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EPICHLOROHYDRIN.
Appearance
Clear colourless liquid
Odour
Chloroform like, irritating odour
Chemical formula
C3H5ClO
Application
Used in the production of epoxy resins, wet-strength resins for the paper industry, water treatment resins and elastomers.
Important application sector - Epoxy resin
Process outline
Propylene is the principal raw material and it is reacted with chlorine for the production of epichlorohydrin.
Global Scenario
Global installed capacity (Period 2009)
Around 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum
Global demand (Period 2009)
1.2 million metric tonnes per annum
Growth rate in demand by through 2011
2% to 3% per year
US accounts for about half of the total epichlorohydrin produced worldwide.
Western Europe comes second with a production share of about a third.
Japan comes third with production share of a fifth of the global production.
Major global producers
Major global producers include the following :
- Dow Chemical
- Resolution
- Daiso
- Nan Ya
- Shandong Haili Chemical
- Asahi Glass
- Solvay