Name any five useful substances which are manufactured from petrochemicals.
Petrochemical Products:
Petrochemicals are organic compounds (hydrocarbons) or chemicals have gotten a drive from petroleum. These are the chemicals produced by the petrochemical industries from crude oil and natural gas.
(i). Methyl alcohol,
(ii). ethyl alcohol,
(iii). formaldehyde,
(iv). acetone,
(v). acetic acid,
(vi). ethylene,
(vii). benzene,
(viii). toluene, and
(ix). vinyl chloride.
They are important because they are used to manufacture a large number of useful material such as detergents, synthetic fibres, plastics, synthetic rubber, drugs, dyes, perfumes, fertilisers, insecticides etc.
Hydrogen gas is obtained as a petrochemical from natural gas. It is used in the manufacture of fertilisers.