Petrochemicals are chemicals derived from petroleum or natural gas. Petrochemicals are mainly divided into two groups: Alkenes and aromatic compounds. Petrochemicals are used to manufacture many materials, the most important of which is plastic. Cleaning materials, resin, Lubricant.
From paints to plastics, space suits to solar panels, medicines to mobile phones, all of these things start with just six basic petrochemicals — ethylene, propylene, butylene, benzene, toluene, xylenes — that are combined with other chemicals and transformed into other materials that make up what we Petrochemicals as follows: –
- Plastic.
- Polyethylene.
- Propylene.
- Benzene (ring).
- Toluene.
- Xylene.