Commodity chemicals
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Commodity chemicals is a group of chemicals including Alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....

, Amines, Betaines
Betaines
A betaine in chemistry is any neutral chemical compound with a positively charged cationic functional group such as an quaternary ammonium or phosphonium cation which bears no hydrogen atom and with a negatively charged functional group such as a carboxylate group which may not be adjacent to the...

, Fatty alcohols, Acids, Wax
Wax
thumb|right|[[Cetyl palmitate]], a typical wax ester.Wax refers to a class of chemical compounds that are plastic near ambient temperatures. Characteristically, they melt above 45 °C to give a low viscosity liquid. Waxes are insoluble in water but soluble in organic, nonpolar solvents...

, Oils and Petrolatum, Quats, Solvents, Surfactants.

This subsector is differentiated from the rest of the chemical sector primarily by bulk. The object is to carry out chemical transformations on a massive scale, producing relatively simple molecules at the lowest possible cost. Lowering environmental impacts in commodity chemical production involves large capital expenditures and long time horizons.

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