Chemicals From Petroleum, 2nd Edition

I. BACKGROUND TO PETROLEUM CHEMICALS -
1. Introduction -
2. Characteristics of Petroleum Chemical Manufacture -
3. Raw Materials -

II. PETROLEUM CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS -
A. Classification of Petroleum Chemicals According to Source -

4. Acetylene Derivatives -
5. Methane Derivatives -
6. Derivatives of Higher Paraffins -
7. Ethylene Derivatives -
8. Propylene Derivatives -
9. Derivatives of C₄ Hydrocarbons -
10. Derivatives of Higher Olefins -

B. Products from Miscellaneous Petroleum Sources -

11. Derivatives of Synthesis Gas -
12. Petroleum Aromatics -
13. Carbon Black -
14. Cyclic Compounds -
15. Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid -

III. THE INDUSTRIAL PATTERN -

16. Industrial Influence of Petroleum Chemicals -
17. Statistics of Petroleum Chemical Production -

Bibliographical Note -

Major reactions in chart form-Acetylene, Ethylene, Propylene -

Index -
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