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Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'
Woody Harrelson

Meaning of "petrochemical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PETROCHEMICAL

petrochemical  [ˌpɛtrəʊˈkɛmɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETROCHEMICAL

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Petrochemical can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES PETROCHEMICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

petrochemical

Petrochemical

Petrochemicals are chemical products derived from petroleum. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable sources such as corn or sugar cane. The two most common petrochemical classes are olefins and aromatics. Oil refineries produce olefins and aromatics by fluid catalytic cracking of petroleum fractions. Chemical plants produce olefins by steam cracking of natural gas liquids like ethane and propane. Aromatics are produced by catalytic reforming of naphtha. Olefins and aromatics are the building-blocks for a wide range of materials such as solvents, detergents, and adhesives. Olefins are the basis for polymers and oligomers used in plastics, resins, fibers, elastomers, lubricants, and gels. Global ethylene and propylene production are about 115 million tonnes and 70 million tonnes per annum, respectively. Aromatics production is approximately 70 million tonnes. The largest petrochemical industries are located in the USA and Western Europe; however, major growth in new production capacity is in the Middle East and Asia. There is substantial inter-regional petrochemical trade.

Definition of petrochemical in the English dictionary

The definition of petrochemical in the dictionary is any substance, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas. Other definition of petrochemical is of, concerned with, or obtained from petrochemicals or related to petrochemistry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETROCHEMICAL


academical
ˌækəˈdɛmɪkəl
agrichemical
ˈæɡrɪˌkɛmɪkəl
agrochemical
ˌæɡrəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
biochemical
ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
biogeochemical
ˌbaɪəʊˌdʒiːəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
chemical
ˈkɛmɪkəl
electrochemical
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
geochemical
ˌdʒiːəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
mechanochemical
ˌmɛkənəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
neurochemical
ˌnjʊərəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
petrochemicals
ˌpɛtrəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
photochemical
ˌfəʊtəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
physicochemical
ˌfɪzɪkəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
phytochemical
ˌfaɪtəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
psychochemical
ˌsaɪkəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
pyrochemical
ˌpaɪrəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
semiochemical
ˌsɛmɪəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
stereochemical
ˌstɛrɪəʊˈkɛmɪkəl
thermochemical
ˌθɜːməʊˈkɛmɪkəl
zoochemical
ˌzəʊəˈkɛmɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETROCHEMICAL

petrissage
petrochemically
petrochemicals
petrochemist
petrochemistry
petrocurrency
petrodollar
petrodollars
petrog.
petrogenesis
petrogenetic
petrogeny
petroglyph
petroglyphic
petroglyphy
Petrograd
petrogram
petrographer
petrographic
petrographical

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETROCHEMICAL

agronomical
alchemical
anatomical
astronomical
clinical
comical
cytochemical
dynamical
economical
gastronomical
histochemical
hydrodynamical
inimical
microchemical
neuroanatomical
nonchemical
radiochemical
rhythmical
taxonomical
thermodynamical
uneconomical

Synonyms and antonyms of petrochemical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «petrochemical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETROCHEMICAL

Find out the translation of petrochemical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of petrochemical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petrochemical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石油化工产品
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

producto petroquímico
570 millions of speakers

English

petrochemical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेट्रोकेमिकल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البتروكيماويات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нефтехимическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

petroquímico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেট্রোকেমিক্যাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

produit pétrochimique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Petrokimia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

petrochemisches Erzeugnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石油化学製品
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

석유화학의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Petrokimia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hóa dầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெட்ரோலிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेट्रोकेमिकल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

petrokimya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

petrolchimico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

petrochemiczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нафтохімічна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

petrochimice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πετροχημικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

petrochemiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

petrokemiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

petrokjemisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petrochemical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETROCHEMICAL»

The term «petrochemical» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.210 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETROCHEMICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about petrochemical

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4 QUOTES WITH «PETROCHEMICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word petrochemical.
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Woody Harrelson
Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'
2
Woody Harrelson
Economically, many folks don't feel they can afford organic. While this may be true in some cases, I think more often than not it's a question of priority. I feel it's one of the most important areas of concern ecologically, because the petrochemical giants - DuPont, Monsanto - make huge money by poisoning us.
3
Jack Herer
I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.
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Robert Higgs
Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petrochemical products.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETROCHEMICAL»

