industrial chemistry
Large-scale chemical production
Industrial chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with manufacturing chemical products on a large scale.
It encompasses the design and optimization of processes for producing everything from pharmaceuticals and plastics to fertilizers and fuels.
Where academic chemistry might synthesize a gram of a compound, industrial chemistry figures out how to make a million tons of it safely, efficiently, and economically.
- coal gasificationConverting solid fuel to gas
- polymerizationMonomers bonding into chains
- catalysisAccelerating reactions without consumption
- oxidationLosing electrons chemically
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
chlor-alkali process · waste management · electrolysis · scale-up · batch processing · chemical synthesis · carbon capture · chemical engineering · distillation · pilot plant · cracking · ceramics · petrochemicals · adhesives · fibers · coatings · vat · smoke stack
industrial chemistrynatural processes
Unengineered occurrences in nature
biochemistry · organic chemistry · biosynthesis · geochemistry