Billions of lb (pounds) Chemical 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 Sulfuric acid 95.36 89.63 78.70 89.72 85.62 88.09 Nitrogen 68.04 63.91 57.39 60.51 57.03 56.23 Oxygen 53.48 50.08 45.28 43.46 38.99 40.48 Ethylene 46.97 44.60 40.02 40.92 39.96 36.47 Lime 41.23 38.37 37.25 35.71 33.60 34.90 Ammonia 35.60 34.51 33.72 36.59 34.04 33.59 Phosphoric acid 26.19 25.58 23.03 25.58 24.68 24.07 Sodium hydroxide 26.19 25.11 24.93 24.50 24.39 24.06 Propylene 25.69 23.94 21.47 23.42 21.55 21.85 Chlorine 25.09 24.37 23.91 23.51 22.65 23.62 Sodium Carbonate 22.28 20.56 19.80 20.84 20.50 20.18 Methyl tert-butylether 17.62 13.61 12.90 10.88 9.57 8.88 Ethylene dichloride 17.26 16.76 17.95 15.15 13.71 13.85 Nitric acid 17.24 17.22 16.51 16.09 15.05 16.00 Ammonium nitrate 15.99 17.03 16.51 15.66 14.62 14.16 Benzene 15.97 15.27 12.32 11.98 11.78 12.45 Urea 15.59 15.90 16.57 17.53 16.27 16.43 Vinyl chloride 14.98 13.85 14.22 11.31 11.14 10.63 Ethylbenzene 13.66 10.76 9.34 11.11 8.87 8.37 Styrene 11.39 11.29 9.59 9.00 8.11 8.02 Methanol 11.29 12.18 10.51 8.08 8.70 8.34 Carbon dioxide 10.89 11.80 11.78 10.88 9.76 10.37 Xylene 9.37 9.06 8.74 6.39 6.13 3.21 Formaldehyde 8.11 8.17 7.60 8.28 6.43 6.72 Terephthalic acid, dimethyl ester 7.95 7.58 7.11 5.64 7.64 7.77 Ethylene oxide 7.62 7.24 5.33 5.83 5.25 5.36 Hydrochloric acid 7.33 7.47 6.98 7.13 5.60 6.03 Toluene 6.73 6.75 6.38 6.01 6.80 6.21 p-Xylene 6.34 6.26 5.79 5.66 5.35 5.20 Cumene 5.63 5.22 4.39 4.67 4.17 4.31 Ammonium sulfate 5.24 5.18 4.85 4.78 4.46 5.08 Ethylene glycol 5.23 6.09 5.20 5.13 4.81 5.07 Acetic Acid 4.68 3.98 3.33 3.59 3.61 3.75 Phenol 4.16 3.92 3.19 3.71 3.60 3.54 Propylene oxide 4.00 3.70 3.28 2.90 2.75 2.60 1,3-Butadiene 3.68 3.38 3.12 3.23 3.05 3.09 Carbon black 3.32 3.25 3.22 3.02 2.72 2.87 Isobutylene 3.24 3.08 1.07 0.95 0.97 1.21 Potash 3.22 3.08 3.32 3.86 3.90 3.78 Acrylonitrile 3.21 3.03 2.49 2.83 2.65 2.68 Vinyl acetate 2.89 3.04 2.77 2.66 2.73 2.66 Titanium dioxide 2.77 2.76 2.56 2.51 2.19 2.15 Acetone 2.76 2.66 2.43 2.43 2.34 2.33 Butyraldehyde 2.68 2.19 Aluminum sulfate 2.41 2.21 2.10 2.09 2.36 2.45 Sodium silicate 2.25 2.01 1.99 1.82 1.79 1.76 Cyclohexane 2.13 1.96 2.00 2.24 2.31 2.46 Adipic acid 1.80 1.80 1.69 1.56 1.56 1.62 Nitrobenzene 1.65 1.44 Bisphenol A 1.62 1.70 1.29 1.20 1.21 1.15 Sodium sulfate na 1.02 1.18 1.22 1.54 1.57 Calcium chloride na na 0.97 0.80 0.93 1.04 Caprolactam 1.58 1.51 1.43 1.38 1.28 1.38 n-Butyl alcohol 1.49 1.48 1.34 1.28 1.32 1.27 Isopropyl alcohol 1.42 1.45 1.27 1.46 1.34 1.46
References:
Chem. and Eng. News, 1992, June 29, pg 35.
Chem. and Eng. News, 1994, July 4, pg 31.
Chem. and Eng. News, 1995, June 26, pg 39.
Chem. and Eng. News, 1996, June 24, pg 38.
Chem. and Eng. News, 1997, June 23, pg 38.
see the pages at ACS on Chemical
Products and the later discussion here.
I'm not sure what happened here. In the 1994 list, this was quoted as 24.05 but in the
1995 list that figure was revised to 12.90 which is a much smaller increase on previous
years. The Table giving the figures for the Organics noted that these values were C&EN
estimates.
The use of this as a gasoline additive to replace lead compounds is expected to lead to
increases in the figures for the next few years.
For the answers to some frequently answered questions on gasoline, oxygenates etc., see here.
(CH3)3COCH3 RMM 88.15 bp 55-56 d 0.740
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