Classification of chemical industry: What are the categories of chemical industry?

The chemical industry is divided into three categories: petrochemical, basic chemical and chemical fiber.

Among them, basic chemicals are divided into nine categories: fertilizer, organic products, inorganic products, chlor-alkali, fine and special chemicals, pesticides, daily chemicals, plastic products and rubber products.

Chemical industry is the general name of enterprises and units engaged in the production and development of chemical industry. The chemical industry permeates all aspects and is an indispensable part of the national economy. Its development takes the road of sustainable development, which is of great practical significance to human economic and social development.

The chemical industry includes chemical industry, oil refining, metallurgy, energy, light industry, petrochemical industry, environment, medicine, environmental protection and military industry, and is engaged in engineering design, fine and daily chemicals, energy and electricity, technology development, production technology management and scientific research.

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Classification of raw materials

1, inorganic chemical raw materials

Elemental substances, industrial gases, inorganic bases, inorganic acids, inorganic salts, oxides, nonmetallic minerals and other unclassified inorganic chemical raw materials.

2. Chemical mines

Sulfur, potash, phosphate, boron and other chemical minerals.

3. Organic chemical raw materials

Alkanes and their derivatives, olefins and their derivatives, alkynes and their derivatives; Alcohols, acids, aldehydes, ketones, lipids, ethers, sulfones, amines; Carbohydrates, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, quinones, aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives, anhydrides, organic intermediates, heterocyclic compounds, nitro compounds, halides and other unclassified organic chemical raw materials.

4. Resin

Resin: natural resin, epoxy resin, phenolic resin, acrylic resin, unsaturated polyester resin, ion exchange resin, amino resin, silicone resin and other unclassified resins.

5. Petroleum and its products

Crude oil, fuel oil, lubricating grease, solvent oil, petroleum coke, paraffin, asphalt, refined oil, petroleum products, petroleum additives and gasoline products.

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