Chemicals

United States Production (1986)

• Sulfuric Acid: 33 million metric tons (fertilizers)

• Nitrogen: 22 million metric tons

• Oxygen: 15 million metric tons

• Lime: 14 million metric tons

• Ammonia: 13 million metric tons (fertilizers)

• Sodium Hydroxide: 10 million metric tons

• Chlorine: 9 million metric tons

• Phosphoric Acid: 8.3 million metric tons (fertilizers)

• Sodium Carbonate: 7.8 million metric tons

• Nitric Acid: 5.9 million metric tons (fertilizers, explosives)

• Urea: 5.0 million metric tons (fertilizers)

• Ammonium Nitrate: 5.0 million metric tons (fertilizers)

• Benzene: 4.5 million metric tons

• Carbon Dioxide: 3.9 million metric tons

• Toluene: 2.6 million metric tons

• Ammonium Sulfate: 1.9 million metric tons (fertilizers)

• Acetic Acid: 1.3 million metric tons

• Phenol: 1.3 million metric tons