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Economic cost outlook for surfactant intermediates
Author(s) -
Vogel W. J. B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02702118
Subject(s) - pulmonary surfactant , alcohol , chemistry , biochemical engineering , process (computing) , organic chemistry , computer science , engineering , biochemistry , operating system
Abstract Synthetic alcohol, natural alcohol and linear alkylbenzene (LAB) surfactant feedstocks will all be needed to meet market requirements in the coming decade. Of the synthetic alcohol processes, the Alfol® alcohol process, due to its strong byproduct credit, will be the most cost efficient. Moreover, LAB and natural alcohols will have the lowest production costs of all surfactant intermediates throughout the decade.