Commodity chemicals

Commodity chemicals

Commodity chemicals is a group of chemicals including Alcohol, Amines, Betaines, Fatty alcohols, Acids, Wax, Oils and Petrolatum, Quats, Solvents, Surfactants.

This subsector is differentiated from the rest of the chemical sector primarily by bulk. The object is to carry out chemical transformations on a massive scale, producing relatively simple molecules at the lowest possible cost. Lowering environmental impacts in commodity chemical production involves large capital expenditures and long time horizons.[1]

  1. ^ http://ecm.ncms.org/ERI/new/IRRcommchem.htm



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