Download - Industrial Chemicals And Their Importance
Industrial ChemicalsProperties That Matters
Chemical industry has been growing rapidly over the years.
Service SectorsConsumer Goods SectorConstruction SectorAgriculture Sector....Many More
What Sectors Are Dependent & Get Benefits Out Of It?
Let us have a look at some of the common
industrial chemicals used in industries
Ammonia: Used as a scrubbing solvent for removing pollutants from the combustion streams of fossil fuels because
being released into the atmosphere.
Sodium Hydroxid: An alkaline
substance used in soap and dyes manufacturing. Being a good
cleansing agent, it can also be used for neutralizing acids.
Phosphoric Acid: Mainly used in the production of
fertilizer. Also used in the manufacturing of food products
and soft drinks.
Chlorine: Used for manufacturing titanium dioxide
and bleaching agents.
Sodium Carbonate: Used in
glass making and in the manufacturing of many cleansing agents. Also known as soda ash, it can be mined from the trona ore,
or can be manufactured by reacting sulfuric acid and salt.
Nitrobenzene: Primarily used for the
manufacturing of aniline, used as a rubber additive for preventing
oxidation.
Aluminum Sulfate: Used in
wastewater and paper treatment industries as pH buffer.
Nitric Acid: Most commonly used to react with
ammonia to form solid fertilizer ammonium nitrate.
Urea: Commonly used in the production of fertilizers. Some can also be used in manufacturing of
livestock feed.
Benzene: Benzene is used as a reactant for producing cumene and ethylbenzene. It is
also a common organic solvent as a precursor for cyclohexane.
Vinyl Chloride: Monomer form of PVC or polyvinyl chloride, it is used as a building
material.
Methanol: Used as reactant for the making of methyl
tertbutyl ether, acetic acid and formaldehyde.
Xylene: Primarily used for manufacturing phthalic anhydride,
used for making a variety of polymers and plasticizers. Xylene
is also used for manufacturing terephthalic acid, the polyester
feedstock.
Terephthalic Acid: Exclusively used in the
manufacturing of polyester or polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Hydrochloric Acid: Mainly used in the
production of other chemicals by acting as a catalyst of reactant. Also used in the pickling of steel and also in the pharmaceutical
industry.
Acetic Acid: Primarily used for the manufacturing of
vinyl acetate monomer and acetic anhydride.
Phenol: Used for manufacturing of phenolic resins,
caprolacturm and bispenol-A.