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Atomic weight of antimony
694
CURRENT TOPICS.
[J. F. I.
192I imports of nitrate in Europe and in this country were again greatly reduced. No proper basis has been established on which to estimate the consuming power of Europe and the United States, but it seems probable that for these countries it now exceeds that of the years prior to I9I 4. Throughout I922 considerable dissatisfaction was expressed at the manner in which sodium nitrate is handled in Chile, where a trust backed by the Chilean Government arbitrarily fixes its prices. Consumers contend that had the trust been willing to lower prices more nitrate would have been consumed throughout the world, but there is 11o evidence that the Chilean Government intends to change its present plan of operations. Imports of Inorganic Nitrogen.--Sodium nitrate made up by far the greater portion of the imports of nitrogen compounds into the United States in 1922. Chile furnished practically all of this product. Calcium cyanamid, ammonium sulphate, calcium nitrate, and part of the sodium nitrate were imported for consumption in the fertilizer industry, the potassium nitrate and the remainder of the sodium nitrate for use in the chemical industries. Atomic Weight of A n t i m o n y . E A preliminary study of the atomic weight of antimony derived from different sources has been made by SrIEiI
CURRENT TOPICS.
[J. F. I.
192I imports of nitrate in Europe and in this country were again greatly reduced. No proper basis has been established on which to estimate the consuming power of Europe and the United States, but it seems probable that for these countries it now exceeds that of the years prior to I9I 4. Throughout I922 considerable dissatisfaction was expressed at the manner in which sodium nitrate is handled in Chile, where a trust backed by the Chilean Government arbitrarily fixes its prices. Consumers contend that had the trust been willing to lower prices more nitrate would have been consumed throughout the world, but there is 11o evidence that the Chilean Government intends to change its present plan of operations. Imports of Inorganic Nitrogen.--Sodium nitrate made up by far the greater portion of the imports of nitrogen compounds into the United States in 1922. Chile furnished practically all of this product. Calcium cyanamid, ammonium sulphate, calcium nitrate, and part of the sodium nitrate were imported for consumption in the fertilizer industry, the potassium nitrate and the remainder of the sodium nitrate for use in the chemical industries. Atomic Weight of A n t i m o n y . E A preliminary study of the atomic weight of antimony derived from different sources has been made by SrIEiI