Industrial Use
This metal is a major component of table salt
What is table salt?
This chemical, used in the production of plastics, is created by polymerizing ethylene.
What is polyethylene?
This metal, used in the aerospace industry for its high strength and lightweight properties,
is extracted from bauxite.
What is aluminium?
This gas, commonly used to fill balloons, is lighter than air and non-flammable.
What is helium?
This process, used in the production of ammonia, involves the combination of nitrogen
and hydrogen gases under high pressure and temperature with an iron catalyst.
What is the Haber-Bosch process?
This chemical is commonly used to remove impurities from water and is often used in the
water treatment industry.
What is chlorine?
This substance is used as a preservative in food and is also an important part of vinegar.
What is Acetic Acid?
What is ethanoic acid?
This common cleaning agent, made from sodium hydroxide and chlorine, is used in bleach
What is sodium hypochlorite?
This chemical, which was once used in aerosol propellants but has been phased out due
to its harmful effects on the ozone layer, is commonly used in the production of refrigerants.
What is chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) ?
This gas, commonly dissolved in soda water, gives fizzy drinks their bubbles.
What is CO2?
This process involves using hydrogen gas to convert unsaturated fats (alkenes) into
saturated fats (alkanes), making them more solid at room temperature.
What is hydrogenation?
This process, often used in petrochemical industries, involves cracking large
hydrocarbons into smaller molecules like gasoline.
What is catalytic cracking?
This process is commonly used in the production of ethanol, where sugars are fermented by
yeast to produce ethanol and carbon dioxide.
What is fermentation?
Saponification is the process of making this household necessity.
What is soap?
This type of reaction is used to produce sulfuric acid, involving the oxidation of sulfur
dioxide to sulfur trioxide in the presence of a vanadium oxide catalyst.
What is the contact process?