Discover the use of petrochemical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petrochemical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemistry of Petrochemical Processes
The book reviews and describes the reactions and processes involved in transforming petroleum-based hydrocarbons into the chemicals that form the basis of the multi-billion dollar petrochemical industry.
Sami Matar, Ph.D., Lewis F. Hatch, Ph.D., 2001
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Corrosion in the Petrochemical Industry
A comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed data and information on corrosion in the petroleum, petrochemical, and chemical processing industries from a number of ASM International publications.
Linda Garverick, 1994
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Ludwig's Applied Process Design for Chemical and ...
This new edition includes important supplemental mechanical and related data, nomographs and charts.
A. Kayode Coker, PhD, 2011
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Petrochemical Economics: Technology Selection in a Carbon ...
This compendium gives an overview of the technologies and economics in the production of olefins in the petrochemical industries.
Duncan Seddon, 2010
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Fundamentals of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering
Filled with crucial information relevant to a range of applications, the book covers topics such as: The essential preliminaries for the exploration and production of crude petroleum oil and gas Analysis of crude oil and its petroleum ...
Uttam Ray Chaudhuri, 2011
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Petrochemical Process Technology
This book provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to various aspects of production of petrochemicals.
I D Mall, 2006
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Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical ...
This third edition of Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Volume 3, is completely revised and updated throughout to make this standard reference more valuable than ever.
Ernest E. Ludwig, 2001
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Industrial Gases in Petrochemical Processing: Chemical ...
The text examines the factors that influence the cost of producing and delivering gases and the economic reasons for choosing specific manufacturing methods. It emphasizes the commercial areas that employ industrial gases as feedstocks.
Harold H. Gunardson, 1997
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Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants
This latest edition covers the technical performance and mechanical details of converting the chemical and petrochemical process into appropriate hardware for distillation and packed towers.
Ernest E. Ludwig, 1997
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Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical ...
This expanded edition introduces new design methods and is packed with examples, design charts, tables, and performance diagrams to add to the practical understanding of how selected equipment can be expected to perform in the process ...
Ernest E. Ludwig, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETROCHEMICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term petrochemical is used in the context of the following news items.
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Company Shares of SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company …
SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. (NYSE:SHI) has lost 1.7% during the past week and dropped 20.23% in the last 4 weeks. «News Watch International, Jul 15»
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Jiaxing Petrochemical to utilize INVISTA's P8 technology for
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tongkun Group Co., Ltd., have reached ... «Chemical Online.com, Jul 15»
3
Nigeria: Press highlights increase in foreign reserve, work on …
The increase in foreign reserve through blockage of leakages, work on petrochemical plant and unrealistic demand for increase in minimum ... «StarAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Iran keens to import modern petrochemical technology from US
Iran prefers importing modern petrochemical technologies to exporting petrochemical products to Europe and the US, said Ali Mohammad ... «Trend News Agency, Jul 15»
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Jiaxing Petrochemical to utilize INVISTA's P8 technology for second …
SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tongkun Group ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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Baota picks UOP technology for petrochemical complex
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company said China's Ningxia Baota Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP's latest generation technologies ... «Fibre2fashion.com, Jul 15»
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Work Commences on $1.5 billion Petrochemical Plant
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has said that work would soon commence on the $1.5 billion petrochemical plant located in ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
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Nanosorbents Reduce Amount of Heavy Metals in Petrochemical
Iranian researchers used zero capacity iron nanoparticles to decrease the amount of heavy metals in wastewater produced by refineries. «Nanotechnology News, Jul 15»
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AEG Power Solutions To Provide Power Supply To CNOOC …
“The performance of our products even in harsh conditions is renowned, and we have proven track records in the petrochemical industry which ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
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Work starts soon on $1.5b A'Ibom petrochemical plant
Udom WORK commences soon on the $1.5 billion petrochemical plant located in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State. Governor Udom Emmanuel who ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»

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