Monomers, Aromatics and Other Petrochemical Products

It is used to manufacture polyethylene, and further to manufacture spirit and ethylbenzene. It is also used in the production of the PVC. In a form of ethylenglycol, ethylene is used to manufacture non-freezing fluid, but it is also frequently used in food processing industry – to ripen fruits, for instance. It also forms a basis of the materials used for industrial degreasing or cleaning of clothes.

 

It is used to manufacture polypropylene and oxo alcohols (softeners for the PVC, dissolving agents). It is also used in the production of acrylic acid and acrylates (gaskets, binding agents, acrylate fibres), propylenoxide or kumen. 

 

It is used to manufacture polypropylene and oxo alcohols (softeners for the PVC, dissolving agents). It is also used in the production of acrylic acid and acrylates (gaskets, binding agents, acrylate fibres), propylenoxide or kumen.

 

It (or rather 1.3-butadien) is used to manufacture synthetic rubber. Another component – isobutylene – is used to manufacture the MTBE, an oxygenic gasoline additive.

 

It is used as a raw material in the production of hydrocarbon resins.