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TABLE IV Top 50 Chemicals Produced in the United States During 1990
Rank by
Rank by Billions of Molecular Billions of moles
mass Name Formula kilograms weight moles (top 20)
1 Sulfuric acid H 2 SO 4 39.5 98 403 5
2 Nitrogen N 2 24.4 28 873 2
3 Oxygen O 2 17.2 32 536 4
4 Ethylene C 2 H 4 15.9 28 568 3
5 Ammonia NH 3 15.4 17 903 1
6 Lime CaO 15.0 56 268 6
7 Phosphoric acid H 3 PO 4 10.5 98 107 14
8 Chlorine Cl 2 10.2 71 143 9
9 Sodium hydroxide NaOH 10.1 40 252 7
10 Propylene C 3 H 6 9.24 42 220 8
11 Sodium carbonate Na 2 CO 3 8.98 106 84.7 18
12 Nitric acid HNO 3 7.26 63 115 11
13 Urea N 2 H 4 CO 7.03 60 117 10
14 Ammonium nitrate NH 4 NO 3 6.87 80 85.9 17
15 Ethylene dichloride C 2 H 4 Cl 2 6.22 99 62.8
16 Benzene C 6 H 6 5.30 78 67.9 20
17 Carbon dioxide CO 2 4.92 44 112 12
18 Vinyl chloride C 2 H 3 Cl 4.37 62.5 69.9 19
19 Ethyl benzene C 8 H 10 4.19 106 39.5
20 Terephthalic acid C 8 H 6 O 4 3.78 166 22.8
21 Styrene C 8 H 8 3.70 104 35.6
22 Methanol CH 4 O 3.25 32 102 15
23 Formaldehyde CH 2 O 2.90 30 96.5 16
24 Toluene C 7 H 8 2.65 92 28.9
25 Xylene C 8 H 10 2.64 106 24.9
26 Ethylene glycol C 2 H 6 O 2 2.50 62 40.3
27 p-Xylene C 8 H 10 2.50 106 23.6
28 Ethylene oxide C 2 H 4 O 2.42 44 55
29 Hydrochloric acid HCl 2.39 36.5 65.5
30 Methyl tert-butyl ether C 5 H 12 O 2.26 88 25.7
31 Ammonium sulfate (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 2.14 132 16.2
32 Cumene C 9 H 12 2.06 120 17.2
33 Phenol C 6 H 6 O 1.77 94 18.8
34 Acetic acid C 2 H 4 O 1.74 60 29.0
35 Potash (mixture) — 1.52 — —
36 Propylene oxide C 3 H 6 O 1.45 58 25.0
37 Butadiene C 4 H 6 1.40 54 25.9
38 Carbon black “C” 1.32 12 110 13
39 Acrylonitrile C 3 H 3 N 1.19 53 22.5
40 Acetone C 3 H 6 O 1.14 58 19.7
41 Vinyl acetate C 4 H 6 O 2 1.12 86 13.0
42 Cyclohexane C 6 H 12 1.09 84 13.0
43 Aluminum sulfate Al 2 (SO 4 ) 3 1.07 342 3.12
44 Titanium dioxide TiO 2 1.00 80 12.5
45 Calcium chloride CaCl 2 0.87 111 7.6
46 Sodium silicate Na 2 SiO 3 0.80 122 6.6
47 Adipic acid C 6 H 10 O 4 0.75 146 5.1
48 Sodium sulfate Na 2 SO 4 0.73 122 5.9
49 Isopropyl alcohol C 3 H 8 O 0.65 60 10.8
50 Caprolactam C 6 H 11 NO 0.60 113 5.3