
The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into more than 70,000 different products. ==History== Although chemicals were made and used throughout history, the birth of the heavy chemical industry...
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complex of processes, operations, and organizations engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and their derivatives.[29 related articles]
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The aggregate enterprise of manufacturing and technically producing chemicals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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[
n] - a manufacturer of chemicals
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noun a manufacturer of chemicals
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