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OCR: horganic Chemicals (in thousands of U.S. tons, unless otherwise noted; 1 U.S. ton = 0.907 metric tons) Ammonia 13,824 19,044 16,161 Ammonium nitrate 6,456 8.590 6.416 Chlorine gas 9,764 11,195 10,963 Nitric acid 7,603 8,733 7,102 Oxygen (billions of cubic feet; 1 cu ft = 0.028 cu m) 284 415 390 Phosphoric acid 5,683 10,856 10,473 Sodium hydroxide 10,141 11,309 11,517 Sulfuric acid 29,525 43,888 38,748 Ures 3,119 7,218 7,431 Organic Chemicals (in millions of pounds; 1 Ib = 0.454 kg) Acetic acid, synthetic 1,932 2,863 3,227 Acetone 1.615 2,126 2,082 Butadiene 3.101 2,934 3,002 Qmene 1,983 3,162 4,151 Cyclohexane 1,841 1.969 2,250 Ethanol, synthetic 1,957 1,238 1,339 Ethylbenzene 4,827 7,611 9,409 Ethylene 18,089 27,760 84,992 Ethylene dichloride 7,460 9.977 13,805 Ethylene glycol 3,038 4.396 4,515 Ethylene oxide 3.865 5,300 5,623 Formaldehyde 4,427 5,693 6,077 Isopropyl alcohol 1,919 1,789 1,313 Methanol, synthetic 4,932 7,064 7,292 Phenol, synthetic 1.708 2,463 3,241 Propylene 6,641 13,792 18,527 Styrene 4.335 6.904 8,090 Terephthalic acid 2,989 5.995 8,110 Vinyl chloride 4,040 6,471 8,230 Plastics (in millions of pounds) Polyethylene, high density 1,604 4,405 7,999 Polyethylene, low density 4,240 7,291 9,629 Polypropylene 1,031 3,648 6,647 Polystyrene 2,371 3.521 4,782 Polyvinyl chloride 3,115 5,470 7,971 Synthetic Fibers (in millions of pounds) Acrylic 492 779 592 Nylon 1,355 2,358 2,689 Olefins 262 748 1.495 Polyester 1,022 3.989 3,541 SOURCE : Chemical and Engineering News, June 20, 1988.