chemical plant

Where compounds manufactured

A chemical plant is an industrial facility where chemicals are manufactured or processed on a large scale.

These plants produce everything from plastics and fertilizers to pharmaceuticals and petroleum products.

The term also refers to the equipment and infrastructure within such facilities: The explosion damaged a section of the chemical plant.

Safety and environmental concerns make chemical plants heavily regulated.

Related

hazardous waste · spill · reactor · toxic exposure · Bhopal · safety valve · polymerization · production · environmental cleanup · leak · industrial accident · pump · steam · vats · hydrocarbon · synthetic · environmental impact · toxic

Categories
Opposites
industrial facility type

chemical plantoil refinery

Petroleum processing facility

steel mill · assembly plant · power plant · organic farm · nature preserve

environmental/naturalness

chemical plantwilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

nature reserve · natural habitat · green space · national park · wetland

scale of production

chemical plantchemistry lab

Experimental science workspace

research laboratory · cottage industry

Family

plant, plants, chemistry, chemical, chemist, chemicals, chemists, pharmaceutical, biochemical

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G