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Sulfuric acid: H2SO4 Sulfuric acid, the acid used in car batteries, is one of the most important industrial chemicals in the world. The United States and China each produced more that 80 billion pounds of sulfuric acid in 2004. (Source: Chemical & Engineering News, July 11, 2005, pp. 67-76.) Want more info? Kennecott Utah Copper is a producer of sulfuric acid as a byproduct of their primary business of mining. Their web site (http://www.kennecott.com/sulfuric_acid_uses.html) has some interesting facts and information about uses and production of sulfuric acid. The Australian Department of Environment and Heritage web site has a profile of sulfuric acid (http://www.npi.gov.au/database/substance-info/profiles/78.html) that includes physical properties, uses, and safety and environmental information. |
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Ethylene: C2H4 Ripening
Tomatoes with Ethylene Ethylene:
Information including plant physiology, biosynthesis, biological responses
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