During Manufacture and Processing of Primary Products

Losses During Manufacture and Processing of Primary Products 

Even in a well operated, integrated production unit some losses of both original reactants and products will always occur. Such inputs are significant in the case of those compounds whose major use is as intermediates for further synthesis these include most of the methyl chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, ethyl chloride, ethylene dichloride, allyl chloride, epichlorhydrin and chloroprene. Estimates that have been made suggest that losses of between 0.5% and 2% of raw material and finished product occur, depending on the age of the plant and the nature of the process [1, 14, 15]. 

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