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Sodium Chlorate Market Trends & Challenges
June 15, 2022
Sodium chlorate (chlorate of soda; NaClO3) is an industrial salt used in a variety of applications and available in two forms, crystalline, and solution. It is manufactured from sodium chloride and water via a highly energy-intensive electrolysis process. Its main …
Phthalic Anhydride Market Dynamics & Trends
June 7, 2022
Phthalic anhydride (PA) is a versatile chemical product manufactured either from orthoxylene (o-xylene or OX) or naphthalene. It is used as an intermediate to make phthalate plasticizers, polyester resins, polyols, alkyd resins, flame retardants, coatings, engineered plastics, insecticides and fungicides, …
Perchloroethylene Market Challenges
May 30, 2022
Perchloroethylene (abbreviated as PERC or PCE; synonyms: tetrachloroethylene or tetrachloroethene) belongs to a diverse and wide group of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHCs), which occupy a vital role in the modern chemical and other industries. Perchloroethylene is manufactured with the help of …
Calcium Chloride Market: Quick Recovery Amid Challenges
May 19, 2022
Calcium chloride (molecular formula: CaCl2) belongs to a class of alkaline earth metal chlorides. It is also a chemical commodity with an extremely wide range of applications. This versatility stems from its useful physical and chemical characteristics, like high hygroscopic …
Biodiesel Market: Challenges & Prospects
May 12, 2022
Biodiesel fuels contain fatty acid alkyl/methyl esters, based on renewable and biodegradable biomass. The main pathways for biodiesel production include either chemical methods (e.g., via reactions of esterification and transesterification in the presence of methanol and catalysts) or enzymatic methods …
Feldspar Market Dynamics & Trends
May 5, 2022
Feldspars belong to a group of naturally occurring aluminium tectosilicates with diverse specifications. Feldspars vary with respect to their content, impurities, physical characteristics, etc. For instance, the most common feldspar types are those containing combinations of calcium, potassium, and sodium, …
Adipic Acid Market: Recent Developments and Emerging Challenges
April 25, 2022
Adipic acid (ADA) is a chemical precursor and the most important dicarboxylic acid from a commercial point of view. It is utilised in the production of key technical polymers, like polyamides, polyesters, and polyurethanes. These polymers act as building blocks …
Chlor-Alkali Market: Prospects & Challenges
April 13, 2022
The market for chlor-alkali products acts as a cornerstone of the modern chemical industry and a myriad of other industries, thus participating in the formation and operation of a complex system of interacting raw materials, derivatives, intermediates, and end-products. At …
Polyphenylene Sulphide Market: Robust Growth & Innovations
April 5, 2022
Polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) is a high-performance polymer designed to excel in such characteristics as thermal stability, chemical resistance, mechanical strength, dimensional stability, flame resistance, and ease of processability. As a polymer, it is highly customizable and able to form composites …
Ethylene Market: Current Challenges & Opportunities
March 30, 2022
Ethylene is an important chemical building block, which is indispensable in the production of multiple downstream products. Among such products, one can list polyethylene (incl. low-density polyethylene and linear low-density polyethylene), ethylene oxide (an intermediate for ethylene glycols and polyethylene …
Hydrogen Cyanide Market to Hinge on Behaviour of End-Use Sectors
March 22, 2022
Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is a chemical intermediate which is used to manufacture a wide range of products. For instance, hydrogen cyanide directly reacts with sodium hydroxide solution to produce sodium cyanide, which is in turn employed to extract gold, silver …
Epichlorohydrin Market: Opportunities & Challenges
March 16, 2022
Epichlorohydrin (ECH) is a vital chemical intermediate which is indispensable in the production of epoxy resins. The latter are in turn important in the production of anti-corrosive coatings for multiple industries. Epichlorohydrin is also used to manufacture textiles, paper, inks, …
Titanium Dioxide Market Prospects & Challenges
March 7, 2022
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an industrial mineral commodity with multiple applications (especially as a colouring pigment) in cosmetics, the food industry, healthcare, paints, coatings (in cars, boats, construction materials etc.), paper, plastics, disinfectants, antimicrobials and other applications. Titanium dioxide is …
