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Chemical tanks in
Lillebonne, France
Chemical industry
includes those industries involved
in the production of
petrochemicals,
agrochemicals,
pharmaceuticals,
polymers,
paints,
oleochemicals etc.
Chemical processes are used,
including
chemical reactions to form new
substances, separations based on
properties such as
solubility or
ionic charge, and
distillations, in addition to
transformations by heating and
other methods.
Chemical industries involve the
processing of, or change in, raw
materials obtained by
mining, and
agriculture among other supply
sources, into materials and
substances that are useful on
their own, or in other industries.
The food-processing industries are
generally not included in the term
"chemical industry".
Companies
The biggest companies in
chemical industry on earth
(business volume in billion Euros)
