Chlorinated Paraffins

China’s government will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins beginning Jan. 1, aligning with numerous other countries that have out ...

A subcommittee of the European Chemicals Agency recommended recently that medium-chain chlorinated paraffins be phased out of use in metalworking flui ...

Aug. 14 is the deadline for comments on a European Chemicals Agency draft opinion on a proposal to restrict medium-chain chlorinated paraffins and oth ...

Lockhart Chemical Co. announced last week that it acquired chlorinated paraffin manufacturing rights and related assets in a transaction with North Ca ...

Metalworking processes are evolving, and the fluids used to lubricate them must keep pace. One company highlights how the versatility of sulfur carrie ...

The Environmental Protection Agency issued significant new use rules on Sept. 18 under the Toxic Substances Control Act that approve pre-manufacture n ...

Industry organizations complained this week that a rule proposed recently by the Environmental Protection Agency could inappropriately subject some ch ...

Beginning in June, Singapore will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in metalworking fluids and other products, according to the co ...

Neutralizers and twist compression tests are putting an unexpected spin on fluid development.

CHICAGO- Political, environmental and regulatory issues are working together to shape the industrial lubricants landscape near- to mid-term, according ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into consent orders that allow three companies to manufacture and import a wide range of chlorinated ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider its use of Toxic Substances Control Act Section 5 to review medium- and long-chain chlorinate ...

The production of chlorinated paraffins for use in lubricant additives and metalworking fluids will grow steadily in coming years in the Asia-Pacific ...

The Toxic Substances Control Act reform legislation signed into law June 22 makes significant changes to the United States rules on registration and r ...

March 23 marked the deadline for stakeholders to submit comments about environmental risks and critical applications associated with medium- and long- ...

Feb. 22 is the deadline for submitting comments and more data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys ongoing preliminary risk assessment of med ...

If Not Chlorine, What?

January 22, 2016

The search is on for the next generation of extreme pressure additives to replace chlorinated paraffins in metalworking fluids.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made public new documents regarding its preliminary risk assessment of medium- and long-chain chlorinated ...

Can very-long-chain chlorinated paraffins replace their cousins, which have been targeted by EPA?