Industrial Chemicals And Their Importance

Industrial Chemicals

Properties That Matters

Chemical industry has been growing rapidly over the years.

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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.