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Chemical Description Price Price/lb
NaOH 50% liquid 3 1 S/ton $0.16
beads 0.31
ammonia 230/tori 0.12
nitric acid 125/tori 0.11
sulfuric acid 75Iton 0.038
phosgene 0.76
ethane _ 0.68
propane 0.76
butanes 0.76
isobutane 0.90
naphtha 0.75fgal 0.13
cyclohexane 1.33lgal 0.20
benzene 1 l/gal 0.15
toluene 0.92/gal 0.13
cumene 0.22
ethylbenzene 0.25
xylenes 0.13
p-xylene 0.19
methanol 0.083
ethanol fuel grade 0.22
acetic acid 0.38
ethylene oxide 0.56
propylene oxide 0.64
ethylene glycol polyester 0.34
maleic anhydride 0.47
tetrahydrofuran 1.35
acetone 0.4
phenol 0.36
formaldehyde 0.18
ethylene 0.26
propylene 0.19
isobutylene 0.31
butadiene 0.21
styrene 0.3 1
acetylene 0.50
polyethylene low density 0.56
linear low density 0.47
high density 0.47
0.45
polypropylene 0.43
PET beads 0.70
adipic acid 0.72
cyclohexanone 0.73
caprolactam 0.96
toluene diisocyanate 0.95
terephthalic acid 0.32
aspirin 3.6
ibuprofin 11
insulin 100,000
methamphetamine
tetrahydrocanabinol
These are average wholesale prices on Gulf Coast in Spring 1997. Do not use any of them for serious calculations.
Recent prkes, producers, and uses of these chemicals can be found at http://www.chemexpo.com/news/PRO~E.htm
#menu and http://www.chemweek. com/marketplace.price_trak.html.