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  2. Benzene - Wikipedia

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    Cyclohexane consumes around 10% of the world's benzene production; it is primarily used in the manufacture of nylon fibers, which are processed into textiles and engineering plastics. Smaller amounts of benzene are used to make some types of rubbers, lubricants, dyes, detergents, drugs, explosives, and pesticides. In 2013, the biggest consumer ...

  3. BTX (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Global consumption of benzene, estimated at more than 40,000,000 tons in 2010, showed an unprecedented growth of more than 3,000,000 tons from the level seen in 2009. Likewise, the para-xylene consumption showed unprecedented growth in 2010, growing by 2,800,000 tons, a full ten percent growth from 2009.

  4. History of gasoline - Wikipedia

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    The history of gasoline started around the ... Prior to the United States entry into World War I, the European Allies used fuels ... Additives like benzene, with a ...

  5. Linear alkylbenzene - Wikipedia

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    Typically, n lies between 10 and 16, although generally supplied as a tighter cut, such as C 12-C 15, C 12-C 13 and C 10-C 13, for detergent use. [1] The C n H 2n+1 chain is unbranched. They are mainly produced as intermediate in the production of surfactants, for use in detergent. Since the 1960s, LABs have emerged as the dominant precursor of ...

  6. History of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    This system of chemical notation—in which the elements were given simple written labels, such as O for oxygen, or Fe for iron, with proportions denoted by numbers—is the same basic system used today. The only difference is that instead of the subscript number used today (e.g., H 2 O), Berzelius used a superscript (H 2 O).

  7. Hexanitrobenzene - Wikipedia

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    Hexanitrobenzene, also known as HNB, is a nitrobenzene compound in which six nitro groups are bonded to all six positions of a central benzene ring. It is a high- density explosive compound with chemical formula C 6 N 6 O 12 , obtained by oxidizing the amine group of pentanitroaniline with hydrogen peroxide in sulfuric acid .

  8. The Navy knows thousands may have been exposed to ... - AOL

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    In one of the largest water contamination cases in U.S. history, up to 1 million people who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina from 1953 to 1987 may have been exposed to a drinking ...

  9. Benzole - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, benzole or benzol is a coal-tar product consisting mainly of benzene and toluene. It was originally used as a "motor spirit", as were petroleum spirits. Benzole was also blended with petrol and sold as a motor fuel under trade names including "National Benzole Mixture" and "Regent Benzole Mixture". [1]