Potassium Hydroxide Market Dynamics amid Challenges
February 24, 2022
Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash or KOH) is a versatile and popular chemical commodity deeply embedded in the chlor-alkali industry and used in a wide range of applications. It serves as a component in the production of liquid fertilizers, batteries, biodiesel, …
Formaldehyde Market: Health Concerns as a Key Challenge
February 15, 2022
Formaldehyde is a versatile chemical product and a common precursor, produced via a series of technological processes, involving the oxidation of methanol with the help of catalysts. Traditionally, formaldehyde is manufactured and sold as formalin (37% formalin), which is an …
Ethyl Acetate Market: Current Challenges & Dynamics
February 3, 2022
Ethyl acetate (ETAC) is an important chemical product with broad applicability. It is manufactured via different production routes. Traditionally, it is obtained with the help of the esterification reaction between glacial acetic acid and industrial ethanol or ethylene. Alternatively, Sasol …
Dimethyl Terephthalate Market: Long-Term Trends & Challenges
January 27, 2022
Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) is a functionally versatile intermediate with a wide range of applications within the production chains of other downstream products. Dimethyl terephthalate is predominantly used to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and other linear polyesters, which are in turn …
Pumice Market: Functional Versatility & Current Challenges
January 18, 2022
Pumice is a rock material of volcanic origin with a variety of useful commercial applications. Being a safe and effective industrial abrasive, it is used in multiple industries, like glass making, electronics, etc. Likewise, it is applied in cleaning, polishing, …
Propylene Glycol Market Demonstrates Mixed Dynamics
January 10, 2022
Propylene glycols (mono-, di-, tri-propylene glycols and higher glycols) represent a group of chemicals with a wide range of applications, including the production of unsaturated polyester resins, specialty plasticizers, cosmetics, and personal care products (e.g., scent carriers), laundry products, pharmaceuticals, …
Ammonia Market: Challenges & Opportunities
December 27, 2021
Ammonia is an indispensable and multifunctional chemical commodity and intermediate with a key role in the agribusiness sector and especially in the production of liquid nitric fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate, urea, DAP/MAP, or aqua ammonia. The current shortage of …
Ethanol Market: in Search of a New Equilibrium
December 17, 2021
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is an important chemical compound that is used in a wide range of applications, such as the production of transport fuel blends, sanitizers, disinfectants, cosmetic products, paints, pharmaceuticals, beverages, preservatives for biological specimens, to name only a …
Chlorine Market: Prospects & Challenges
December 8, 2021
Chlorine is an important chemical commodity and intermediate used in a huge variety of applications, including the production of plastics, polymers, solvents, paints, textiles, agrochemicals, refrigerants, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, electronics, automotive parts, consumer products, to name only a few. The …
Ammonium Sulphate Market Challenges & Prospects
November 29, 2021
Ammonium sulphate is a popular fertilizer, though this chemical has a variety of other uses, for instance, in water treatment, food industry, pharmaceuticals, woodworking, paper industry, to name just a few. Like all synthetic fertilisers, its current position on the …
Polyacetal (Polyoxymethylene, POM) Market Dynamics & Challenges
November 18, 2021
Polyacetal or polyoxymethylene (POM) is an aliphatic polymer and a formaldehyde-based engineering thermoplastic. In line with other polymers, it is characterised by functional versatility, finding uses in construction materials, gearboxes, conveyor belts, valves, consumer electronic devices, garden equipment, footwear, nuclear …
Dioctyl Phthalate Market Challenges & Opportunities
November 9, 2021
Dioctyl phthalate (DOP) belongs to a class of phthalic acid esters or phthalates used predominantly as plasticizers, which are added to polymers to modify their flexibility, hardness, viscosity, processability, durability, and other vital characteristics. As such, DOP is a very …