LIMITED. I.C.I.(GENERAL CHEMICALS) LIMITED, (FORMERLY UNITED ALKALI CO.,LTD.) I.C.I.(FERTILIZER AND SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS) LIMITED. 154, LONDON ROAD, LEICESTER. OUR REF. GHB/ACJ/ED.{J. L. Edwards} YOUR REF. 2nd. September 1935. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. WSF Dear Sirs, SEEKAY WAX. With reference to your letter dated August 29th., which was addressed to our Technical Service Department, Liverpool; we have the following information to pass on to you:- Paraffin Wax. S.I.C. 2.4. Volume Resistivity 1.0x 10¹⁶ ohms/cm³ @ 25°C. Seekay Wax R.123 S.I.C. 5.0 Volume Resistivity 3 x 10¹⁴ ohms/cm³ @ 25°C. Yours faithfully, FOR IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED. (Chemical Section) EWBeeby | ||