Examples of petrochemical in the following topics:
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Chemical Manufacturing
- The raw starting materials are commonly from petrochemical sources (fractional distillation of crude oil produces a wide variety of valuable materials for the chemical industry) or can be extracted from nature.
- Basic chemicals, or "commodity chemicals" are a broad chemical category including polymers, bulk petrochemicals and intermediates, other derivatives and basic industrials, inorganic chemicals, and fertilizers.
- The majority of the raw materials for polymers come from petrochemical sources, or crude oil fractionation.
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Responding to Uncertainty in Strategic Planning
- Shell has been consistently better in its oil forecasts than other major oil companies, and predicted the overcapacity in the tanker business and Europe's petrochemicals earlier than its competitors.
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Hydrogenation
- In petrochemical processes, hydrogenation is used to saturate alkenes and aromatics, making them less toxic and reactive.
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Trihalides: Boron-Halogen Compounds
- Boron trifluoride is used in the petrochemical industry as a catalyst.
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Types of Synthetic Organic Polymers
- Polystyrene (PS) is an aromatic polymer made from the monomer styrene, a liquid petrochemical.