Download or read book Detailed Project Profiles On Chemical Industries (Vol II) (2nd Revised Edition) written by NPCS Board and published by NIIR PROJECT CONSULTANCY SERVICES. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (LIMITED EDITION- ONLY PHOTOSTAT COPY AVAILABLE) The chemical industry is among the most diversified industrial sectors, including a wide variety of products, from basic chemicals to research driven specialised products, at different levels across the industry supply chain. The fundamental nature and diversity of the industry is best understood from the fact that the industry itself is the largest consumer of its products, accounting for around 33% of total consumption. The industry has a weight of 14% in the Index of Industrial Production, giving an indication of the importance the sector holds in Indian industrial growth. A robust chemical industry is a harbinger of significant economic and strategic benefits to the nation. The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into several different products. The Indian chemical industry is the sixth largest in the world. It accounts for nearly one eighth of industrial production of the country. It also accounts for one sixth of Indian exports of manufactured goods and has been registering a steady growth of about 7 to 8 percent over the past few years. This book provides detailed project profiles of important chemical industries with its properties, uses & applications, manufacturing process, process flow sheet, BIS specification and cost estimation of the following chemicals: acetylene gas, acrylic acid and its derivatives, ciprofloxacin HCl, dicalcium phosphate, glycerol monostearate, L-ascorbic acid (plain), manganese oxide, potassium iodate, precipitated calcium carbonate, single superphosphate, sodium silicate and zinc sulfate (33%, 21% & 12%) 133. This book will be an invaluable resource to traders, new entrepreneurs, manufacturers, project consultant who wants to acquire a wider knowledge of these chemicals. Comprehensive in scope, the book provides solutions that are directly applicable to the manufacturing technology and other specific details of these chemicals.