Specific Chemical Products

In a traditional society, products like tallow soap and beeswax candles may be continuously in use for centuries without significant change. In our modem dynamic society, most products in the CPI go through complete life cycles in a few decades, from youthful newcomers to tired older items requiring replacement. 

In the summer the product that survives is gaining acceptance in the marketplace. Being the first in the market means a good margin of profit, but it also means that the company is even more cash-hungry than in the spring. The rapid expansion of sales requires even more capital to design and build new plants and to penetrate new markets. The sweet smell of success also draws many imitators and competitors, who try to enter the market despite the presence of any previous, cautiously laid out barriers to entry. Research on product improvements 

During any particular assignment, chemical professionals in industry usually deal with a limited number of products. It is necessary for them to become expert about those products. To study any product in depth they must answer the types of question posed in Section 0.2.2. This chapter serves two purposes it illustrates a detailed analysis of one chemical and presents some basic facts for several important organic and inorganic chemicals, plastics, and fibers. 

Methanol has been chosen for the detailed analysis in Section 6.1. The facts and written discussion presented for methanol should help readers in preparing their own analyses and should show them how to examine the analyses of others critically. 

Section 6.2 gives an overall perspective on a variety of important chemical 

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Search MSDS on CCINFOWeb. All databases on CCINFOWeb may be searched for free. The MSDSs are contributed by North American sources, many that are multi-national companies marketing chemical products worldwide. This database meets a growing international requirement for health and safety information on specific chemical products. It helps thousands of users worldwide manage their responsibilities under workplace, environmental and other right-to-know legislation. The MSDS database can be searched quickly and easily for product names and other product identifications, manufacturer or supplier names, dates of MSDSs, or any term used in the text of the MSDS itself. 

While the PEEP index can theoretically be employed to assess the toxic potential of varied liquid media and groups of specific chemical products of interest (Section 8.3), it was originally conceived to appraise that of liquid wastes of point source discharges to aquatic environments. The index is thus described for this purpose in this section. 

Chemical process water Specific chemical products... 

Information. Identifies the specific chemical product by principal name and other names. Chemical Abstracts Service number (CAS No.), product code (catalog number), and company name with emergency contact information. 

When completing an environmental analysis, it is important to evaluate the full life cycle of a product or process. The life cycle includes all of the elements of a particular product, from the extraction of raw materials, to the manufacture of the product, transportation at all stages, use of the product, and eventually disposal. In the context of a chemical product, one often focuses on the environmental issues associated with manufacture, use, and disposal, and there is an emphasis on the direct environmental impacts of the material. Thus, we generally consider the chemicals that are engaged in the production of the desired chemical product, the harm associated with the use of a specific chemical product, and the disposal of the chemical wastes (including those generated through the manufacture of the product). 

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