FSTG comes across curious documents from days gone by and we have decided to collect a few of them here for your amusement.

The first document we wanted to highlight was a customer information from ICI's Specialty Chemicals Division from 1980.  We suspect this leaflet is derivative from an earlier Atlas Chemicals leaflet where the hydrophobic-lipophobe balance concept was first used to formulate emulsions:

• The HLB system. A time saving guide to emulsfier selection

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