Midland, MI - November 01, 2005
Effective December 1, 2005, The Dow Chemical Company will rename or discontinue production of some UCAR™ heat transfer fluids, UCAR and AMBITROL* inhibitors, UCAR system cleaners, NORKOOL™ N-Series coolants as well as some DOWTHERM* and DOWFROST* inhibitors. The decision is an effort to simplify the naming convention of our inhibitor product line.
| Alternatives or equivalents for discontinued products | ||
| Discontinued | Alternative or Equivalent | |
| UCAR Foodfreeze Concentrate | DOWFROST concentrate | |
| UCAR Foodfreeze 40 C | DOWFROST 40% | |
| UCAR PROTHERM™ propylene-glycol coolant | AMBITROL NTC | |
| NORKOOL N209 coolant | NORKOOL SLH coolant or AMBITROL CN | |
| NORKOOL N212D (50%) coolant | NORKOOL SLH 50 coolant or AMBITROL FL 50 | |
| NORKOOL N40D (40%) coolant | NORKOOL SLH 40 coolant or AMBITROL FL 40 | |
| NORKOOL NZD (30%) coolant | NORKOOL SLH 30 coolant or AMBITROL FL 30 | |
| NORKOOL Product Name Changes | ||
| Old Name | New Name | |
| NORKOOL SLH 224C | NORKOOL SLH Concentrate | |
| NORKOOL SLH 225D | NORKOOL SLH 50% premix | |
| NORKOOL SLH 40D | NORKOOL SLH 40% premix | |
| NORKOOL SLH ZD | NORKOOL SLH 30% premix | |
| Inhibitor Product Name Changes: | ||
| Old Name | New Name | |
| UCAR inhibitor 1216 | HTF iron inhibitor | |
| UCAR inhibitor 3219 | HTF copper inhibitor | |
| UCAR inhibitor 4231 | NORKOOL inhibitor 231 | |
| UCAR inhibitor 5234 | NORKOOL inhibitor 234 | |
| DOWTHERM SR1 iron inhibitor | HTF iron inhibitor | |
| DOWTHERM SR1 copper inhibitor | HTF copper inhibitor | |
| DOWFROST inhibitor concentrate | DOWFROST iron inhibitor | |
| DOWFROST HD copper inhibitor | HTF copper inhibitor | |
| UCAR HTF system cleaner | NORKOOL cleaner | |
| UCAR HTF system degreaser | NORKOOL degreaser | |
| UCAR surface modifier 2244 | NORKOOL inhibitor 244 | |
| AMBITROL iron inhibitor | HTF iron inhibitor | |
| AMBITROL copper inhibitor | HTF copper inhibitor | |
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For additional information on Dow Heat Transfer Fluids customers should contact the Dow Customer Information Group at 1-800-447-4369 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-989-832-1560 (from other global regions). Additional information can be found on the Dow website at http://www.dow.com/heattrans/
For Editorial Information:
Holly LaRose-Roenicke
The Dow Chemical Company
(989) 638-7703
