Table of Contents:
- What is the Chemical Industry?
- Types
- Inorganic Chemical Industry
- Organic Chemical Industry
What is the chemical industry?
The chemical industry is a complex industry and backbone for many industries, it takes raw materials from mineral oil such as petroleum, natural gas, coal, and wood and converts them into various chemical products.
The following are the example of chemical industries:
- Petrochemical Industry
- Plastic Industry
- Cosmetic Products
- Colour, Dye
- Pharmaceutical Industry
Location factors of the Chemical Industry:
- Large chemical industries are located near markets where demand is high
- Located near to petroleum refinery
Chemical Industries are fast-growing industries and the most diversifying industries. in India.
It consists of both large and small-scale manufacturing units.
Chemical industries are two types:
- Inorganic Chemical Industry
- Organic chemical Industry
Difference between Organic and Inorganic:
- Organic Chemical has carbon contents and usually have carbon bonding with hydrogen and others; formed naturally.
- Inorganic chemicals generally do not have carbon content and bonding with others.
Inorganic Chemical Industries:
It is made up of inorganic materials. The following are the product of Inorganic chemicals:
- Sulphuric Acid
- Nitric Acid
- Soda ashes
- Caustic Soda
Sulphuric acid is widely used in fertilizers, synthetic fiber, plastic, paint, and dyes industries;
Soda ashes are widely used in soaps, detergent, and paper industries.
Organic chemical Industries:
The petrochemical industry and Pharmaceutical are two major industries under organic chemical Industries.
Products of the petrochemical or organic chemical industry are:
- Synthetic fibers
- Synthetic fibers
- Synthetic rubber
- Plastic
- Dye
- Drugs
Organic chemical plants are located near oil refineries or petrochemical plants.
- Evolution of industries
- Classification of Industries
- Factors affecting the location of Industries
- Locational factors of cotton Industry | Cotton Industry in India
- Locational factors of Jute Industry | Jute Industry in India
- Iron and Steel Industry| Evolution of Iron and Steel Industry
- Aluminium Industry
- Fertilizer Industry
- Paper Industry
- Chemical Industry
- Petrochemical Industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Automobile industry
- Cottage industry
- Agro-based industries
- Industrial houses and complexes including public sector undertakings
- Industrial regionalization
- New industrial policies
- Multinationals and liberalization
- Special Economic Zones
- Tourism including eco-tourism
- Petro-Chemical Industrial in India
- Status of different types of tourism in India
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