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Chemical Raw Material Flashcards

1
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are the organic or inorganic molecular building blocks used in processing materials and adhesives. Raw materials include fillers, minerals, gases, and specialized chemical additives.

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Chemicals

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2
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Chemical Raw Materials Classification

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Organic

Inorganic

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3
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Production Process Points Classification

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Starting
Intermediate
Basic Raw

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4
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Raw materials for chemical production

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Starting

  • air
  • water
  • petroleum
  • seasalt
  • various minerals
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5
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Complex organic production for not end-use products but by-products

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Intermediate

  • Plastics
  • Pharmaceuticals Compounds
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6
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Processed starting raw materials

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Basic Raw

-CaC2

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7
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World Value of Industry

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High Tonnage, Low-Value

Greater than all metal ores except Fe

Borates, Magnesite, Potash, Sulfur, Industrial Sands, Phosphates, Halite, Limestone, Aggregates

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8
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Evaporite deposits in saline lakes and water courses

Bedded sedimentary deposits

as ___ domes

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Halite

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9
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Halite Industrial uses (4)

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Rock Salt
Food Seasoning
used in winter to control the accumulation of ice
nutrient for animals

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10
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deposits from volcanic gas

precipitate at ___C

A

Sylvite

550C

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11
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Industrial use of Sylvite (5)

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fertilizer

Al recycling

metal electroplating

oil drilling fluid

ingredient of K supplement to treat hypokalemia

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12
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upper layers of saline deposits

salt alteration

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Carnallite

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13
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Industrial use of Carnallite (1)

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Fertilizer

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14
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potash deposit of oceanic origin

secondary mineral through metamorphosis of K-carbonates

formed through resublimation of volcanic vapor

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Kainite

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15
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Industrial use of Kainite (3)

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Fertilizer
source of K and Mg compounds
gritting salt

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16
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Constituent of many ancient evaporite sequence especially in _____ and ______ deposits

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Polyhalite

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17
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Principal ore of Potash

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Langbeinite

18
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quickly dehydrates to Thenardite

evaporite from Na-bearing Sulfate brines

found along saline springs and saline playa lakes

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Mirabilite

19
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Industrial use of Mirability (2)

A

laxative

Heat Storage in passive solar heating system

20
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forms in arid regions in dry caves and mines

crusty deposit around fumaroles

deposits of playa lakes

A

Thenardite

21
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Industrial Use of Thenardite (4)

A 
Glass fining agent
Soda
Detergents and Kraft process 
Frosting windows
carpet freshener
starch manufacture
additive in cattle feed
22
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occur as concretions and void filling crystals

hydrothermal veins

drilling mud

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Barite

23
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carbonation of Mg-rich rocks
alteration of CO3 by Mg-rich solutions
precipitation as secondary mineral

A

Magnesite

24
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Industrial use of Magnesite (2)

A

Fertilizer

Mg chemicals

25
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Sed environment
Volcanic deposit
Ign basalt rock

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Sulfur

26
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Industrial use of Sulfur (9)

A 
H2SO4
Insecticide
Pharmaceutical
Soap
Textile
Paper
Processed Rubber
Gunpowder
Leather
Paint
Dye
Food Preservative
27
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sed rocks

fibrous veinlets

A

Celestite

28
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Uses of Celestite (7)

A 
Fireworks
Metal Alloy
Gem
Glass
Ceramics
Paint
Rubber
29
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uses of felds (6)

A 
Plate Glass
Container Glass
Ceramics
Paints
Plastics
Gems
30
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occur as gemmy crystals in granite and nepheline syenite pegmatite

A

apatite

31
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uses of apatite (2)

A

fertilizer

storage of nuclear waste

32
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form as residual deposits in soil and remain at the site of formation

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Primary clay

33
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are clays that have been transported from their original location by water erosion and deposited in a new sedimentary deposit.

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Secondary clays

34
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In ceramics, as a filler for paint, rubber and plastics and the largest use is in the paper industry that uses kaolinite to produce a glossy paper such as is used in most magazines.

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Kaolinite Group

35
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Are many and include a facial powder (talc), filler for paints and rubbers, an electrical, heat and acid resistant porcelain, in drilling muds and as a plasticizer in molding sands and other materials.

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Smectite/Montmorillonite Group

36
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A common constituent in shales and is used as a filler and in some drilling muds.

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Illite Group

37
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type of glass with silica and _____ trioxide as the main glass-forming constituents.

known for having very low coefficients of thermal expansion, making them resistant to thermal shock, more so than any other common glass

A

Borosilicate glass

38
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Uses of Borosilicate (4)

A

Controlled Pore Glass (CPG)
Vycor glass
Laboratory Glasswares
lampworking

39
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Borate Minerals (5)

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Borax
Kernite
Ulexite
Colemanite
Boracite
40
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Soda Niter

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Nitratine

41
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Saltpeter

A

Niter

Nonmetalliferous Deposit (3 decks)

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