- Qarôma
-
a wholly owned
subsidiary of Chemicals
Incorporated
- Incorporated in the
state of Texas in 1984
- 24-acre site located
in Baytown, Texas; 20 miles east of
Houston
- Employs 95 personnel,
including 27 professionals
- Operates in
compliance with all local, state and federal
environmental, health and safety
regulations
- On-site construction
and maintenance crew that responds to the customer’s
design and configuration needs
- Quantities handled
range from a few grams to thousands of metric
tons.
- Most customers are
Fortune 500 companies
- ISO 9001:2000
certified
- Responsible Care®
facility
- Kosher
certified
- QA/QC
Laboratory
- 24-Hour Lab Coverage to
Support Production and Research
Facilities
- Personnel Include
- Ph.D. Organic
Chemist
- MS Analytical
Chemist
- MS Organic
Chemist
- Three Experienced
Analysts
- Equipment
- Gas
Chromatographs
- High Performance Liquid
Chromatograph
- Gas Chromatograph / Mass
Spectrometer
- Ultraviolet –
Visible Spectrophotometer
- Determinations
- Karl – Fischer
Moisture
- Potentiometric
Titration
- pH
- Access To NMR, Polarimetery
Analysis
- Literature
Procurement
- Research
& Development
- Multi-Step and High Purity
Synthesis
- Distillation (Fractionation,
Vacuum Distillation),
Recrystallization
- TLC and Column
Chromatography
- Liquid Ammonia, Grignard and
other Organometallic Reactions (under Anhydrous and
Inert Reaction Conditions)
- High Pressure Reactions
(Catalytic Hydrogenation, etc.)
- Pilot
Plant
- The pilot plant facility
mirrors the production facility
- 4-Hour Operation with a
Chemist, an Engineer and 3 Technicians
- 11,000-sqft Enclosed
Facility
- 500, 350, 150, 75, 25 and 15
gal SS Reactors
- 100 gal, 5 gal, 1 gal, 2
Liter and 1 Liter High Pressure SS Autoclaves (2500
psi) with Distillation Set Up
- 30 Gal Titanium Reactor (300
psi) with Cooling Coil
- Fractional Distillation
Capabilities at 6 gal, 25 gal, 75 gal and 350 gal
scales
- Filtration, High Vacuum
System and Hot Oil Unit
- Reactions Performed from
–100oC up to 250oC
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