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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. Antiknock agent - Wikipedia

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    It is an aromatic hydrocarbon that is widely used as an industrial feedstock and as a solvent. Like other solvents, toluene is also used as an inhalant drug for its intoxicating properties. [21] [22] Toluene and benzene were used as octane rating boosters for aviation fuel by the Royal Air Force in the World War Two. Tetraethyl lead was ...

  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. Polychlorinated biphenyl - Wikipedia

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    Different Aroclors were used at different times and for different applications. In electrical equipment manufacturing in the US, Aroclor 1260 and Aroclor 1254 were the main mixtures used before 1950; Aroclor 1242 was the main mixture used in the 1950s and 1960s until it was phased out in 1971 and replaced by Aroclor 1016. [11] [page needed]

  7. Ethylbenzene - Wikipedia

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    Ethylbenzene is an organic compound with the formula C 6 H 5 CH 2 CH 3.It is a highly flammable, colorless liquid with an odor similar to that of gasoline.This monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is important in the petrochemical industry as a reaction intermediate in the production of styrene, the precursor to polystyrene, a common plastic material.

  8. What is the carcinogen benzene? Experts explain - AOL

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  9. Prismane - Wikipedia

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    Prismane or 'Ladenburg benzene' is a polycyclic hydrocarbon with the formula C 6 H 6. It is an isomer of benzene , specifically a valence isomer . Prismane is far less stable than benzene.