Industrial chemical and biochemical processes used to turn raw materials into fuels, chemicals and rubber on a large scale. A member belongs here when the cited article describes it as an industrial chemical production process. The group is one of the groupings under this field in the Technology Atlas, and each member keeps its own entry with its own cited sources and its own place in the field. Its members appear in the Browse By view for the field, so a reader can move from this group to each member entry and to the sources cited there.
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Fractional Distillation (Wikipedia)
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Fractional distillation is the separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions.
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (Wikipedia)
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Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is the conversion process used in petroleum refineries to convert the high-boiling point, high-molecular weight hydrocarbon fractions of petroleum (crude oils) into gasoline, alkene gases, and other petroleum products.
Chloralkali Process (Wikipedia)
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The chloralkali process (also chlor-alkali and chlor alkali) is an industrial process for the electrolysis of sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions.
Pyrolysis (Wikipedia)
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Pyrolysis (; from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) 'fire' and λύσις (lúsis) 'separation') is a process involving the separation of covalent bonds in organic matter by thermal decomposition within an inert environment without oxygen.
Industrial Fermentation (Wikipedia)
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Industrial fermentation is the intentional use of fermentation in manufacturing processes.
Vulcanization (Wikipedia)
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Vulcanization (British English: vulcanisation) is a range of processes for hardening rubbers.
Blast Furnace (Wikipedia)
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A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper.
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