Name a substance used in industries, car batteries and manufacturing. * 1 point Sulphur Sulphuric acid Chlorine Oxygen
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Answer:
Sulfuric acid referred as universal chemical, king of chemicals due to the numerous applications for sulfuric acid as a raw material or processing agent. Sulfuric acid is the most commonly used chemical in the world and used in almost all industries like
Fertilizers
Pharmaceuticals
Gasoline
Automobile batteries
Paper bleaching
Sugar bleaching
Water treatment
Sulfonation agents
Cellulose fibers
Steel manufacturing
Coloring agents
Amino acid intermediates
Regeneration of ion exchange resins
Explanation:
Sulphuric acid is an important industrial chemical which is used in the manufacturing processes of many goods over a wide range of applications. Sulfuric acid used in pulp and paper industry for chlorine dioxide generation, tall oil splitting and pH-adjustments. Over one million tons of sulphuric acid is made each year in the UK alone, with an additional 40 million tones being produced in the USA. Annual worldwide production of sulphuric acid stands at around 180 million tonnes.
Sulfuric acid is a strongly acidic, oily liquid that may be clear to cloudy in appearance. Concentrated sulfuric acid acts as both an oxidizing and dehydrating agent. Sulfuric acid is available in many grades ranging from electrolyte grade (33 weight percent) for batteries, to 93 weight percent (66 deg Baume), 98 weight percent, and 20-22 weight percent fuming oleum containing excess dissolved sulfur trioxide. The grade most often shipped is 93 weight percent.
In the environment, sulfuric acid is a constituent of acid rain, since it is formed by atmospheric oxidation of sulfur dioxide in the presence of water. Atmospheric sulfur dioxide is generated by the combustion of sulfur-containing fossil fuels such as coal and oil.
Sulfuric acid was once known as oil of vitriol, coined by the 8th-century Arabian alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan. It was prepared by Johann Van Helmont in the 1600s by destructive distillation of green vitriol (ferrous sulfate) and by burning sulfur. Burning sulfur with saltpeter (potassium nitrate) was first used to prepare sulfuric acid in the 17th century.
By the mid-17th century, John Roebuck had invented the lead chamber process which used nitrogen oxides as an oxidant. The contact process, wherein the oxidation of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide is performed by oxygen (air) over a catalyst, was originally developed about 1830 by Peregrine Phillips in England.
In discretionary production, the mining of sulfur or sulfur-bearing minerals (pyrites) is the sole objective, based on the voluntary mining of discrete deposits to obtain maximum economic recovery. In non-discretionary production, sulfur or sulfuric acid is recovered as an involuntary by-product, the quantity of which is subject to the demand for the primary product alone.
The lead chamber process has now been almost completely superseded by the contact process in the industrial production of sulfuric acid. Much of the sulfuric acid produced by the lead chamber process is utilized in the making of fertilizers, since the acid is relatively dilute. In contrast, the contact process can make acid of any desired concentration.
Sulfuric acid is a very important commodity chemical, and indeed, a nation's sulfuric acid production has been a reasonably good indicator of its industrial strength for the last century or so.
Here are some of the growing number of end-users and applications using sulfuric acid
Agricultural chemicals
Aluminum Sulfate
Batteries
Cellophane
Detergents
Explosives
Fertilizers
Gasoline
Herbicides
Iron and steel pickling
Jet Fuel
Kerosene
Leather
Lubricating Oils
Medicinal processes
Oil additives
Paper
Rayon and rubber
Sugar
Synthetic fibers
Veterinary drugs
Water softener regeneration
Water treatment
Yellow pigments