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COSTING AND PROJECT EVALUATION
Raw material and product costs
Table 6.4.
Typical prices for bulk purchases, mid-1998. All deliveries by rail or road tanker, 263
and all materials technical/industrial grade; unless otherwise stated
Chemical, and state Cost unit Cost £/unit Cost $/unit
Acetaldehyde, 99% kg 0.53 0.48
Acetic acid kg 0.60 1.10
Acetic anhydride kg 0.70 1.15
Acetone kg 0.63 1.03
Acrylonitrile kg 1.20 1.90
Ally alcohol kg 1.40 2.30
Ammonia, anhydrous t 180 280
Ammonium nitrate, bulk t 100 170
Ammonium sulphate, bulk t 90 150
Amyl alcohol, mixed isomers kg 0.67 1.20
Aniline kg 0.52 0.84
Benzaldehyde, drums kg 1.95 3.21
Benzene kg 0.20 0.33
Benzoic acid, drums kg 2.20 3.60
Butene-1 kg 0.30 0.40
n-Butyl alcohol kg 0.75 1.30
n-Butyl ether, drums kg 1.95 3.20
Calcium carbide, bulk t 320 530
Calcium carbonate, bulk, coarse t 105 145
Calcium chloride, bulk t 200 275
Calcium hydroxide (lime), bulk t 55 90
Carbon disulphide t 370 500
Carbon tetrachloride, drums kg 0.50 0.83
Chlorine t 140 200
Chloroform kg 0.45 0.70
Cupric chloride, anhydrous kg 3.30 5.5
Dichlorobenzene kg 0.95 1.54
Diethanolamine kg 1.20 1.70
Ethanol, 90% kg 4.20 6.50
Ethyl ether kg 0.80 1.35
Ethylene, contract kg 0.46 0.70
Ethylene glycol kg 0.56 0.83
Ethylene oxide kg 0.60 0.90
Formaldehyde, 37% w/w kg 0.31 0.46
Formic acid, 94% w/w, drums kg 0.63 1.05
Glycerine, 99.7% kg 1.30 1.70
Heptane kg 0.30 0.40
Hexane kg 0.20 0.33
Hydrochloric acid, anhyd. kg 1.00 1.70
Hydrochloric acid, 30% w/w t 60 90
Hydrogen fluoride, anhydrous kg 0.90 1.40
Hydrogen peroxide, 50% w/w kg 0.50 0.80
Isobutanol, alcohol kg 0.75 1.1
Isopropanol alcohol kg 0.73 1.12
Maleic anhydride, drums kg 1.80 2.90
Methanol kg 0.63 1.00
Methyl ethyl ketone kg 0.64 1.06
Monoethanolamine kg 1.02 1.54
Methylstyrene kg 0.70 1.15
Nitric acid, 50% w/w t 130 220
98% w/w t 220 370
Nitrobenzene kg 0.47 0.78
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