Industrial Chemical

Uses :

• It is used in fertilizers as a nitrogen source.
• It is used in medicine (especially in cough medicine) as an expectorant.
• It is used in glue which helps to bond plywood.
• It is used in Leclanche cells in aqueous solutions.
• It is used in food additives – in bread making as a yeast nutrient.
• It is used as an acidifier.
• It is used in cooling baths to create low temperatures.
• They are used as buffer solutions along with ammonia.
• It is given to cattle as feed supplements.

Uses :

• It is used for bleaching dirty clothes in the laundry, as a bleaching agent for cotton and linen in the textile industry.
• It is a strong oxidizing agent hence used as an oxidizer in many industries.

Uses Of Caustic Potash :

• It is used as a neutralizer in petroleum refining
• Paint stripper (although it’s so caustic that its use is being phased out)
• It’s used in the production of aluminum
• Used in chemical analysis to measure the concentration of acids
• Used in soap making
• Used in paper making to separate lignin from cellulose fibers
• Used as a catalyst in the production of biodiesel
• Used to etch aluminum
• Washing or chemical peeling of fruits and vegetables
• Chocolate and cocoa processing
• Caramel color production
• Making soft drinks
• Softening Olives
• Unclogging drains
• Hair straightener (although it is caustic and its use is being phased out)
• Dissolving animal carcasses
• Cleaning breweries

Uses :

Sodium hydroxide is used in many industries: in the manufacture of pulp and paper, textiles, drinking water, soaps and detergents, and as a drain cleaner. In the petroleum industry, sodium hydroxide is used as an additive in drilling mud to increase alkalinity in bentonite mud systems, to increase the mud viscosity, and to neutralize any acid gas. Sodium hydroxide is used with hydrochloric acid to balance pH.

Lye is used for soap making, candle making, homemade biodiesel, frosting glass, making several foods, and for chemistry experiments.

Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are complex mixtures of polychlorinated n-alkanes. The chlorination degree of CPs can vary between 30 and 70 wt%. 

Uses :

It is used for a wide range of industrial applications, such as flame retardants and plasticisers, as additives in metal working fluids, in sealants, paints, adhesives, textiles, leather fat and coatings.

Formaldehyde is a simple chemical compound made of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon. 

Formaldehyde is perhaps best known for its preservative and anti-bacterial properties

A saturated water solution, of about 40% formaldehyde by volume or 37% by mass, is called “100% formalin“. A small amount of stabilizer, such as methanol, is usually added to suppress oxidation and polymerization. A typical commercial grade formalin may contain 10–12% methanol in addition to various metallic impurities.

Uses :

Products generated from formaldehyde include urea formaldehyde resin, melamine resin, phenol formaldehyde resin, polyoxymethylene plastics, 1,4-butanediol, and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. The textile industry uses formaldehyde-based resins as finishers to make fabrics crease-resistant.

When treated with phenol, urea, or melamine, formaldehyde produces, respectively, hard thermoset phenol formaldehyde resin, urea formaldehyde resin, and melamine resin. These polymers are common permanent adhesives used in plywood and carpeting.

Uses :
It is used in the preparations of phenolic (phenolic formaldehyde) resins and phenolic resin molding compound, where it is added as a hardening component. These products are used as binders, e.g., in brake and clutch linings, abrasive products, no-woven textiles, fireproof materials. Phenolic formaldehyde resins include synthetic thermosetting resins got by the reaction of phenol (an organic compound) and formaldehyde.

• Medicinal uses :
  Medical professionals use hexamine as an antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The specific medication used is called methenamine hippurate, which is formed by the combination of hexamine and hippuric acid. In acidic urine, methenamine hydrolyzes into ammonia and formaldehyde, a non-specific antibiotic. As this reaction is activated by acid in the urine, methenamine is often ineffective as an antibiotic in those whose urine is not acidic.
• Combustion :
  Hexamine is also the primary ingredient in Esbit® fuel tablets. These fuel tablets have a very high energy density, burn smokeless and leave no ashes which also do not liquefy. They are used for cooking purposes by campers and military organizations. Esbit® fuel tablets are very lightweight and portable, but the heat they produce is difficult to control and the fumes it produces are noxious. Some people are allergic to the compound, which can be absorbed through the skin.
• In fire-protection laboratories :
  Hexamine tablets are used by fire-protection laboratories as a clean and reproducible fire source to test the flammability of carpets and rugs.
• As a chemical agent in organic chemistry :
  Organic chemists use hexamine as a chemical agent in several chemical reactions which are quite complex and is often used for teaching purposes. Very often they are used for purposes of chemical analysis to determine the identity of an unknown solute (particles that are dissolved into a solution) in a solution.
• Other uses :
  Hexamine is also used in rubber and textile adhesives, in paints and lacquers, in the photographic industry, in the production of deodorants and hair fixers.

Used In Manufacturing Of :

• Alkyd resins, which are in turn used in paints and coatings
• Agricultural chemicals
• Maleic acid
• Copolymers
• Fumaric acid
• Lubricant additives
• Surfactants
• Plasticizers

Uses :

Melamine is combined with formaldehyde and other agents to produce melamine resins. Thanks to its durable, light weight construction, melamine is a popular choice for a variety of commercial settings, like dining halls, day care facilities, and assisted living communities.

Uses :

• The main chemical use of toluene is to make benzene and xylenes using a number of technologies. In the hydrodealkylation (HDA) process, toluene and hydrogen are reacted to make benzene only. A toluene disproportionation (TDP) plant will convert toluene to benzene and xylenes while there are selective toluene disproportionation (STDP) processes that produce a paraxylene-rich stream. The transalkylation (TA) process takes toluene and C9 aromatics to produce xylenes.
• Toluene is also used as a solvent but this application is expected to continue to weaken because of environmental and health regulations restricting solvent emissions. The definition of solvent end use and quality varies around the world. In most industrialised countries, solvent grade toluene is a high quality stream where purity is essential as environmental exposure levels must be quantified.
• Toluene is consumed in the manufacture of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) which is used in the manufacture of polyurethane flexible foams used in upholstery, mattresses and automotive seats. Smaller uses for TDI include polyurethane elastomers and coatings.
• Other minor chemical uses include the manufacture of phenol, caprolactam, nitrobenzene, benzoic acid and benzyl chloride.
• In non-chemical uses, toluene is used in large quantities as an octane booster in gasoline but most of that portion is not removed from refinery streams

Uses :
It is extensively used as a thinner and solvent in paints, varnishes, adhesives and inks. A Xylene mixture can be used to thin lacquers (a black resinous substance used a natural varnish) when slower drying is desired. Xylene is often used as a solvent in pesticides products.

Types of :

• Mix
• Ortho